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Pest control companies in Knox County, ME

How Knox County, ME compares with other counties 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 3.

Listings
3
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$23.3M
On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,258 a household
Spending per listing
$7.8M
24% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
1.6
14% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
41,117
+1.1% 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

Household spending on lawn care, cleaning and other household services in Knox County comes to about $23.3M a year: $1,258 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. That works out to $7.8M per company, 24% 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.

Knox County has 3 pest control companies on map listings as of September 2026. That comes to 1.6 for every 10,000 households, 14% above the U.S. rate of 1.4.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for exterminating and pest control services in Knox County, since they leave out counts under 3.

Population estimates show Knox County grew 1.1% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 3 pest control companies on map listings, Knox County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Knox County compares

The same measures for Maine 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 Knox County, ME compared with Maine and the U.S.
MeasureKnox CountyMaineU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.61.11.4
Spending per listing$7.8M$11.1M$10.2M
Households per official establishmentn/a11,9437,814
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+16.3%+10.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.1%+3.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services$1,258$1,246$1,414
Median household income$74,096$74,733$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored54

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
n/a
Employees, 2023
n/a
Annual payroll, 2023
n/a
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
30 chain locations
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 Knox 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 Knox County

Population, 2025 estimate
41,117+1.1% since 2020
Households
18,484
Median age
49.3
Homes lived in by their owners
79%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
365 sq. mi.
People per square mile
112
Median household income
$74,096+28.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$99,101
Median home value
$324,900
Jobs located here
16,342
Daytime population
41,779Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Pest control across Maine

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The highest-scoring counties in Maine for pest control companies, numbered among those based in Maine, with Knox County marked.

Top counties in Maine

Counties in Maine ranked for pest control companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1York County, ME6950.5$24.2M+4.8%#103 of 699
2Penobscot County, ME5081.2$9.6M+3.8%#348 of 699
3Kennebec County, ME5091.7$7.1M+3.5%#352 of 699
4Cumberland County, ME45302.3$6.2M+4.5%#415 of 699
Knox County, MENot scored31.6$7.8M+1.1%

Other business types in Knox County

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

Questions

How many pest control companies are in Knox County, ME?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 3 pest control companies in Knox County. The listings count pest control companies. No official count is published for exterminating and pest control services in Knox County: counts under 3 are left out.

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

About $23.3M a year, or $1,258 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 pest control companies on map listings, it comes to $7.8M 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 18,484 households in Knox County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Knox County, ME compare with the U.S. for pest control companies?

Knox County has 1.6 pest control companies per 10,000 households, 14% above the U.S. rate of 1.4. Spending per company is $7.8M, 24% below the U.S. figure of $10.2M. At the U.S. ratio of pest control companies to household spending, Knox County would have about 2, against 3 on map listings.

How fast is Knox County, ME growing?

Population estimates put Knox County at 41,117 people in 2025, up 1.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 18,484 households. The median household income in Knox County is $74,096 a year, 8% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.3% 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. Knox County has no market score for pest control companies: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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How the score works · Top markets for pest control companies · All 56 business types in Knox County

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