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Lawn care, cleaning and pest control companies in Lake County, SD
How Lake County, SD compares with other counties and the U.S. for lawn care, cleaning and pest control 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
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $5.8M
- On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,235 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.9M
- 16% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.4
- 24% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 10,993
- −0.2% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 3 lawn care, cleaning and pest control companies in Lake County. That is 6.4 per 10,000 households, 24% below the U.S. rate of 8.4.
Household spending on lawn care, cleaning and other household services in Lake County comes to about $5.8M a year: $1,235 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.9M per company, 16% above the U.S. figure of $1.7M.
In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in Lake County classed as landscaping, cleaning and pest control services. That is one for every 1,572 households, against one for every 618 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Lake County declined 0.2% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 3 lawn care, cleaning and pest control companies on map listings, Lake County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Lake County compares
The same measures for South Dakota 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 | Lake County | South Dakota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.4 | 8.0 | 8.4 |
| Spending per listing | $1.9M | $1.5M | $1.7M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,572 | 516 | 618 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +23.3% | +8.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.2% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services | $1,235 | $1,222 | $1,414 |
| Median household income | $76,808 | $75,081 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 40 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3 → 3
- Employees, 2023
- 20
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $766K
- 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, cleaning and pest control services in Lake 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 Lake County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 10,993−0.2% since 2020
- Households
- 4,716
- Median age
- 44.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 563 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 19
- Median household income
- $76,808+24.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $104,754
- Median home value
- $247,600
- Jobs located here
- 5,183
- Daytime population
- 10,346Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in South Dakota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Union County, SD | 61 | 6 | 8.2 | $1.6M | +3.3% | #469 of 1,771 |
| 2Brookings County, SD | 52 | 10 | 7.2 | $1.6M | +9.6% | #778 of 1,771 |
| 3Lawrence County, SD | 46 | 9 | 7.5 | $1.6M | +14.0% | #1,000 of 1,771 |
| 4Minnehaha County, SD | 44 | 75 | 8.8 | $1.4M | +7.6% | #1,097 of 1,771 |
| 5Lincoln County, SD | 37 | 45 | 16.1 | $866K | +17.5% | #1,369 of 1,771 |
| 6Meade County, SD | 36 | 11 | 9.2 | $1.3M | +2.7% | #1,375 of 1,771 |
| 7Pennington County, SD | 33 | 48 | 10.4 | $1.2M | +6.6% | #1,481 of 1,771 |
| 8Brown County, SD | 30 | 13 | 8.0 | $1.5M | −1.7% | #1,565 of 1,771 |
| 9Yankton County, SD | 28 | 10 | 10.3 | $1.2M | +1.5% | #1,627 of 1,771 |
| 10Davison County, SD | 24 | 11 | 12.4 | $928K | +0.6% | #1,690 of 1,771 |
| Lake County, SD | Not scored | 3 | 6.4 | $1.9M | −0.2% |
Other business types in Lake 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 trades44
- HVAC and plumbing23
- 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 Lake County, SD?
There are 3 lawn care, cleaning and pest control companies on map listings in Lake County as of September 2026. The listings count landscapers and lawn care, house and carpet cleaners, pest control. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as landscaping, cleaning and pest control services in 2023.
How much do households in Lake County, SD spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?
About $5.8M a year, or $1,235 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 lawn care, cleaning and pest control companies on map listings, it comes to $1.9M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,716 households in Lake County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lake County, SD compare with the U.S. for lawn care, cleaning and pest control companies?
Lake County has 6.4 lawn care, cleaning and pest control companies per 10,000 households, 24% below the U.S. rate of 8.4. Spending per company is $1.9M, 16% above the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the national ratio of lawn care, cleaning and pest control companies to household spending, Lake County would have about 4, against 3 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,572 households, against one for every 618 across the U.S.
How fast is Lake County, SD growing?
Population estimates put Lake County at 10,993 people in 2025, down 0.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,716 households. Median household income in Lake County is $76,808, 5% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.2%, 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. Lake County has no market score for lawn care, cleaning and pest control companies: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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