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Landscaping and lawn care companies in Waller County, TX
How Waller 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 68 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #290 of 1,493 scored counties
#63 of 86 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 12
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 19
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $29.5M
- On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,608 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.5M
- 16% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.5
- 35% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 69,858
- +21.9% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on lawn care, cleaning and other household services in Waller County comes to about $29.5M a year: $1,608 per household, 14% above the U.S. average. That works out to $2.5M per company, 16% below the U.S. figure of $2.9M. The spending figure covers all lawn care, cleaning and other household services, not only landscaping and lawn care companies.
Waller County has 12 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 6.5 for every 10,000 households, 35% above the U.S. rate of 4.8.
In 2023, official counts showed 19 businesses with payroll in Waller County classed as landscaping services. That is one for every 965 households, against one for every 1,095 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $604K has gone to businesses classed as landscaping services in Waller County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Waller County grew 21.9%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For landscaping and lawn care companies, Waller County has a Groundwork market score of 68 (upper middle): #290 of 1,493 scored counties and #63 of 86 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Waller 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.
| Measure | Waller County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.5 | 3.7 | 4.8 |
| Spending per listing | $2.5M | $4.2M | $2.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 965 | 1,974 | 1,095 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +10.9% | +9.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +21.9% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services | $1,608 | $1,545 | $1,414 |
| Median household income | $80,397 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 68 | 91 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 13 → 19
- Employees, 2023
- 193
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $10.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 120 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 10The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $604K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as landscaping services in Waller 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 Waller County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 69,858+21.9% since 2020
- Households
- 18,342
- Median age
- 34.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 513 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 120
- Median household income
- $80,397+34.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $115,271
- Median home value
- $318,700
- Jobs located here
- 22,618
- Daytime population
- 57,360Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Fort Bend County, TX | 97 | 81 | 2.8 | $6.6M | +17.4% | #1 of 1,493 |
| 2Brazoria County, TX | 96 | 41 | 3.1 | $5.6M | +12.2% | #2 of 1,493 |
| 3Kaufman County, TX | 91 | 16 | 3.1 | $5M | +42.2% | #3 of 1,493 |
| 4Midland County, TX | 90 | 23 | 3.4 | $4.9M | +10.0% | #4 of 1,493 |
| 5Harris County, TX | 90 | 569 | 3.2 | $4.7M | +6.6% | #5 of 1,493 |
| 6Denton County, TX | 90 | 153 | 4.2 | $4.3M | +16.9% | #6 of 1,493 |
| 7Collin County, TX | 90 | 206 | 4.9 | $3.8M | +20.6% | #7 of 1,493 |
| 8Ector County, TX | 89 | 12 | 1.9 | $7.8M | +5.0% | #9 of 1,493 |
| 9Galveston County, TX | 89 | 51 | 3.6 | $4.4M | +5.9% | #12 of 1,493 |
| 10Wise County, TX | 89 | 12 | 4.8 | $3.4M | +21.5% | #13 of 1,493 |
| 63Waller County, TX | 68 | 12 | 6.5 | $2.5M | +21.9% | #290 of 1,493 |
Other business types in Waller County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
- Home repair trades39
- HVAC and plumbing40
- Electricians41
- Roofing and gutters52
- Lawn, cleaning and pest control67
- Landscaping and lawn care68
- House cleaning
- Pest control
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many landscaping and lawn care companies are in Waller County, TX?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 12 landscaping and lawn care companies in Waller County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count landscapers, lawn care, tree services and gardeners. Official counts show 19 businesses with payroll classed as landscaping services in 2023.
How much do households in Waller County, TX spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?
About $29.5M a year, or $1,608 per household. That is 14% above the U.S. average (an index of 114, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 12 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings, it comes to $2.5M per company. That spending covers all lawn care, cleaning and other household services, which landscaping and lawn care companies share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 18,342 households in Waller County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Waller County, TX compare with the U.S. for landscaping and lawn care companies?
Waller County has 6.5 landscaping and lawn care companies per 10,000 households, 35% above the U.S. rate of 4.8. Spending per company is $2.5M, 16% below the U.S. figure of $2.9M. At the U.S. ratio of landscaping and lawn care companies to household spending, Waller County would have about 10, against 12 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 965 households, against one for every 1,095 across the U.S.
How fast is Waller County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Waller County at 69,858 people in 2025, up 21.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 18,342 households. Median household income in Waller County is $80,397, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 34.8%, 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. Waller County scores 68 for landscaping and lawn care companies (upper middle), #290 of 1,493 scored counties.
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