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Pest control companies in the Elkhart-Goshen, IN metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pest control companies in the Elkhart-Goshen, IN metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 60 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #107 of 345 scored metro areas
#2 of 10 scored metro areas based in Indiana
- Listings
- 6
- 1 chain location (17%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $85.2M
- On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,178 a household
- Spending per listing
- $14.2M
- 39% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.8
- 43% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 208,774
- +0.9% since 2020
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What this means
Households in the Elkhart-Goshen metro area spend about $85.2M a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services, or $1,178 per household, 17% below the U.S. average. That is about $14.2M of household spending for each company on map listings, 39% above 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 6 pest control companies on map listings in the Elkhart-Goshen metro area as of September 2026. One of them (17%) is a chain location, against 20% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 0.8, 43% below the U.S. rate of 1.4.
Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as exterminating and pest control services in the Elkhart-Goshen metro area in 2023. That is one for every 14,462 households, against one for every 7,814 across the U.S.
Population estimates show the Elkhart-Goshen metro area grew 0.9% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Elkhart-Goshen metro area scores 60 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for pest control companies, ranking #107 of 345 scored metro areas and #2 of 10 scored metro areas based in Indiana.
How the Elkhart-Goshen metro area 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.
| Measure | Elkhart-Goshen metro area | Indiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.8 | 1.2 | 1.4 |
| Spending per listing | $14.2M | $10.4M | $10.2M |
| Households per official establishment | 14,462 | 10,406 | 7,814 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +14.5% | +10.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.9% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services | $1,178 | $1,211 | $1,414 |
| Median household income | $68,561 | $71,957 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 60 | 41 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5
- Employees, 2023
- 20
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 61 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 8The 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 Elkhart-Goshen 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 Elkhart-Goshen metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 208,774+0.9% since 2020
- Households
- 72,309
- Median age
- 36.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 463 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 447
- Median household income
- $68,561+20.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $89,471
- Median home value
- $210,400
- Jobs located here
- 133,676
- Daytime population
- 244,683Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Indiana market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Indiana for pest control companies, numbered among those based in Indiana (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Elkhart-Goshen metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Indiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN | 76 | 52 | 0.9 | $15.3M | +2.9% | #16 of 345 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | 70 | 327 | 0.9 | $15.4M | 0.0% | #41 of 345 |
| 1Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN | 60 | 7 | 0.8 | $14.8M | +2.1% | #105 of 345 |
| 2Elkhart-Goshen, IN | 60 | 6 | 0.8 | $14.2M | +0.9% | #107 of 345 |
| 3Fort Wayne, IN | 59 | 17 | 0.9 | $12.8M | +3.9% | #111 of 345 |
| 4Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN | 59 | 107 | 1.3 | $10.2M | +5.4% | #115 of 345 |
| Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | 58 | 121 | 1.3 | $10.1M | +2.7% | #119 of 345 |
| 5South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI | 56 | 11 | 0.9 | $13.9M | +0.1% | #125 of 345 |
| 6Columbus, IN | 47 | 6 | 1.8 | $7M | +4.3% | #192 of 345 |
| 7Muncie, IN | 31 | 8 | 1.7 | $6.2M | +1.2% | #295 of 345 |
Other business types in the Elkhart-Goshen metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pest control companies are in the Elkhart-Goshen, IN metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 6 pest control companies in the Elkhart-Goshen metro area. One of them (17%) 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 Elkhart-Goshen, IN metro area spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?
About $85.2M a year, or $1,178 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 pest control companies on map listings, it comes to $14.2M 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 72,309 households in the Elkhart-Goshen metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Elkhart-Goshen, IN metro area compare with the U.S. for pest control companies?
The Elkhart-Goshen metro area has 0.8 pest control companies per 10,000 households, 43% below the U.S. rate of 1.4. Spending per company is $14.2M, 39% above the U.S. figure of $10.2M. At the U.S. ratio of pest control companies to household spending, the Elkhart-Goshen metro area would have about 8, against 6 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 14,462 households, against one for every 7,814 across the U.S.
How fast is the Elkhart-Goshen, IN metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Elkhart-Goshen metro area at 208,774 people in 2025, up 0.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 72,309 households. The median household income in the Elkhart-Goshen metro area is $68,561 a year, 15% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 20.2% 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. The Elkhart-Goshen metro area scores 60 for pest control companies (upper middle), #107 of 345 scored metro areas.
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