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Pest control companies in the Santa Fe, NM metro area
How the Santa Fe, NM 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 69 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #49 of 345 scored metro areas
#1 of 4 scored metro areas based in New Mexico
- Listings
- 7
- 4 chain locations (57%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $94.5M
- On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,335 a household
- Spending per listing
- $13.5M
- 32% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.0
- 29% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 156,907
- +1.2% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 7 pest control companies in the Santa Fe metro area. Of those, 4 are chain locations, or 57%, against 20% across the U.S. That comes to 1.0 for every 10,000 households, 29% below the U.S. rate of 1.4.
Household spending on lawn care, cleaning and other household services in the Santa Fe metro area comes to about $94.5M a year: $1,335 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. Spread across 7 pest control companies, that is $13.5M per company, 32% above 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.
Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as exterminating and pest control services in the Santa Fe metro area in 2023. That is one for every 17,692 households, against one for every 7,814 across the U.S.
Population estimates show the Santa Fe metro area grew 1.2% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for pest control companies in the Santa Fe metro area is 69 (upper middle), #49 of 345 scored metro areas and #1 of 4 scored metro areas based in New Mexico. That puts it in the top quarter of metro areas.
How the Santa Fe metro area compares
The same measures for New Mexico 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 | Santa Fe metro area | New Mexico | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.4 |
| Spending per listing | $13.5M | $11.5M | $10.2M |
| Households per official establishment | 17,692 | 7,683 | 7,814 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +14.7% | +10.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.2% | +0.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services | $1,335 | $1,197 | $1,414 |
| Median household income | $79,071 | $64,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 69 | 33 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4
- Employees, 2023
- 23
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 74 chain locations
- 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
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as exterminating and pest control services in the Santa Fe 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 Santa Fe metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 156,907+1.2% since 2020
- Households
- 70,767
- Median age
- 48.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,910 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 82
- Median household income
- $79,071+29.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $111,955
- Median home value
- $446,300
- Jobs located here
- 64,012
- Daytime population
- 157,387Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every New Mexico market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in New Mexico for pest control companies, numbered among those based in New Mexico, with the Santa Fe metro area marked.
Top metro areas in New Mexico
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Santa Fe, NM | 69 | 7 | 1.0 | $13.5M | +1.2% | #49 of 345 |
| 2Las Cruces, NM | 44 | 11 | 1.3 | $8.7M | +4.1% | #212 of 345 |
| 3Albuquerque, NM | 41 | 45 | 1.2 | $10.4M | +0.8% | #234 of 345 |
| 4Farmington, NM | 23 | 5 | 1.2 | $9.4M | −0.9% | #328 of 345 |
Other business types in the Santa Fe metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Clothing and laundry
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Questions
How many pest control companies are in the Santa Fe, NM metro area?
There are 7 pest control companies on map listings in the Santa Fe metro area as of September 2026. 4 of them (57%) are chain locations. The listings count pest control companies. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as exterminating and pest control services in 2023.
How much do households in the Santa Fe, NM metro area spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?
About $94.5M a year, or $1,335 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 pest control companies on map listings, it comes to $13.5M 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 70,767 households in the Santa Fe metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Santa Fe, NM metro area compare with the U.S. for pest control companies?
The Santa Fe metro area has 1.0 pest control companies per 10,000 households, 29% below the U.S. rate of 1.4. Spending per company is $13.5M, 32% above the U.S. figure of $10.2M. At the national ratio of pest control companies to household spending, the Santa Fe metro area would have about 9, against 7 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 17,692 households, against one for every 7,814 across the U.S.
How fast is the Santa Fe, NM metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Santa Fe metro area at 156,907 people in 2025, up 1.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 70,767 households. Median household income in the Santa Fe metro area is $79,071, 2% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 29.2%, 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. The Santa Fe metro area scores 69 for pest control companies (upper middle), #49 of 345 scored metro areas.
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