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Pest control companies in the Decatur, IL metro area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pest control companies in the Decatur, IL metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 20 out of 100: Low

Ranked #335 of 345 scored metro areas
#8 of 8 scored metro areas based in Illinois

Listings
8
1 chain location (13%)
Official establishments
5
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$49.6M
On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,141 a household
Spending per listing
$6.2M
39% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
1.8
29% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
99,300
−4.3% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

For pest control companies, the Decatur metro area has a Groundwork market score of 20 (low): #335 of 345 scored metro areas and #8 of 8 scored metro areas based in Illinois. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 8 pest control companies in the Decatur metro area. One of them (13%) is a chain location, against 20% across the U.S. That comes to 1.8 for every 10,000 households, 29% above the U.S. rate of 1.4.

Households in the Decatur metro area spend about $49.6M a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services, or $1,141 per household, 19% below the U.S. average. That works out to $6.2M per company, 39% 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.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as exterminating and pest control services in the Decatur metro area was 5 in 2023. That is one for every 8,694 households, against one for every 7,814 across the U.S. Population estimates show the Decatur metro area declined 4.3% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How the Decatur metro area compares

The same measures for Illinois 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.

Pest control in Decatur, IL metro area compared with Illinois and the U.S.
MeasureDecatur metro areaIllinoisU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.81.01.4
Spending per listing$6.2M$13.8M$10.2M
Households per official establishment8,69412,7517,814
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+5.9%+10.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025−4.3%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services$1,141$1,322$1,414
Median household income$62,666$83,390$80,734
Groundwork market score2058

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
5
Employees, 2023
26
Annual payroll, 2023
$940K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
81 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
5The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
0
Amount
$0

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as exterminating and pest control services in the Decatur 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 Decatur metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
99,300−4.3% since 2020
Households
43,468
Median age
41.7
Homes lived in by their owners
70%
Vehicles per household
1.6
Land area
581 sq. mi.
People per square mile
175
Median household income
$62,666+24.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$84,051
Median home value
$127,300
Jobs located here
43,992
Daytime population
103,405Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Pest control across Illinois

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Illinois for pest control companies, numbered among those based in Illinois (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Decatur metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Illinois

Metro areas in Illinois ranked for pest control companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN703270.9$15.4M0.0%#41 of 345
2Champaign-Urbana, IL59101.0$11.6M+1.5%#112 of 345
3Rockford, IL55120.9$13.3M−0.3%#134 of 345
4Bloomington, IL4991.3$9.9M+0.1%#179 of 345
St. Louis, MO-IL461481.3$10.1M−0.2%#195 of 345
Paducah, KY-IL3671.7$8M−1.2%#268 of 345
5Peoria, IL33231.5$8.2M−1.3%#285 of 345
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL31261.6$7.6M−0.9%#292 of 345
6Springfield, IL29161.8$7M−1.2%#308 of 345
7Kankakee, IL2861.5$8.3M−1.7%#314 of 345
8Decatur, IL2081.8$6.2M−4.3%#335 of 345

Other business types in the Decatur metro area

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many pest control companies are in the Decatur, IL metro area?

There are 8 pest control companies on map listings in the Decatur metro area as of September 2026. One of them (13%) is a chain location. The listings count pest control companies. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as exterminating and pest control services in 2023.

How much do households in the Decatur, IL metro area spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?

About $49.6M a year, or $1,141 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 pest control companies on map listings, it comes to $6.2M 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 43,468 households in the Decatur metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Decatur, IL metro area compare with the U.S. for pest control companies?

The Decatur metro area has 1.8 pest control companies per 10,000 households, 29% above the U.S. rate of 1.4. Spending per company is $6.2M, 39% below the U.S. figure of $10.2M. At the national ratio of pest control companies to household spending, the Decatur metro area would have about 5, against 8 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 8,694 households, against one for every 7,814 across the U.S.

How fast is the Decatur, IL metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Decatur metro area at 99,300 people in 2025, down 4.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 43,468 households. Median household income in the Decatur metro area is $62,666, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.1%, 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. The Decatur metro area scores 20 for pest control companies (low), #335 of 345 scored metro areas.

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