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Pest control companies in Hancock County, MS
How Hancock County, MS 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 35 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #563 of 699 scored counties
#9 of 13 scored counties in Mississippi
- Listings
- 5
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $28.3M
- On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,398 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5.7M
- 45% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.5
- 79% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 46,873
- +1.6% since 2020
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What this means
Hancock County scores 35 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for pest control companies, ranking #563 of 699 scored counties and #9 of 13 scored counties in Mississippi. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on lawn care, cleaning and other household services in Hancock County comes to about $28.3M a year: $1,398 per household, in line with the U.S. average. That works out to $5.7M per company, 45% 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.
Hancock County has 5 pest control companies on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 20% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 2.5, 79% above the U.S. rate of 1.4.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as exterminating and pest control services in Hancock County was 3 in 2023. That is one for every 6,746 households, against one for every 7,814 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Hancock County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Hancock County compares
The same measures for Mississippi 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 | Hancock County | Mississippi | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.5 | 1.4 | 1.4 |
| Spending per listing | $5.7M | $9.2M | $10.2M |
| Households per official establishment | 6,746 | 5,997 | 7,814 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +10.4% | +10.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.6% | −0.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services | $1,398 | $1,315 | $1,414 |
| Median household income | $67,708 | $56,447 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 35 | 24 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3 → 3
- Employees, 2023
- 34
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 50 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 3The 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 Hancock 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 Hancock County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 46,873+1.6% since 2020
- Households
- 20,237
- Median age
- 45.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 474 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 97
- Median household income
- $67,708+40.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $94,339
- Median home value
- $224,200
- Jobs located here
- 13,768
- Daytime population
- 41,525Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Mississippi
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1DeSoto County, MS | 71 | 10 | 1.4 | $10.9M | +6.3% | #88 of 699 |
| 2Harrison County, MS | 58 | 11 | 1.3 | $10.2M | +4.0% | #249 of 699 |
| 3Madison County, MS | 58 | 11 | 2.5 | $6.4M | +6.5% | #257 of 699 |
| 4Hinds County, MS | 43 | 10 | 1.1 | $11.2M | −6.6% | #434 of 699 |
| 5Lee County, MS | 40 | 6 | 1.8 | $7.5M | +0.5% | #481 of 699 |
| 6Lafayette County, MS | 40 | 5 | 2.6 | $5.5M | +6.6% | #491 of 699 |
| 7Lamar County, MS | 36 | 6 | 2.4 | $6.1M | +4.7% | #542 of 699 |
| 8Jackson County, MS | 35 | 14 | 2.4 | $5.8M | +3.0% | #560 of 699 |
| 9Hancock County, MS | 35 | 5 | 2.5 | $5.7M | +1.6% | #563 of 699 |
| 10Rankin County, MS | 33 | 15 | 2.5 | $6M | +3.2% | #581 of 699 |
Other business types in Hancock 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 Hancock County, MS?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 5 pest control companies in Hancock County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count pest control companies. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as exterminating and pest control services in 2023.
How much do households in Hancock County, MS spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?
About $28.3M a year, or $1,398 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 5 pest control companies on map listings, it comes to $5.7M 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 20,237 households in Hancock County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Hancock County, MS compare with the U.S. for pest control companies?
Hancock County has 2.5 pest control companies per 10,000 households, 79% above the U.S. rate of 1.4. Spending per company is $5.7M, 45% below the U.S. figure of $10.2M. At the U.S. ratio of pest control companies to household spending, Hancock County would have about 3, against 5 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 6,746 households, against one for every 7,814 across the U.S.
How fast is Hancock County, MS growing?
Population estimates put Hancock County at 46,873 people in 2025, up 1.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 20,237 households. The median household income in Hancock County is $67,708 a year, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 40.7% 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. Hancock County scores 35 for pest control companies (lower middle), #563 of 699 scored counties.
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