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Pest control companies in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA metro area

How the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, 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 27 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #321 of 345 scored metro areas
#21 of 23 scored metro areas based in California

Listings
70
7 chain locations (10%)
Official establishments
74
+2.8% since 2019
Household spending a year
$436.4M
On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,556 a household
Spending per listing
$6.2M
39% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
2.5
79% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
830,851
−1.5% since 2020

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What this means

The Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area scores 27 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for pest control companies, ranking #321 of 345 scored metro areas and #21 of 23 scored metro areas based in California. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 70 pest control companies in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area. Chain locations make up 10% of them, against 20% across the U.S. That is 2.5 per 10,000 households, 79% above the U.S. rate of 1.4.

Household spending on lawn care, cleaning and other household services in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area comes to about $436.4M a year: $1,556 per household, 10% above the U.S. average. That works out to $6.2M per company, 39% 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.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as exterminating and pest control services in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area was 74 in 2023, up 2.8% from 2019. That is one for every 3,789 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 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area. Population estimates show the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area declined 1.5% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura 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.

Pest control in Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA metro area compared with California and the U.S.
MeasureOxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro areaCaliforniaU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.51.31.4
Spending per listing$6.2M$11.2M$10.2M
Households per official establishment3,7896,8297,814
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+2.8%+8.5%+10.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.5%−0.4%+3.1%
Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services$1,556$1,494$1,414
Median household income$109,797$99,122$80,734
Groundwork market score2746

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
74+2.8% over the period
Employees, 2023
505
Annual payroll, 2023
$38.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
707 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
43The 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 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura 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 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
830,851−1.5% since 2020
Households
280,360
Median age
40.7
Homes lived in by their owners
65%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
1,841 sq. mi.
People per square mile
455
Median household income
$109,797+24.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$144,867
Median home value
$822,700
Jobs located here
321,509
Daytime population
755,963Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Pest control across California

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The highest-scoring metro areas in California for pest control companies, numbered among those based in California, with the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area marked.

Top metro areas in California

Metro areas in California ranked for pest control companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA741610.9$18.8M−2.4%#23 of 345
2Stockton-Lodi, CA73170.7$20.3M+5.5%#27 of 345
3San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA72681.0$18.7M−0.6%#35 of 345
4Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA70111.1$13.9M−4.7%#43 of 345
5Vallejo, CA67140.9$16.5M+0.6%#59 of 345
6Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA60191.0$15.3M−0.4%#104 of 345
7Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA541421.6$9M+3.2%#150 of 345
8Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA535941.3$11.1M−2.6%#154 of 345
9Yuba City, CA5071.1$11.5M+3.3%#170 of 345
10San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA49141.3$11.4M0.0%#176 of 345
21Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA27702.5$6.2M−1.5%#321 of 345

Other business types in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area

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Questions

How many pest control companies are in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA metro area?

There are 70 pest control companies on map listings in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area as of September 2026. 7 of them (10%) are chain locations. The listings count pest control companies. Official counts show 74 businesses with payroll classed as exterminating and pest control services in 2023, up 2.8% from 2019.

How much do households in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA metro area spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?

About $436.4M a year, or $1,556 per household. That is 10% above the U.S. average (an index of 110, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 70 pest control companies on map listings, it comes to $6.2M 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 280,360 households in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA metro area compare with the U.S. for pest control companies?

The Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area has 2.5 pest control companies per 10,000 households, 79% above the U.S. rate of 1.4. Spending per company is $6.2M, 39% below the U.S. figure of $10.2M. At the national ratio of pest control companies to household spending, the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area would have about 43, against 70 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,789 households, against one for every 7,814 across the U.S. The official count rose 2.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +10.5% for the U.S.

How fast is the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area at 830,851 people in 2025, down 1.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 280,360 households. Median household income in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area is $109,797, 36% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.6%, 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 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area scores 27 for pest control companies (lower middle), #321 of 345 scored metro areas.

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