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Pest control companies in the Salisbury, MD metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pest control companies in the Salisbury, MD metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 41 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #236 of 345 scored metro areas
#4 of 4 scored metro areas based in Maryland
- Listings
- 10
- 4 chain locations (40%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $70.9M
- On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,452 a household
- Spending per listing
- $7.1M
- 31% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.0
- 43% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 131,872
- +2.9% since 2020
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What this means
Households in the Salisbury metro area spend about $70.9M a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services, or $1,452 per household, 3% above the U.S. average. That works out to $7.1M per company, 31% 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 Salisbury metro area has 10 pest control companies on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 4 are chain locations, or 40%, against 20% across the U.S. That is 2.0 per 10,000 households, 43% above the U.S. rate of 1.4.
In 2023, official counts showed 9 businesses with payroll in the Salisbury metro area classed as exterminating and pest control services. That is one for every 5,424 households, against one for every 7,814 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Salisbury metro area grew 2.9%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). The Salisbury metro area scores 41 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for pest control companies, ranking #236 of 345 scored metro areas and #4 of 4 scored metro areas based in Maryland.
How the Salisbury metro area 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 | Salisbury metro area | Maryland | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.0 | 1.3 | 1.4 |
| Spending per listing | $7.1M | $13.8M | $10.2M |
| Households per official establishment | 5,424 | 10,596 | 7,814 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +3.7% | +10.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.9% | +1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services | $1,452 | $1,757 | $1,414 |
| Median household income | $73,802 | $103,678 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 41 | 70 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 9
- Employees, 2023
- 86
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 104 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 7The 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 Salisbury metro 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 Salisbury metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 131,872+2.9% since 2020
- Households
- 48,818
- Median age
- 37.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 64%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 694 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 187
- Median household income
- $73,802
- Average household income
- $94,881
- Median home value
- $241,200
- Jobs located here
- 49,837
- Daytime population
- 123,772Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Maryland market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Maryland for pest control companies, numbered among those based in Maryland (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Salisbury metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Maryland
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | 82 | 314 | 1.3 | $14.7M | +3.3% | #9 of 345 |
| 1Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV | 80 | 15 | 1.3 | $11.7M | +7.1% | #11 of 345 |
| 2Lexington Park, MD | 79 | 9 | 1.2 | $16.1M | +2.1% | #12 of 345 |
| 3Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD | 74 | 128 | 1.1 | $15.1M | +0.4% | #24 of 345 |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | 60 | 320 | 1.3 | $11M | +1.4% | #110 of 345 |
| 4Salisbury, MD | 41 | 10 | 2.0 | $7.1M | +2.9% | #236 of 345 |
Other business types in the Salisbury metro 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 Salisbury, MD metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 10 pest control companies in the Salisbury metro area. 4 of them (40%) 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 the Salisbury, MD metro area spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?
About $70.9M a year, or $1,452 per household. That is 3% above the U.S. average (an index of 103, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 pest control companies on map listings, it comes to $7.1M 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 48,818 households in the Salisbury metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Salisbury, MD metro area compare with the U.S. for pest control companies?
The Salisbury metro area has 2.0 pest control companies per 10,000 households, 43% above the U.S. rate of 1.4. Spending per company is $7.1M, 31% below the U.S. figure of $10.2M. At the U.S. ratio of pest control companies to household spending, the Salisbury metro area would have about 7, against 10 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,424 households, against one for every 7,814 across the U.S.
How fast is the Salisbury, MD metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Salisbury metro area at 131,872 people in 2025, up 2.9% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 48,818 households. The median household income in the Salisbury metro area is $73,802 a year, 9% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. The Salisbury metro area scores 41 for pest control companies (lower middle), #236 of 345 scored metro areas.
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