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Pest control companies in the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pest control companies in the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 74 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #26 of 345 scored metro areas
#2 of 5 scored metro areas based in Connecticut
- Listings
- 50
- 7 chain locations (14%)
- Official establishments
- 35
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $660.3M
- On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,419 a household
- Spending per listing
- $13.2M
- 29% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.1
- 21% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 1,171,426
- +3.0% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for pest control companies in the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford metro area is 74 (upper middle), #26 of 345 scored metro areas and #2 of 5 scored metro areas based in Connecticut. That puts it in the top 10% of metro areas for pest control companies.
Households in the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford metro area spend about $660.3M a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services, or $1,419 per household, in line with the U.S. average. That works out to $13.2M per company, 29% above 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 50 pest control companies on map listings in the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford metro area as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 14% of them, against 20% across the U.S. That comes to 1.1 for every 10,000 households, 21% below the U.S. rate of 1.4.
Official counts show 35 businesses with payroll classed as exterminating and pest control services in the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford metro area in 2023. That is one for every 13,291 households, against one for every 7,814 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 5 SBA-backed loans worth $741K have gone to businesses classed as exterminating and pest control services in the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford metro area. Population estimates put the population change in the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +3.0%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford metro area compares
The same measures for Connecticut 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 | Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford metro area | Connecticut | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.4 |
| Spending per listing | $13.2M | $12.8M | $10.2M |
| Households per official establishment | 13,291 | 13,789 | 7,814 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +3.0% | +10.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.0% | +3.0% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services | $1,419 | $1,437 | $1,414 |
| Median household income | $95,118 | $95,781 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 74 | 72 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 35
- Employees, 2023
- 313
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $18.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 507 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 65The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 5
- Amount
- $741K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as exterminating and pest control services in the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford 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 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 1,171,426+3.0% since 2020
- Households
- 465,181
- Median age
- 42.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 1,452 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 794
- Median household income
- $95,118
- Average household income
- $127,867
- Median home value
- $333,500
- Jobs located here
- 597,826
- Daytime population
- 1,193,128Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in Connecticut
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT | 77 | 7 | 0.6 | $22.1M | +2.0% | #15 of 345 |
| 2Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT | 74 | 50 | 1.1 | $13.2M | +3.0% | #26 of 345 |
| 3Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT | 73 | 53 | 1.5 | $10.7M | +3.7% | #33 of 345 |
| 4New Haven, CT | 70 | 25 | 1.1 | $12.7M | +2.5% | #45 of 345 |
| 5Waterbury-Shelton, CT | 66 | 22 | 1.2 | $11M | +3.2% | #67 of 345 |
Other business types in the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Questions
How many pest control companies are in the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 50 pest control companies in the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford metro area. 7 of them (14%) are chain locations. The listings count pest control companies. Official counts show 35 businesses with payroll classed as exterminating and pest control services in 2023.
How much do households in the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT metro area spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?
About $660.3M a year, or $1,419 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 100, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 50 pest control companies on map listings, it comes to $13.2M 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 465,181 households in the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT metro area compare with the U.S. for pest control companies?
The Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford metro area has 1.1 pest control companies per 10,000 households, 21% below the U.S. rate of 1.4. Spending per company is $13.2M, 29% above the U.S. figure of $10.2M. At the U.S. ratio of pest control companies to household spending, the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford metro area would have about 65, against 50 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 13,291 households, against one for every 7,814 across the U.S.
How fast is the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford metro area at 1,171,426 people in 2025, up 3.0% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 465,181 households. The median household income in the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford metro area is $95,118 a year, 18% above the U.S. median of $80,734.
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 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford metro area scores 74 for pest control companies (upper middle), #26 of 345 scored metro areas.
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