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Pest control companies in Clay County, IN

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pest control companies in Clay County, IN, set against other counties and the U.S.

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
$12.5M
On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,183 a household
Spending per listing
$12.5M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
0.9
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
26,410
−0.1% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 pest control company in Clay County. That is 0.9 per 10,000 households.

Household spending on lawn care, cleaning and other household services in Clay County comes to about $12.5M a year: $1,183 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. That is about $12.5M of household spending for each company on map listings. That spending covers all lawn care, cleaning and other household services, which pest control companies share with other businesses in the trade.

Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as exterminating and pest control services in Clay County in 2023. That is one for every 3,516 households, against one for every 7,814 across the U.S.

Population estimates show Clay County declined 0.1% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 1 pest control company on map listings, Clay County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Clay County compares

The same measures for Indiana 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 Clay County, IN compared with Indiana and the U.S.
MeasureClay CountyIndianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.91.21.4
Spending per listing$12.5M$10.4M$10.2M
Households per official establishment3,51610,4067,814
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+14.5%+10.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.1%+2.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services$1,183$1,211$1,414
Median household income$70,010$71,957$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored41

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3 → 3
Employees, 2023
2
Annual payroll, 2023
$106K
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
1The 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 Clay 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 Clay County

Population, 2025 estimate
26,410−0.1% since 2020
Households
10,549
Median age
41.4
Homes lived in by their owners
81%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
358 sq. mi.
People per square mile
74
Median household income
$70,010+25.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$101,024
Median home value
$153,000
Jobs located here
7,738
Daytime population
24,011Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Pest control across Indiana

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The highest-scoring counties in Indiana for pest control companies, numbered among those based in Indiana, with Clay County marked.

Top counties in Indiana

Counties in Indiana ranked for pest control companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Hendricks County, IN8160.9$15.7M+10.2%#18 of 699
2Hamilton County, IN81191.4$11.5M+10.9%#20 of 699
3Johnson County, IN7661.0$13.9M+7.4%#44 of 699
4Clark County, IN6551.0$12.3M+7.5%#155 of 699
5Lake County, IN63160.8$14.7M+1.1%#178 of 699
6Elkhart County, IN6060.8$14.2M+0.9%#219 of 699
7Allen County, IN57161.0$11.7M+4.2%#262 of 699
8St. Joseph County, IN55100.9$12.7M+0.1%#285 of 699
9Madison County, IN5471.3$8.6M+3.8%#299 of 699
10Bartholomew County, IN5061.8$7M+4.3%#353 of 699
Clay County, INNot scored10.9$12.5M−0.1%

Other business types in Clay County

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

Questions

How many pest control companies are in Clay County, IN?

There is 1 pest control company on map listings in Clay 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 Clay County, IN spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?

About $12.5M a year, or $1,183 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 pest control company on map listings, it comes to $12.5M 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 10,549 households in Clay County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Clay County, IN compare with the U.S. for pest control companies?

Clay County has 1 pest control company on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of pest control companies to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,516 households, against one for every 7,814 across the U.S.

How fast is Clay County, IN growing?

Population estimates put Clay County at 26,410 people in 2025, down 0.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 10,549 households. Median household income in Clay County is $70,010, 13% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.8%, 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. Clay County has no market score for pest control companies: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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