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Landscaping and lawn care companies in Ector County, TX

How Ector County, TX compares with other counties and the U.S. for landscaping and lawn care companies: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 89 out of 100: High

Ranked #9 of 1,493 scored counties
#8 of 86 scored counties in Texas

Listings
12
1 chain location (8%)
Official establishments
16
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$93.1M
On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,441 a household
Spending per listing
$7.8M
2.7 times the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
1.9
60% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
173,801
+5.0% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Ector County scores 89 (high) on the Groundwork market score for landscaping and lawn care companies, ranking #9 of 1,493 scored counties and #8 of 86 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for landscaping and lawn care companies.

As of September 2026, map listings count 12 landscaping and lawn care companies in Ector County. One of them (8%) is a chain location, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 1.9 for every 10,000 households, 60% below the U.S. rate of 4.8.

At $1,441 per household (2% above the U.S. average), households in Ector County spend about $93.1M a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services. That is about $7.8M of household spending for each company on map listings, 2.7 times the U.S. figure of $2.9M. That spending covers all lawn care, cleaning and other household services, which landscaping and lawn care companies share with other businesses in the trade.

Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as landscaping services in Ector County in 2023. That is one for every 4,035 households, against one for every 1,095 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $150K has gone to businesses classed as landscaping services in Ector County. Population estimates put the population change in Ector County from 2020 to 2025 at +5.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Ector County compares

The same measures for Texas and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all lawn care, cleaning and other household services by the landscaping and lawn care companies counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.

Landscaping and lawn care in Ector County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureEctor CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.93.74.8
Spending per listing$7.8M$4.2M$2.9M
Households per official establishment4,0351,9741,095
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+10.9%+9.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+5.0%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services$1,441$1,545$1,414
Median household income$71,536$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score8991

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
18 → 16
Employees, 2023
57
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
121 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
32The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$150K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as landscaping services in Ector County, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.

Population and households in Ector County

Population, 2025 estimate
173,801+5.0% since 2020
Households
64,563
Median age
32.0
Homes lived in by their owners
65%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
898 sq. mi.
People per square mile
183
Median household income
$71,536+13.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$94,485
Median home value
$200,200
Jobs located here
73,944
Daytime population
162,861Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Top counties in Texas

Counties in Texas ranked for landscaping and lawn care companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Fort Bend County, TX97812.8$6.6M+17.4%#1 of 1,493
2Brazoria County, TX96413.1$5.6M+12.2%#2 of 1,493
3Kaufman County, TX91163.1$5M+42.2%#3 of 1,493
4Midland County, TX90233.4$4.9M+10.0%#4 of 1,493
5Harris County, TX905693.2$4.7M+6.6%#5 of 1,493
6Denton County, TX901534.2$4.3M+16.9%#6 of 1,493
7Collin County, TX902064.9$3.8M+20.6%#7 of 1,493
8Ector County, TX89121.9$7.8M+5.0%#9 of 1,493
9Galveston County, TX89513.6$4.4M+5.9%#12 of 1,493
10Wise County, TX89124.8$3.4M+21.5%#13 of 1,493

Other business types in Ector County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many landscaping and lawn care companies are in Ector County, TX?

Ector County has 12 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (8%) is a chain location. The listings count landscapers, lawn care, tree services and gardeners. Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as landscaping services in 2023.

How much do households in Ector County, TX spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?

About $93.1M a year, or $1,441 per household. That is 2% above the U.S. average (an index of 102, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 12 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings, it comes to $7.8M per company. The spending figure covers all lawn care, cleaning and other household services, not only landscaping and lawn care companies. It is estimated from the incomes of the 64,563 households in Ector County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Ector County, TX compare with the U.S. for landscaping and lawn care companies?

Ector County has 1.9 landscaping and lawn care companies per 10,000 households, 60% below the U.S. rate of 4.8. Spending per company is $7.8M, 2.7 times the U.S. figure of $2.9M. At the national ratio of landscaping and lawn care companies to household spending, Ector County would have about 32, against 12 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,035 households, against one for every 1,095 across the U.S.

How fast is Ector County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Ector County at 173,801 people in 2025, up 5.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 64,563 households. The median household income in Ector County is $71,536 a year, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 13.6% from the 2015–2019 survey, before inflation.

What is the Groundwork market score?

The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. Ector County scores 89 for landscaping and lawn care companies (high), #9 of 1,493 scored counties.

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