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Landscaping industry statistics 2026
How many landscaping companies there are in the US, what they take in, how many people they employ, what the work pays and how much homeowners spend on landscaping. Official numbers from the U.S. Census Bureau, HUD and BLS, each with its source and year.
Updated October 27, 2026 · NAICS 561730 (Landscaping Services) · SOC 37-3000 (Grounds maintenance workers)
Key numbers
- $115.41 billion
revenue of landscaping companies with paid employees.
- 117,969
landscaping company locations with paid employees.
- 516,572
landscaping businesses without paid employees.
- 1,299,200
jobs as grounds maintenance workers.
- $40,080
median annual pay for grounds maintenance workers.
Landscaping companies in numbers
Landscaping is one of the most crowded local trades. Most businesses are owner-operators without employees, and most of the companies with employees are small.
- 117,969
landscaping company locations with paid employees, up from 117,109 in 2022.
- 802,899
people worked at those companies in mid-March, up from 774,028 a year earlier (+3.7%).
- $41.18 billion
in annual payroll at landscaping companies.
- 83,241
of the 117,969 locations (70.6%) had fewer than 5 employees.
- $115.41 billion
revenue of landscaping companies with paid employees, run by 114,570 firms with 116,787 locations.
- 516,572
landscaping businesses without paid employees, with $18.62 billion in receipts, 4.4 for every location with employees.
Landscaper jobs and pay
BLS counts landscapers, groundskeepers and tree trimmers as grounds maintenance workers. Nearly half work for building and landscaping service companies, and one in five is self-employed.
- 1,299,200
jobs as grounds maintenance workers, 1,188,600 of them landscaping and groundskeeping workers and 70,600 tree trimmers and pruners.
- $40,080
median annual pay ($19.27 per hour) for grounds maintenance workers.
- 48%
of grounds maintenance workers work for services to buildings and dwellings; 20% are self-employed, 8% work in government and 8% in amusement and recreation.
- Services to buildings48%
- Self-employed20%
- Government8%
- Amusement and recreation8%
- $51,286
payroll per employee at landscaping companies.
What homeowners spend on landscaping
The national housing survey asks homeowners about every project in the past two years, whether they did it themselves or hired someone.
- 7.0 million
landscaping and sprinkler system projects by homeowners in the two years before the survey, with $26.55 billion in total spending and $3,896 on average per project.
The home survey numbers are estimates from samples; the Census Bureau publishes a margin of error with each.
Job outlook for landscapers
BLS expects grounds maintenance jobs to grow faster than the average for all occupations, with many openings each year as workers leave the job.
- 5%
projected growth from 2025 to 2035, from 1,299,200 to 1,359,300 jobs (+60,100), faster than the average for all occupations.
- 162,500
openings for grounds maintenance workers projected each year, on average, over the decade.
How customers find a local business
These numbers come from consumer surveys, not from official statistics. They describe local customers in general, including homeowners looking for a landscaper, and are labeled as surveys.
- 97%
of consumers read reviews for local businesses.
- 41%
of consumers “always” read reviews when browsing for businesses.
- 71%
is Google’s share as a review source, down from 83% in 2025.
- 45%
use ChatGPT or other generative AI tools for local recommendations, up from 6% the year before.
- 47%
won’t use a business with fewer than 20 reviews, and 31% will only use a business rated 4.5 stars or more.
- 89%
expect business owners to respond to reviews; 74% only care about reviews written in the last three months.
- 54%
are most likely to visit a business’s website after reading positive reviews.
- 76%
of people who searched on a smartphone for something nearby visited a business within a day, and 28% of those searches led to a purchase.
The Google numbers are from 2016, so read them as a direction, not as today’s share.
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Sources and method
All sources accessed October 27, 2026. Each number above links to its source by number.
How we built this page
- Only official or primary sources: federal agencies and the original publisher of a survey.
- Numbers StrideRank worked out from a source, such as shares, changes and pay per employee, are labeled “StrideRank calculation”.
- Survey results are labeled as surveys, with the publisher and year.
Left out on purpose
- Market-size figures from paid research firms and trade groups, because their methods cannot be checked.
- Pay ranges for grounds maintenance workers, because BLS publishes them only as hourly wages for this group.
- Official data
U.S. Census Bureau2022 Economic Census, Administrative and Support Services: Selected Statistics for the U.S. (EC2256BASIC)
Revenue and firms for employer establishments. Table also on data.census.gov as ECNBASIC2022.EC2256BASIC.
www2.census.gov(opens in a new tab) - Official data
U.S. Census BureauCounty Business Patterns 2023 (U.S. file, establishments with paid employees)
Employment as of mid-March; establishments with paid employees only.
census.gov(opens in a new tab) - Official data
U.S. Census BureauNonemployer Statistics 2023 (businesses without paid employees)
census.gov(opens in a new tab) - Official data
U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsOccupational Outlook Handbook: Grounds Maintenance Workers
SOC 37-3000, which includes landscaping and groundskeeping workers, tree trimmers and pesticide applicators for vegetation. Pay data from OEWS, May 2025; projections 2025–35.
bls.gov(opens in a new tab) - Official data
U.S. Census BureauCounty Business Patterns 2022 (U.S. file)
www2.census.gov(opens in a new tab) - Official data
U.S. Census Bureau / HUD2023 American Housing Survey, Table C-16-OO: Home Improvement Costs—Owner-Occupied Units (national)
Table Creator estimates as listed in the table specifications file (sheet “Home Improvement Costs”). Projects in the two years before the interview, done by the owner or hired out.
www2.census.gov(opens in a new tab) - Survey
BrightLocalLocal Consumer Review Survey 2026 (published February 11, 2026)
Industry survey: representative panel of 1,002 US adult consumers via SurveyMonkey.
brightlocal.com(opens in a new tab) - Survey
Google / Think with GoogleHow Mobile Search Connects Consumers to Stores (Purchased Digital Diary, May 2016)
Survey of 1,000 smartphone users, of them 634 local searchers. Older data, dated 2016.
thinkwithgoogle.com(opens in a new tab)
Common questions
How many landscaping companies are there in the US?
In 2023 there were 117,969 landscaping company locations with paid employees (County Business Patterns, NAICS 561730) and 516,572 landscaping businesses without employees. 70.6% of the locations with employees had fewer than 5 employees.
How big is the landscaping industry?
Landscaping companies with paid employees had $115.41 billion in revenue in 2022, according to the 2022 Economic Census. Businesses without employees added $18.62 billion in receipts in 2023.
How much do landscapers make?
The median annual pay for grounds maintenance workers, which includes landscapers, was $40,080 in May 2025, or $19.27 per hour, according to BLS.
Can I use these statistics?
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