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Pest control companies in Palm Beach County, FL
How Palm Beach 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 #425 of 699 scored counties
#17 of 38 scored counties in Florida
- Listings
- 146
- 17 chain locations (12%)
- Official establishments
- 221
- +11.6% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $976.6M
- On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,613 a household
- Spending per listing
- $6.7M
- 35% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.4
- 71% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 1,575,726
- +5.5% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Palm Beach County spend about $976.6M a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services, or $1,613 per household, 14% above the U.S. average. That is about $6.7M of household spending for each company on map listings, 35% 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 146 pest control companies on map listings in Palm Beach County as of September 2026. 17 of them (12%) are chain locations, against 20% across the U.S. That is 2.4 per 10,000 households, 71% above the U.S. rate of 1.4.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as exterminating and pest control services in Palm Beach County was 221 in 2023, up 11.6% from 2019. That is one for every 2,740 households, against one for every 7,814 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 5 SBA-backed loans worth $2.6M have gone to businesses classed as exterminating and pest control services in Palm Beach County.
Population estimates show Palm Beach County grew 5.5% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For pest control companies, Palm Beach County has a Groundwork market score of 44 (lower middle): #425 of 699 scored counties and #17 of 38 scored counties in Florida.
How Palm Beach 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 | Palm Beach County | Florida | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.4 | 2.2 | 1.4 |
| Spending per listing | $6.7M | $6.7M | $10.2M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,740 | 3,804 | 7,814 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +11.6% | +8.9% | +10.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.5% | +8.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services | $1,613 | $1,503 | $1,414 |
| Median household income | $83,581 | $74,568 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 44 | 39 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 198 → 221+11.6% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,333
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $72.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 14617 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 96The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 5
- Amount
- $2.6M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as exterminating and pest control services in Palm Beach 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 Palm Beach County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 1,575,726+5.5% since 2020
- Households
- 605,430
- Median age
- 45.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 1,964 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 781
- Median household income
- $83,581+32.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $128,577
- Median home value
- $447,300
- Jobs located here
- 678,049
- Daytime population
- 1,576,309Residents 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 |
| 17Palm Beach County, FL | 44 | 146 | 2.4 | $6.7M | +5.5% | #425 of 699 |
Other business types in Palm Beach 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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Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pest control companies are in Palm Beach County, FL?
As of September 2026, map listings count 146 pest control companies in Palm Beach County. 17 of them (12%) are chain locations. The listings count pest control companies. Official counts show 221 businesses with payroll classed as exterminating and pest control services in 2023, up 11.6% from 2019.
How much do households in Palm Beach County, FL spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?
About $976.6M a year, or $1,613 per household. That is 14% above the U.S. average (an index of 114, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 146 pest control companies on map listings, it comes to $6.7M 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 605,430 households in Palm Beach County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Palm Beach County, FL compare with the U.S. for pest control companies?
Palm Beach County has 2.4 pest control companies per 10,000 households, 71% above the U.S. rate of 1.4. Spending per company is $6.7M, 35% below the U.S. figure of $10.2M. At the U.S. ratio of pest control companies to household spending, Palm Beach County would have about 96, against 146 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,740 households, against one for every 7,814 across the U.S. The official count rose 11.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +10.5% for the U.S.
How fast is Palm Beach County, FL growing?
Population estimates put Palm Beach County at 1,575,726 people in 2025, up 5.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 605,430 households. The median household income in Palm Beach County is $83,581 a year, 4% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 32.0% 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. Palm Beach County scores 44 for pest control companies (lower middle), #425 of 699 scored counties.
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