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Landscaping and lawn care companies in Upshur County, WV

How Upshur 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

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 3.

Listings
3
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
5
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$12.3M
On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,285 a household
Spending per listing
$4.1M
40% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.1
35% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
23,758
−0.3% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 3 landscaping and lawn care companies in Upshur County. That comes to 3.1 for every 10,000 households, 35% below the U.S. rate of 4.8.

At $1,285 per household (9% below the U.S. average), households in Upshur County spend about $12.3M a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services. Spread across 3 landscaping and lawn care companies, that is $4.1M per company, 40% 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 5 businesses with payroll classed as landscaping services in Upshur County in 2023. That is one for every 1,911 households, against one for every 1,095 across the U.S.

Population estimates show Upshur County declined 0.3% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 3 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings, Upshur County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Upshur 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.

Landscaping and lawn care in Upshur County, WV compared with West Virginia and the U.S.
MeasureUpshur CountyWest VirginiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.12.94.8
Spending per listing$4.1M$4.5M$2.9M
Households per official establishment1,9111,8131,095
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+15.9%+9.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.3%−1.4%+3.1%
Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services$1,285$1,335$1,414
Median household income$54,338$59,608$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored64

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
5 → 5
Employees, 2023
14
Annual payroll, 2023
$818K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
30 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
4The 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 Upshur 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 Upshur County

Population, 2025 estimate
23,758−0.3% since 2020
Households
9,557
Median age
43.1
Homes lived in by their owners
81%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
355 sq. mi.
People per square mile
67
Median household income
$54,338+34.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$71,843
Median home value
$170,800
Jobs located here
7,754
Daytime population
21,898Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Landscaping and lawn care across West Virginia

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Top counties in West Virginia

Counties in West Virginia ranked for landscaping and lawn care companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Berkeley County, WV82254.9$3M+13.7%#56 of 1,493
2Monongalia County, WV72204.5$3.2M+2.0%#201 of 1,493
3Ohio County, WV6952.7$5M−4.4%#260 of 1,493
4Wood County, WV6882.2$5.9M−2.1%#272 of 1,493
5Kanawha County, WV66273.5$3.8M−4.3%#321 of 1,493
6Mercer County, WV6383.3$3.9M−3.4%#393 of 1,493
7Cabell County, WV61164.1$3.2M−3.2%#443 of 1,493
8Jefferson County, WV60187.9$2.1M+9.2%#478 of 1,493
9Harrison County, WV5883.0$4.5M−2.5%#497 of 1,493
10Raleigh County, WV5782.8$4.5M−3.5%#519 of 1,493
Upshur County, WVNot scored33.1$4.1M−0.3%

Other business types in Upshur 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 Upshur County, WV?

Upshur County has 3 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count landscapers, lawn care, tree services and gardeners. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as landscaping services in 2023.

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

About $12.3M a year, or $1,285 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 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 9,557 households in Upshur County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Upshur County has 3.1 landscaping and lawn care companies per 10,000 households, 35% below the U.S. rate of 4.8. Spending per company is $4.1M, 40% above the U.S. figure of $2.9M. At the national ratio of landscaping and lawn care companies to household spending, Upshur County would have about 4, against 3 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,911 households, against one for every 1,095 across the U.S.

How fast is Upshur County, WV growing?

Population estimates put Upshur County at 23,758 people in 2025, down 0.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 9,557 households. The median household income in Upshur County is $54,338 a year, 33% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 34.8% 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. Upshur County has no market score for landscaping and lawn care companies: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.

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