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Lawn care, cleaning and pest control companies in Monroe County, IA
The lawn care, cleaning and pest control companies in Monroe County, IA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 2
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $3.6M
- On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,150 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.8M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.5
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 7,406
- −2.5% since 2020
See the lawn care, cleaning and pest control companies around any address in Monroe County
The site report maps the lawn care, cleaning and pest control companies on map listings near the address, by name and distance, and sizes the households and spending around it. Or open the report at the center of Monroe County. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.
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What this means
At $1,150 per household (19% below the U.S. average), households in Monroe County spend about $3.6M a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services. That works out to $1.8M per company.
Monroe County has 2 lawn care, cleaning and pest control companies on map listings as of September 2026. That is 6.5 per 10,000 households.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for landscaping, cleaning and pest control services in Monroe County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates show Monroe County declined 2.5% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How Monroe County compares
The same measures for Iowa 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 lawn care, cleaning and pest control 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 | Monroe County | Iowa | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.5 | 8.9 | 8.4 |
| Spending per listing | $1.8M | $1.4M | $1.7M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 625 | 618 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +8.2% | +8.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.5% | +1.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services | $1,150 | $1,230 | $1,414 |
| Median household income | $70,996 | $75,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 32 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- 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
- 2The 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, cleaning and pest control services in Monroe 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 Monroe County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 7,406−2.5% since 2020
- Households
- 3,089
- Median age
- 42.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 81%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 434 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 17
- Median household income
- $70,996
- Average household income
- $82,641
- Median home value
- $156,300
- Jobs located here
- 2,848
- Daytime population
- 6,622Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Monroe County?
These figures cover the whole county. A site report draws rings around one address and counts what’s inside them: households, spending, jobs, and the lawn care, cleaning and pest control companies on map listings by name and distance.
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Every Iowa market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Iowa for lawn care, cleaning and pest control companies, numbered among those based in Iowa, with Monroe County marked.
Top counties in Iowa
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Dallas County, IA | 70 | 30 | 7.1 | $2.1M | +17.8% | #233 of 1,771 |
| 2Warren County, IA | 67 | 14 | 6.8 | $2M | +9.0% | #287 of 1,771 |
| 3Benton County, IA | 61 | 8 | 7.8 | $1.6M | +1.8% | #470 of 1,771 |
| 4Cedar County, IA | 59 | 5 | 6.6 | $1.9M | −0.7% | #530 of 1,771 |
| 5Winneshiek County, IA | 58 | 5 | 6.1 | $2M | −1.6% | #555 of 1,771 |
| 6Jones County, IA | 56 | 6 | 7.3 | $1.6M | +2.9% | #646 of 1,771 |
| 7Carroll County, IA | 47 | 7 | 8.0 | $1.5M | −2.0% | #966 of 1,771 |
| 8Polk County, IA | 44 | 207 | 10.1 | $1.3M | +4.8% | #1,100 of 1,771 |
| 9Bremer County, IA | 44 | 11 | 11.3 | $1.1M | +1.1% | #1,107 of 1,771 |
| 10Henry County, IA | 43 | 5 | 6.5 | $1.8M | −5.4% | #1,112 of 1,771 |
| Monroe County, IA | Not scored | 2 | 6.5 | $1.8M | −2.5% |
Other business types in Monroe County
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
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 trades
- HVAC and plumbing
- Electricians
- Roofing and gutters
- Lawn, cleaning and pest control
- Landscaping and lawn care
- House cleaning
- Pest control
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many lawn care, cleaning and pest control companies are in Monroe County, IA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 lawn care, cleaning and pest control companies in Monroe County. The listings count landscapers and lawn care, house and carpet cleaners, pest control. No official count is published for landscaping, cleaning and pest control services in Monroe County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Monroe County, IA spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?
About $3.6M a year, or $1,150 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 lawn care, cleaning and pest control companies on map listings, it comes to $1.8M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 3,089 households in Monroe County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Monroe County, IA compare with the U.S. for lawn care, cleaning and pest control companies?
Monroe County has 2 lawn care, cleaning and pest control companies on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of lawn care, cleaning and pest control companies to household spending.
How fast is Monroe County, IA growing?
Population estimates put Monroe County at 7,406 people in 2025, down 2.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 3,089 households. The median household income in Monroe County is $70,996 a year, 12% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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 score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Monroe County. 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.
How the score works · Top markets for lawn care, cleaning and pest control companies · All 56 business types in Monroe County
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