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Pest control companies in Bergen County, NJ
How Bergen County, NJ 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 62 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #196 of 699 scored counties
#8 of 19 scored counties in New Jersey
- Listings
- 59
- 6 chain locations (10%)
- Official establishments
- 46
- +27.8% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $579.5M
- On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,632 a household
- Spending per listing
- $9.8M
- 4% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.7
- 21% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 977,026
- +2.4% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 59 pest control companies in Bergen County. Of those, 6 are chain locations, or 10%, against 20% across the U.S. That is 1.7 per 10,000 households, 21% above the U.S. rate of 1.4.
Household spending on lawn care, cleaning and other household services in Bergen County comes to about $579.5M a year: $1,632 per household, 15% above the U.S. average. Spread across 59 pest control companies, that is $9.8M per company, 4% below the U.S. figure of $10.2M. That spending covers all lawn care, cleaning and other household services, which pest control companies share with other businesses in the trade.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as exterminating and pest control services in Bergen County was 46 in 2023, up 27.8% from 2019. That is one for every 7,720 households, against one for every 7,814 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $2M have gone to businesses classed as exterminating and pest control services in Bergen County.
Population estimates put the population change in Bergen County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For pest control companies, Bergen County has a Groundwork market score of 62 (upper middle): #196 of 699 scored counties and #8 of 19 scored counties in New Jersey.
How Bergen County compares
The same measures for New Jersey 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 | Bergen County | New Jersey | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.7 | 1.4 | 1.4 |
| Spending per listing | $9.8M | $10.3M | $10.2M |
| Households per official establishment | 7,720 | 8,176 | 7,814 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +27.8% | +9.7% | +10.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.4% | +3.0% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services | $1,632 | $1,489 | $1,414 |
| Median household income | $124,884 | $103,556 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 62 | 52 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 36 → 46+27.8% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 503
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $34.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 596 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 57The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $2M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as exterminating and pest control services in Bergen 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 Bergen County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 977,026+2.4% since 2020
- Households
- 355,127
- Median age
- 42.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 233 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 4,134
- Median household income
- $124,884+23.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $171,275
- Median home value
- $623,000
- Jobs located here
- 465,824
- Daytime population
- 953,268Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every New Jersey market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in New Jersey for pest control companies, numbered among those based in New Jersey, with Bergen County marked.
Top counties in New Jersey
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hudson County, NJ | 78 | 19 | 0.6 | $22.7M | +1.8% | #33 of 699 |
| 2Somerset County, NJ | 78 | 13 | 1.0 | $17.4M | +3.5% | #34 of 699 |
| 3Mercer County, NJ | 78 | 15 | 1.0 | $14.2M | +3.3% | #36 of 699 |
| 4Essex County, NJ | 70 | 35 | 1.1 | $12.5M | +4.2% | #99 of 699 |
| 5Middlesex County, NJ | 67 | 40 | 1.3 | $11.7M | +2.6% | #127 of 699 |
| 6Burlington County, NJ | 65 | 23 | 1.3 | $11.6M | +4.3% | #158 of 699 |
| 7Union County, NJ | 62 | 31 | 1.5 | $9.9M | +5.0% | #195 of 699 |
| 8Bergen County, NJ | 62 | 59 | 1.7 | $9.8M | +2.4% | #196 of 699 |
| 9Morris County, NJ | 61 | 37 | 1.9 | $8.9M | +3.2% | #214 of 699 |
| 10Passaic County, NJ | 59 | 19 | 1.1 | $12.9M | +1.6% | #235 of 699 |
Other business types in Bergen 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 Bergen County, NJ?
Bergen County has 59 pest control companies on map listings as of September 2026. 6 of them (10%) are chain locations. The listings count pest control companies. Official counts show 46 businesses with payroll classed as exterminating and pest control services in 2023, up 27.8% from 2019.
How much do households in Bergen County, NJ spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?
About $579.5M a year, or $1,632 per household. That is 15% above the U.S. average (an index of 115, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 59 pest control companies on map listings, it comes to $9.8M per company. The spending figure covers all lawn care, cleaning and other household services, not only pest control companies. It is estimated from the incomes of the 355,127 households in Bergen County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Bergen County, NJ compare with the U.S. for pest control companies?
Bergen County has 1.7 pest control companies per 10,000 households, 21% above the U.S. rate of 1.4. Spending per company is $9.8M, 4% below the U.S. figure of $10.2M. At the national ratio of pest control companies to household spending, Bergen County would have about 57, against 59 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 7,720 households, against one for every 7,814 across the U.S. The official count rose 27.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +10.5% for the U.S.
How fast is Bergen County, NJ growing?
Population estimates put Bergen County at 977,026 people in 2025, up 2.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 355,127 households. Median household income in Bergen County is $124,884, 55% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.5%, 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. Bergen County scores 62 for pest control companies (upper middle), #196 of 699 scored counties.
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