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Pest control companies in the Fairbanks-College, AK metro area

The pest control companies in the Fairbanks-College, AK metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.

Listings
1
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
5
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$50.5M
On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,388 a household
Spending per listing
$50.5M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
0.3
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
93,972
−1.4% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 pest control company in the Fairbanks-College metro area. That is 0.3 per 10,000 households.

Household spending on lawn care, cleaning and other household services in the Fairbanks-College metro area comes to about $50.5M a year: $1,388 per household, 2% below the U.S. average. That is about $50.5M 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.

Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as exterminating and pest control services in the Fairbanks-College metro area in 2023. That is one for every 7,272 households, against one for every 7,814 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Fairbanks-College metro area declined 1.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 1 pest control company on map listings, the Fairbanks-College metro area isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How the Fairbanks-College 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.

Pest control in Fairbanks-College, AK metro area compared with Alaska and the U.S.
MeasureFairbanks-College metro areaAlaskaU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.30.41.4
Spending per listing$50.5M$34.8M$10.2M
Households per official establishment7,27216,9087,814
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/an/a+10.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.4%+0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services$1,388$1,416$1,414
Median household income$88,267$92,788$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored75

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
5
Employees, 2023
11
Annual payroll, 2023
$709K
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
5The 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 Fairbanks-College 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 Fairbanks-College metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
93,972−1.4% since 2020
Households
36,359
Median age
35.0
Homes lived in by their owners
62%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
7,335 sq. mi.
People per square mile
13
Median household income
$88,267+14.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$112,548
Median home value
$298,200
Jobs located here
n/a
Daytime population
n/aResidents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Other business types in the Fairbanks-College metro area

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Questions

How many pest control companies are in the Fairbanks-College, AK metro area?

There is 1 pest control company on map listings in the Fairbanks-College metro area as of September 2026. The listings count pest control companies. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as exterminating and pest control services in 2023.

How much do households in the Fairbanks-College, AK metro area spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?

About $50.5M a year, or $1,388 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 pest control company on map listings, it comes to $50.5M 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 36,359 households in the Fairbanks-College metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Fairbanks-College, AK metro area compare with the U.S. for pest control companies?

The Fairbanks-College metro area has 1 pest control company on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of pest control companies to household spending, the Fairbanks-College metro area would have about 5, against 1 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 7,272 households, against one for every 7,814 across the U.S.

How fast is the Fairbanks-College, AK metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Fairbanks-College metro area at 93,972 people in 2025, down 1.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 36,359 households. Median household income in the Fairbanks-College metro area is $88,267, 9% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 14.6%, 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 Fairbanks-College metro area has no market score for pest control companies: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.

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