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Lawn care, cleaning and pest control companies in Washington County, NC
How Washington County, NC compares with other counties and the U.S. for lawn care, cleaning and pest control companies: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 2.
- Listings
- 2
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $5.6M
- On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,186 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.8M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.2
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 10,638
- −3.1% since 2020
See the lawn care, cleaning and pest control companies around any address in Washington County
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 2 lawn care, cleaning and pest control companies in Washington County. That is 4.2 per 10,000 households.
Household spending on lawn care, cleaning and other household services in Washington County comes to about $5.6M a year: $1,186 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.8M of household spending for each company on map listings.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as landscaping, cleaning and pest control services in Washington County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Population estimates put the population change in Washington County from 2020 to 2025 at −3.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 2 lawn care, cleaning and pest control companies on map listings, Washington County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Washington County compares
The same measures for North Carolina and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all lawn care, cleaning and other household services by the lawn care, cleaning and pest control companies counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.
| Measure | Washington County | North Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.2 | 9.6 | 8.4 |
| Spending per listing | $2.8M | $1.5M | $1.7M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 575 | 618 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +9.4% | +8.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.1% | +7.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services | $1,186 | $1,482 | $1,414 |
| Median household income | $41,813 | $72,388 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 62 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 20 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 3The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as landscaping, cleaning and pest control services in Washington County, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.
Population and households in Washington County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 10,638−3.1% since 2020
- Households
- 4,744
- Median age
- 49.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 347 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 31
- Median household income
- $41,813+16.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $62,368
- Median home value
- $125,900
- Jobs located here
- 2,683
- Daytime population
- 9,360Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Washington County?
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Top counties in North Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Duplin County, NC | 81 | 6 | 2.9 | $4.4M | +6.0% | #46 of 1,771 |
| 2Orange County, NC | 79 | 35 | 6.1 | $2.8M | +6.1% | #75 of 1,771 |
| 3Montgomery County, NC | 78 | 6 | 5.6 | $2.3M | +2.7% | #91 of 1,771 |
| 4Robeson County, NC | 74 | 12 | 2.8 | $4.2M | +3.4% | #142 of 1,771 |
| 5Chatham County, NC | 74 | 26 | 7.9 | $2.2M | +11.0% | #150 of 1,771 |
| 6Harnett County, NC | 74 | 38 | 7.6 | $1.8M | +12.3% | #158 of 1,771 |
| 7Hoke County, NC | 74 | 17 | 8.8 | $1.6M | +9.0% | #161 of 1,771 |
| 8Durham County, NC | 73 | 119 | 8.4 | $1.9M | +7.7% | #178 of 1,771 |
| 9Wayne County, NC | 72 | 27 | 5.7 | $2.3M | +3.8% | #193 of 1,771 |
| 10Caswell County, NC | 70 | 5 | 5.7 | $2.2M | +0.4% | #230 of 1,771 |
| Washington County, NC | Not scored | 2 | 4.2 | $2.8M | −3.1% |
Other business types in Washington County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
- Home repair trades
- HVAC and plumbing
- Electricians
- Roofing and gutters
- Lawn, cleaning and pest control
- Landscaping and lawn care
- House cleaning
- Pest control
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many lawn care, cleaning and pest control companies are in Washington County, NC?
Washington County has 2 lawn care, cleaning and pest control companies on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count landscapers and lawn care, house and carpet cleaners, pest control. No official count is published for landscaping, cleaning and pest control services in Washington County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Washington County, NC spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?
About $5.6M a year, or $1,186 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 lawn care, cleaning and pest control companies on map listings, it comes to $2.8M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,744 households in Washington County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Washington County, NC compare with the U.S. for lawn care, cleaning and pest control companies?
Washington County has 2 lawn care, cleaning and pest control companies on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of lawn care, cleaning and pest control companies to household spending, Washington County would have about 3, against 2 on map listings.
How fast is Washington County, NC growing?
Population estimates put Washington County at 10,638 people in 2025, down 3.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,744 households. Median household income in Washington County is $41,813, 48% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 16.2%, before inflation.
What is the Groundwork market score?
The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. Washington County has no market score for lawn care, cleaning and pest control companies: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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