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Pest control companies in DeKalb County, IN

How DeKalb County, IN 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
$20.2M
On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,180 a household
Spending per listing
$20.2M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
0.6
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
44,535
+2.9% 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

Households in DeKalb County spend about $20.2M a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services, or $1,180 per household, 17% below the U.S. average. That works out to $20.2M per company. The spending figure covers all lawn care, cleaning and other household services, not only pest control companies.

DeKalb County has 1 pest control company on map listings as of September 2026. That is 0.6 per 10,000 households.

Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as exterminating and pest control services in DeKalb County in 2023. That is one for every 5,699 households, against one for every 7,814 across the U.S.

Population estimates show DeKalb County grew 2.9% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). With 1 pest control company on map listings, DeKalb County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How DeKalb 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 DeKalb County, IN compared with Indiana and the U.S.
MeasureDeKalb CountyIndianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.61.21.4
Spending per listing$20.2M$10.4M$10.2M
Households per official establishment5,69910,4067,814
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+14.5%+10.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.9%+2.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services$1,180$1,211$1,414
Median household income$74,331$71,957$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored41

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3
Employees, 2023
10
Annual payroll, 2023
$407K
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
2The 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 DeKalb 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 DeKalb County

Population, 2025 estimate
44,535+2.9% since 2020
Households
17,096
Median age
39.9
Homes lived in by their owners
82%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
363 sq. mi.
People per square mile
121
Median household income
$74,331+31.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$88,977
Median home value
$194,100
Jobs located here
21,740
Daytime population
43,616Residents 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 DeKalb 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
DeKalb County, INNot scored10.6$20.2M+2.9%

Other business types in DeKalb County

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

Questions

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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 pest control company in DeKalb County. 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 DeKalb County, IN spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?

About $20.2M a year, or $1,180 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 pest control company on map listings, it comes to $20.2M 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 17,096 households in DeKalb County and national spending patterns by income.

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

DeKalb County has 1 pest control company on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of pest control companies to household spending, DeKalb County would have about 2, against 1 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,699 households, against one for every 7,814 across the U.S.

How fast is DeKalb County, IN growing?

Population estimates put DeKalb County at 44,535 people in 2025, up 2.9% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 17,096 households. The median household income in DeKalb County is $74,331 a year, 8% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.7% 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. DeKalb 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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How the score works · Top markets for pest control companies · All 56 business types in DeKalb County

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