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Pest control companies in Otero County, CO
The pest control companies in Otero County, CO, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 2.
- Listings
- 2
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $8.2M
- On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,075 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.1M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.6
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 17,683
- −5.2% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Otero County spend about $8.2M a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services, or $1,075 per household, 24% below the U.S. average. Spread across 2 pest control companies, that is $4.1M per company. The spending figure covers all lawn care, cleaning and other household services, not only pest control companies.
There are 2 pest control companies on map listings in Otero County as of September 2026. That is 2.6 per 10,000 households.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for exterminating and pest control services in Otero County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Otero County declined 5.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 2 pest control companies on map listings, Otero County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Otero 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.
| Measure | Otero County | Colorado | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.6 | 0.8 | 1.4 |
| Spending per listing | $4.1M | $18.3M | $10.2M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 12,974 | 7,814 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +15.1% | +10.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −5.2% | +3.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services | $1,075 | $1,449 | $1,414 |
| Median household income | $54,037 | $95,470 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 81 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 20 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 1The 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 Otero 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 Otero County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 17,683−5.2% since 2020
- Households
- 7,584
- Median age
- 41.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 1,262 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 15
- Median household income
- $54,037+41.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $68,476
- Median home value
- $168,900
- Jobs located here
- 5,492
- Daytime population
- 16,328Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Colorado
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Douglas County, CO | 90 | 6 | 0.4 | $42M | +10.9% | #2 of 699 |
| 2Denver County, CO | 83 | 19 | 0.6 | $25.9M | +3.2% | #9 of 699 |
| 3Weld County, CO | 82 | 8 | 0.6 | $21.9M | +14.2% | #12 of 699 |
| 4Jefferson County, CO | 79 | 10 | 0.4 | $37.5M | −0.5% | #28 of 699 |
| 5Adams County, CO | 79 | 18 | 1.0 | $14.8M | +6.6% | #30 of 699 |
| 6Arapahoe County, CO | 74 | 22 | 0.9 | $17.4M | +2.8% | #59 of 699 |
| 7El Paso County, CO | 74 | 29 | 1.0 | $14M | +3.2% | #61 of 699 |
| 8Boulder County, CO | 69 | 11 | 0.8 | $19.3M | −0.7% | #104 of 699 |
| 9Larimer County, CO | 69 | 18 | 1.2 | $12.2M | +4.8% | #109 of 699 |
| 10Pueblo County, CO | 57 | 5 | 0.7 | $16.2M | +0.6% | #259 of 699 |
| Otero County, CO | Not scored | 2 | 2.6 | $4.1M | −5.2% |
Other business types in Otero County
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 Otero County, CO?
As of September 2026, map listings count 2 pest control companies in Otero County. The listings count pest control companies. No official count is published for exterminating and pest control services in Otero County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Otero County, CO spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?
About $8.2M a year, or $1,075 per household. That is 24% below the U.S. average (an index of 76, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 pest control companies on map listings, it comes to $4.1M 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 7,584 households in Otero County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Otero County, CO compare with the U.S. for pest control companies?
Otero County has 2 pest control companies on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of pest control companies to household spending, Otero County would have about 1, against 2 on map listings.
How fast is Otero County, CO growing?
Population estimates put Otero County at 17,683 people in 2025, down 5.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,584 households. The median household income in Otero County is $54,037 a year, 33% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 41.6% 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. Otero County has no market score for pest control companies: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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