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Pest control companies in the Owensboro, KY metro area
The pest control companies in the Owensboro, KY metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 33 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #287 of 345 scored metro areas
#6 of 6 scored metro areas based in Kentucky
- Listings
- 10
- 1 chain location (10%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $62.8M
- On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,388 a household
- Spending per listing
- $6.3M
- 39% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.2
- 57% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 113,962
- +1.3% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for pest control companies in the Owensboro metro area is 33 (lower middle), #287 of 345 scored metro areas and #6 of 6 scored metro areas based in Kentucky. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
At $1,388 per household (2% below the U.S. average), households in the Owensboro metro area spend about $62.8M a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services. That is about $6.3M of household spending for each company on map listings, 39% 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.
There are 10 pest control companies on map listings in the Owensboro metro area as of September 2026. One of them (10%) is a chain location, against 20% across the U.S. That comes to 2.2 for every 10,000 households, 57% above the U.S. rate of 1.4.
In 2023, official counts showed 7 businesses with payroll in the Owensboro metro area classed as exterminating and pest control services. That is one for every 6,469 households, against one for every 7,814 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in the Owensboro metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +1.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Owensboro metro area compares
The same measures for Kentucky 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 | Owensboro metro area | Kentucky | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.2 | 1.1 | 1.4 |
| Spending per listing | $6.3M | $13M | $10.2M |
| Households per official establishment | 6,469 | 10,488 | 7,814 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +8.1% | +10.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.3% | +2.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services | $1,388 | $1,381 | $1,414 |
| Median household income | $68,002 | $63,726 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 33 | 61 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 7
- Employees, 2023
- 48
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 101 chain location
- 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 the Owensboro metro area, 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 the Owensboro metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 113,962+1.3% since 2020
- Households
- 45,280
- Median age
- 39.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 711 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 159
- Median household income
- $68,002
- Average household income
- $89,111
- Median home value
- $195,400
- Jobs located here
- 48,709
- Daytime population
- 113,540Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Kentucky market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Kentucky for pest control companies, numbered among those based in Kentucky (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Owensboro metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Kentucky
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN | 76 | 52 | 0.9 | $15.3M | +2.9% | #16 of 345 |
| Clarksville, TN-KY | 72 | 14 | 1.1 | $12.4M | +8.5% | #39 of 345 |
| 2Lexington-Fayette, KY | 67 | 29 | 1.3 | $11M | +3.4% | #62 of 345 |
| 3Elizabethtown, KY | 62 | 5 | 1.0 | $14.3M | +2.4% | #88 of 345 |
| 4Bowling Green, KY | 61 | 10 | 1.4 | $9.9M | +9.5% | #100 of 345 |
| Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | 58 | 121 | 1.3 | $10.1M | +2.7% | #119 of 345 |
| Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH | 45 | 18 | 1.2 | $11M | −2.6% | #206 of 345 |
| 5Paducah, KY-IL | 36 | 7 | 1.7 | $8M | −1.2% | #268 of 345 |
| 6Owensboro, KY | 33 | 10 | 2.2 | $6.3M | +1.3% | #287 of 345 |
Other business types in the Owensboro metro area
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 the Owensboro, KY metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 10 pest control companies in the Owensboro metro area. One of them (10%) is a chain location. The listings count pest control companies. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as exterminating and pest control services in 2023.
How much do households in the Owensboro, KY metro area spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?
About $62.8M a year, or $1,388 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 pest control companies on map listings, it comes to $6.3M 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 45,280 households in the Owensboro metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Owensboro, KY metro area compare with the U.S. for pest control companies?
The Owensboro metro area has 2.2 pest control companies per 10,000 households, 57% above the U.S. rate of 1.4. Spending per company is $6.3M, 39% below the U.S. figure of $10.2M. At the U.S. ratio of pest control companies to household spending, the Owensboro metro area would have about 6, against 10 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 6,469 households, against one for every 7,814 across the U.S.
How fast is the Owensboro, KY metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Owensboro metro area at 113,962 people in 2025, up 1.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 45,280 households. The median household income in the Owensboro metro area is $68,002 a year, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. The Owensboro metro area scores 33 for pest control companies (lower middle), #287 of 345 scored metro areas.
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