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Pest control companies in the Watertown-Fort Drum, NY metro area

How the Watertown-Fort Drum, NY 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

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 2.

Listings
2
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
4
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$55.3M
On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,161 a household
Spending per listing
$27.6M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
0.4
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
111,540
−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 Watertown-Fort Drum metro area spend about $55.3M a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services, or $1,161 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. That works out to $27.6M per company. The spending figure covers all lawn care, cleaning and other household services, not only pest control companies.

The Watertown-Fort Drum metro area has 2 pest control companies on map listings as of September 2026. That is 0.4 per 10,000 households.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as exterminating and pest control services in the Watertown-Fort Drum metro area was 4 in 2023. That is one for every 11,902 households, against one for every 7,814 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Watertown-Fort Drum metro area declined 3.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 2 pest control companies on map listings, the Watertown-Fort Drum metro area isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How the Watertown-Fort Drum metro area compares

The same measures for New York 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 Watertown-Fort Drum, NY metro area compared with New York and the U.S.
MeasureWatertown-Fort Drum metro areaNew YorkU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.41.01.4
Spending per listing$27.6M$13.4M$10.2M
Households per official establishment11,9029,7777,814
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+7.1%+10.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025−3.9%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services$1,161$1,372$1,414
Median household income$66,301$85,974$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored52

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4
Employees, 2023
17
Annual payroll, 2023
$881K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
20 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
5The 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 Watertown-Fort Drum 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 Watertown-Fort Drum metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
111,540−3.9% since 2020
Households
47,606
Median age
37.4
Homes lived in by their owners
55%
Vehicles per household
1.6
Land area
1,268 sq. mi.
People per square mile
91
Median household income
$66,301+25.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$86,210
Median home value
$188,200
Jobs located here
34,253
Daytime population
112,470Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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The highest-scoring metro areas in New York for pest control companies, numbered among those based in New York, with the Watertown-Fort Drum metro area marked.

Top metro areas in New York

Metro areas in New York ranked for pest control companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY71271.1$13.5M+3.0%#40 of 345
2Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY68381.0$13.5M+1.9%#55 of 345
3Syracuse, NY64180.7$18.8M−1.3%#74 of 345
4New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ619141.2$11.9M+0.6%#97 of 345
5Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY58470.9$13.1M−0.8%#116 of 345
6Rochester, NY57420.9$13.3M−0.7%#120 of 345
7Kingston, NY5381.1$12.5M+1.1%#152 of 345
8Binghamton, NY53101.0$12M−1.3%#153 of 345
9Glens Falls, NY3871.3$9.6M−1.9%#255 of 345
Watertown-Fort Drum, NYNot scored20.4$27.6M−3.9%

Other business types in the Watertown-Fort Drum 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 Watertown-Fort Drum, NY metro area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 pest control companies in the Watertown-Fort Drum metro area. 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 Watertown-Fort Drum, NY metro area spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?

About $55.3M a year, or $1,161 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 pest control companies on map listings, it comes to $27.6M 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 47,606 households in the Watertown-Fort Drum metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Watertown-Fort Drum, NY metro area compare with the U.S. for pest control companies?

The Watertown-Fort Drum metro area has 2 pest control companies on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of pest control companies to household spending, the Watertown-Fort Drum metro area would have about 5, against 2 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 11,902 households, against one for every 7,814 across the U.S.

How fast is the Watertown-Fort Drum, NY metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Watertown-Fort Drum metro area at 111,540 people in 2025, down 3.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 47,606 households. The median household income in the Watertown-Fort Drum metro area is $66,301 a year, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.8% 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. The Watertown-Fort Drum metro area has no market score for pest control companies: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.

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