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Pest control companies in the Anchorage, AK metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pest control companies in the Anchorage, AK metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 84 out of 100: High
Ranked #6 of 345 scored metro areas
The only scored metro area based in Alaska
- Listings
- 7
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $218.2M
- On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,470 a household
- Spending per listing
- $31.2M
- 3.1 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.5
- 64% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 405,821
- +1.9% since 2020
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What this means
The Anchorage metro area scores 84 (high) on the Groundwork market score for pest control companies, ranking #6 of 345 scored metro areas and the only scored metro area based in Alaska. That puts it in the top 10% of metro areas for pest control companies.
Household spending on lawn care, cleaning and other household services in the Anchorage metro area comes to about $218.2M a year: $1,470 per household, 4% above the U.S. average. That is about $31.2M of household spending for each company on map listings, 3.1 times the U.S. figure of $10.2M. The spending figure covers all lawn care, cleaning and other household services, not only pest control companies.
The Anchorage metro area has 7 pest control companies on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 20% across the U.S. That comes to 0.5 for every 10,000 households, 64% below the U.S. rate of 1.4.
Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as exterminating and pest control services in the Anchorage metro area in 2023. That is one for every 21,209 households, against one for every 7,814 across the U.S. Population estimates show the Anchorage metro area grew 1.9% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Anchorage metro area compares
The same measures for Alaska 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 | Anchorage metro area | Alaska | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.5 | 0.4 | 1.4 |
| Spending per listing | $31.2M | $34.8M | $10.2M |
| Households per official establishment | 21,209 | 16,908 | 7,814 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | n/a | +10.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.9% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services | $1,470 | $1,416 | $1,414 |
| Median household income | $100,505 | $92,788 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 84 | 75 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 7
- Employees, 2023
- 39
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 70 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 21The 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 exterminating and pest control services in the Anchorage 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 Anchorage metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 405,821+1.9% since 2020
- Households
- 148,466
- Median age
- 36.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 26,410 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 15
- Median household income
- $100,505+21.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $127,837
- Median home value
- $379,100
- Jobs located here
- n/a
- Daytime population
- n/aResidents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Questions
How many pest control companies are in the Anchorage, AK metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 7 pest control companies in the Anchorage metro area. None of them are chain locations. The listings count pest control companies. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as exterminating and pest control services in 2023.
How much do households in the Anchorage, AK metro area spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?
About $218.2M a year, or $1,470 per household. That is 4% above the U.S. average (an index of 104, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 pest control companies on map listings, it comes to $31.2M per company. That spending covers all lawn care, cleaning and other household services, which pest control companies share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 148,466 households in the Anchorage metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Anchorage, AK metro area compare with the U.S. for pest control companies?
The Anchorage metro area has 0.5 pest control companies per 10,000 households, 64% below the U.S. rate of 1.4. Spending per company is $31.2M, 3.1 times the U.S. figure of $10.2M. At the U.S. ratio of pest control companies to household spending, the Anchorage metro area would have about 21, against 7 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 21,209 households, against one for every 7,814 across the U.S.
How fast is the Anchorage, AK metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Anchorage metro area at 405,821 people in 2025, up 1.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 148,466 households. The median household income in the Anchorage metro area is $100,505 a year, 24% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 21.0% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. The Anchorage metro area scores 84 for pest control companies (high), #6 of 345 scored metro areas.
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