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Lawn care, cleaning and pest control companies in Covington city, VA

How Covington city, VA 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

Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Listings
1
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$2.9M
On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,121 a household
Spending per listing
$2.9M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
3.9
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
5,680
−1.2% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Household spending on lawn care, cleaning and other household services in Covington city comes to about $2.9M a year: $1,121 per household, 21% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.9M per company.

Covington city has 1 lawn care, cleaning or pest control company on map listings as of September 2026. That is 3.9 per 10,000 households.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as landscaping, cleaning and pest control services in Covington city was 3 in 2023. That is one for every 859 households, against one for every 618 across the U.S.

Population estimates show Covington city declined 1.2% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How Covington city compares

The same measures for Virginia 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.

Lawn, cleaning and pest control in Covington city, VA compared with Virginia and the U.S.
MeasureCovington cityVirginiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.99.18.4
Spending per listing$2.9M$1.8M$1.7M
Households per official establishment859576618
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+3.1%+8.4%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.2%+2.8%+3.1%
Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services$1,121$1,683$1,414
Median household income$41,944$93,170$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored67

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3
Employees, 2023
31
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
10 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
2The 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 Covington city, 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 Covington city

Population, 2025 estimate
5,680−1.2% since 2020
Households
2,576
Median age
40.9
Homes lived in by their owners
70%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
6 sq. mi.
People per square mile
1,039
Median household income
$41,944
Average household income
$54,148
Median home value
$83,500
Jobs located here
3,889
Daytime population
6,867Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Lawn, cleaning and pest control across Virginia

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The highest-scoring counties in Virginia for lawn care, cleaning and pest control companies, numbered among those based in Virginia, with Covington city marked.

Top counties in Virginia

Counties in Virginia ranked for lawn care, cleaning and pest control companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Arlington County, VA89534.7$4.3M+2.1%#7 of 1,771
2King George County, VA8487.9$2.3M+10.5%#27 of 1,771
3Alexandria city, VA82445.8$3.3M+1.0%#39 of 1,771
4Richmond city, VA82605.8$2.5M+4.6%#43 of 1,771
5Westmoreland County, VA8256.1$2.2M+6.5%#45 of 1,771
6Prince George County, VA8153.9$4M+2.0%#47 of 1,771
7New Kent County, VA7855.4$3.3M+21.2%#88 of 1,771
8Caroline County, VA7686.7$2.3M+11.3%#116 of 1,771
9Prince Edward County, VA7456.5$2M+2.3%#153 of 1,771
10Suffolk city, VA73328.4$1.9M+10.4%#177 of 1,771
Covington city, VANot scored13.9$2.9M−1.2%

Other business types in Covington city

None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Questions

How many lawn care, cleaning and pest control companies are in Covington city, VA?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 lawn care, cleaning or pest control company in Covington city. The listings count landscapers and lawn care, house and carpet cleaners, pest control. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as landscaping, cleaning and pest control services in 2023.

How much do households in Covington city, VA spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?

About $2.9M a year, or $1,121 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 lawn care, cleaning or pest control company on map listings, it comes to $2.9M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 2,576 households in Covington city and national spending patterns by income.

How does Covington city, VA compare with the U.S. for lawn care, cleaning and pest control companies?

Covington city has 1 lawn care, cleaning or pest control company on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of lawn care, cleaning and pest control companies to household spending, Covington city would have about 2, against 1 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 859 households, against one for every 618 across the U.S.

How fast is Covington city, VA growing?

Population estimates put Covington city at 5,680 people in 2025, down 1.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 2,576 households. The median household income in Covington city is $41,944 a year, 48% below the U.S. median of $80,734.

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. The score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.

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