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Pest control companies in the Merced, CA metro area
How the Merced, CA metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for pest control companies: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 37 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #261 of 345 scored metro areas
#16 of 23 scored metro areas based in California
- Listings
- 13
- 5 chain locations (38%)
- Official establishments
- 14
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $102.9M
- On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,195 a household
- Spending per listing
- $7.9M
- 23% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.5
- 7% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 297,260
- +5.1% since 2020
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What this means
For pest control companies, the Merced metro area has a Groundwork market score of 37 (lower middle): #261 of 345 scored metro areas and #16 of 23 scored metro areas based in California. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
At $1,195 per household (15% below the U.S. average), households in the Merced metro area spend about $102.9M a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services. That is about $7.9M of household spending for each company on map listings, 23% below the U.S. figure of $10.2M. The spending figure covers all lawn care, cleaning and other household services, not only pest control companies.
There are 13 pest control companies on map listings in the Merced metro area as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 38% of them, against 20% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 1.5, 7% above the U.S. rate of 1.4.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as exterminating and pest control services in the Merced metro area was 14 in 2023. That is one for every 6,147 households, against one for every 7,814 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in the Merced metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +5.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Merced metro area compares
The same measures for California 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 | Merced metro area | California | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.4 |
| Spending per listing | $7.9M | $11.2M | $10.2M |
| Households per official establishment | 6,147 | 6,829 | 7,814 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +8.5% | +10.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.1% | −0.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services | $1,195 | $1,494 | $1,414 |
| Median household income | $65,510 | $99,122 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 37 | 46 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 14
- Employees, 2023
- 102
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $5.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 135 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
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as exterminating and pest control services in the Merced 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 Merced metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 297,260+5.1% since 2020
- Households
- 86,055
- Median age
- 32.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 54%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 1,938 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 150
- Median household income
- $65,510+22.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $87,781
- Median home value
- $391,800
- Jobs located here
- 77,775
- Daytime population
- 255,124Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in California
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | 74 | 161 | 0.9 | $18.8M | −2.4% | #23 of 345 |
| 2Stockton-Lodi, CA | 73 | 17 | 0.7 | $20.3M | +5.5% | #27 of 345 |
| 3San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | 72 | 68 | 1.0 | $18.7M | −0.6% | #35 of 345 |
| 4Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA | 70 | 11 | 1.1 | $13.9M | −4.7% | #43 of 345 |
| 5Vallejo, CA | 67 | 14 | 0.9 | $16.5M | +0.6% | #59 of 345 |
| 6Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA | 60 | 19 | 1.0 | $15.3M | −0.4% | #104 of 345 |
| 7Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA | 54 | 142 | 1.6 | $9M | +3.2% | #150 of 345 |
| 8Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | 53 | 594 | 1.3 | $11.1M | −2.6% | #154 of 345 |
| 9Yuba City, CA | 50 | 7 | 1.1 | $11.5M | +3.3% | #170 of 345 |
| 10San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA | 49 | 14 | 1.3 | $11.4M | 0.0% | #176 of 345 |
| 16Merced, CA | 37 | 13 | 1.5 | $7.9M | +5.1% | #261 of 345 |
Other business types in the Merced 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 Merced, CA metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 13 pest control companies in the Merced metro area. 5 of them (38%) are chain locations. The listings count pest control companies. Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as exterminating and pest control services in 2023.
How much do households in the Merced, CA metro area spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?
About $102.9M a year, or $1,195 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 13 pest control companies on map listings, it comes to $7.9M 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 86,055 households in the Merced metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Merced, CA metro area compare with the U.S. for pest control companies?
The Merced metro area has 1.5 pest control companies per 10,000 households, 7% above the U.S. rate of 1.4. Spending per company is $7.9M, 23% below the U.S. figure of $10.2M. At the U.S. ratio of pest control companies to household spending, the Merced metro area would have about 10, against 13 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 6,147 households, against one for every 7,814 across the U.S.
How fast is the Merced, CA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Merced metro area at 297,260 people in 2025, up 5.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 86,055 households. The median household income in the Merced metro area is $65,510 a year, 19% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 22.1% 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 Merced metro area scores 37 for pest control companies (lower middle), #261 of 345 scored metro areas.
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