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Pest control companies in Clay County, IA
How Clay County, IA 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 none.
- Listings
- 0
- None on the map
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $8.4M
- On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,156 a household
- Spending per listing
- n/a
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.0
- Population, 2025
- 16,202
- −0.8% since 2020
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What this means
At $1,156 per household (18% below the U.S. average), households in Clay County spend about $8.4M a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services. The spending figure covers all lawn care, cleaning and other household services, not only pest control companies.
Map listings as of September 2026 show no pest control companies in Clay County. At the national ratio of pest control companies to household spending, Clay County would have about 1, against none on map listings.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for exterminating and pest control services in Clay County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates show Clay County declined 0.8% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With no pest control companies on map listings, Clay County isn’t given a market score for them.
How Clay County compares
The same measures for Iowa 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 | Clay County | Iowa | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.0 | 1.2 | 1.4 |
| Spending per listing | n/a | $10.6M | $10.2M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 9,012 | 7,814 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +20.7% | +10.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.8% | +1.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services | $1,156 | $1,230 | $1,414 |
| Median household income | $65,428 | $75,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 38 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 0
- 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
- 16,202−0.8% since 2020
- Households
- 7,282
- Median age
- 43.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 567 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 29
- Median household income
- $65,428+29.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $83,614
- Median home value
- $178,600
- Jobs located here
- 8,325
- Daytime population
- 16,701Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Iowa
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Johnson County, IA | 70 | 6 | 0.9 | $13.4M | +4.6% | #97 of 699 |
| 2Polk County, IA | 48 | 33 | 1.6 | $8.2M | +4.8% | #379 of 699 |
| 3Linn County, IA | 47 | 13 | 1.4 | $9.3M | +0.7% | #387 of 699 |
| 4Dubuque County, IA | 38 | 5 | 1.2 | $10.1M | +0.1% | #509 of 699 |
| 5Woodbury County, IA | 38 | 6 | 1.5 | $8.1M | +0.7% | #512 of 699 |
| 6Scott County, IA | 29 | 16 | 2.2 | $5.8M | +0.4% | #613 of 699 |
| 7Black Hawk County, IA | 23 | 10 | 1.8 | $6.4M | +0.4% | #648 of 699 |
| 8Clinton County, IA | 16 | 6 | 3.1 | $3.8M | −0.9% | #679 of 699 |
| Clay County, IA | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | −0.8% |
Other business types in Clay County
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 Clay County, IA?
There are no pest control companies on map listings in Clay County as of September 2026. The listings count pest control companies. No official count is published for exterminating and pest control services in Clay County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Clay County, IA spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?
About $8.4M a year, or $1,156 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). 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 7,282 households in Clay County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Clay County, IA compare with the U.S. for pest control companies?
Clay County has no pest control companies on map listings. At the U.S. ratio of pest control companies to household spending, Clay County would have about 1, against none on map listings.
How fast is Clay County, IA growing?
Population estimates put Clay County at 16,202 people in 2025, down 0.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,282 households. The median household income in Clay County is $65,428 a year, 19% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.5% 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. Clay County has no market score for pest control companies, having none on map listings.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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