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Pest control companies in Guthrie County, IA

How Guthrie 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 1.

Listings
1
1 chain location (100%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$5.8M
On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,251 a household
Spending per listing
$5.8M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
2.2
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
10,782
+1.6% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 1 pest control company in Guthrie County. That is 2.2 per 10,000 households.

Household spending on lawn care, cleaning and other household services in Guthrie County comes to about $5.8M a year: $1,251 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. That is about $5.8M 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.

There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as exterminating and pest control services in Guthrie County: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Guthrie County grew 1.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 1 pest control company on map listings, Guthrie County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Guthrie 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.

Pest control in Guthrie County, IA compared with Iowa and the U.S.
MeasureGuthrie CountyIowaU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.21.21.4
Spending per listing$5.8M$10.6M$10.2M
Households per official establishmentn/a9,0127,814
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+20.7%+10.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.6%+1.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services$1,251$1,230$1,414
Median household income$77,711$75,059$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored38

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
11 chain location
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 Guthrie 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 Guthrie County

Population, 2025 estimate
10,782+1.6% since 2020
Households
4,600
Median age
45.0
Homes lived in by their owners
84%
Vehicles per household
2.3
Land area
591 sq. mi.
People per square mile
18
Median household income
$77,711+27.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$100,744
Median home value
$180,100
Jobs located here
3,087
Daytime population
9,376Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Pest control across Iowa

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

Top counties in Iowa

Counties in Iowa ranked for pest control companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Johnson County, IA7060.9$13.4M+4.6%#97 of 699
2Polk County, IA48331.6$8.2M+4.8%#379 of 699
3Linn County, IA47131.4$9.3M+0.7%#387 of 699
4Dubuque County, IA3851.2$10.1M+0.1%#509 of 699
5Woodbury County, IA3861.5$8.1M+0.7%#512 of 699
6Scott County, IA29162.2$5.8M+0.4%#613 of 699
7Black Hawk County, IA23101.8$6.4M+0.4%#648 of 699
8Clinton County, IA1663.1$3.8M−0.9%#679 of 699
Guthrie County, IANot scored12.2$5.8M+1.6%

Other business types in Guthrie County

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

Questions

How many pest control companies are in Guthrie County, IA?

Guthrie County has 1 pest control company on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count pest control companies. No official count is published for exterminating and pest control services in Guthrie County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Guthrie County, IA spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?

About $5.8M a year, or $1,251 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 pest control company on map listings, it comes to $5.8M 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 4,600 households in Guthrie County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Guthrie County, IA compare with the U.S. for pest control companies?

Guthrie 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.

How fast is Guthrie County, IA growing?

Population estimates put Guthrie County at 10,782 people in 2025, up 1.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 4,600 households. Median household income in Guthrie County is $77,711, 4% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.1%, 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. Guthrie 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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