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Pest control companies in the Joplin, MO-KS metro area

How the Joplin, MO-KS metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for pest control companies: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 47 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #191 of 345 scored metro areas
#1 of 8 scored metro areas based in Missouri

Listings
11
1 chain location (9%)
Official establishments
6
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$88.5M
On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,113 a household
Spending per listing
$8M
21% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
1.4
In line with the U.S.
Population, 2025
208,796
+3.9% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Households in the Joplin metro area spend about $88.5M a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services, or $1,113 per household, 21% below the U.S. average. That is about $8M of household spending for each company on map listings, 21% 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 Joplin metro area has 11 pest control companies on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (9%) is a chain location, against 20% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 1.4, in line with the U.S. rate of 1.4.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as exterminating and pest control services in the Joplin metro area was 6 in 2023. That is one for every 13,251 households, against one for every 7,814 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $9,500 has gone to businesses classed as exterminating and pest control services in the Joplin metro area.

Population estimates show the Joplin metro area grew 3.9% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for pest control companies in the Joplin metro area is 47 (lower middle), #191 of 345 scored metro areas and #1 of 8 scored metro areas based in Missouri.

How the Joplin metro area compares

The same measures for Missouri 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.

Pest control in Joplin, MO-KS metro area compared with Missouri and the U.S.
MeasureJoplin metro areaMissouriU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.41.41.4
Spending per listing$8M$8.4M$10.2M
Households per official establishment13,2518,6497,814
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+5.5%+10.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025+3.9%+1.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services$1,113$1,211$1,414
Median household income$61,901$70,702$80,734
Groundwork market score4727

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
6
Employees, 2023
33
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
111 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
9The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$9,500

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as exterminating and pest control services in the Joplin 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 Joplin metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
208,796+3.9% since 2020
Households
79,505
Median age
38.9
Homes lived in by their owners
68%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
1,851 sq. mi.
People per square mile
110
Median household income
$61,901
Average household income
$80,895
Median home value
$165,500
Jobs located here
85,555
Daytime population
203,238Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Pest control across Missouri

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Missouri for pest control companies, numbered among those based in Missouri, with the Joplin metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Missouri

Metro areas in Missouri ranked for pest control companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Joplin, MO-KS47111.4$8M+3.9%#191 of 345
2St. Louis, MO-IL461481.3$10.1M−0.2%#195 of 345
3Kansas City, MO-KS461431.6$8.2M+3.4%#199 of 345
4Columbia, MO44151.7$7M+3.9%#213 of 345
5Jefferson City, MO35122.0$5.9M+2.2%#277 of 345
6Springfield, MO28462.3$5M+5.1%#317 of 345
7St. Joseph, MO-KS1881.7$6.7M−2.0%#337 of 345
8Cape Girardeau, MO-IL1571.8$6.3M+1.7%#341 of 345

Other business types in the Joplin metro area

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many pest control companies are in the Joplin, MO-KS metro area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 11 pest control companies in the Joplin metro area. One of them (9%) is a chain location. The listings count pest control companies. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as exterminating and pest control services in 2023.

How much do households in the Joplin, MO-KS metro area spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?

About $88.5M a year, or $1,113 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 pest control companies on map listings, it comes to $8M 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 79,505 households in the Joplin metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Joplin, MO-KS metro area compare with the U.S. for pest control companies?

The Joplin metro area has 1.4 pest control companies per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 1.4. Spending per company is $8M, 21% below the U.S. figure of $10.2M. At the U.S. ratio of pest control companies to household spending, the Joplin metro area would have about 9, against 11 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 13,251 households, against one for every 7,814 across the U.S.

How fast is the Joplin, MO-KS metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Joplin metro area at 208,796 people in 2025, up 3.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 79,505 households. The median household income in the Joplin metro area is $61,901 a year, 23% 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 Joplin metro area scores 47 for pest control companies (lower middle), #191 of 345 scored metro areas.

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