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Lawn care, cleaning and pest control companies in Galax city, VA
How Galax city, VA 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
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 5
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $3.5M
- On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,254 a household
- Spending per listing
- $693K
- 59% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 18.1
- 2.2 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 6,670
- −0.7% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 5 lawn care, cleaning and pest control companies in Galax city. None of them are chain locations, against 7% across the U.S. That comes to 18.1 for every 10,000 households, 2.2 times the U.S. rate of 8.4.
Households in Galax city spend about $3.5M a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services, or $1,254 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. That is about $693K of household spending for each company on map listings, 59% below the U.S. figure of $1.7M.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as landscaping, cleaning and pest control services in Galax city: counts under 3 aren’t published. Since fiscal 2022, 5 SBA-backed loans worth $1.6M have gone to businesses classed as landscaping, cleaning and pest control services in Galax city.
Population estimates put the population change in Galax city from 2020 to 2025 at −0.7%, 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 Galax city compares
The same measures for 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 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 | Galax city | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 18.1 | 9.1 | 8.4 |
| Spending per listing | $693K | $1.8M | $1.7M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 576 | 618 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +3.1% | +8.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.7% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services | $1,254 | $1,683 | $1,414 |
| Median household income | $38,675 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 67 |
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
- 50 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
- 5
- Amount
- $1.6M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as landscaping, cleaning and pest control services in Galax city, 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 Galax city
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 6,670−0.7% since 2020
- Households
- 2,763
- Median age
- 42.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 56%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 8 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 817
- Median household income
- $38,675
- Average household income
- $71,061
- Median home value
- $141,300
- Jobs located here
- 5,712
- Daytime population
- 9,892Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Virginia market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Virginia for lawn care, cleaning and pest control companies, numbered among those based in Virginia, with Galax city marked.
Top counties in Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Arlington County, VA | 89 | 53 | 4.7 | $4.3M | +2.1% | #7 of 1,771 |
| 2King George County, VA | 84 | 8 | 7.9 | $2.3M | +10.5% | #27 of 1,771 |
| 3Alexandria city, VA | 82 | 44 | 5.8 | $3.3M | +1.0% | #39 of 1,771 |
| 4Richmond city, VA | 82 | 60 | 5.8 | $2.5M | +4.6% | #43 of 1,771 |
| 5Westmoreland County, VA | 82 | 5 | 6.1 | $2.2M | +6.5% | #45 of 1,771 |
| 6Prince George County, VA | 81 | 5 | 3.9 | $4M | +2.0% | #47 of 1,771 |
| 7New Kent County, VA | 78 | 5 | 5.4 | $3.3M | +21.2% | #88 of 1,771 |
| 8Caroline County, VA | 76 | 8 | 6.7 | $2.3M | +11.3% | #116 of 1,771 |
| 9Prince Edward County, VA | 74 | 5 | 6.5 | $2M | +2.3% | #153 of 1,771 |
| 10Suffolk city, VA | 73 | 32 | 8.4 | $1.9M | +10.4% | #177 of 1,771 |
| Galax city, VA | Not scored | 5 | 18.1 | $693K | −0.7% |
Other business types in Galax city
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 Galax city, VA?
Galax city has 5 lawn care, cleaning and pest control companies on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. 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 Galax city: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Galax city, VA spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?
About $3.5M a year, or $1,254 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 lawn care, cleaning and pest control companies on map listings, it comes to $693K per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 2,763 households in Galax city and national spending patterns by income.
How does Galax city, VA compare with the U.S. for lawn care, cleaning and pest control companies?
Galax city has 18.1 lawn care, cleaning and pest control companies per 10,000 households, 2.2 times the U.S. rate of 8.4. Spending per company is $693K, 59% below the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the national ratio of lawn care, cleaning and pest control companies to household spending, Galax city would have about 2, against 5 on map listings.
How fast is Galax city, VA growing?
Population estimates put Galax city at 6,670 people in 2025, down 0.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 2,763 households. Median household income in Galax city is $38,675, 52% 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.
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