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Pest control companies in the Auburn-Opelika, AL metro area
The pest control companies in the Auburn-Opelika, AL metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 37 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #262 of 345 scored metro areas
#8 of 12 scored metro areas based in Alabama
- Listings
- 16
- 5 chain locations (31%)
- Official establishments
- 19
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $105.6M
- On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,377 a household
- Spending per listing
- $6.6M
- 35% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.1
- 50% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 208,013
- +7.1% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for pest control companies in the Auburn-Opelika metro area is 37 (lower middle), #262 of 345 scored metro areas and #8 of 12 scored metro areas based in Alabama. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 16 pest control companies in the Auburn-Opelika metro area. 5 of them (31%) are chain locations, against 20% across the U.S. That comes to 2.1 for every 10,000 households, 50% above the U.S. rate of 1.4.
Household spending on lawn care, cleaning and other household services in the Auburn-Opelika metro area comes to about $105.6M a year: $1,377 per household, 3% below the U.S. average. That is about $6.6M of household spending for each company on map listings, 35% below the U.S. figure of $10.2M. That spending covers all lawn care, cleaning and other household services, which pest control companies share with other businesses in the trade.
In 2023, official counts showed 19 businesses with payroll in the Auburn-Opelika metro area classed as exterminating and pest control services. That is one for every 4,035 households, against one for every 7,814 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $150K has gone to businesses classed as exterminating and pest control services in the Auburn-Opelika metro area. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Auburn-Opelika metro area grew 7.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Auburn-Opelika metro area compares
The same measures for Alabama 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 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 | Auburn-Opelika metro area | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.1 | 1.7 | 1.4 |
| Spending per listing | $6.6M | $8.1M | $10.2M |
| Households per official establishment | 4,035 | 5,909 | 7,814 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +9.4% | +10.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +7.1% | +3.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services | $1,377 | $1,393 | $1,414 |
| Median household income | $63,649 | $63,999 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 37 | 34 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 19
- Employees, 2023
- 222
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $9.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 165 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 10The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $150K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as exterminating and pest control services in the Auburn-Opelika metro area, 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 the Auburn-Opelika metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 208,013+7.1% since 2020
- Households
- 76,673
- Median age
- 37.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,216 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 164
- Median household income
- $63,649
- Average household income
- $87,657
- Median home value
- $247,500
- Jobs located here
- 69,655
- Daytime population
- 195,094Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Alabama market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Alabama for pest control companies, numbered among those based in Alabama (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Auburn-Opelika metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Alabama
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Tuscaloosa, AL | 59 | 13 | 1.2 | $11.1M | +2.9% | #114 of 345 |
| Columbus, GA-AL | 56 | 16 | 1.3 | $10.7M | −1.3% | #130 of 345 |
| 2Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL | 55 | 9 | 1.4 | $9.5M | +3.5% | #138 of 345 |
| 3Huntsville, AL | 55 | 45 | 2.2 | $7.3M | +12.5% | #141 of 345 |
| 4Montgomery, AL | 52 | 18 | 1.2 | $11.6M | +0.9% | #164 of 345 |
| 5Gadsden, AL | 46 | 5 | 1.3 | $10M | +0.4% | #196 of 345 |
| 6Birmingham, AL | 46 | 82 | 1.8 | $8.4M | +1.4% | #198 of 345 |
| 7Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL | 42 | 29 | 2.9 | $5.1M | +14.8% | #232 of 345 |
| 8Auburn-Opelika, AL | 37 | 16 | 2.1 | $6.6M | +7.1% | #262 of 345 |
| 9Decatur, AL | 34 | 14 | 2.2 | $6.3M | +2.5% | #281 of 345 |
Other business types in the Auburn-Opelika metro area
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
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pest control companies are in the Auburn-Opelika, AL metro area?
There are 16 pest control companies on map listings in the Auburn-Opelika metro area as of September 2026. 5 of them (31%) are chain locations. The listings count pest control companies. Official counts show 19 businesses with payroll classed as exterminating and pest control services in 2023.
How much do households in the Auburn-Opelika, AL metro area spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?
About $105.6M a year, or $1,377 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 16 pest control companies on map listings, it comes to $6.6M 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 76,673 households in the Auburn-Opelika metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Auburn-Opelika, AL metro area compare with the U.S. for pest control companies?
The Auburn-Opelika metro area has 2.1 pest control companies per 10,000 households, 50% above the U.S. rate of 1.4. Spending per company is $6.6M, 35% below the U.S. figure of $10.2M. At the national ratio of pest control companies to household spending, the Auburn-Opelika metro area would have about 10, against 16 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,035 households, against one for every 7,814 across the U.S.
How fast is the Auburn-Opelika, AL metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Auburn-Opelika metro area at 208,013 people in 2025, up 7.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 76,673 households. Median household income in the Auburn-Opelika metro area is $63,649, 21% 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 Auburn-Opelika metro area scores 37 for pest control companies (lower middle), #262 of 345 scored metro areas.
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