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} .center-band .mega { font-size: 72px; } .footer { padding: 28px; } .compare-row { flex-direction: column; } .compare-cell.versus { flex: 0 0 50px; } } <\/style> <\/head> <body> <div class=\"infographic\">  <section class=\"hero\"> <div class=\"eyebrow\">Lawn Care and Landscaping Statistics \u00b7 May 2026<\/div> <h1>America's <em>$188.8 Billion<\/em><br>Lawn<\/h1> <p class=\"sub\">28 data points that explain the country's most overlooked industry \u2014 the workforce, the chemicals, the bees, the bans, and the Wall Street rollup nobody has told you about.<\/p> <p class=\"byline\">by Alice Onofrei<\/p> <\/section>  <section class=\"band\"> <div class=\"section-kicker\">The Lawn Care and Landscaping Industry by the Numbers<\/div> <h2 class=\"section-title\">A fragmented giant hiding in plain sight.<\/h2> <p class=\"section-lead\">Revenue, firm counts, and employment \u2014 the headline figures behind America's lawn-care economy.<\/p> <div class=\"grid-3 grid-row\"> <div class=\"card\"> <div class=\"num sun\">$188.8<small> Billion<\/small><\/div> <div class=\"hdr\">U.S. landscaping services industry revenue, 2025 (+5.8% YoY).<\/div> <div class=\"body\">The industry's top-line revenue figure for landscaping services nationwide.<\/div> <div class=\"src\">Source: IBISWorld<\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"card\"> <div class=\"num grass\">~635,000<small><\/small><\/div> <div class=\"hdr\">Lawn-care businesses in the U.S. (Census 2023, NAICS 561730 only).<\/div> <div class=\"body\"><strong>117,969<\/strong> employer companies plus <strong>~517,000<\/strong> sole-proprietor firms. <strong>No company controls more than ~5% of the market.<\/strong> IBISWorld and NALP cite <strong>~693,000<\/strong> \u2014 higher counts that reflect a broader industry scope, including additional NAICS codes.<\/div> <div class=\"src\">Source: U.S. Census Bureau (CBP 2023)<\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"card\"> <div class=\"num\">~2<small>\/business<\/small><\/div> <div class=\"hdr\">Workers per business \u2014 blended average across the industry.<\/div> <div class=\"body\"><strong>802,899<\/strong> paid employees plus <strong>~517,000<\/strong> self-employed sole-proprietor owners = <strong>~1.32 million<\/strong> people working across <strong>~635,000<\/strong> firms (Census 2023 CBP + Nonemployer Statistics).<\/div> <div class=\"src\">Source: U.S. Census Bureau<\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"grid-2\"> <div class=\"card\"> <div class=\"num grass\">~1.3 <small>Million<\/small><\/div> <div class=\"hdr\">Grounds-maintenance workers in the U.S.<\/div> <div class=\"body\">Broader Occupational Outlook Handbook grouping (includes landscapers, tree trimmers, pesticide handlers); 2024 employment per BLS. Exceeds the <strong>952,640<\/strong> SOC 37-3011 figure because that code is one sub-occupation within the OOH grounds-maintenance group.<\/div> <div class=\"src\">Source: BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook<\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"card\"> <div class=\"num sun\">4<small>%<\/small><\/div> <div class=\"hdr\">Projected employment growth in the field, 2024\u20132034.<\/div> <div class=\"body\">About <strong>171,600<\/strong> job openings per year projected over the decade \u2014 steady demand for grounds-maintenance labor.<\/div> <div class=\"src\">Source: BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook<\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/section>  <section class=\"band\" style=\"background: #EEF1EC;\"> <div class=\"section-kicker\">Who Works in Lawn Care<\/div> <h2 class=\"section-title\">The people behind the perfect lawn.<\/h2> <p class=\"section-lead\">Wages, demographics, and visa patterns \u2014 who actually does this work, and what they earn.<\/p> <div class=\"grid-3 grid-row\"> <div class=\"card\"> <div class=\"num sun\">$42,290<\/div> <div class=\"hdr\">Mean annual wage for landscaping and groundskeeping workers.<\/div> <div class=\"body\">BLS OEWS, May 2025, SOC 37-3011 \u2014 up from <strong>$40,880<\/strong> in May 2024.<\/div> <div class=\"src\">Source: BLS OEWS (May 2025)<\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"card\"> <div class=\"num sky\">$18.82<small>\/hour<\/small><\/div> <div class=\"hdr\">Median hourly wage for landscaping and groundskeeping workers.<\/div> <div class=\"body\">BLS OEWS, May 2025, SOC 37-3011. Mean hourly wage is <strong>$20.33.<\/strong><\/div> <div class=\"src\">Source: BLS OEWS (May 2025)<\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"card\"> <div class=\"num\">~92.7<small>%<\/small><\/div> <div class=\"hdr\">Share of the landscaping & groundskeeping workforce that is male.<\/div> <div class=\"body\">One of the most male-dominated occupations in the U.S. labor force.<\/div> <div class=\"src\">Source: Data USA<\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"grid-2\"> <div class=\"card\"> <div class=\"num sky\">31.3<small>%<\/small><\/div> <div class=\"hdr\">Share of all H-2B seasonal-worker visa certifications going to landscaping services.<\/div> <div class=\"body\">NAICS 561730, 2024. No other industry came close to this share of the H-2B program.<\/div> <div class=\"src\">Source: American Immigration Council (2024)<\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"card\"> <div class=\"num sky\">39.1<small>%<\/small><\/div> <div class=\"hdr\">Share of all H-2B certifications for the landscaping-and-groundskeeping occupation.<\/div> <div class=\"body\">SOC 37-3011, 2024 \u2014 the single most-requested occupation in the program (includes landscaping workers employed by any industry, e.g., hotels, golf courses).<\/div> <div class=\"src\">Source: American Immigration Council (2024)<\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/section>  <section class=\"center-band\"> <div class=\"pre\">America's largest irrigated \"crop\"<\/div> <div class=\"mega\">40<small> Million<\/small><\/div> <div class=\"post\">acres of lawn cover the U.S. (~163,800 km\u00b2, per the peer-reviewed Milesi et al. 2005 study) \u2014 3X the surface area of America's largest irrigated crop, corn.<\/div> <\/section>  <section class=\"band\"> <div class=\"section-kicker\">The Hidden Costs<\/div> <h2 class=\"section-title\">What your lawn is quietly burning through.<\/h2> <p class=\"section-lead\">Behind every perfect green lawn is a stack of chemicals, gallons, and emissions Americans rarely add up. Here's the tab.<\/p> <div class=\"grid-feature\" style=\"margin-bottom: 24px;\"> <div class=\"feature-card rust\"> <div class=\"num\">1,100<small>mi<\/small><\/div> <div class=\"hdr\">One hour of a commercial leaf blower = one car driving from L.A. to Denver.<\/div> <div class=\"body\">In smog-forming emissions. One hour of a commercial mower equals about <strong>300 miles of driving<\/strong> \u2014 which is why more than <strong>200 laws<\/strong> and programs across <strong>27 states plus D.C.<\/strong> now restrict or incentivize alternatives to gas-powered lawn equipment.<\/div> <div class=\"src\">Source: California Air Resources Board \u00b7 PIRG<\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"card\"> <div class=\"num soil\">90<small>M+ lbs<\/small><\/div> <div class=\"hdr\">Herbicides on U.S. lawns and gardens each year.<\/div> <div class=\"body\">The largest pesticide-use category in the home-and-garden sector. Suburban lawns and gardens receive <strong>3.2\u20139.8 lbs of pesticide per acre<\/strong> \u2014 versus <strong>2.7 lbs per acre<\/strong> on agricultural land.<\/div> <div class=\"src\">Source: Beyond Pesticides (EPA-derived data, 2005)<\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"grid-2\"> <div class=\"card\"> <div class=\"num sky\">~8<small> Billion gallons a day<\/small><\/div> <div class=\"hdr\">Goes outdoors.<\/div> <div class=\"body\">Residential outdoor water use averages nearly <strong>8 billion gallons<\/strong> every day nationwide \u2014 and outdoor use can account for up to <strong>60% of household water<\/strong> in arid regions.<\/div> <div class=\"src\">Source: EPA WaterSense<\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"card\"> <div class=\"num rust\">85,000<\/div> <div class=\"hdr\">ER visits a year, just from lawn mowers.<\/div> <div class=\"body\">The hand or finger is the most-commonly-injured body part (<strong>22.3% of cases<\/strong>). About <strong>9,400 of those visits<\/strong> each year are children under 18.<\/div> <div class=\"src\">Source: Harris et al., Am J Emerg Med, 2018 \u00b7 CMSA<\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/section>  <section class=\"band\" style=\"background: #FAF6E9;\"> <div class=\"section-kicker\" style=\"color: var(--rust);\">Pollinator Emergency<\/div> <h2 class=\"section-title\">The lawn is winning. The bees are losing.<\/h2> <p class=\"section-lead\">Turfgrass monoculture is one of the largest pollinator-habitat losses in U.S. history. The numbers are getting worse.<\/p> <div class=\"compare-row\" style=\"margin-bottom: 24px;\"> <div class=\"compare-cell\"> <div class=\"num rust\">96%<\/div> <div class=\"lbl\">Decline in abundance of four formerly common North American bumble-bee species (Cameron et al., PNAS 2011)<\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"compare-cell versus\">+<\/div> <div class=\"compare-cell\"> <div class=\"num rust\">57%<\/div> <div class=\"lbl\">Decline in western bumble-bee occurrence in its historical range, 1998\u20132020 (USGS)<\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"compare-cell versus\">+<\/div> <div class=\"compare-cell\"> <div class=\"num rust\">>95%<\/div> <div class=\"lbl\">Decline in western monarch butterflies since the 1980s (Xerces Society)<\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"grid-feature\"> <div class=\"feature-card grass\"> <div class=\"num\">20<small> Million<\/small><\/div> <div class=\"hdr\">Acres of U.S. lawn that Doug Tallamy wants converted to native plant habitat.<\/div> <div class=\"body\">University of Delaware entomologist Doug Tallamy's \"Homegrown National Park\" initiative is calling for <strong>20 million acres<\/strong> of habitat restoration on what's currently U.S. lawn \u2014 the equivalent of a new national park system grown one yard at a time.<\/div> <div class=\"src\">Source: Homegrown National Park<\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"card\"> <div class=\"num grass\">12<small>%<\/small><\/div> <div class=\"hdr\">Of U.S. adults are already converting parts of their lawn to native or wildflower landscapes.<\/div> <div class=\"body\"><strong>28% bought pollinator-friendly plants<\/strong> in 2024, and <strong>17% bought native plants<\/strong>. A small but real shift.<\/div> <div class=\"src\">Source: National Wildlife Federation, 2024 Garden for Wildlife Survey<\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/section>  <section class=\"band\"> <div class=\"section-kicker\">The Electric Pivot<\/div> <h2 class=\"section-title\">The gas mower is dying faster than you think.<\/h2> <p class=\"section-lead\">Battery-powered walk-behinds, smart irrigation, and robot mowers are eating the market. Cities and states are paying people to switch.<\/p> <p class=\"section-related\">See Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lawnstarter.com\/blog\/statistics\/silence-of-the-lawns\/\">The Silence of the Lawns -- How Noise Ordinances, Gas Bans, and Robot Lawn Mowers are Changing Lawn Care<\/a><\/p> <div class=\"grid-3\"> <div class=\"card\"> <div class=\"num\">39.3<small>%<\/small><\/div> <div class=\"hdr\">Gas mowers' share of the U.S. market in 2025.<\/div> <div class=\"body\">Down from a long-time majority. Battery-cordless walk-behinds are now the dominant new-sale category.<\/div> <div class=\"src\">Source: Mordor Intelligence<\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"card\"> <div class=\"num grass\">18.4<small>%<\/small><\/div> <div class=\"hdr\">Annual growth rate for robotic mowers, 2026\u20132031.<\/div> <div class=\"body\">Global robotic-mower market is projected to climb from <strong><\/strong>$9.33 billion<\/strong> in 2025 to <strong>$21.97 billion<\/strong> by 2033 (<strong>11.4% CAGR<\/strong> over 2026\u20132033). North America = <strong>38.2% of revenue<\/strong> in 2025.<\/div> <div class=\"src\">Source: Mordor Intelligence \u00b7 Grand View Research<\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"card\"> <div class=\"num sun\">237 \/ 500<\/div> <div class=\"hdr\">Of the largest U.S. cities have residents with access to rebates for electric lawn equipment.<\/div> <div class=\"body\">Nearly half of the country's biggest cities have city-, state-, or utility-funded incentives on the table to nudge homeowners off gas.<\/div> <div class=\"src\">Source: PIRG<\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/section>  <section class=\"band\" style=\"background: #EEF1EC;\"> <div class=\"section-kicker\">Wall Street Moves In<\/div> <h2 class=\"section-title\">Private equity is rolling up your local lawn-care guy.<\/h2> <p class=\"section-lead\">Commercial landscaping was a quintessentially mom-and-pop industry. Then it became Wall Street's favorite consolidation target.<\/p> <div class=\"grid-3\"> <div class=\"card\"> <div class=\"num soil\">30<small>+<\/small><\/div> <div class=\"hdr\">Active PE platform investments in commercial landscaping<\/div> <div class=\"body\">By late 2024, <strong>more than 30<\/strong> private-equity-backed platforms were buying up regional lawn-care companies.<\/div> <div class=\"src\">Source: Forbes Partners<\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"card\"> <div class=\"num soil\">131<\/div> <div class=\"hdr\">Landscaping M&A deals, 2023\u2013YTD 2025.<\/div> <div class=\"body\">Roughly one consolidation deal every week, on average, since the start of 2023.<\/div> <div class=\"src\">Source: CapIQ via Forbes Partners<\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"card\"> <div class=\"num soil\">89<\/div> <div class=\"hdr\">Acquisitions completed by a single PE platform.<\/div> <div class=\"body\">Apax Partners' landscaping platform alone has rolled up <strong>89 companies<\/strong> \u2014 the most aggressive operator in the space.<\/div> <div class=\"src\">Source: Grata PE Playbook<\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/section>  <section class=\"band\"> <div class=\"section-kicker\">Who's Really In Charge? Homeowner associations<\/div> <h2 class=\"section-title\">Millions of homeowners don't fully own their lawn.<\/h2> <p class=\"section-lead\">Roughly <strong>53% of American homeowners<\/strong> now live under an HOA. Lawn-appearance rules remain among the most-disputed policies.<\/p> <div class=\"grid-feature\"> <div class=\"feature-card sky\"> <div class=\"num\">40<small> Million<\/small><\/div> <div class=\"hdr\">U.S. households live in an HOA-governed community.<\/div> <div class=\"body\">That's about 53% of homeowners. Roughly one in three of all U.S. housing units sits in an HOA, condo, or co-op \u2014 and lawn-appearance rules are among the most frequently contested policies on the books.<\/div> <div class=\"src\">Source: iPropertyManagement \u00b7 Community Associations Institute<\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"card\"> <div class=\"num sky\">53<small>%<\/small><\/div> <div class=\"hdr\">Of American homeowners now live under an HOA.<\/div> <div class=\"body\">Lawn-appearance rules remain among the most-disputed policies in these communities \u2014 shaping what millions of yards can and can't look like.<\/div> <div class=\"src\">Source: iPropertyManagement \u00b7 Community Associations Institute<\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/section>  <footer class=\"footer\"> <div class=\"brand\">LawnStarter<\/div> <div class=\"sub\">An illustrated brief on the U.S. lawn-care industry \u00b7 May 2026.<\/div> <div class=\"sources\"> <strong>Sources<\/strong> IBISWorld (industry revenue) \u00b7 U.S. Census Bureau (business counts & employees, 2023 CBP & Nonemployer Statistics, NAICS 561730) \u00b7 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (workforce, wages, OOH & OEWS) \u00b7 Data USA (workforce demographics) \u00b7 NASA Earth Observatory \/ Milesi 2005 (turfgrass acreage) \u00b7 EPA WaterSense (water use & controllers) \u00b7 Beyond Pesticides 2005 \/ EPA-derived (lawn chemicals) \u00b7 California Air Resources Board (engine emissions) \u00b7 PIRG (gas-equipment bans & rebates) \u00b7 Cameron et al. PNAS 2011, USGS, Xerces Society (pollinator decline) \u00b7 Homegrown National Park \/ Doug Tallamy (habitat call) \u00b7 National Wildlife Federation 2024 Garden for Wildlife Survey \u00b7 Mordor Intelligence (mower market) \u00b7 Grand View Research (robotic mowers) \u00b7 Harris et al. Am J Emerg Med 2018 (mower injuries) \u00b7 CMSA (pediatric injuries) \u00b7 iPropertyManagement & Community Associations Institute (HOAs) \u00b7 Forbes Partners & Grata (PE consolidation) \u00b7 American Immigration Council (H-2B). Every external claim was independently fact-checked against the cited source. 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} .center-band .mega { font-size: 72px; } .footer { padding: 28px; } .compare-row { flex-direction: column; } .compare-cell.versus { flex: 0 0 50px; } } <\/style> <\/head> <body> <div class=\"infographic\">  <section class=\"hero\"> <div class=\"eyebrow\">Lawn Care and Landscaping Statistics \u00b7 May 2026<\/div> <h1>America's <em>$188.8 Billion<\/em><br>Lawn<\/h1> <p class=\"sub\">28 data points that explain the country's most overlooked industry \u2014 the workforce, the chemicals, the bees, the bans, and the Wall Street rollup nobody has told you about.<\/p> <p class=\"byline\">by Alice Onofrei<\/p> <\/section>  <section class=\"band\"> <div class=\"section-kicker\">The Lawn Care and Landscaping Industry by the Numbers<\/div> <h2 class=\"section-title\">A fragmented giant hiding in plain sight.<\/h2> <p class=\"section-lead\">Revenue, firm counts, and employment \u2014 the headline figures behind America's lawn-care economy.<\/p> <div class=\"grid-3 grid-row\"> <div class=\"card\"> <div class=\"num sun\">$188.8<small> Billion<\/small><\/div> <div class=\"hdr\">U.S. landscaping services industry revenue, 2025 (+5.8% YoY).<\/div> <div class=\"body\">The industry's top-line revenue figure for landscaping services nationwide.<\/div> <div class=\"src\">Source: IBISWorld<\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"card\"> <div class=\"num grass\">~635,000<small><\/small><\/div> <div class=\"hdr\">Lawn-care businesses in the U.S. (Census 2023, NAICS 561730 only).<\/div> <div class=\"body\"><strong>117,969<\/strong> employer companies plus <strong>~517,000<\/strong> sole-proprietor firms. <strong>No company controls more than ~5% of the market.<\/strong> IBISWorld and NALP cite <strong>~693,000<\/strong> \u2014 higher counts that reflect a broader industry scope, including additional NAICS codes.<\/div> <div class=\"src\">Source: U.S. Census Bureau (CBP 2023)<\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"card\"> <div class=\"num\">~2<small>\/business<\/small><\/div> <div class=\"hdr\">Workers per business \u2014 blended average across the industry.<\/div> <div class=\"body\"><strong>802,899<\/strong> paid employees plus <strong>~517,000<\/strong> self-employed sole-proprietor owners = <strong>~1.32 million<\/strong> people working across <strong>~635,000<\/strong> firms (Census 2023 CBP + Nonemployer Statistics).<\/div> <div class=\"src\">Source: U.S. Census Bureau<\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"grid-2\"> <div class=\"card\"> <div class=\"num grass\">~1.3 <small>Million<\/small><\/div> <div class=\"hdr\">Grounds-maintenance workers in the U.S.<\/div> <div class=\"body\">Broader Occupational Outlook Handbook grouping (includes landscapers, tree trimmers, pesticide handlers); 2024 employment per BLS. Exceeds the <strong>952,640<\/strong> SOC 37-3011 figure because that code is one sub-occupation within the OOH grounds-maintenance group.<\/div> <div class=\"src\">Source: BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook<\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"card\"> <div class=\"num sun\">4<small>%<\/small><\/div> <div class=\"hdr\">Projected employment growth in the field, 2024\u20132034.<\/div> <div class=\"body\">About <strong>171,600<\/strong> job openings per year projected over the decade \u2014 steady demand for grounds-maintenance labor.<\/div> <div class=\"src\">Source: BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook<\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/section>  <section class=\"band\" style=\"background: #EEF1EC;\"> <div class=\"section-kicker\">Who Works in Lawn Care<\/div> <h2 class=\"section-title\">The people behind the perfect lawn.<\/h2> <p class=\"section-lead\">Wages, demographics, and visa patterns \u2014 who actually does this work, and what they earn.<\/p> <div class=\"grid-3 grid-row\"> <div class=\"card\"> <div class=\"num sun\">$42,290<\/div> <div class=\"hdr\">Mean annual wage for landscaping and groundskeeping workers.<\/div> <div class=\"body\">BLS OEWS, May 2025, SOC 37-3011 \u2014 up from <strong>$40,880<\/strong> in May 2024.<\/div> <div class=\"src\">Source: BLS OEWS (May 2025)<\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"card\"> <div class=\"num sky\">$18.82<small>\/hour<\/small><\/div> <div class=\"hdr\">Median hourly wage for landscaping and groundskeeping workers.<\/div> <div class=\"body\">BLS OEWS, May 2025, SOC 37-3011. Mean hourly wage is <strong>$20.33.<\/strong><\/div> <div class=\"src\">Source: BLS OEWS (May 2025)<\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"card\"> <div class=\"num\">~92.7<small>%<\/small><\/div> <div class=\"hdr\">Share of the landscaping & groundskeeping workforce that is male.<\/div> <div class=\"body\">One of the most male-dominated occupations in the U.S. labor force.<\/div> <div class=\"src\">Source: Data USA<\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"grid-2\"> <div class=\"card\"> <div class=\"num sky\">31.3<small>%<\/small><\/div> <div class=\"hdr\">Share of all H-2B seasonal-worker visa certifications going to landscaping services.<\/div> <div class=\"body\">NAICS 561730, 2024. No other industry came close to this share of the H-2B program.<\/div> <div class=\"src\">Source: American Immigration Council (2024)<\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"card\"> <div class=\"num sky\">39.1<small>%<\/small><\/div> <div class=\"hdr\">Share of all H-2B certifications for the landscaping-and-groundskeeping occupation.<\/div> <div class=\"body\">SOC 37-3011, 2024 \u2014 the single most-requested occupation in the program (includes landscaping workers employed by any industry, e.g., hotels, golf courses).<\/div> <div class=\"src\">Source: American Immigration Council (2024)<\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/section>  <section class=\"center-band\"> <div class=\"pre\">America's largest irrigated \"crop\"<\/div> <div class=\"mega\">40<small> Million<\/small><\/div> <div class=\"post\">acres of lawn cover the U.S. (~163,800 km\u00b2, per the peer-reviewed Milesi et al. 2005 study) \u2014 3X the surface area of America's largest irrigated crop, corn.<\/div> <\/section>  <section class=\"band\"> <div class=\"section-kicker\">The Hidden Costs<\/div> <h2 class=\"section-title\">What your lawn is quietly burning through.<\/h2> <p class=\"section-lead\">Behind every perfect green lawn is a stack of chemicals, gallons, and emissions Americans rarely add up. Here's the tab.<\/p> <div class=\"grid-feature\" style=\"margin-bottom: 24px;\"> <div class=\"feature-card rust\"> <div class=\"num\">1,100<small>mi<\/small><\/div> <div class=\"hdr\">One hour of a commercial leaf blower = one car driving from L.A. to Denver.<\/div> <div class=\"body\">In smog-forming emissions. One hour of a commercial mower equals about <strong>300 miles of driving<\/strong> \u2014 which is why more than <strong>200 laws<\/strong> and programs across <strong>27 states plus D.C.<\/strong> now restrict or incentivize alternatives to gas-powered lawn equipment.<\/div> <div class=\"src\">Source: California Air Resources Board \u00b7 PIRG<\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"card\"> <div class=\"num soil\">90<small>M+ lbs<\/small><\/div> <div class=\"hdr\">Herbicides on U.S. lawns and gardens each year.<\/div> <div class=\"body\">The largest pesticide-use category in the home-and-garden sector. Suburban lawns and gardens receive <strong>3.2\u20139.8 lbs of pesticide per acre<\/strong> \u2014 versus <strong>2.7 lbs per acre<\/strong> on agricultural land.<\/div> <div class=\"src\">Source: Beyond Pesticides (EPA-derived data, 2005)<\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"grid-2\"> <div class=\"card\"> <div class=\"num sky\">~8<small> Billion gallons a day<\/small><\/div> <div class=\"hdr\">Goes outdoors.<\/div> <div class=\"body\">Residential outdoor water use averages nearly <strong>8 billion gallons<\/strong> every day nationwide \u2014 and outdoor use can account for up to <strong>60% of household water<\/strong> in arid regions.<\/div> <div class=\"src\">Source: EPA WaterSense<\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"card\"> <div class=\"num rust\">85,000<\/div> <div class=\"hdr\">ER visits a year, just from lawn mowers.<\/div> <div class=\"body\">The hand or finger is the most-commonly-injured body part (<strong>22.3% of cases<\/strong>). About <strong>9,400 of those visits<\/strong> each year are children under 18.<\/div> <div class=\"src\">Source: Harris et al., Am J Emerg Med, 2018 \u00b7 CMSA<\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/section>  <section class=\"band\" style=\"background: #FAF6E9;\"> <div class=\"section-kicker\" style=\"color: var(--rust);\">Pollinator Emergency<\/div> <h2 class=\"section-title\">The lawn is winning. The bees are losing.<\/h2> <p class=\"section-lead\">Turfgrass monoculture is one of the largest pollinator-habitat losses in U.S. history. The numbers are getting worse.<\/p> <div class=\"compare-row\" style=\"margin-bottom: 24px;\"> <div class=\"compare-cell\"> <div class=\"num rust\">96%<\/div> <div class=\"lbl\">Decline in abundance of four formerly common North American bumble-bee species (Cameron et al., PNAS 2011)<\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"compare-cell versus\">+<\/div> <div class=\"compare-cell\"> <div class=\"num rust\">57%<\/div> <div class=\"lbl\">Decline in western bumble-bee occurrence in its historical range, 1998\u20132020 (USGS)<\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"compare-cell versus\">+<\/div> <div class=\"compare-cell\"> <div class=\"num rust\">>95%<\/div> <div class=\"lbl\">Decline in western monarch butterflies since the 1980s (Xerces Society)<\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"grid-feature\"> <div class=\"feature-card grass\"> <div class=\"num\">20<small> Million<\/small><\/div> <div class=\"hdr\">Acres of U.S. lawn that Doug Tallamy wants converted to native plant habitat.<\/div> <div class=\"body\">University of Delaware entomologist Doug Tallamy's \"Homegrown National Park\" initiative is calling for <strong>20 million acres<\/strong> of habitat restoration on what's currently U.S. lawn \u2014 the equivalent of a new national park system grown one yard at a time.<\/div> <div class=\"src\">Source: Homegrown National Park<\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"card\"> <div class=\"num grass\">12<small>%<\/small><\/div> <div class=\"hdr\">Of U.S. adults are already converting parts of their lawn to native or wildflower landscapes.<\/div> <div class=\"body\"><strong>28% bought pollinator-friendly plants<\/strong> in 2024, and <strong>17% bought native plants<\/strong>. A small but real shift.<\/div> <div class=\"src\">Source: National Wildlife Federation, 2024 Garden for Wildlife Survey<\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/section>  <section class=\"band\"> <div class=\"section-kicker\">The Electric Pivot<\/div> <h2 class=\"section-title\">The gas mower is dying faster than you think.<\/h2> <p class=\"section-lead\">Battery-powered walk-behinds, smart irrigation, and robot mowers are eating the market. Cities and states are paying people to switch.<\/p> <p class=\"section-related\">See Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lawnstarter.com\/blog\/statistics\/silence-of-the-lawns\/\">The Silence of the Lawns -- How Noise Ordinances, Gas Bans, and Robot Lawn Mowers are Changing Lawn Care<\/a><\/p> <div class=\"grid-3\"> <div class=\"card\"> <div class=\"num\">39.3<small>%<\/small><\/div> <div class=\"hdr\">Gas mowers' share of the U.S. market in 2025.<\/div> <div class=\"body\">Down from a long-time majority. Battery-cordless walk-behinds are now the dominant new-sale category.<\/div> <div class=\"src\">Source: Mordor Intelligence<\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"card\"> <div class=\"num grass\">18.4<small>%<\/small><\/div> <div class=\"hdr\">Annual growth rate for robotic mowers, 2026\u20132031.<\/div> <div class=\"body\">Global robotic-mower market is projected to climb from <strong><\/strong>$9.33 billion<\/strong> in 2025 to <strong>$21.97 billion<\/strong> by 2033 (<strong>11.4% CAGR<\/strong> over 2026\u20132033). North America = <strong>38.2% of revenue<\/strong> in 2025.<\/div> <div class=\"src\">Source: Mordor Intelligence \u00b7 Grand View Research<\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"card\"> <div class=\"num sun\">237 \/ 500<\/div> <div class=\"hdr\">Of the largest U.S. cities have residents with access to rebates for electric lawn equipment.<\/div> <div class=\"body\">Nearly half of the country's biggest cities have city-, state-, or utility-funded incentives on the table to nudge homeowners off gas.<\/div> <div class=\"src\">Source: PIRG<\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/section>  <section class=\"band\" style=\"background: #EEF1EC;\"> <div class=\"section-kicker\">Wall Street Moves In<\/div> <h2 class=\"section-title\">Private equity is rolling up your local lawn-care guy.<\/h2> <p class=\"section-lead\">Commercial landscaping was a quintessentially mom-and-pop industry. Then it became Wall Street's favorite consolidation target.<\/p> <div class=\"grid-3\"> <div class=\"card\"> <div class=\"num soil\">30<small>+<\/small><\/div> <div class=\"hdr\">Active PE platform investments in commercial landscaping<\/div> <div class=\"body\">By late 2024, <strong>more than 30<\/strong> private-equity-backed platforms were buying up regional lawn-care companies.<\/div> <div class=\"src\">Source: Forbes Partners<\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"card\"> <div class=\"num soil\">131<\/div> <div class=\"hdr\">Landscaping M&A deals, 2023\u2013YTD 2025.<\/div> <div class=\"body\">Roughly one consolidation deal every week, on average, since the start of 2023.<\/div> <div class=\"src\">Source: CapIQ via Forbes Partners<\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"card\"> <div class=\"num soil\">89<\/div> <div class=\"hdr\">Acquisitions completed by a single PE platform.<\/div> <div class=\"body\">Apax Partners' landscaping platform alone has rolled up <strong>89 companies<\/strong> \u2014 the most aggressive operator in the space.<\/div> <div class=\"src\">Source: Grata PE Playbook<\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/section>  <section class=\"band\"> <div class=\"section-kicker\">Who's Really In Charge? Homeowner associations<\/div> <h2 class=\"section-title\">Millions of homeowners don't fully own their lawn.<\/h2> <p class=\"section-lead\">Roughly <strong>53% of American homeowners<\/strong> now live under an HOA. Lawn-appearance rules remain among the most-disputed policies.<\/p> <div class=\"grid-feature\"> <div class=\"feature-card sky\"> <div class=\"num\">40<small> Million<\/small><\/div> <div class=\"hdr\">U.S. households live in an HOA-governed community.<\/div> <div class=\"body\">That's about 53% of homeowners. Roughly one in three of all U.S. housing units sits in an HOA, condo, or co-op \u2014 and lawn-appearance rules are among the most frequently contested policies on the books.<\/div> <div class=\"src\">Source: iPropertyManagement \u00b7 Community Associations Institute<\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"card\"> <div class=\"num sky\">53<small>%<\/small><\/div> <div class=\"hdr\">Of American homeowners now live under an HOA.<\/div> <div class=\"body\">Lawn-appearance rules remain among the most-disputed policies in these communities \u2014 shaping what millions of yards can and can't look like.<\/div> <div class=\"src\">Source: iPropertyManagement \u00b7 Community Associations Institute<\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/section>  <footer class=\"footer\"> <div class=\"brand\">LawnStarter<\/div> <div class=\"sub\">An illustrated brief on the U.S. lawn-care industry \u00b7 May 2026.<\/div> <div class=\"sources\"> <strong>Sources<\/strong> IBISWorld (industry revenue) \u00b7 U.S. Census Bureau (business counts & employees, 2023 CBP & Nonemployer Statistics, NAICS 561730) \u00b7 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (workforce, wages, OOH & OEWS) \u00b7 Data USA (workforce demographics) \u00b7 NASA Earth Observatory \/ Milesi 2005 (turfgrass acreage) \u00b7 EPA WaterSense (water use & controllers) \u00b7 Beyond Pesticides 2005 \/ EPA-derived (lawn chemicals) \u00b7 California Air Resources Board (engine emissions) \u00b7 PIRG (gas-equipment bans & rebates) \u00b7 Cameron et al. PNAS 2011, USGS, Xerces Society (pollinator decline) \u00b7 Homegrown National Park \/ Doug Tallamy (habitat call) \u00b7 National Wildlife Federation 2024 Garden for Wildlife Survey \u00b7 Mordor Intelligence (mower market) \u00b7 Grand View Research (robotic mowers) \u00b7 Harris et al. Am J Emerg Med 2018 (mower injuries) \u00b7 CMSA (pediatric injuries) \u00b7 iPropertyManagement & Community Associations Institute (HOAs) \u00b7 Forbes Partners & Grata (PE consolidation) \u00b7 American Immigration Council (H-2B). Every external claim was independently fact-checked against the cited source. Internal LawnStarter figures, where used in the parent article, are based on data on file with LawnStarter, May 2026. <\/div> <\/footer> <\/div> <\/body> <\/html> \t\t\t\t<\/div> \t\t\t\t<\/div> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \t\t<\/div> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \t\t<\/section> \t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9f335fe elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9f335fe\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\"> \t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9977f77\" data-id=\"9977f77\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\"> \t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70b64d2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"70b64d2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\"> \t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\"> \t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">ABOUT THE AUTHOR<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div> \t\t\t\t<\/div> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \t\t<\/div> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \t\t<\/section> \t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-eb8680e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"eb8680e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\"> \t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f206d9e\" data-id=\"f206d9e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\"> \t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-741ca8e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"741ca8e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\"> \t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lawnstarter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/Alice-Headshot-r9wc5jm8i5vigrndr5a4chkrxau0t9hel6dd0flvow.jpg?wsr\" title=\"Alice Onofrei Headshot\" alt=\"Alice Onofrei Headshot\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \t\t\t\t<\/div> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \t\t<\/div> \t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-68b007e\" data-id=\"68b007e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\"> \t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b1bf966 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b1bf966\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\"> \t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\"> \t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Alice Onofrei<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div> \t\t\t\t<\/div> \t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-88445c7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"88445c7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\"> \t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Alice Onofrei is Senior Research Manager at LawnStarter. She leads data collection and analysis for a wide range of statistical studies. 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