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Top markets for lawn care, cleaning and pest control companies
Every U.S. metro area, small-town market and county, ranked by the Groundwork market score for lawn care, cleaning and pest control companies. The score weighs household spending per company, households per business, population growth and spending power.
- Listings in the U.S.
- 108,814
- 8,133 chain locations (7%)
- Official establishments
- 208,976
- +8.4% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $182.7B
- On lawn care, cleaning and other household services
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.4
- Spending per listing: $1.7M
A site report maps the lawn care, cleaning and pest control companies on map listings around the address by name and distance, and the spending within reach.
Free10 actions over 3 days, no cardSurvey 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 108,814 lawn care, cleaning and pest control companies in the U.S. 8,133 of them (7%) are chain locations. That is 8.4 per 10,000 households.
At $1,414 per household, households in the U.S. spend about $182.7B a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services. Spread across 108,814 lawn care, cleaning and pest control companies, that is $1.7M per company.
In 2023, official counts showed 208,976 businesses with payroll in the U.S. classed as landscaping, cleaning and pest control services, up 8.4% from 2019. They employ 2,066,399 people, with $82.8B in annual payroll.
The Wildwood-The Villages, FL metro area has the highest market score for lawn care, cleaning and pest control companies among 387 scored metro areas, at 94. In the 10 highest-scoring metro areas, the median spending per company is 42% above the U.S. figure, and the median rate of listings per household is 23% below the U.S. rate.
Top markets
These tables (CSV)Ranked by the Groundwork market score, which weighs household spending per competitor, households per business with payroll, population growth and spending power against every other market of the same kind. How the score works.
Top metro areas of 1 million people or more
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX | 91 | 2,070 | 7.8 | $2.1M | +10.3% |
| 4San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | 89 | 680 | 7.0 | $2.1M | +9.5% |
| 5Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 89 | 2,361 | 8.2 | $2M | +10.6% |
| 6Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX | 88 | 822 | 8.3 | $2.1M | +14.0% |
| 25Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | 76 | 2,086 | 8.8 | $2.2M | +3.3% |
| 37Urban Honolulu, HI | 73 | 174 | 5.1 | $3M | −2.3% |
| 39Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO | 73 | 985 | 8.1 | $1.9M | +4.1% |
| 42Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin, TN | 73 | 815 | 9.8 | $1.6M | +8.7% |
| 44Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | 72 | 2,508 | 5.6 | $2.6M | −2.6% |
| 48San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | 71 | 1,179 | 6.8 | $2.6M | −2.4% |
| 49Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | 71 | 1,147 | 7.1 | $2.2M | +3.3% |
| 52Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ | 71 | 1,550 | 8.2 | $1.7M | +7.3% |
| 58San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | 70 | 475 | 7.0 | $2.7M | −0.6% |
| 60Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | 70 | 1,020 | 7.0 | $2M | +3.5% |
| 62Richmond, VA | 70 | 455 | 8.5 | $1.9M | +5.5% |
Top 50 metro areas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Wildwood-The Villages, FL | 94 | 30 | 4.3 | $3.4M | +21.1% |
| 2Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX | 91 | 2,070 | 7.8 | $2.1M | +10.3% |
| 3Odessa, TX | 89 | 34 | 5.3 | $2.7M | +5.0% |
| 4San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | 89 | 680 | 7.0 | $2.1M | +9.5% |
| 5Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 89 | 2,361 | 8.2 | $2M | +10.6% |
| 6Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX | 88 | 822 | 8.3 | $2.1M | +14.0% |
| 7Killeen-Temple, TX | 86 | 112 | 6.3 | $2.2M | +7.2% |
| 8Midland, TX | 85 | 46 | 6.6 | $2.5M | +9.8% |
| 9Laredo, TX | 84 | 34 | 4.2 | $3.2M | +5.2% |
| 10McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX | 83 | 79 | 2.9 | $4.4M | +5.6% |
| 11Hinesville, GA | 83 | 17 | 5.6 | $2.3M | +12.6% |
| 12Hammond, LA | 82 | 31 | 6.0 | $2.2M | +5.8% |
| 13Cleveland, TN | 81 | 35 | 7.0 | $2M | +6.1% |
| 14Durham-Chapel Hill, NC | 80 | 191 | 7.7 | $2.1M | +7.5% |
| 15Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV | 79 | 98 | 8.3 | $1.8M | +7.1% |
| 16Stockton-Lodi, CA | 78 | 123 | 5.0 | $2.8M | +5.5% |
| 17Tuscaloosa, AL | 78 | 60 | 5.7 | $2.4M | +2.9% |
| 18Bowling Green, KY | 78 | 55 | 7.5 | $1.8M | +9.5% |
| 19Clarksville, TN-KY | 78 | 100 | 8.0 | $1.7M | +8.5% |
| 20Brownsville-Harlingen, TX | 77 | 38 | 2.7 | $4.6M | +3.0% |
| 21El Paso, TX | 76 | 150 | 5.0 | $2.7M | +1.3% |
| 22Goldsboro, NC | 76 | 27 | 5.7 | $2.3M | +3.8% |
| 23Morgantown, WV | 76 | 35 | 6.1 | $2.3M | +1.3% |
| 24Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX | 76 | 93 | 6.2 | $2.3M | +0.5% |
| 25Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | 76 | 2,086 | 8.8 | $2.2M | +3.3% |
| 26Dover, DE | 76 | 49 | 6.9 | $2.1M | +6.8% |
| 27Gulfport-Biloxi, MS | 76 | 122 | 7.3 | $1.9M | +3.5% |
| 28Chattanooga, TN-GA | 76 | 206 | 8.9 | $1.6M | +5.3% |
| 29Elizabethtown, KY | 75 | 33 | 6.5 | $2.2M | +2.4% |
| 30Lexington Park, MD | 75 | 68 | 9.0 | $2.1M | +2.1% |
| 31Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR | 75 | 230 | 7.4 | $1.9M | +3.8% |
| 32Waco, TX | 75 | 82 | 7.4 | $1.9M | +4.2% |
| 33Lubbock, TX | 75 | 104 | 7.4 | $1.9M | +4.6% |
| 34Warner Robins, GA | 75 | 72 | 9.7 | $1.5M | +8.2% |
| 35Dalton, GA | 74 | 40 | 7.7 | $1.8M | +3.5% |
| 36Sherman-Denison, TX | 74 | 58 | 10.5 | $1.4M | +12.8% |
| 37Urban Honolulu, HI | 73 | 174 | 5.1 | $3M | −2.3% |
| 38Fort Smith, AR-OK | 73 | 58 | 6.4 | $2.1M | +3.1% |
| 39Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO | 73 | 985 | 8.1 | $1.9M | +4.1% |
| 40Rome, GA | 73 | 29 | 7.9 | $1.8M | +2.8% |
| 41Abilene, TX | 73 | 53 | 8.0 | $1.7M | +4.8% |
| 42Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin, TN | 73 | 815 | 9.8 | $1.6M | +8.7% |
| 43Eagle Pass, TX | 72 | 6 | 3.3 | $3.7M | +1.7% |
| 44Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | 72 | 2,508 | 5.6 | $2.6M | −2.6% |
| 45Baton Rouge, LA | 72 | 263 | 7.9 | $1.8M | +2.1% |
| 46Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL | 72 | 48 | 7.6 | $1.8M | +3.5% |
| 47Yuba City, CA | 71 | 28 | 4.5 | $2.9M | +3.3% |
| 48San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | 71 | 1,179 | 6.8 | $2.6M | −2.4% |
| 49Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | 71 | 1,147 | 7.1 | $2.2M | +3.3% |
| 50Yuma, AZ | 71 | 45 | 5.7 | $2M | +9.2% |
Top 25 small-town markets
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Athens, TN | 90 | 12 | 4.5 | $3M | +8.2% |
| 2Richmond-Berea, KY | 88 | 19 | 3.8 | $3.5M | +7.0% |
| 3Bonham, TX | 88 | 9 | 7.0 | $2.1M | +9.2% |
| 4Danville, KY | 87 | 8 | 3.7 | $3.5M | +3.6% |
| 5Durant, OK | 87 | 8 | 4.3 | $3M | +10.9% |
| 6Shawnee, OK | 86 | 12 | 4.5 | $3M | +3.5% |
| 7Lawrenceburg, TN | 86 | 8 | 4.7 | $2.7M | +6.2% |
| 8Corsicana, TX | 86 | 11 | 5.8 | $2.4M | +8.2% |
| 9Duncan, OK | 85 | 7 | 4.0 | $3.4M | +3.4% |
| 10Huntsville, TX | 85 | 13 | 5.0 | $2.5M | +9.5% |
| 11Jacksonville, TX | 85 | 10 | 5.5 | $2.5M | +5.4% |
| 12Scottsboro, AL | 84 | 6 | 2.8 | $4.6M | +3.3% |
| 13McMinnville, TN | 84 | 7 | 4.3 | $3M | +6.5% |
| 14Douglas, GA | 83 | 5 | 2.7 | $4.5M | +2.9% |
| 15El Campo, TX | 82 | 8 | 5.0 | $2.8M | +1.2% |
| 16Tahlequah, OK | 82 | 10 | 5.3 | $2.4M | +4.5% |
| 17Newport, TN | 81 | 5 | 3.2 | $3.7M | +5.1% |
| 18Nacogdoches, TX | 81 | 10 | 4.0 | $3.3M | +2.2% |
| 19Malvern, AR | 81 | 5 | 4.1 | $3.1M | +1.1% |
| 20Mount Sterling, KY | 81 | 8 | 4.4 | $2.9M | +3.1% |
| 21Palestine, TX | 81 | 11 | 6.3 | $2.1M | +3.2% |
| 22Fairmont, WV | 80 | 5 | 2.1 | $6.4M | −1.2% |
| 23Gaffney, SC | 80 | 11 | 5.0 | $2.5M | +3.7% |
| 24Talladega-Sylacauga, AL | 79 | 10 | 2.6 | $4.8M | 0.0% |
| 25Lumberton, NC | 79 | 12 | 2.8 | $4.2M | +3.4% |
Top 25 counties
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Chambers County, TX | 96 | 9 | 5.2 | $3.3M | +22.6% |
| 2Medina County, TX | 93 | 7 | 3.9 | $3.8M | +11.4% |
| 3Wilson County, TX | 92 | 7 | 3.8 | $4.2M | +12.2% |
| 4Fort Bend County, TX | 91 | 205 | 7.0 | $2.6M | +17.4% |
| 5McClain County, OK | 90 | 10 | 6.1 | $2.5M | +18.4% |
| 6Brazoria County, TX | 90 | 100 | 7.5 | $2.3M | +12.2% |
| 7Arlington County, VA | 89 | 53 | 4.7 | $4.3M | +2.1% |
| 8Sumter County, FL | 89 | 30 | 4.3 | $3.4M | +21.1% |
| 9Liberty County, TX | 89 | 20 | 6.4 | $2.2M | +31.3% |
| 10Caldwell County, TX | 88 | 8 | 4.8 | $2.9M | +20.0% |
| 11Wise County, TX | 88 | 20 | 8.0 | $2M | +21.5% |
| 12San Patricio County, TX | 87 | 8 | 3.2 | $4.5M | +4.7% |
| 13Coryell County, TX | 86 | 6 | 2.2 | $6.3M | +3.0% |
| 14Hunt County, TX | 86 | 20 | 5.2 | $2.8M | +23.0% |
| 15Van Zandt County, TX | 86 | 12 | 5.3 | $2.6M | +10.7% |
| 16Fannin County, TX | 86 | 9 | 7.0 | $2.1M | +9.2% |
| 17Ector County, TX | 85 | 34 | 5.3 | $2.7M | +5.0% |
| 18Guadalupe County, TX | 85 | 48 | 7.3 | $2.2M | +15.8% |
| 19Lampasas County, TX | 85 | 6 | 7.2 | $2.2M | +9.0% |
| 20Yuba County, CA | 84 | 7 | 2.4 | $5.2M | +8.2% |
| 21Walker County, GA | 84 | 8 | 3.0 | $4.4M | +3.7% |
| 22Hidalgo County, TX | 84 | 79 | 2.9 | $4.4M | +5.6% |
| 23Chilton County, AL | 84 | 8 | 4.5 | $3M | +5.9% |
| 24Scott County, KY | 84 | 12 | 5.3 | $2.9M | +8.2% |
| 25Charles County, MD | 84 | 39 | 6.4 | $2.9M | +5.9% |
Scored: 387 metro areas, 481 small-town markets and 1,771 counties, each with at least 5 lawn care, cleaning and pest control companies on map listings (counties: 10,000 people or more). Spending per listing is all household spending on lawn care, cleaning and other household services over the listings: demand for each competitor, not revenue. Each market has its own page, reached from its state below.
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Lawn, cleaning and pest control figures for all 387 metro areas, 538 small-town markets, 3,144 counties and 51 states: the Groundwork market score and rank, map listings and chains, household spending, businesses with payroll, employees and payroll, one-person businesses, SBA-backed loans, population, income and home value, each linked to its page. Sorted, filterable and ready to screen.
Lawn, cleaning and pest control by state
Every market in each state ranked, with the state’s highest-scoring metro area.
- AlabamaTop metro area: Tuscaloosa metro area · 78
- AlaskaTop metro area: Anchorage metro area · 60
- ArizonaTop metro area: Yuma metro area · 71
- ArkansasTop metro area: Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway metro area · 75
- CaliforniaTop metro area: Stockton-Lodi metro area · 78
- ColoradoTop metro area: Denver-Aurora-Centennial metro area · 73
- ConnecticutTop metro area: New Haven metro area · 48
- DelawareTop metro area: Dover metro area · 76
- District of ColumbiaTop metro area: Washington-Arlington-Alexandria metro area · 76
- FloridaTop metro area: Wildwood-The Villages metro area · 94
- GeorgiaTop metro area: Hinesville metro area · 83
- HawaiiTop metro area: Urban Honolulu metro area · 73
- IdahoTop metro area: Boise City metro area · 34
- IllinoisTop metro area: Chicago-Naperville-Elgin metro area · 53
- IndianaTop metro area: Lafayette-West Lafayette metro area · 49
- IowaTop metro area: Des Moines-West Des Moines metro area · 50
- KansasTop metro area: Topeka metro area · 40
- KentuckyTop metro area: Bowling Green metro area · 78
- LouisianaTop metro area: Hammond metro area · 82
- MaineTop metro area: Bangor metro area · 36
- MarylandTop metro area: Hagerstown-Martinsburg metro area · 79
- MassachusettsTop metro area: Amherst Town-Northampton metro area · 51
- MichiganTop metro area: Monroe metro area · 56
- MinnesotaTop metro area: Duluth metro area · 57
- MississippiTop metro area: Gulfport-Biloxi metro area · 76
- MissouriTop metro area: Joplin metro area · 59
- MontanaTop metro area: Helena metro area · 59
- NebraskaTop metro area: Omaha metro area · 34
- NevadaTop metro area: Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas metro area · 66
- New HampshireTop metro area: Manchester-Nashua metro area · 46
- New JerseyTop metro area: Trenton-Princeton metro area · 51
- New MexicoTop metro area: Las Cruces metro area · 67
- New YorkTop metro area: New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area · 62
- North CarolinaTop metro area: Durham-Chapel Hill metro area · 80
- North DakotaTop metro area: Minot metro area · 43
- OhioTop metro area: Columbus metro area · 59
- OklahomaTop metro area: Oklahoma City metro area · 66
- OregonTop metro area: Corvallis metro area · 65
- PennsylvaniaTop metro area: Chambersburg metro area · 57
- Rhode IslandTop metro area: Providence-Warwick metro area · 38
- South CarolinaTop metro area: Spartanburg metro area · 71
- South DakotaTop metro area: Sioux Falls metro area · 39
- TennesseeTop metro area: Cleveland metro area · 81
- TexasTop metro area: Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands metro area · 91
- UtahTop metro area: Ogden metro area · 51
- VermontTop metro area: Burlington-South Burlington metro area · 46
- VirginiaTop metro area: Richmond metro area · 70
- WashingtonTop metro area: Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue metro area · 71
- West VirginiaTop metro area: Morgantown metro area · 76
- WisconsinTop metro area: Wausau metro area · 47
- WyomingTop metro area: Cheyenne metro area · 40
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- Home repair trades160,547 listings
- HVAC and plumbing81,967 listings
- Electricians32,477 listings
- Roofing and gutters46,103 listings
- Landscaping and lawn care62,384 listings
- House cleaning28,560 listings
- Pest control17,870 listings
Questions
Which metro areas have the highest market score for lawn care, cleaning and pest control companies?
The top 5 are Wildwood-The Villages, FL (94); Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX (91); Odessa, TX (89); San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX (89); and Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX (89). The score compares each of 387 scored metro areas with the others for lawn care, cleaning and pest control companies.
How many lawn care, cleaning and pest control companies are in the U.S.?
There are 108,814 lawn care, cleaning and pest control companies on map listings in the U.S. as of September 2026. 8,133 of them (7%) are chain locations. The listings count landscapers and lawn care, house and carpet cleaners, pest control. Official counts show 208,976 businesses with payroll classed as landscaping, cleaning and pest control services in 2023, up 8.4% from 2019.
How much do U.S. households spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?
About $182.7B a year, or $1,414 per household. Spread across the 108,814 lawn care, cleaning and pest control companies on map listings, it comes to $1.7M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 129,209,336 households in the U.S. and national spending patterns by income.
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. Markets with fewer than 5 map listings of the type, and counties under 10,000 people, aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
Run a Groundwork site report on an address anywhere in the U.S. It maps the lawn care, cleaning and pest control companies on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.
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