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Pest control companies in La Plata County, CO

How La Plata County, CO compares with other counties and the U.S. for pest control companies: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.

Listings
4
1 chain location (25%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$33.2M
On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,362 a household
Spending per listing
$8.3M
19% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
1.6
14% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
56,898
+2.2% 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

Household spending on lawn care, cleaning and other household services in La Plata County comes to about $33.2M a year: $1,362 per household, 4% below the U.S. average. That works out to $8.3M per company, 19% 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 4 pest control companies on map listings in La Plata County as of September 2026. That is 1.6 per 10,000 households, 14% above the U.S. rate of 1.4.

Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as exterminating and pest control services in La Plata County in 2023. That is one for every 8,126 households, against one for every 7,814 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in La Plata County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 4 pest control companies on map listings, La Plata County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How La Plata County compares

The same measures for Colorado 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 La Plata County, CO compared with Colorado and the U.S.
MeasureLa Plata CountyColoradoU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.60.81.4
Spending per listing$8.3M$18.3M$10.2M
Households per official establishment8,12612,9747,814
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+15.1%+10.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.2%+3.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services$1,362$1,449$1,414
Median household income$86,056$95,470$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored81

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3 → 3
Employees, 2023
20
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
41 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
3The 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 La Plata County, 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 La Plata County

Population, 2025 estimate
56,898+2.2% since 2020
Households
24,378
Median age
43.3
Homes lived in by their owners
71%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
1,690 sq. mi.
People per square mile
33
Median household income
$86,056+25.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$113,780
Median home value
$591,500
Jobs located here
25,833
Daytime population
57,893Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Pest control across Colorado

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The highest-scoring counties in Colorado for pest control companies, numbered among those based in Colorado, with La Plata County marked.

Top counties in Colorado

Counties in Colorado ranked for pest control companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Douglas County, CO9060.4$42M+10.9%#2 of 699
2Denver County, CO83190.6$25.9M+3.2%#9 of 699
3Weld County, CO8280.6$21.9M+14.2%#12 of 699
4Jefferson County, CO79100.4$37.5M−0.5%#28 of 699
5Adams County, CO79181.0$14.8M+6.6%#30 of 699
6Arapahoe County, CO74220.9$17.4M+2.8%#59 of 699
7El Paso County, CO74291.0$14M+3.2%#61 of 699
8Boulder County, CO69110.8$19.3M−0.7%#104 of 699
9Larimer County, CO69181.2$12.2M+4.8%#109 of 699
10Pueblo County, CO5750.7$16.2M+0.6%#259 of 699
La Plata County, CONot scored41.6$8.3M+2.2%

Other business types in La Plata County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many pest control companies are in La Plata County, CO?

As of September 2026, map listings count 4 pest control companies in La Plata County. The listings count pest control companies. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as exterminating and pest control services in 2023.

How much do households in La Plata County, CO spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?

About $33.2M a year, or $1,362 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 pest control companies on map listings, it comes to $8.3M 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 24,378 households in La Plata County and national spending patterns by income.

How does La Plata County, CO compare with the U.S. for pest control companies?

La Plata County has 1.6 pest control companies per 10,000 households, 14% above the U.S. rate of 1.4. Spending per company is $8.3M, 19% below the U.S. figure of $10.2M. At the U.S. ratio of pest control companies to household spending, La Plata County would have about 3, against 4 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 8,126 households, against one for every 7,814 across the U.S.

How fast is La Plata County, CO growing?

Population estimates put La Plata County at 56,898 people in 2025, up 2.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 24,378 households. The median household income in La Plata County is $86,056 a year, 7% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.3% 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. La Plata County has no market score for pest control companies: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.

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