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Pest control companies in Alachua County, FL
How Alachua County, FL compares with other counties and the U.S. for pest control companies: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 44 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #421 of 699 scored counties
#16 of 38 scored counties in Florida
- Listings
- 21
- 7 chain locations (33%)
- Official establishments
- 25
- +4.2% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $164.8M
- On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,411 a household
- Spending per listing
- $7.8M
- 23% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.8
- 29% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 290,028
- +3.7% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 21 pest control companies in Alachua County. Chain locations make up 33% of them, against 20% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 1.8, 29% above the U.S. rate of 1.4.
Households in Alachua County spend about $164.8M a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services, or $1,411 per household, in line with the U.S. average. That is about $7.8M of household spending for each company on map listings, 23% 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 25 businesses with payroll in Alachua County classed as exterminating and pest control services, up 4.2% from 2019. That is one for every 4,671 households, against one for every 7,814 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $493K have gone to businesses classed as exterminating and pest control services in Alachua County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Alachua County grew 3.7%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For pest control companies, Alachua County has a Groundwork market score of 44 (lower middle): #421 of 699 scored counties and #16 of 38 scored counties in Florida.
How Alachua County compares
The same measures for Florida 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 | Alachua County | Florida | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.8 | 2.2 | 1.4 |
| Spending per listing | $7.8M | $6.7M | $10.2M |
| Households per official establishment | 4,671 | 3,804 | 7,814 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +4.2% | +8.9% | +10.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.7% | +8.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services | $1,411 | $1,503 | $1,414 |
| Median household income | $61,949 | $74,568 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 44 | 39 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 24 → 25+4.2% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 239
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $11M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 217 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 16The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $493K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as exterminating and pest control services in Alachua 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 Alachua County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 290,028+3.7% since 2020
- Households
- 116,786
- Median age
- 36.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 54%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 876 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 326
- Median household income
- $61,949+24.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $93,386
- Median home value
- $288,800
- Jobs located here
- 139,721
- Daytime population
- 316,161Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Florida
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sumter County, FL | 83 | 7 | 1.0 | $14.8M | +21.1% | #11 of 699 |
| 2Osceola County, FL | 66 | 16 | 1.1 | $12.7M | +23.2% | #139 of 699 |
| 3Santa Rosa County, FL | 62 | 16 | 2.2 | $7.3M | +11.7% | #201 of 699 |
| 4Clay County, FL | 61 | 14 | 1.7 | $9.3M | +9.4% | #211 of 699 |
| 5Miami-Dade County, FL | 58 | 137 | 1.4 | $10.6M | +4.0% | #247 of 699 |
| 6Lake County, FL | 57 | 24 | 1.5 | $10M | +18.1% | #266 of 699 |
| 7Orange County, FL | 55 | 102 | 1.9 | $8M | +6.7% | #290 of 699 |
| 8Nassau County, FL | 54 | 9 | 2.3 | $7M | +17.4% | #303 of 699 |
| 9St. Johns County, FL | 52 | 32 | 2.8 | $6.6M | +25.0% | #330 of 699 |
| 10Hillsborough County, FL | 51 | 127 | 2.2 | $7.1M | +7.4% | #339 of 699 |
| 16Alachua County, FL | 44 | 21 | 1.8 | $7.8M | +3.7% | #421 of 699 |
Other business types in Alachua County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
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Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pest control companies are in Alachua County, FL?
There are 21 pest control companies on map listings in Alachua County as of September 2026. 7 of them (33%) are chain locations. The listings count pest control companies. Official counts show 25 businesses with payroll classed as exterminating and pest control services in 2023, up 4.2% from 2019.
How much do households in Alachua County, FL spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?
About $164.8M a year, or $1,411 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 21 pest control companies on map listings, it comes to $7.8M 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 116,786 households in Alachua County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Alachua County, FL compare with the U.S. for pest control companies?
Alachua County has 1.8 pest control companies per 10,000 households, 29% above the U.S. rate of 1.4. Spending per company is $7.8M, 23% below the U.S. figure of $10.2M. At the national ratio of pest control companies to household spending, Alachua County would have about 16, against 21 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,671 households, against one for every 7,814 across the U.S. The official count rose 4.2% from 2019 to 2023, against +10.5% for the U.S.
How fast is Alachua County, FL growing?
Population estimates put Alachua County at 290,028 people in 2025, up 3.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 116,786 households. Median household income in Alachua County is $61,949, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.7%, 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. Alachua County scores 44 for pest control companies (lower middle), #421 of 699 scored counties.
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