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Pest control companies in New Castle County, DE
The pest control companies in New Castle County, DE, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 61 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #213 of 699 scored counties
#3 of 3 scored counties in Delaware
- Listings
- 41
- 11 chain locations (27%)
- Official establishments
- 29
- +16.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $367.8M
- On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,641 a household
- Spending per listing
- $9M
- 12% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.8
- 29% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 588,026
- +3.0% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 41 pest control companies in New Castle County. 11 of them (27%) are chain locations, against 20% across the U.S. That is 1.8 per 10,000 households, 29% above the U.S. rate of 1.4.
At $1,641 per household (16% above the U.S. average), households in New Castle County spend about $367.8M a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services. That works out to $9M per company, 12% 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 29 businesses with payroll in New Castle County classed as exterminating and pest control services, up 16.0% from 2019. That is one for every 7,730 households, against one for every 7,814 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $40K have gone to businesses classed as exterminating and pest control services in New Castle County.
Population estimates show New Castle County grew 3.0% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). For pest control companies, New Castle County has a Groundwork market score of 61 (upper middle): #213 of 699 scored counties and #3 of 3 scored counties in Delaware.
How New Castle County compares
The same measures for Delaware 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 | New Castle County | Delaware | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.4 |
| Spending per listing | $9M | $8.7M | $10.2M |
| Households per official establishment | 7,730 | 8,205 | 7,814 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +16.0% | +4.3% | +10.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.0% | +6.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services | $1,641 | $1,581 | $1,414 |
| Median household income | $91,166 | $84,954 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 61 | 55 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 25 → 29+16.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 276
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $15.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 4111 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 36The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $40K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as exterminating and pest control services in New Castle 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 New Castle County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 588,026+3.0% since 2020
- Households
- 224,173
- Median age
- 40.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 426 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,356
- Median household income
- $91,166+23.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $120,517
- Median home value
- $352,200
- Jobs located here
- 298,174
- Daytime population
- 607,117Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Delaware
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kent County, DE | 70 | 11 | 1.5 | $9.4M | +6.8% | #102 of 699 |
| 2Sussex County, DE | 65 | 21 | 2.0 | $7.8M | +16.1% | #165 of 699 |
| 3New Castle County, DE | 61 | 41 | 1.8 | $9M | +3.0% | #213 of 699 |
Other business types in New Castle County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Clothing and laundry
Home services
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Funeral services
Questions
How many pest control companies are in New Castle County, DE?
There are 41 pest control companies on map listings in New Castle County as of September 2026. 11 of them (27%) are chain locations. The listings count pest control companies. Official counts show 29 businesses with payroll classed as exterminating and pest control services in 2023, up 16.0% from 2019.
How much do households in New Castle County, DE spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?
About $367.8M a year, or $1,641 per household. That is 16% above the U.S. average (an index of 116, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 41 pest control companies on map listings, it comes to $9M 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 224,173 households in New Castle County and national spending patterns by income.
How does New Castle County, DE compare with the U.S. for pest control companies?
New Castle County has 1.8 pest control companies per 10,000 households, 29% above the U.S. rate of 1.4. Spending per company is $9M, 12% below the U.S. figure of $10.2M. At the national ratio of pest control companies to household spending, New Castle County would have about 36, against 41 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 7,730 households, against one for every 7,814 across the U.S. The official count rose 16.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +10.5% for the U.S.
How fast is New Castle County, DE growing?
Population estimates put New Castle County at 588,026 people in 2025, up 3.0% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 224,173 households. Median household income in New Castle County is $91,166, 13% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.4%, 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. New Castle County scores 61 for pest control companies (upper middle), #213 of 699 scored counties.
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