Portland, OR · Landscapers

Landscapers in Portland, by the numbers.

The Census Bureau counted 991 landscaping services in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area in 2023, employing 7,681 people with $391.1 million in annual payroll.

The local market.

Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Figures cover the whole metro area.

Businesses

991

25th most of 387 US metro areas

People employed

7,681

7.8 per business, against 7.2 across all metros

Annual payroll

$391.1 million

$50,921 per employee

Fewer than 10 employees

83%

of businesses, against 84% across all metros

Change since 2022

+2.0%

in the number of businesses (972 in 2022)

What the numbers say about Portland.

  • Portland is in the top tenth of US metro areas by number of landscaping services, 25th of 387.
  • A typical business here is about the national size, with 7.8 employees.
  • The number of businesses held about steady since 2022.

How VERA helps landscapers in Portland.

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 Portland

How many landscaping services are there in Portland?

991 in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 7,681 people and paid $391.1 million in annual payroll.

Is the Portland market for landscapers growing?

By number of businesses it held about steady between 2022 and 2023: from 972 to 991 (+2.0%).

What does VERA do for landscapers in Portland?

VERA drafts the quotes, invoices, follow-ups and customer messages a Portland 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 Portland 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.

See what VERA can do for your business.

Try it with the built-in demo data, no credit card, no API keys. VERA proposes the work and waits for your approval before it acts.