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Landscaping and lawn care companies in Alleghany County, VA

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

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 2.

Listings
2
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$8.1M
On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,266 a household
Spending per listing
$4M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
3.1
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
14,546
−4.2% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 landscaping and lawn care companies in Alleghany County. That is 3.1 per 10,000 households.

Household spending on lawn care, cleaning and other household services in Alleghany County comes to about $8.1M a year: $1,266 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. That is about $4M of household spending for each company on map listings. That spending covers all lawn care, cleaning and other household services, which landscaping and lawn care companies share with other businesses in the trade.

In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in Alleghany County classed as landscaping services. That is one for every 2,128 households, against one for every 1,095 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Alleghany County declined 4.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 2 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings, Alleghany County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Alleghany County compares

The same measures for Virginia 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 Alleghany County, VA compared with Virginia and the U.S.
MeasureAlleghany CountyVirginiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.15.04.8
Spending per listing$4M$3.4M$2.9M
Households per official establishment2,1281,0871,095
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+8.9%+9.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−4.2%+2.8%+3.1%
Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services$1,266$1,683$1,414
Median household income$56,188$93,170$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored68

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4 → 3
Employees, 2023
9
Annual payroll, 2023
$331K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
20 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
3The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
0
Amount
$0

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as landscaping services in Alleghany 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 Alleghany County

Population, 2025 estimate
14,546−4.2% since 2020
Households
6,383
Median age
47.6
Homes lived in by their owners
82%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
447 sq. mi.
People per square mile
33
Median household income
$56,188+17.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$74,436
Median home value
$125,800
Jobs located here
3,716
Daytime population
11,626Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Landscaping and lawn care across Virginia

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The highest-scoring counties in Virginia for landscaping and lawn care companies, numbered among those based in Virginia, with Alleghany County marked.

Top counties in Virginia

Counties in Virginia ranked for landscaping and lawn care companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Arlington County, VA89191.7$12M+2.1%#8 of 1,493
2Alexandria city, VA86101.3$14.4M+1.0%#25 of 1,493
3Richmond city, VA86302.9$5M+4.6%#30 of 1,493
4Fairfax County, VA811674.0$5.3M+1.7%#59 of 1,493
5Henrico County, VA79453.3$5M+2.3%#85 of 1,493
6Chesterfield County, VA79594.2$4.1M+8.7%#88 of 1,493
7Suffolk city, VA79174.5$3.6M+10.4%#92 of 1,493
8Stafford County, VA78336.3$3.2M+8.3%#104 of 1,493
9Fredericksburg city, VA7676.0$2.7M+8.6%#130 of 1,493
10Prince William County, VA73835.3$3.7M+4.2%#178 of 1,493
Alleghany County, VANot scored23.1$4M−4.2%

Other business types in Alleghany 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 Alleghany County, VA?

There are 2 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings in Alleghany County as of September 2026. The listings count landscapers, lawn care, tree services and gardeners. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as landscaping services in 2023.

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

About $8.1M a year, or $1,266 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings, it comes to $4M 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 6,383 households in Alleghany County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Alleghany County has 2 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of landscaping and lawn care companies to household spending, Alleghany County would have about 3, against 2 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,128 households, against one for every 1,095 across the U.S.

How fast is Alleghany County, VA growing?

Population estimates put Alleghany County at 14,546 people in 2025, down 4.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 6,383 households. The median household income in Alleghany County is $56,188 a year, 30% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 17.9% 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. Alleghany County has no market score for landscaping and lawn care companies: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.

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