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Pest control companies in Linn County, IA

How Linn County, IA compares with other counties and the U.S. for pest control companies: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 47 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #387 of 699 scored counties
#3 of 8 scored counties in Iowa

Listings
13
5 chain locations (38%)
Official establishments
11
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$120.9M
On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,264 a household
Spending per listing
$9.3M
9% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
1.4
In line with the U.S.
Population, 2025
232,028
+0.7% 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 Linn County spend about $120.9M a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services, or $1,264 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. That works out to $9.3M per company, 9% below the U.S. figure of $10.2M. The spending figure covers all lawn care, cleaning and other household services, not only pest control companies.

Linn County has 13 pest control companies on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 38% of them, against 20% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 1.4, in line with the U.S. rate of 1.4.

Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as exterminating and pest control services in Linn County in 2023. That is one for every 8,691 households, against one for every 7,814 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $379K have gone to businesses classed as exterminating and pest control services in Linn County.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Linn County grew 0.7%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For pest control companies, Linn County has a Groundwork market score of 47 (lower middle): #387 of 699 scored counties and #3 of 8 scored counties in Iowa.

How Linn 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 Linn County, IA compared with Iowa and the U.S.
MeasureLinn CountyIowaU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.41.21.4
Spending per listing$9.3M$10.6M$10.2M
Households per official establishment8,6919,0127,814
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+20.7%+10.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.7%+1.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services$1,264$1,230$1,414
Median household income$77,649$75,059$80,734
Groundwork market score4738

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
10 → 11
Employees, 2023
81
Annual payroll, 2023
$4.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
135 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
12The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
3
Amount
$379K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as exterminating and pest control services in Linn 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 Linn County

Population, 2025 estimate
232,028+0.7% since 2020
Households
95,600
Median age
39.8
Homes lived in by their owners
74%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
717 sq. mi.
People per square mile
321
Median household income
$77,649+19.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$104,478
Median home value
$214,300
Jobs located here
130,525
Daytime population
248,541Residents 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 Linn 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

Other business types in Linn County

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

Questions

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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 13 pest control companies in Linn County. 5 of them (38%) are chain locations. The listings count pest control companies. Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as exterminating and pest control services in 2023.

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

About $120.9M a year, or $1,264 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 13 pest control companies on map listings, it comes to $9.3M 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 95,600 households in Linn County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Linn County has 1.4 pest control companies per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 1.4. Spending per company is $9.3M, 9% below the U.S. figure of $10.2M. At the U.S. ratio of pest control companies to household spending, Linn County would have about 12, against 13 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 8,691 households, against one for every 7,814 across the U.S.

How fast is Linn County, IA growing?

Population estimates put Linn County at 232,028 people in 2025, up 0.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 95,600 households. The median household income in Linn County is $77,649 a year, 4% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 19.6% 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. Linn County scores 47 for pest control companies (lower middle), #387 of 699 scored counties.

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