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Landscaping and lawn care companies in Mercer County, WV
How Mercer County, WV 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 63 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #393 of 1,493 scored counties
#6 of 13 scored counties in West Virginia
- Listings
- 8
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 11
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $30.8M
- On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,272 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.9M
- 32% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.3
- 31% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 57,503
- −3.4% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 8 landscaping and lawn care companies in Mercer County. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.3, 31% below the U.S. rate of 4.8.
Household spending on lawn care, cleaning and other household services in Mercer County comes to about $30.8M a year: $1,272 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. That is about $3.9M of household spending for each company on map listings, 32% 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 11 businesses with payroll classed as landscaping services in Mercer County in 2023. That is one for every 2,202 households, against one for every 1,095 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Mercer County declined 3.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For landscaping and lawn care companies, Mercer County has a Groundwork market score of 63 (upper middle): #393 of 1,493 scored counties and #6 of 13 scored counties in West Virginia.
How Mercer County compares
The same measures for West 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.
| Measure | Mercer County | West Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.3 | 2.9 | 4.8 |
| Spending per listing | $3.9M | $4.5M | $2.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,202 | 1,813 | 1,095 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +15.9% | +9.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.4% | −1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services | $1,272 | $1,335 | $1,414 |
| Median household income | $53,210 | $59,608 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 63 | 64 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 10 → 11
- Employees, 2023
- 11
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $409K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 80 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 11The 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 Mercer 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 Mercer County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 57,503−3.4% since 2020
- Households
- 24,224
- Median age
- 43.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 419 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 140
- Median household income
- $53,210+30.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $71,510
- Median home value
- $121,700
- Jobs located here
- 19,809
- Daytime population
- 57,149Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in West Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Berkeley County, WV | 82 | 25 | 4.9 | $3M | +13.7% | #56 of 1,493 |
| 2Monongalia County, WV | 72 | 20 | 4.5 | $3.2M | +2.0% | #201 of 1,493 |
| 3Ohio County, WV | 69 | 5 | 2.7 | $5M | −4.4% | #260 of 1,493 |
| 4Wood County, WV | 68 | 8 | 2.2 | $5.9M | −2.1% | #272 of 1,493 |
| 5Kanawha County, WV | 66 | 27 | 3.5 | $3.8M | −4.3% | #321 of 1,493 |
| 6Mercer County, WV | 63 | 8 | 3.3 | $3.9M | −3.4% | #393 of 1,493 |
| 7Cabell County, WV | 61 | 16 | 4.1 | $3.2M | −3.2% | #443 of 1,493 |
| 8Jefferson County, WV | 60 | 18 | 7.9 | $2.1M | +9.2% | #478 of 1,493 |
| 9Harrison County, WV | 58 | 8 | 3.0 | $4.5M | −2.5% | #497 of 1,493 |
| 10Raleigh County, WV | 57 | 8 | 2.8 | $4.5M | −3.5% | #519 of 1,493 |
Other business types in Mercer 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 trades58
- HVAC and plumbing59
- Electricians45
- Roofing and gutters
- Lawn, cleaning and pest control66
- Landscaping and lawn care63
- House cleaning
- Pest control
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many landscaping and lawn care companies are in Mercer County, WV?
There are 8 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings in Mercer County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count landscapers, lawn care, tree services and gardeners. Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as landscaping services in 2023.
How much do households in Mercer County, WV spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?
About $30.8M a year, or $1,272 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings, it comes to $3.9M 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 24,224 households in Mercer County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Mercer County, WV compare with the U.S. for landscaping and lawn care companies?
Mercer County has 3.3 landscaping and lawn care companies per 10,000 households, 31% below the U.S. rate of 4.8. Spending per company is $3.9M, 32% above the U.S. figure of $2.9M. At the national ratio of landscaping and lawn care companies to household spending, Mercer County would have about 11, against 8 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,202 households, against one for every 1,095 across the U.S.
How fast is Mercer County, WV growing?
Population estimates put Mercer County at 57,503 people in 2025, down 3.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 24,224 households. The median household income in Mercer County is $53,210 a year, 34% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 30.5% 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. Mercer County scores 63 for landscaping and lawn care companies (upper middle), #393 of 1,493 scored counties.
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