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Pest control companies in Effingham County, GA
How Effingham County, GA compares with other counties and the U.S. for pest control companies: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.
- Listings
- 1
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $38.1M
- On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,568 a household
- Spending per listing
- $38.1M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.4
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 74,397
- +14.1% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 pest control company in Effingham County. That is 0.4 per 10,000 households.
Household spending on lawn care, cleaning and other household services in Effingham County comes to about $38.1M a year: $1,568 per household, 11% above the U.S. average. That works out to $38.1M per company. That spending covers all lawn care, cleaning and other household services, which pest control companies share with other businesses in the trade.
In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in Effingham County classed as exterminating and pest control services. That is one for every 8,096 households, against one for every 7,814 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $201K has gone to businesses classed as exterminating and pest control services in Effingham County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Effingham County grew 14.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 1 pest control company on map listings, Effingham County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Effingham County compares
The same measures for Georgia 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 | Effingham County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.4 | 2.0 | 1.4 |
| Spending per listing | $38.1M | $7.6M | $10.2M |
| Households per official establishment | 8,096 | 5,635 | 7,814 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +12.6% | +10.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +14.1% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services | $1,568 | $1,526 | $1,414 |
| Median household income | $88,438 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 41 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3
- Employees, 2023
- 25
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 10 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 4The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $201K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as exterminating and pest control services in Effingham 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 Effingham County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 74,397+14.1% since 2020
- Households
- 24,287
- Median age
- 37.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 479 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 144
- Median household income
- $88,438+32.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $106,856
- Median home value
- $276,000
- Jobs located here
- 12,262
- Daytime population
- 50,320Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Georgia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Fulton County, GA | 81 | 48 | 1.0 | $16.6M | +2.7% | #17 of 699 |
| 2Douglas County, GA | 79 | 6 | 1.2 | $13.1M | +6.6% | #31 of 699 |
| 3Clayton County, GA | 67 | 7 | 0.7 | $19.8M | −0.6% | #119 of 699 |
| 4DeKalb County, GA | 66 | 42 | 1.5 | $11M | +1.3% | #145 of 699 |
| 5Paulding County, GA | 64 | 12 | 2.0 | $8.2M | +12.7% | #175 of 699 |
| 6Houston County, GA | 61 | 12 | 1.9 | $7.9M | +8.5% | #216 of 699 |
| 7Jackson County, GA | 60 | 7 | 2.5 | $6.5M | +29.3% | #228 of 699 |
| 8Whitfield County, GA | 57 | 5 | 1.4 | $10.2M | +3.3% | #265 of 699 |
| 9Bartow County, GA | 57 | 7 | 1.7 | $8.8M | +10.5% | #270 of 699 |
| 10Newton County, GA | 57 | 10 | 2.4 | $6M | +11.2% | #273 of 699 |
| Effingham County, GA | Not scored | 1 | 0.4 | $38.1M | +14.1% |
Other business types in Effingham 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 Effingham County, GA?
There is 1 pest control company on map listings in Effingham County as of September 2026. The listings count pest control companies. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as exterminating and pest control services in 2023.
How much do households in Effingham County, GA spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?
About $38.1M a year, or $1,568 per household. That is 11% above the U.S. average (an index of 111, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 pest control company on map listings, it comes to $38.1M 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 24,287 households in Effingham County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Effingham County, GA compare with the U.S. for pest control companies?
Effingham County has 1 pest control company on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of pest control companies to household spending, Effingham County would have about 4, against 1 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 8,096 households, against one for every 7,814 across the U.S.
How fast is Effingham County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Effingham County at 74,397 people in 2025, up 14.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 24,287 households. Median household income in Effingham County is $88,438, 10% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 32.4%, 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. Effingham County has no market score for pest control companies: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.
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