Lawn & Garden Consumables
US demand for packaged lawn and garden consumables is projected to rise 2.2% per year to $10.3 billion in 2024. Rising participation in home gardening activity and the increased importance of comfortable, attractive outdoor spaces for socialization will support gains.
This report covers packaged lawn and garden consumable demand by application, product, market, and end‐user, along with a discussion of raw materials and pricing. Data are given in dollar value.
Lawn and garden consumable applications covered in the study include:
Lawn & Turf
Gardens & Borders
Other Applications (sidewalks, houseplants, etc)
Lawn and garden consumable products include:
Fertilizer
Pesticides
Growing media (soil and soil amendments)
Seeds
Mulch & other ground coverings
Markets for lawn and garden consumables include:
Residential
Golf Courses
Government & Institutional
Commercial & Industrial
Other Markets (e.g., nurseries, sod farms, private sports facilities)
End users for lawn and garden consumables include:
Consumer
Professional (service firm and other professional)
Scope of the Report
This report covers the scope, size, and growth of the US packaged lawn and garden consumable market including key trends in applications, products, and market segmentation. Historical data are provided for 2009, 2014, and 2019 with forecasts for 2024 and 2029, with year by year historical market volatility also addressed. Data are provided in dollar value. Also included is an analysis of the industry key players and their market shares.
- 1. Executive Summary
- 2. Overview
- Study Scope
- Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic
- Overall Lawn & Garden Spending Trends
- Historical Consumables Market Trends
- Packaged vs. Bulk Sales
- Demand by Product
- Demand by End User
- Pricing Trends
- International Activity & Foreign Trade
- Growth Opportunities
- 3. Factors Impacting Lawn & Garden Consumables Demand
- Demographic Trends
- Urbanization Trends
- Homeownership Trends
- Ownership vs. Rentals
- Annual Household Income
- Age of Head of Household
- Average Lot Size & Outdoor Space Trends
- Regulatory Issues
- Pesticides
- Fertilizers
- Sustainability Trends & Issues
- Water Conservation
- Organic Gardening
- Wildlife Conservation, Pollinator-Friendly Gardens, & Native Plants
- Climate & Seasonality
- Urban Green Spaces & Park Investment
- Raw Material Requirements
- 4. Markets
- Demand by Market
- Residential
- Golf Courses
- Government & Institutional
- Commercial & Industrial
- Other Markets
- 5. Consumer/DIY
- Demand by Product
- Who Performs Lawn & Garden Work at Home?
- Consumer Attitudes About Lawn & Garden Care
- Why Consumers Do Not Use Home & Garden Pesticides
- Home & Garden Pesticide Feature Priorities
- 6. Professional/DIFM
- Scope
- Demand by Product
- Demand by End User
- Lawn Care & Landscaping Service Firms
- Landscaping Services Consumer Insights
- Other Professional End Users
- 7. Fertilizers
- Scope & Product Description
- Demand by Market
- Demand by Application
- Demand by Media
- Organic Fertilizers
- Suppliers
- 8. Pesticides
- Scope & Product Description
- Demand by Market
- Demand by Application
- Demand by Type
- Herbicides
- Product Description
- Demand by Market
- Insecticides
- Other Pesticides (Fungicides, Rodenticides, & Repellants)
- Demand by Type
- Demand by Market
- Organic Pesticides
- Suppliers
- 9. Growing Media
- Scope & Product Description
- Demand by Market
- Demand by Application
- Demand by Type
- Packaged Soil
- Soil Amendments
- Demand by Type
- Compost
- Peat
- Other Soil Amendments (Perlite, Polymers, Coir, Manure, & Sand)
- Suppliers
- 10. Seeds
- Product Description
- Demand by Market
- Demand by Application
- Demand by Type (Grass, Turf, Ornamental, & Other Seeds)
- Suppliers
- 11. Mulch & Other Ground Coverings
- Scope & Product Description
- Demand by Market
- Demand by Application
- Demand by Type
- Suppliers
- 12. Other Lawn & Garden Consumables
- Scope & Product Description
- Demand by Market
- Demand by Application
- Suppliers
- 13. Distribution & Retail Sales
- Distribution Channel Overview
- End User Sales by Product
- Retail Channels
- Consumer Retail Shopping Patterns: Sales by Primary & Secondary Retail Outlet
- Home Centers
- Mass Merchandisers
- Garden Centers
- Mail Order/Internet
- Other Retail Distribution
- Professional Distribution Channels
- Distribution by Outlet
- Direct Sales
- Landscaping Product Distributors
- Agricultural Chemical Distributors
- 14. Industry Structure
- Key Findings & Industry Composition
- Market Share
- Overall Market Share
- Consumer Products
- Professional Products
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Cooperative Agreements
- List of Industry Participants
- 15. Appendix
- Scope
- Definitions
- Abbreviations
- Freedonia Methodology
- Study-Specific Methodology
- Sources
- Associations & Agencies
- Related Studies & Reports
- Macroeconomic Assumptions
- Economic Environment
- Demographic Trends
- Consumer Spending
- Housing Stock
- Regional Population & Housing Starts
- List of Tables
- 2. Overview
- Table 2-1 | Lawn & Garden Product Demand by End User & Product, 2009 – 2029
- (billion dollars)
- Table 2-2 | Lawn & Garden Consumables Market, 2009 – 2019
- Table 2-3 | Lawn & Garden Consumables: Packaged & Bulk Demand, 2009 – 2029
- (billion dollars)
- Table 2-4 | Lawn & Garden Consumables Demand by Product, 2009 – 2029
- (million dollars)
- Table 2-5 | Lawn & Garden Consumables Demand by End User, 2009 – 2029
- (million dollars)
- Table 2-6 | Lawn & Garden Consumables Pricing Trends, 2009 – 2029
- (dollars per pound)
- Table 2-7 | Growth Opportunities in Lawn & Garden Consumables
- 3. Factors Impacting Lawn & Garden Consumables Demand
- Table 3-1 | Lot Size Owned by Geography, 2020 (% of total)
- Table 3-2 | State Lawn & Garden Fertilizer Regulations
- Table 3-3 | Organic Lawn & Garden Chemical Demand, 2009 – 2029 (million dollars)
- Table 3-4 | Lawn & Garden Chemical Raw Materials Demand, 2009 – 2029
- (million pounds)
- 4. Markets
- Table 4-1 | Lawn & Garden Consumables Demand by Market, 2009 – 2029
- (million dollars)
- Table 4-2 | Residential Lawn & Garden Consumables Demand by Product & End User,
- 2009 – 2029 (million dollars)
- Table 4-3 | Golf Course Lawn & Garden Consumables Demand by Product, 2009 – 2029
- (million dollars)
- Table 4-4 | Government & Institutional Lawn & Garden Consumables Demand by
- Product, 2009 – 2029 (million dollars)
- Table 4-5 | Commercial & Industrial Lawn & Garden Consumables Demand by Product,
- 2009 – 2029 (million dollars)
- Table 4-6 | Other Lawn & Garden Consumables Markets Demand by Product, 2009 –
- 2029 (million dollars)
- 5. Consumer/DIY
- Table 5-1 | Consumer/DIY Lawn & Garden Consumables Demand, 2009 – 2029
- (million dollars)
- Table 5-2 | Who Performs Lawn & Garden Maintenance Tasks: Rural vs. Urban, 2020
- (% of total)
- Table 5-3 | “I Enjoy Caring for My Lawn & Garden” by Gender & Age Group, 2020
- (percent of those who have a yard, lawn, or garden space)
- Table 5-4 | “Why Do You Not Use Home & Garden Pesticides” by Gender & Presence of
- Children, 2020 (% of total)
- Table 5-5 | “Why Do You Not Use Home & Garden Pesticides?” by Age Group, 2020
- (% of total)
- Table 5-6 | Priorities of Various Features & Functions of Home & Garden Pesticides,
- 2020 (% of total)
- 6. Professional/DIFM
- Table 6-1 | Professional/DIFM Lawn & Garden Consumables Demand by Product, 2009 –
- 2029 (million dollars)
- Table 6-2 | Lawn & Garden Consumables Demand by Professional End User, 2009 –
- 2029 (million dollars)
- Table 6-3 | Consumer Insights on Select Landscaping Services Options, 2020 (percent
- respondents who agree, among those who have a yard, lawn, or garden
- space at home)
- 7. Fertilizers
- Table 7-1 | Lawn & Garden Fertilizer Demand by Market, 2009 – 2029 (million dollars)
- Table 7-2 | Lawn & Garden Fertilizer Demand by Application, 2009 – 2029
- (million dollars)
- Table 7-3 | Lawn & Garden Fertilizer Demand by Media, 2009 – 2029 (million dollars)
- Table 7-4 | Organic Lawn & Garden Fertilizer Demand, 2009 – 2029 (million dollars)
- 8. Pesticides
- Table 8-1 | Lawn & Garden Pesticides Demand by Market, 2009 – 2029 (million dollars)
- Table 8-2 | Lawn & Garden Pesticide Demand by Application, 2009 – 2029
- (million dollars)
- Table 8-3 | Lawn & Garden Pesticide Demand by Type, 2009 – 2029 (million dollars)
- Table 8-4 | Lawn & Garden Herbicide Demand by Market, 2009 – 2029 (million dollars)
- Table 8-5 | Lawn & Garden Insecticide Demand by Market, 2009 – 2029 (million dollars)
- Table 8-6 | Other Lawn & Garden Pesticide Demand by Type, 2009 – 2029
- (million dollars)
- Table 8-7 | Other Lawn & Garden Pesticide Demand by Market, 2009 – 2029
- (million dollars)
- Table 8-8 | Organic Lawn & Garden Pesticide Demand by Type, 2009 – 2029
- (million dollars)
- 9. Growing Media
- Table 9-1 | Lawn & Garden Growing Media Demand by Market, 2009 – 2029
- (million dollars)
- Table 9-2 | Lawn & Garden Growing Media Demand by Application, 2009 – 2029
- (million dollars)
- Table 9-3 | Lawn & Garden Growing Media Demand by Type, 2009 – 2029
- (million dollars)
- Table 9-4 | Lawn & Garden Packaged Soil Demand by Market, 2009 – 2029
- (million dollars)
- Table 9-5 | Lawn & Garden Soil Amendments Demand by Type, 2009 – 2029
- (million dollars)
- 10. Seeds
- Table 10-1 | Lawn & Garden Seed Demand by Market, 2009 – 2029 (million dollars)
- Table 10-2 | Lawn Garden Seed Demand by Application, 2009 – 2029 (million dollars)
- Table 10-3 | Lawn & Garden Seed Demand by Type, 2009 – 2029 (million dollars)
- 11. Mulch & Other Ground Coverings
- Table 11-1 | Lawn & Garden Mulch & Other Ground Covering Demand by Market, 2009
- – 2029 (million dollars)
- Table 11-2 | Lawn & Garden Mulch & Other Ground Covering Demand by Application,
- 2009 – 2029 (million dollars)
- Table 11-3 | Lawn & Garden Mulch & Other Ground Covering by Type, 2009 – 2029
- (million dollars)
- 12. Other Lawn & Garden Consumables
- Table 12-1 | Other Lawn & Garden Consumables Demand by Market, 2009 – 2029
- (million dollars)
- Table 12-2 | Other Lawn & Garden Consumables Demand by Application, 2009 – 2029
- (million dollars)
- 13. Distribution & Retail Sales
- Table 13-1 | Lawn & Garden Consumables End User Sales by Distribution Channel, 2009
- – 2029 (million dollars)
- Table 13-2 | Lawn & Garden Consumables End User Sales by Product, 2009 – 2029
- (million dollars)
- 14. Industry Structure
- Table 14-1 | US Lawn & Garden Consumables Sales by Company, 2019 (million dollars)
- Table 14-2 | Selected Mergers & Acquisitions
- Table 14-3 | Selected Industry Participants
- 15. Appendix
- Table 15-1 | Relevant Industry Codes
- Table 15-2 | Relevant HS Codes
- Table 15-3 | Abbreviations & Acronyms Used in Study
- Table 15-4 | Macroeconomic Indicators, 2009 – 2029 (billion 2012 dollars)
- Table 15-5 | Population & Households, 2009 – 2029 (million persons)
- Table 15-6 | Personal Consumption Expenditures, 2009 – 2029 (billion dollars)
- Table 15-7 | Housing Stock by Type, 2009 – 2029 (million units)
- Table 15-8 | Population by Region & Subregion, 2009 – 2029 (million people)
- Table 15-9 | Single Family Housing Starts by Region & Subregion, 2009 – 2029
- (thousand units)
- Table 15-10 | Multifamily Housing Starts by Region & Subregion, 2009 – 2029
- (thousand units)
- List of Figures
- 1. Executive Summary
- Figure 1-1 | US Lawn & Garden Consumables Market
- 2. Overview
- Figure 2-1 | Lawn & Garden Consumables Demand, 2009 – 2024 (million dollars)
- 3. Factors Impacting Lawn & Garden Consumables Demand
- Figure 3-1 | Urban Dweller Share of Total US Population, 2000 – 2024
- Figure 3-2 | Amount of Land Owned Around Homes, 2020 (% of total)
- 4. Markets
- Figure 4-1 | Lawn & Garden Consumables Demand Growth by Market, 2019 – 2024
- (million dollars)
- Figure 4-2 | Residential Lawn & Garden Consumables Demand Growth by Product, 2019
- – 2024 (million dollars)
- Figure 4-3 | Golf Course Lawn & Garden Consumables Demand Growth by Product,
- 2019 – 2024 (million dollars)
- Figure 4-4 | Government & Institutional Lawn & Garden Consumables Demand Growth
- by Product, 2019 – 2024 (million dollars)
- Figure 4-5 | Commercial & Industrial Lawn & Garden Consumables Demand Growth by
- Product, 2019 – 2024 (million dollars)
- Figure 4-6 | Other Lawn & Garden Consumables Markets Demand Growth by Product,
- 2019 – 2024 (million dollars)
- 5. Consumer/DIY
- Figure 5-1 | Lawn Maintenance & Gardening Participation Insights, 2020 (percent of
- those who have a yard, lawn, or garden space)
- 6. Professional/DIFM
- Figure 6-1 | Professional/DIFM Lawn & Garden Consumables Demand by Product, 2009
- – 2024 (million dollars)
- 7. Fertilizers
- Figure 7-1 | Lawn & Garden Fertilizers: Product Examples
- Figure 7-2 | Lawn & Garden Fertilizer Demand by Market, 2009 – 2024 (million dollars)
- Figure 7-3 | Lawn & Garden Fertilizer Demand Growth by Application, 2019 – 2024
- (million dollars)
- Figure 7-4 | Lawn & Garden Fertilizers: Key Demand Drivers
- 8. Pesticides
- Figure 8-1 | Lawn & Garden Pesticides: Product Examples
- Figure 8-2 | Lawn & Garden Pesticide Demand by Market, 2009 – 2024 (million dollars)
- Figure 8-3 | Lawn & Garden Pesticide Demand Growth by Application, 2019 – 2024
- (million dollars)
- Figure 8-4 | Lawn & Garden Pesticides: Key Demand Drivers
- 9. Growing Media
- Figure 9-1 | Lawn & Garden Growing Media: Product Examples
- Figure 9-2 | Lawn & Garden Growing Media: Key Demand Drivers
- Figure 9-3 | Lawn & Garden Compost: Product Examples
- Figure 9-4 | Lawn & Garden Peat: Product Examples
- Figure 9-5 | Other Lawn & Garden Soil Amendments: Product Examples
- 10. Seeds
- Figure 10-1 | Lawn & Garden Seeds: Product Examples
- Figure 10-2 | Lawn Garden Seed Demand Growth by Application, 2019 – 2024
- (million dollars)
- Figure 10-3 | Lawn & Garden Seeds: Key Demand Drivers
- 11. Mulch & Other Ground Coverings
- Figure 11-1 | Lawn & Garden Mulch & Other Ground Covering Demand Growth by
- Market, 2009 – 2024 (million dollars)
- Figure 11-2 | Lawn & Garden Mulch & Other Ground Coverings: Key Demand Drivers
- 12. Other Lawn & Garden Consumables
- Figure 12-1 | Other Lawn Garden Consumables Demand Growth by Application, 2019 –
- 2024 (million dollars)
- 13. Distribution & Retail Sales
- Figure 13-1 | Point-of-Sale Markup by End User, 2019 (million dollars)
- Figure 13-2 | Lawn & Garden Consumables Retail Distribution Share by Outlet, 2019
- (billion dollars)
- Figure 13-3 | Professional Lawn & Garden Consumables Distribution by Outlet, 2019
- (billion dollars)
- 14. Industry Structure
- Figure 14-1 | US Lawn & Garden Consumables Market Share by Company, 2019
- (billion dollars)
- Figure 14-2 | US Consumer Lawn & Garden Consumables Market Share by Company,
- 2019 (billion dollars)
- Figure 14-3 | Consumer Lawn & Garden Consumables: Leading Supplier
- Figure 14-4 | Consumer Lawn & Garden Consumables: Second Leading Supplier
- Figure 14-5 | Consumer Lawn & Garden Consumables: Third Leading Supplier
- Figure 14-6 | Consumer Lawn & Garden Consumables: Fourth Leading Supplier
- Figure 14-7 | US Professional Lawn & Garden Consumables Market Share by Company,
- 2019 (billion dollars)
- Figure 14-8 | Professional Lawn & Garden Consumables: Leading Supplier
- Figure 14-9 | Professional Lawn & Garden Consumables: Second Leading Supplier
- Figure 14-10 | Professional Lawn & Garden Consumables: Third Leading Supplier
- Figure 14-11 | Professional Lawn & Garden Consumables: Fourth Leading Supplier
- 15. Appendix
- Figure 15-1 | Annual Growth in Real GDP, 2000 – 2019, Compared to 1980 – 2005
- Average (percent)
- Figure 15-2 | Annual Population Growth, 2004 – 2019 (percent)
- Figure 15-3 | Housing Stock: Share by Year of Construction, 2019 (million units)
Download our eBook: How to Succeed Using Market Research
Learn how to effectively navigate the market research process to help guide your organization on the journey to success.
Download eBook