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Pest control companies in Union County, NJ
How Union 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 #195 of 699 scored counties
#7 of 19 scored counties in New Jersey
- Listings
- 31
- 6 chain locations (19%)
- Official establishments
- 31
- +14.8% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $307M
- On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,510 a household
- Spending per listing
- $9.9M
- 3% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.5
- 7% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 601,863
- +5.0% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on lawn care, cleaning and other household services in Union County comes to about $307M a year: $1,510 per household, 7% above the U.S. average. That is about $9.9M of household spending for each company on map listings, 3% 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.
Union County has 31 pest control companies on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 19% of them, against 20% across the U.S. That is 1.5 per 10,000 households, 7% above the U.S. rate of 1.4.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as exterminating and pest control services in Union County was 31 in 2023, up 14.8% from 2019. That is one for every 6,557 households, against one for every 7,814 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $180K have gone to businesses classed as exterminating and pest control services in Union County.
Population estimates show Union County grew 5.0% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For pest control companies, Union County has a Groundwork market score of 62 (upper middle): #195 of 699 scored counties and #7 of 19 scored counties in New Jersey.
How Union 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 | Union County | New Jersey | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.4 |
| Spending per listing | $9.9M | $10.3M | $10.2M |
| Households per official establishment | 6,557 | 8,176 | 7,814 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +14.8% | +9.7% | +10.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.0% | +3.0% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services | $1,510 | $1,489 | $1,414 |
| Median household income | $103,202 | $103,556 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 62 | 52 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 27 → 31+14.8% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 232
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $12M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 316 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 30The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $180K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as exterminating and pest control services in Union 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 Union County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 601,863+5.0% since 2020
- Households
- 203,277
- Median age
- 39.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 57%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 103 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 5,637
- Median household income
- $103,202+28.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $149,596
- Median home value
- $529,200
- Jobs located here
- 247,379
- Daytime population
- 551,422Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 Union County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Groceries and convenience
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Clothing and laundry
Home services
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Funeral services
Questions
How many pest control companies are in Union County, NJ?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 31 pest control companies in Union County. 6 of them (19%) are chain locations. The listings count pest control companies. Official counts show 31 businesses with payroll classed as exterminating and pest control services in 2023, up 14.8% from 2019.
How much do households in Union County, NJ spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?
About $307M a year, or $1,510 per household. That is 7% above the U.S. average (an index of 107, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 31 pest control companies on map listings, it comes to $9.9M 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 203,277 households in Union County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Union County, NJ compare with the U.S. for pest control companies?
Union County has 1.5 pest control companies per 10,000 households, 7% above the U.S. rate of 1.4. Spending per company is $9.9M, 3% below the U.S. figure of $10.2M. At the U.S. ratio of pest control companies to household spending, Union County would have about 30, against 31 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 6,557 households, against one for every 7,814 across the U.S. The official count rose 14.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +10.5% for the U.S.
How fast is Union County, NJ growing?
Population estimates put Union County at 601,863 people in 2025, up 5.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 203,277 households. The median household income in Union County is $103,202 a year, 28% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.7% 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. Union County scores 62 for pest control companies (upper middle), #195 of 699 scored counties.
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