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Landscaping and lawn care companies in the Burlington-South Burlington, VT metro area

The landscaping and lawn care companies in the Burlington-South Burlington, VT metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 47 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #203 of 385 scored metro areas
The only scored metro area based in Vermont

Listings
46
4 chain locations (9%)
Official establishments
111
+1.8% since 2019
Household spending a year
$129.6M
On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,370 a household
Spending per listing
$2.8M
4% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
4.9
2% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
227,803
+0.9% since 2020

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What this means

Households in the Burlington-South Burlington metro area spend about $129.6M a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services, or $1,370 per household, 3% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.8M per company, 4% 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.

The Burlington-South Burlington metro area has 46 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 9% of them, against 4% across the U.S. That is 4.9 per 10,000 households, 2% above the U.S. rate of 4.8.

Official counts show 111 businesses with payroll classed as landscaping services in the Burlington-South Burlington metro area in 2023, up 1.8% from 2019. That is one for every 852 households, against one for every 1,095 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 10 SBA-backed loans worth $496K have gone to businesses classed as landscaping services in the Burlington-South Burlington metro area.

Population estimates put the population change in the Burlington-South Burlington metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +0.9%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Burlington-South Burlington metro area scores 47 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for landscaping and lawn care companies, ranking #203 of 385 scored metro areas and the only scored metro area based in Vermont.

How the Burlington-South Burlington metro area compares

The same measures for Vermont 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 Burlington-South Burlington, VT metro area compared with Vermont and the U.S.
MeasureBurlington-South Burlington metro areaVermontU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.95.54.8
Spending per listing$2.8M$2.3M$2.9M
Households per official establishment8525251,095
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+1.8%+3.8%+9.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.9%+0.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services$1,370$1,294$1,414
Median household income$93,043$81,203$80,734
Groundwork market score4719

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
111+1.8% over the period
Employees, 2023
410
Annual payroll, 2023
$22.7M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
464 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
44The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
10
Amount
$496K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as landscaping services in the Burlington-South Burlington 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 Burlington-South Burlington metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
227,803+0.9% since 2020
Households
94,559
Median age
40.5
Homes lived in by their owners
68%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
1,250 sq. mi.
People per square mile
182
Median household income
$93,043+30.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$118,646
Median home value
$401,000
Jobs located here
121,615
Daytime population
237,948Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Questions

How many landscaping and lawn care companies are in the Burlington-South Burlington, VT metro area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 46 landscaping and lawn care companies in the Burlington-South Burlington metro area. 4 of them (9%) are chain locations. The listings count landscapers, lawn care, tree services and gardeners. Official counts show 111 businesses with payroll classed as landscaping services in 2023, up 1.8% from 2019.

How much do households in the Burlington-South Burlington, VT metro area spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?

About $129.6M a year, or $1,370 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 46 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings, it comes to $2.8M 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 94,559 households in the Burlington-South Burlington metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Burlington-South Burlington, VT metro area compare with the U.S. for landscaping and lawn care companies?

The Burlington-South Burlington metro area has 4.9 landscaping and lawn care companies per 10,000 households, 2% above the U.S. rate of 4.8. Spending per company is $2.8M, 4% below the U.S. figure of $2.9M. At the U.S. ratio of landscaping and lawn care companies to household spending, the Burlington-South Burlington metro area would have about 44, against 46 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 852 households, against one for every 1,095 across the U.S. The official count rose 1.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.2% for the U.S.

How fast is the Burlington-South Burlington, VT metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Burlington-South Burlington metro area at 227,803 people in 2025, up 0.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 94,559 households. Median household income in the Burlington-South Burlington metro area is $93,043, 15% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 30.3%, 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 Burlington-South Burlington metro area scores 47 for landscaping and lawn care companies (lower middle), #203 of 385 scored metro areas.

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