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Top markets for pest control companies
Every U.S. metro area, small-town market and county, ranked by the Groundwork market score for pest control companies. The score weighs household spending per company, households per business, population growth and spending power.
- Listings in the U.S.
- 17,870
- 3,557 chain locations (20%)
- Official establishments
- 16,535
- +10.5% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $182.7B
- On lawn care, cleaning and other household services
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.4
- Spending per listing: $10.2M
A site report maps the pest control companies on map listings around the address by name and distance, and the spending within reach.
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 17,870 pest control companies in the U.S. 3,557 of them (20%) are chain locations. That is 1.4 per 10,000 households.
At $1,414 per household, households in the U.S. spend about $182.7B a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services. That is about $10.2M of household spending for each company on map listings. That spending covers all lawn care, cleaning and other household services, which pest control companies share with other businesses in the trade.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as exterminating and pest control services in the U.S. was 16,535 in 2023, up 10.5% from 2019. They employ 139,150 people, with $7.4B in annual payroll.
The Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO metro area has the highest market score for pest control companies among 345 scored metro areas, at 88. In the 10 highest-scoring metro areas, the median spending per company is 2.1 times the U.S. figure, and the median rate of listings per household is 46% below the U.S. rate.
Top markets
These tables (CSV)Ranked by the Groundwork market score, which weighs household spending per competitor, households per business with payroll, population growth and spending power against every other market of the same kind. How the score works.
Top metro areas of 1 million people or more
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO | 88 | 80 | 0.7 | $23.3M | +4.1% |
| 2Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | 88 | 136 | 0.8 | $19M | +3.3% |
| 7Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | 83 | 92 | 0.6 | $23M | +2.6% |
| 9Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | 82 | 314 | 1.3 | $14.7M | +3.3% |
| 14Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX | 78 | 137 | 1.4 | $12.6M | +14.0% |
| 16Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN | 76 | 52 | 0.9 | $15.3M | +2.9% |
| 23San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | 74 | 161 | 0.9 | $18.8M | −2.4% |
| 24Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD | 74 | 128 | 1.1 | $15.1M | +0.4% |
| 26Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT | 74 | 50 | 1.1 | $13.2M | +3.0% |
| 30Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | 73 | 235 | 1.2 | $12.9M | +2.3% |
| 32Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX | 73 | 390 | 1.5 | $10.9M | +10.3% |
| 35San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | 72 | 68 | 1.0 | $18.7M | −0.6% |
| 41Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | 70 | 327 | 0.9 | $15.4M | 0.0% |
| 47Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC | 70 | 166 | 1.5 | $10.3M | +10.1% |
| 50Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | 69 | 116 | 1.1 | $12.7M | +1.0% |
Top 50 metro areas
Top 25 small-town markets
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Seaford, DE | 86 | 21 | 2.0 | $7.8M | +16.1% |
| 2Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT | 83 | 6 | 0.7 | $20.1M | +1.5% |
| 3Frankfort, KY | 81 | 6 | 1.9 | $7.6M | +3.1% |
| 4New Bern, NC | 78 | 8 | 1.5 | $8.9M | +3.6% |
| 5Jefferson, GA | 78 | 7 | 2.5 | $6.5M | +29.3% |
| 6Brainerd, MN | 76 | 5 | 1.2 | $10.2M | +4.3% |
| 7Heber, UT | 76 | 5 | 1.7 | $9.7M | +5.3% |
| 8Cookeville, TN | 76 | 10 | 1.7 | $7.6M | +7.6% |
| 9Albertville, AL | 75 | 6 | 1.6 | $8.3M | +6.0% |
| 10Oak Harbor, WA | 74 | 5 | 1.4 | $9.8M | −1.5% |
| 11LaGrange, GA-AL | 71 | 7 | 1.7 | $7.5M | +3.0% |
| 12Seneca, SC | 71 | 7 | 2.0 | $6.8M | +6.3% |
| 13Truckee-Grass Valley, CA | 69 | 6 | 1.4 | $10.1M | −0.4% |
| 14East Stroudsburg, PA | 69 | 9 | 1.5 | $8.7M | −0.7% |
| 15Augusta-Waterville, ME | 69 | 9 | 1.7 | $7.1M | +3.5% |
| 16Corbin, KY | 68 | 7 | 1.2 | $9.6M | +0.1% |
| 17Holland, MI | 68 | 7 | 1.5 | $8.3M | +2.1% |
| 18Cullman, AL | 67 | 6 | 1.7 | $8M | +6.7% |
| 19Morehead City, NC | 67 | 6 | 1.9 | $7.8M | +4.1% |
| 20Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC | 66 | 9 | 2.3 | $5.7M | +3.4% |
| 21Danville, VA | 63 | 6 | 1.4 | $9.1M | −1.7% |
| 22Kapaa, HI | 63 | 5 | 2.1 | $6.8M | +0.3% |
| 23Eureka-Arcata, CA | 62 | 5 | 0.9 | $13.1M | −3.4% |
| 24Port Angeles, WA | 61 | 6 | 1.7 | $7.2M | +1.1% |
| 25Hilo-Kailua, HI | 61 | 15 | 2.0 | $6.5M | +4.6% |
Top 25 counties
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Delaware County, OH | 93 | 5 | 0.6 | $27.3M | +12.5% |
| 2Douglas County, CO | 90 | 6 | 0.4 | $42M | +10.9% |
| 3Washington County, MN | 88 | 8 | 0.8 | $20.3M | +6.9% |
| 4King County, WA | 86 | 75 | 0.8 | $21M | +3.1% |
| 5Kenton County, KY | 86 | 5 | 0.7 | $20.8M | +3.9% |
| 6Dakota County, MN | 85 | 7 | 0.4 | $36.4M | +3.9% |
| 7Snohomish County, WA | 85 | 29 | 0.9 | $17M | +4.9% |
| 8Arlington County, VA | 84 | 6 | 0.5 | $38.1M | +2.1% |
| 9Denver County, CO | 83 | 19 | 0.6 | $25.9M | +3.2% |
| 10Montgomery County, MD | 83 | 37 | 1.0 | $21M | +1.3% |
| 11Sumter County, FL | 83 | 7 | 1.0 | $14.8M | +21.1% |
| 12Weld County, CO | 82 | 8 | 0.6 | $21.9M | +14.2% |
| 13Howard County, MD | 82 | 12 | 1.0 | $21.2M | +1.9% |
| 14Gaston County, NC | 82 | 9 | 1.0 | $14.7M | +7.8% |
| 15Ascension Parish, LA | 82 | 6 | 1.3 | $13M | +6.4% |
| 16Benton County, AR | 82 | 15 | 1.3 | $12.4M | +16.0% |
| 17Fulton County, GA | 81 | 48 | 1.0 | $16.6M | +2.7% |
| 18Hendricks County, IN | 81 | 6 | 0.9 | $15.7M | +10.2% |
| 19Travis County, TX | 81 | 72 | 1.2 | $14.2M | +7.2% |
| 20Hamilton County, IN | 81 | 19 | 1.4 | $11.5M | +10.9% |
| 21Anoka County, MN | 80 | 7 | 0.5 | $27.6M | +4.7% |
| 22Fairfax County, VA | 80 | 40 | 1.0 | $22M | +1.7% |
| 23Harford County, MD | 80 | 9 | 0.9 | $20.2M | +2.0% |
| 24Durham County, NC | 80 | 14 | 1.0 | $16.1M | +7.7% |
| 25Charles County, MD | 80 | 10 | 1.6 | $11.4M | +5.9% |
Scored: 345 metro areas, 85 small-town markets and 699 counties, each with at least 5 pest control companies on map listings (counties: 10,000 people or more). Spending per listing is all household spending on lawn care, cleaning and other household services over the listings: demand for each competitor, not revenue. Each market has its own page, reached from its state below.
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Pest control figures for all 387 metro areas, 538 small-town markets, 3,144 counties and 51 states: the Groundwork market score and rank, map listings and chains, household spending, businesses with payroll, employees and payroll, one-person businesses, SBA-backed loans, population, income and home value, each linked to its page. Sorted, filterable and ready to screen.
Pest control by state
Every market in each state ranked, with the state’s highest-scoring metro area.
- AlabamaTop metro area: Tuscaloosa metro area · 59
- AlaskaTop metro area: Anchorage metro area · 84
- ArizonaTop metro area: Flagstaff metro area · 63
- ArkansasTop metro area: Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers metro area · 65
- CaliforniaTop metro area: San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont metro area · 74
- ColoradoTop metro area: Denver-Aurora-Centennial metro area · 88
- ConnecticutTop metro area: Norwich-New London-Willimantic metro area · 77
- DelawareTop metro area: Dover metro area · 69
- District of ColumbiaTop metro area: Washington-Arlington-Alexandria metro area · 82
- FloridaTop metro area: Wildwood-The Villages metro area · 85
- GeorgiaTop metro area: Dalton metro area · 62
- HawaiiTop metro area: Urban Honolulu metro area · 66
- IdahoTop metro area: Twin Falls metro area · 54
- IllinoisTop metro area: Chicago-Naperville-Elgin metro area · 70
- IndianaTop metro area: Lafayette-West Lafayette metro area · 60
- IowaTop metro area: Iowa City metro area · 73
- KansasTop metro area: Lawrence metro area · 34
- KentuckyTop metro area: Louisville/Jefferson County metro area · 76
- LouisianaTop metro area: Hammond metro area · 61
- MaineTop metro area: Portland-South Portland metro area · 54
- MarylandTop metro area: Hagerstown-Martinsburg metro area · 80
- MassachusettsTop metro area: Amherst Town-Northampton metro area · 78
- MichiganTop metro area: Ann Arbor metro area · 74
- MinnesotaTop metro area: Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington metro area · 83
- MississippiTop metro area: Gulfport-Biloxi metro area · 43
- MissouriTop metro area: Joplin metro area · 47
- MontanaTop metro area: Bozeman metro area · 70
- NebraskaTop metro area: Lincoln metro area · 55
- NevadaTop metro area: Reno metro area · 54
- New HampshireTop metro area: Manchester-Nashua metro area · 67
- New JerseyTop metro area: Trenton-Princeton metro area · 81
- New MexicoTop metro area: Santa Fe metro area · 69
- New YorkTop metro area: Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh metro area · 71
- North CarolinaTop metro area: Durham-Chapel Hill metro area · 85
- North DakotaTop metro area: Fargo metro area · 76
- OhioTop metro area: Columbus metro area · 66
- OklahomaTop metro area: Tulsa metro area · 45
- OregonTop metro area: Bend metro area · 75
- PennsylvaniaTop metro area: Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton metro area · 70
- Rhode IslandTop metro area: Providence-Warwick metro area · 54
- South CarolinaTop metro area: Spartanburg metro area · 62
- South DakotaTop metro area: Rapid City metro area · 65
- TennesseeTop metro area: Clarksville metro area · 72
- TexasTop metro area: Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos metro area · 78
- UtahTop metro area: Salt Lake City-Murray metro area · 69
- VermontTop metro area: Burlington-South Burlington metro area · 64
- VirginiaTop metro area: Harrisonburg metro area · 72
- WashingtonTop metro area: Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue metro area · 88
- West VirginiaTop metro area: Charleston metro area · 62
- WisconsinTop metro area: Racine-Mount Pleasant metro area · 66
- WyomingTop metro area: Casper metro area · 29
Related business types
- Home repair trades160,547 listings
- HVAC and plumbing81,967 listings
- Electricians32,477 listings
- Roofing and gutters46,103 listings
- Lawn, cleaning and pest control108,814 listings
- Landscaping and lawn care62,384 listings
- House cleaning28,560 listings
Questions
Which metro areas have the highest market score for pest control companies?
The top 5 are Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO (88); Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA (88); Greeley, CO (85); Durham-Chapel Hill, NC (85); and Wildwood-The Villages, FL (85). The score compares each of 345 scored metro areas with the others for pest control companies.
How many pest control companies are in the U.S.?
There are 17,870 pest control companies on map listings in the U.S. as of September 2026. 3,557 of them (20%) are chain locations. The listings count pest control companies. Official counts show 16,535 businesses with payroll classed as exterminating and pest control services in 2023, up 10.5% from 2019.
How much do U.S. households spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?
About $182.7B a year, or $1,414 per household. Spread across the 17,870 pest control companies on map listings, it comes to $10.2M per company. The spending figure covers all lawn care, cleaning and other household services, not only pest control companies. It is estimated from the incomes of the 129,209,336 households in the U.S. and national spending patterns by income.
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. Markets with fewer than 5 map listings of the type, and counties under 10,000 people, aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
Run a Groundwork site report on an address anywhere in the U.S. It maps the pest control companies on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.
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