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Pest control companies in Cecil County, MD
How Cecil County, MD compares with other counties and the U.S. for pest control companies: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 63 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #184 of 699 scored counties
#11 of 14 scored counties in Maryland
- Listings
- 8
- 1 chain location (13%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $65.3M
- On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,608 a household
- Spending per listing
- $8.2M
- 20% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.0
- 43% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 107,131
- +3.2% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 8 pest control companies in Cecil County. One of them (13%) is a chain location, against 20% across the U.S. That is 2.0 per 10,000 households, 43% above the U.S. rate of 1.4.
At $1,608 per household (14% above the U.S. average), households in Cecil County spend about $65.3M a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services. That is about $8.2M of household spending for each company on map listings, 20% below 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 4 businesses with payroll in Cecil County classed as exterminating and pest control services. That is one for every 10,149 households, against one for every 7,814 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Cecil County grew 3.2% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for pest control companies in Cecil County is 63 (upper middle), #184 of 699 scored counties and #11 of 14 scored counties in Maryland.
How Cecil County 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 | Cecil County | Maryland | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.0 | 1.3 | 1.4 |
| Spending per listing | $8.2M | $13.8M | $10.2M |
| Households per official establishment | 10,149 | 10,596 | 7,814 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +3.7% | +10.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.2% | +1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services | $1,608 | $1,757 | $1,414 |
| Median household income | $92,007 | $103,678 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 63 | 70 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5 → 4
- Employees, 2023
- 13
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $863K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 81 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 Cecil 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 Cecil County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 107,131+3.2% since 2020
- Households
- 40,595
- Median age
- 42.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 346 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 303
- Median household income
- $92,007+19.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $112,022
- Median home value
- $343,400
- Jobs located here
- 32,838
- Daytime population
- 90,110Residents 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 |
| 11Cecil County, MD | 63 | 8 | 2.0 | $8.2M | +3.2% | #184 of 699 |
Other business types in Cecil 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 Cecil County, MD?
Cecil County has 8 pest control companies on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (13%) is a chain location. 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 Cecil County, MD spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?
About $65.3M a year, or $1,608 per household. That is 14% above the U.S. average (an index of 114, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 pest control companies on map listings, it comes to $8.2M 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 40,595 households in Cecil County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Cecil County, MD compare with the U.S. for pest control companies?
Cecil County has 2.0 pest control companies per 10,000 households, 43% above the U.S. rate of 1.4. Spending per company is $8.2M, 20% below the U.S. figure of $10.2M. At the national ratio of pest control companies to household spending, Cecil County would have about 6, against 8 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 10,149 households, against one for every 7,814 across the U.S.
How fast is Cecil County, MD growing?
Population estimates put Cecil County at 107,131 people in 2025, up 3.2% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 40,595 households. Median household income in Cecil County is $92,007, 14% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 19.7%, 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. Cecil County scores 63 for pest control companies (upper middle), #184 of 699 scored counties.
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