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Pest control companies in Baltimore city, MD
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pest control companies in Baltimore city, MD, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 71 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #79 of 699 scored counties
#6 of 14 scored counties in Maryland
- Listings
- 10
- 2 chain locations (20%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $356.8M
- On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,396 a household
- Spending per listing
- $35.7M
- 3.5 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.4
- 71% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 569,997
- −2.3% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 10 pest control companies in Baltimore city. Chain locations make up 20% of them, against 20% across the U.S. That is 0.4 per 10,000 households, 71% below the U.S. rate of 1.4.
Household spending on lawn care, cleaning and other household services in Baltimore city comes to about $356.8M a year: $1,396 per household, in line with the U.S. average. That works out to $35.7M per company, 3.5 times the U.S. figure of $10.2M. That spending covers all lawn care, cleaning and other household services, which pest control companies share with other businesses in the trade.
Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as exterminating and pest control services in Baltimore city in 2023. That is one for every 28,408 households, against one for every 7,814 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in Baltimore city from 2020 to 2025 at −2.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Baltimore city scores 71 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for pest control companies, ranking #79 of 699 scored counties and #6 of 14 scored counties in Maryland. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Baltimore city compares
The same measures for Maryland 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 | Baltimore city | Maryland | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.4 | 1.3 | 1.4 |
| Spending per listing | $35.7M | $13.8M | $10.2M |
| Households per official establishment | 28,408 | 10,596 | 7,814 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +3.7% | +10.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.3% | +1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services | $1,396 | $1,757 | $1,414 |
| Median household income | $62,177 | $103,678 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 71 | 70 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 10 → 9
- Employees, 2023
- 30
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 102 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 35The 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 Baltimore city, 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 Baltimore city
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 569,997−2.3% since 2020
- Households
- 255,668
- Median age
- 37.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 48%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.1
- Land area
- 81 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 7,082
- Median household income
- $62,177+23.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $89,312
- Median home value
- $229,600
- Jobs located here
- 344,611
- Daytime population
- 667,322Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Maryland
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Montgomery County, MD | 83 | 37 | 1.0 | $21M | +1.3% | #10 of 699 |
| 2Howard County, MD | 82 | 12 | 1.0 | $21.2M | +1.9% | #13 of 699 |
| 3Harford County, MD | 80 | 9 | 0.9 | $20.2M | +2.0% | #23 of 699 |
| 4Charles County, MD | 80 | 10 | 1.6 | $11.4M | +5.9% | #25 of 699 |
| 5Calvert County, MD | 75 | 5 | 1.5 | $13.2M | +1.7% | #51 of 699 |
| 6Baltimore city, MD | 71 | 10 | 0.4 | $35.7M | −2.3% | #79 of 699 |
| 7Frederick County, MD | 71 | 25 | 2.4 | $8M | +11.0% | #94 of 699 |
| 8Baltimore County, MD | 68 | 40 | 1.2 | $13.8M | −0.7% | #111 of 699 |
| 9Prince George’s County, MD | 68 | 49 | 1.4 | $12.2M | +0.5% | #114 of 699 |
| 10Carroll County, MD | 65 | 10 | 1.6 | $12M | +2.2% | #157 of 699 |
Other business types in Baltimore city
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Questions
How many pest control companies are in Baltimore city, MD?
Baltimore city has 10 pest control companies on map listings as of September 2026. 2 of them (20%) are chain locations. The listings count pest control companies. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as exterminating and pest control services in 2023.
How much do households in Baltimore city, MD spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?
About $356.8M a year, or $1,396 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 99, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 pest control companies on map listings, it comes to $35.7M per company. The spending figure covers all lawn care, cleaning and other household services, not only pest control companies. It is estimated from the incomes of the 255,668 households in Baltimore city and national spending patterns by income.
How does Baltimore city, MD compare with the U.S. for pest control companies?
Baltimore city has 0.4 pest control companies per 10,000 households, 71% below the U.S. rate of 1.4. Spending per company is $35.7M, 3.5 times the U.S. figure of $10.2M. At the national ratio of pest control companies to household spending, Baltimore city would have about 35, against 10 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 28,408 households, against one for every 7,814 across the U.S.
How fast is Baltimore city, MD growing?
Population estimates put Baltimore city at 569,997 people in 2025, down 2.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 255,668 households. Median household income in Baltimore city is $62,177, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.4%, 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. Baltimore city scores 71 for pest control companies (upper middle), #79 of 699 scored counties.
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