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Pest control companies in St. Charles County, MO
The pest control companies in St. Charles County, MO, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 60 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #223 of 699 scored counties
#1 of 18 scored counties in Missouri
- Listings
- 25
- 4 chain locations (16%)
- Official establishments
- 22
- −4.3% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $232.5M
- On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,441 a household
- Spending per listing
- $9.3M
- 9% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.5
- 7% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 426,499
- +4.9% since 2020
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What this means
Households in St. Charles County spend about $232.5M a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services, or $1,441 per household, 2% above the U.S. average. Spread across 25 pest control companies, that is $9.3M per company, 9% 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.
St. Charles County has 25 pest control companies on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 4 are chain locations, or 16%, against 20% across the U.S. That is 1.5 per 10,000 households, 7% above the U.S. rate of 1.4.
In 2023, official counts showed 22 businesses with payroll in St. Charles County classed as exterminating and pest control services, down 4.3% from 2019. That is one for every 7,332 households, against one for every 7,814 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $140K has gone to businesses classed as exterminating and pest control services in St. Charles County.
Population estimates put the population change in St. Charles County from 2020 to 2025 at +4.9%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for pest control companies in St. Charles County is 60 (upper middle), #223 of 699 scored counties and #1 of 18 scored counties in Missouri.
How St. Charles County 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.
| Measure | St. Charles County | Missouri | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.4 |
| Spending per listing | $9.3M | $8.4M | $10.2M |
| Households per official establishment | 7,332 | 8,649 | 7,814 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −4.3% | +5.5% | +10.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.9% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services | $1,441 | $1,211 | $1,414 |
| Median household income | $104,692 | $70,702 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 60 | 27 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 23 → 22−4.3% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 148
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $7.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 254 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 23The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $140K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as exterminating and pest control services in St. Charles 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 St. Charles County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 426,499+4.9% since 2020
- Households
- 161,311
- Median age
- 40.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 81%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 560 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 740
- Median household income
- $104,692+23.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $129,305
- Median home value
- $320,800
- Jobs located here
- 167,185
- Daytime population
- 365,581Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Missouri
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1St. Charles County, MO | 60 | 25 | 1.5 | $9.3M | +4.9% | #223 of 699 |
| 2St. Louis city, MO | 59 | 6 | 0.4 | $26.9M | −7.4% | #229 of 699 |
| 3Clay County, MO | 58 | 14 | 1.4 | $9.5M | +4.3% | #250 of 699 |
| 4Jackson County, MO | 57 | 33 | 1.1 | $11.1M | +2.1% | #263 of 699 |
| 5Platte County, MO | 54 | 10 | 2.3 | $6.2M | +6.7% | #305 of 699 |
| 6Jefferson County, MO | 42 | 15 | 1.7 | $7.4M | +2.7% | #458 of 699 |
| 7Jasper County, MO | 42 | 8 | 1.6 | $6.8M | +3.7% | #460 of 699 |
| 8Boone County, MO | 42 | 15 | 2.0 | $6.3M | +4.2% | #462 of 699 |
| 9St. Louis County, MO | 41 | 65 | 1.6 | $8.6M | −1.2% | #468 of 699 |
| 10Buchanan County, MO | 38 | 5 | 1.5 | $7.5M | −1.1% | #513 of 699 |
Other business types in St. Charles 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 St. Charles County, MO?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 25 pest control companies in St. Charles County. 4 of them (16%) are chain locations. The listings count pest control companies. Official counts show 22 businesses with payroll classed as exterminating and pest control services in 2023, down 4.3% from 2019.
How much do households in St. Charles County, MO spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?
About $232.5M a year, or $1,441 per household. That is 2% above the U.S. average (an index of 102, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 25 pest control companies on map listings, it comes to $9.3M 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 161,311 households in St. Charles County and national spending patterns by income.
How does St. Charles County, MO compare with the U.S. for pest control companies?
St. Charles County has 1.5 pest control companies per 10,000 households, 7% above the U.S. rate of 1.4. Spending per company is $9.3M, 9% below the U.S. figure of $10.2M. At the U.S. ratio of pest control companies to household spending, St. Charles County would have about 23, against 25 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 7,332 households, against one for every 7,814 across the U.S. The official count fell 4.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +10.5% for the U.S.
How fast is St. Charles County, MO growing?
Population estimates put St. Charles County at 426,499 people in 2025, up 4.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 161,311 households. The median household income in St. Charles County is $104,692 a year, 30% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 23.2% 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. St. Charles County scores 60 for pest control companies (upper middle), #223 of 699 scored counties.
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