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Pest control companies in the Ruston, LA area
How the Ruston, LA area compares with other small-town markets 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 4.
- Listings
- 4
- 1 chain location (25%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $22.3M
- On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,206 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5.6M
- 45% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.2
- 57% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 48,360
- +0.1% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on lawn care, cleaning and other household services in the Ruston area comes to about $22.3M a year: $1,206 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. That is about $5.6M of household spending for each company on map listings, 45% 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.
The Ruston area has 4 pest control companies on map listings as of September 2026. That is 2.2 per 10,000 households, 57% above the U.S. rate of 1.4.
Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as exterminating and pest control services in the Ruston area in 2023. That is one for every 4,622 households, against one for every 7,814 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in the Ruston area from 2020 to 2025 at +0.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 4 pest control companies on map listings, the Ruston area isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How the Ruston area compares
The same measures for Louisiana 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 | Ruston area | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.2 | 1.4 | 1.4 |
| Spending per listing | $5.6M | $9.5M | $10.2M |
| Households per official establishment | 4,622 | 5,937 | 7,814 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +11.0% | +10.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.1% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services | $1,206 | $1,374 | $1,414 |
| Median household income | $39,172 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 26 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4
- Employees, 2023
- 18
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $913K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 41 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 2The 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 Ruston 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 Ruston area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 48,360+0.1% since 2020
- Households
- 18,487
- Median age
- 32.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 54%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 472 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 102
- Median household income
- $39,172+10.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $66,113
- Median home value
- $210,100
- Jobs located here
- 18,570
- Daytime population
- 48,307Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in Louisiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1New Iberia, LA | 39 | 5 | 1.9 | $6.9M | −4.6% | #57 of 85 |
| 2Minden, LA | 13 | 5 | 3.5 | $3.4M | −5.2% | #85 of 85 |
| Ruston, LA | Not scored | 4 | 2.2 | $5.6M | +0.1% |
Other business types in the Ruston 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 Ruston, LA area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 4 pest control companies in the Ruston area. The listings count pest control companies. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as exterminating and pest control services in 2023.
How much do households in the Ruston, LA area spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?
About $22.3M a year, or $1,206 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 pest control companies on map listings, it comes to $5.6M 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 18,487 households in the Ruston area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Ruston, LA area compare with the U.S. for pest control companies?
The Ruston area has 2.2 pest control companies per 10,000 households, 57% above the U.S. rate of 1.4. Spending per company is $5.6M, 45% below the U.S. figure of $10.2M. At the U.S. ratio of pest control companies to household spending, the Ruston area would have about 2, against 4 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,622 households, against one for every 7,814 across the U.S.
How fast is the Ruston, LA area growing?
Population estimates put the Ruston area at 48,360 people in 2025, up 0.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 18,487 households. The median household income in the Ruston area is $39,172 a year, 51% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 10.5% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Ruston area has no market score for pest control companies: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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