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Pest control companies in Douglas County, KS
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pest control companies in Douglas County, KS, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 39 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #500 of 699 scored counties
#3 of 8 scored counties in Kansas
- Listings
- 9
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $62.2M
- On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,233 a household
- Spending per listing
- $6.9M
- 32% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.8
- 29% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 120,920
- +1.8% since 2020
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What this means
At $1,233 per household (13% below the U.S. average), households in Douglas County spend about $62.2M a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services. Spread across 9 pest control companies, that is $6.9M per company, 32% 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.
Douglas County has 9 pest control companies on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 20% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 1.8, 29% above the U.S. rate of 1.4.
Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as exterminating and pest control services in Douglas County in 2023. That is one for every 8,401 households, against one for every 7,814 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Douglas County grew 1.8% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for pest control companies in Douglas County is 39 (lower middle), #500 of 699 scored counties and #3 of 8 scored counties in Kansas.
How Douglas County compares
The same measures for Kansas 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 | Douglas County | Kansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.4 |
| Spending per listing | $6.9M | $6.6M | $10.2M |
| Households per official establishment | 8,401 | 6,179 | 7,814 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +6.7% | +10.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.8% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services | $1,233 | $1,241 | $1,414 |
| Median household income | $69,746 | $74,275 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 39 | 14 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 9 → 6
- Employees, 2023
- 52
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 90 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 6The 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 Douglas 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 Douglas County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 120,920+1.8% since 2020
- Households
- 50,406
- Median age
- 35.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 50%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 456 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 264
- Median household income
- $69,746+17.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $96,109
- Median home value
- $309,400
- Jobs located here
- 51,342
- Daytime population
- 115,968Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Kansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Johnson County, KS | 45 | 59 | 2.4 | $6.4M | +4.2% | #414 of 699 |
| 2Butler County, KS | 40 | 5 | 2.0 | $6.4M | +3.1% | #486 of 699 |
| 3Douglas County, KS | 39 | 9 | 1.8 | $6.9M | +1.8% | #500 of 699 |
| 4Riley County, KS | 33 | 5 | 1.8 | $6.4M | +0.8% | #578 of 699 |
| 5Sedgwick County, KS | 28 | 44 | 2.1 | $5.6M | +2.6% | #620 of 699 |
| 6Shawnee County, KS | 19 | 22 | 2.9 | $4M | 0.0% | #670 of 699 |
| 7Reno County, KS | 9 | 6 | 2.3 | $4.7M | −0.6% | #693 of 699 |
| 8Saline County, KS | 4 | 7 | 3.1 | $3.6M | −1.6% | #699 of 699 |
Other business types in Douglas 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 Douglas County, KS?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 9 pest control companies in Douglas County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count pest control companies. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as exterminating and pest control services in 2023.
How much do households in Douglas County, KS spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?
About $62.2M a year, or $1,233 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 pest control companies on map listings, it comes to $6.9M 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 50,406 households in Douglas County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Douglas County, KS compare with the U.S. for pest control companies?
Douglas County has 1.8 pest control companies per 10,000 households, 29% above the U.S. rate of 1.4. Spending per company is $6.9M, 32% below the U.S. figure of $10.2M. At the U.S. ratio of pest control companies to household spending, Douglas County would have about 6, against 9 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 8,401 households, against one for every 7,814 across the U.S.
How fast is Douglas County, KS growing?
Population estimates put Douglas County at 120,920 people in 2025, up 1.8% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 50,406 households. The median household income in Douglas County is $69,746 a year, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 17.4% 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. Douglas County scores 39 for pest control companies (lower middle), #500 of 699 scored counties.
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