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Pest control companies in Woodbury County, IA
The pest control companies in Woodbury County, IA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 38 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #512 of 699 scored counties
#5 of 8 scored counties in Iowa
- Listings
- 6
- 2 chain locations (33%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $48.3M
- On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,187 a household
- Spending per listing
- $8.1M
- 21% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.5
- 7% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 106,649
- +0.7% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on lawn care, cleaning and other household services in Woodbury County comes to about $48.3M a year: $1,187 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. That works out to $8.1M per company, 21% 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.
Woodbury County has 6 pest control companies on map listings as of September 2026. 2 of them (33%) are chain locations, against 20% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 1.5, 7% above the U.S. rate of 1.4.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as exterminating and pest control services in Woodbury County was 5 in 2023. That is one for every 8,140 households, against one for every 7,814 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Woodbury County grew 0.7%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For pest control companies, Woodbury County has a Groundwork market score of 38 (lower middle): #512 of 699 scored counties and #5 of 8 scored counties in Iowa.
How Woodbury 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 | Woodbury County | Iowa | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.5 | 1.2 | 1.4 |
| Spending per listing | $8.1M | $10.6M | $10.2M |
| Households per official establishment | 8,140 | 9,012 | 7,814 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/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 | $1,187 | $1,230 | $1,414 |
| Median household income | $73,658 | $75,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 38 | 38 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 7 → 5
- Employees, 2023
- 22
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $696K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 62 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 5The 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 Woodbury 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 Woodbury County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 106,649+0.7% since 2020
- Households
- 40,699
- Median age
- 37.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 873 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 122
- Median household income
- $73,658+24.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $90,682
- Median home value
- $183,200
- Jobs located here
- 50,646
- Daytime population
- 104,991Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Iowa market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Iowa for pest control companies, numbered among those based in Iowa, with Woodbury County marked.
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 |
Other business types in Woodbury 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 Woodbury County, IA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 pest control companies in Woodbury County. 2 of them (33%) are chain locations. 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 Woodbury County, IA spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?
About $48.3M a year, or $1,187 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 pest control companies on map listings, it comes to $8.1M 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 40,699 households in Woodbury County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Woodbury County, IA compare with the U.S. for pest control companies?
Woodbury County has 1.5 pest control companies per 10,000 households, 7% above the U.S. rate of 1.4. Spending per company is $8.1M, 21% below the U.S. figure of $10.2M. At the U.S. ratio of pest control companies to household spending, Woodbury County would have about 5, against 6 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 8,140 households, against one for every 7,814 across the U.S.
How fast is Woodbury County, IA growing?
Population estimates put Woodbury County at 106,649 people in 2025, up 0.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 40,699 households. The median household income in Woodbury County is $73,658 a year, 9% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.4% 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. Woodbury County scores 38 for pest control companies (lower middle), #512 of 699 scored counties.
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