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Landscaping and lawn care companies in the Killeen-Temple, TX metro area

How the Killeen-Temple, TX metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for landscaping and lawn care companies: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 85 out of 100: High

Ranked #9 of 385 scored metro areas
#8 of 25 scored metro areas based in Texas

Listings
61
3 chain locations (5%)
Official establishments
79
+11.3% since 2019
Household spending a year
$248.5M
On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,398 a household
Spending per listing
$4.1M
39% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.4
29% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
511,497
+7.2% 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

For landscaping and lawn care companies, the Killeen-Temple metro area has a Groundwork market score of 85 (high): #9 of 385 scored metro areas and #8 of 25 scored metro areas based in Texas. That puts it in the top 10% of metro areas for landscaping and lawn care companies.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 61 landscaping and lawn care companies in the Killeen-Temple metro area. Of those, 3 are chain locations, or 5%, against 4% across the U.S. That is 3.4 per 10,000 households, 29% below the U.S. rate of 4.8.

Household spending on lawn care, cleaning and other household services in the Killeen-Temple metro area comes to about $248.5M a year: $1,398 per household, in line with the U.S. average. That works out to $4.1M per company, 39% above 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 79 businesses with payroll classed as landscaping services in the Killeen-Temple metro area in 2023, up 11.3% from 2019. That is one for every 2,249 households, against one for every 1,095 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $175K have gone to businesses classed as landscaping services in the Killeen-Temple metro area. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Killeen-Temple metro area grew 7.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How the Killeen-Temple metro area 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 Killeen-Temple, TX metro area compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureKilleen-Temple metro areaTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.43.74.8
Spending per listing$4.1M$4.2M$2.9M
Households per official establishment2,2491,9741,095
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+11.3%+10.9%+9.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+7.2%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services$1,398$1,545$1,414
Median household income$69,923$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score8591

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
79+11.3% over the period
Employees, 2023
552
Annual payroll, 2023
$22.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
613 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
85The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$175K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as landscaping services in the Killeen-Temple metro area, 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 the Killeen-Temple metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
511,497+7.2% since 2020
Households
177,681
Median age
34.6
Homes lived in by their owners
58%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
2,819 sq. mi.
People per square mile
175
Median household income
$69,923+27.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$89,546
Median home value
$234,500
Jobs located here
138,696
Daytime population
455,396Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Landscaping and lawn care across Texas

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Texas for landscaping and lawn care companies, numbered among those based in Texas, with the Killeen-Temple metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Texas

Metro areas in Texas ranked for landscaping and lawn care companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX949303.5$4.6M+10.3%#1 of 385
2Midland, TX92233.3$5.1M+9.8%#2 of 385
3Odessa, TX90121.9$7.8M+5.0%#3 of 385
4San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX903473.6$4.2M+9.5%#4 of 385
5Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX901,2104.2$3.9M+10.6%#5 of 385
6Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX894494.5$3.8M+14.0%#7 of 385
7Laredo, TX8591.1$12.1M+5.2%#8 of 385
8Killeen-Temple, TX85613.4$4.1M+7.2%#9 of 385
9McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX83331.2$10.5M+5.6%#10 of 385
10Brownsville-Harlingen, TX77181.3$9.7M+3.0%#18 of 385

Other business types in the Killeen-Temple metro area

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Questions

How many landscaping and lawn care companies are in the Killeen-Temple, TX metro area?

There are 61 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings in the Killeen-Temple metro area as of September 2026. 3 of them (5%) are chain locations. The listings count landscapers, lawn care, tree services and gardeners. Official counts show 79 businesses with payroll classed as landscaping services in 2023, up 11.3% from 2019.

How much do households in the Killeen-Temple, TX metro area spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?

About $248.5M a year, or $1,398 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 99, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 61 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings, it comes to $4.1M 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 177,681 households in the Killeen-Temple metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Killeen-Temple, TX metro area compare with the U.S. for landscaping and lawn care companies?

The Killeen-Temple metro area has 3.4 landscaping and lawn care companies per 10,000 households, 29% below the U.S. rate of 4.8. Spending per company is $4.1M, 39% above the U.S. figure of $2.9M. At the national ratio of landscaping and lawn care companies to household spending, the Killeen-Temple metro area would have about 85, against 61 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,249 households, against one for every 1,095 across the U.S. The official count rose 11.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.2% for the U.S.

How fast is the Killeen-Temple, TX metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Killeen-Temple metro area at 511,497 people in 2025, up 7.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 177,681 households. The median household income in the Killeen-Temple metro area is $69,923 a year, 13% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 27.6% 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. The Killeen-Temple metro area scores 85 for landscaping and lawn care companies (high), #9 of 385 scored metro areas.

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