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Pest control companies in Howard County, MD
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pest control companies in Howard County, MD, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 82 out of 100: High
Ranked #13 of 699 scored counties
#2 of 14 scored counties in Maryland
- Listings
- 12
- 3 chain locations (25%)
- Official establishments
- 10
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $254.1M
- On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $2,099 a household
- Spending per listing
- $21.2M
- 2.1 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.0
- 29% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 339,183
- +1.9% since 2020
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What this means
Howard County scores 82 (high) on the Groundwork market score for pest control companies, ranking #13 of 699 scored counties and #2 of 14 scored counties in Maryland. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for pest control companies.
Household spending on lawn care, cleaning and other household services in Howard County comes to about $254.1M a year: $2,099 per household, 48% above the U.S. average. Spread across 12 pest control companies, that is $21.2M per company, 2.1 times the U.S. figure of $10.2M. The spending figure covers all lawn care, cleaning and other household services, not only pest control companies.
Howard County has 12 pest control companies on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 3 are chain locations, or 25%, against 20% across the U.S. That is 1.0 per 10,000 households, 29% below the U.S. rate of 1.4.
Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as exterminating and pest control services in Howard County in 2023. That is one for every 12,107 households, against one for every 7,814 across the U.S. Population estimates show Howard County grew 1.9% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Howard 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 | Howard County | Maryland | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.4 |
| Spending per listing | $21.2M | $13.8M | $10.2M |
| Households per official establishment | 12,107 | 10,596 | 7,814 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +3.7% | +10.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.9% | +1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services | $2,099 | $1,757 | $1,414 |
| Median household income | $149,763 | $103,678 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 82 | 70 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 11 → 10
- Employees, 2023
- 450
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $24.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 123 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 25The 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 Howard 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 Howard County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 339,183+1.9% since 2020
- Households
- 121,065
- Median age
- 40.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 251 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,340
- Median household income
- $149,763+23.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $184,243
- Median home value
- $597,900
- Jobs located here
- 185,575
- Daytime population
- 363,145Residents 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 Howard County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
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Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pest control companies are in Howard County, MD?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 12 pest control companies in Howard County. 3 of them (25%) are chain locations. The listings count pest control companies. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as exterminating and pest control services in 2023.
How much do households in Howard County, MD spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?
About $254.1M a year, or $2,099 per household. That is 48% above the U.S. average (an index of 148, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 12 pest control companies on map listings, it comes to $21.2M 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 121,065 households in Howard County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Howard County, MD compare with the U.S. for pest control companies?
Howard County has 1.0 pest control companies per 10,000 households, 29% below the U.S. rate of 1.4. Spending per company is $21.2M, 2.1 times the U.S. figure of $10.2M. At the U.S. ratio of pest control companies to household spending, Howard County would have about 25, against 12 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 12,107 households, against one for every 7,814 across the U.S.
How fast is Howard County, MD growing?
Population estimates put Howard County at 339,183 people in 2025, up 1.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 121,065 households. The median household income in Howard County is $149,763 a year, 86% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 23.6% 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. Howard County scores 82 for pest control companies (high), #13 of 699 scored counties.
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