Chicago, IL · Landscapers
Landscapers in Chicago, by the numbers.
The Census Bureau counted 3,803 landscaping services in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area in 2023, employing 18,557 people with $1.4 billion in annual payroll.
The local market.
Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Figures cover the whole metro area.
3,803
2nd most of 387 US metro areas
18,557
4.9 per business, against 7.2 across all metros
$1.4 billion
$74,626 per employee
90%
of businesses, against 84% across all metros
+0.3%
in the number of businesses (3,790 in 2022)
What the numbers say about Chicago.
- Chicago is one of the ten largest metro markets in the country for landscaping services, 2nd of 387.
- Businesses here run smaller than average: 4.9 employees each, against 7.2 across all metros.
- Pay runs above the metro average: $74,626 per employee a year, against $51,462.
- The number of businesses held about steady since 2022.
How VERA helps landscapers in Chicago.
The same product everywhere. It prepares the work and waits for your approval before anything goes out.
Never let a proposal go cold
VERA tracks every open design and install proposal and proposes the follow-up at the right moment, so bids turn into signed jobs.
Keep clients season after season
VERA flags expiring maintenance contracts and drafts renewal offers, so your recurring revenue doesn't quietly slip away.
Stay ahead of the weather
When rain or snow changes the plan, VERA drafts reschedule notices and reworks the route so you're not on the phone all morning.
Questions
Landscapers in Chicago
How many landscaping services are there in Chicago?
3,803 in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 18,557 people and paid $1.4 billion in annual payroll.
Is the Chicago market for landscapers growing?
By number of businesses it held about steady between 2022 and 2023: from 3,790 to 3,803 (+0.3%).
What does VERA do for landscapers in Chicago?
VERA drafts the quotes, invoices, follow-ups and customer messages a Chicago business runs on, and waits for the owner's approval before anything goes out. It is the same software everywhere; this page adds the local numbers.
Landscapers in other markets
Other Chicago markets
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023 and 2022, metropolitan statistical areas. The Bureau adds a small amount of noise to these figures to protect individual businesses. The category counted is landscaping services, which can be broader or narrower than the trade itself. About the data.
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