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Pest control companies in the Columbus, OH metro area
How the Columbus, OH 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 66 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #68 of 345 scored metro areas
#1 of 11 scored metro areas based in Ohio
- Listings
- 108
- 24 chain locations (22%)
- Official establishments
- 59
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $1.1B
- On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,312 a household
- Spending per listing
- $10.5M
- 3% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.2
- 14% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 2,242,028
- +4.7% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on lawn care, cleaning and other household services in the Columbus metro area comes to about $1.1B a year: $1,312 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. That is about $10.5M of household spending for each company on map listings, 3% above the U.S. figure of $10.2M. The spending figure covers all lawn care, cleaning and other household services, not only pest control companies.
There are 108 pest control companies on map listings in the Columbus metro area as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 22% of them, against 20% across the U.S. That comes to 1.2 for every 10,000 households, 14% below the U.S. rate of 1.4.
Official counts show 59 businesses with payroll classed as exterminating and pest control services in the Columbus metro area in 2023. That is one for every 14,655 households, against one for every 7,814 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 6 SBA-backed loans worth $780K have gone to businesses classed as exterminating and pest control services in the Columbus metro area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Columbus metro area grew 4.7%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for pest control companies in the Columbus metro area is 66 (upper middle), #68 of 345 scored metro areas and #1 of 11 scored metro areas based in Ohio. That puts it in the top quarter of metro areas.
How the Columbus metro area compares
The same measures for Ohio 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 | Columbus metro area | Ohio | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.4 |
| Spending per listing | $10.5M | $11.1M | $10.2M |
| Households per official establishment | 14,655 | 12,866 | 7,814 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +10.9% | +10.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.7% | +0.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services | $1,312 | $1,218 | $1,414 |
| Median household income | $81,945 | $71,389 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 66 | 46 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 59
- Employees, 2023
- 742
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $44.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 10824 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 111The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 6
- Amount
- $780K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as exterminating and pest control services in the Columbus 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 Columbus metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 2,242,028+4.7% since 2020
- Households
- 864,663
- Median age
- 38.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 61%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 4,798 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 454
- Median household income
- $81,945+25.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $110,942
- Median home value
- $300,800
- Jobs located here
- 1,129,650
- Daytime population
- 2,268,069Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Ohio market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Ohio for pest control companies, numbered among those based in Ohio (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Columbus metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Ohio
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Columbus, OH | 66 | 108 | 1.2 | $10.5M | +4.7% | #68 of 345 |
| 2Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | 58 | 121 | 1.3 | $10.1M | +2.7% | #119 of 345 |
| 3Cleveland, OH | 56 | 88 | 0.9 | $13M | −0.8% | #126 of 345 |
| 4Youngstown-Warren, OH | 55 | 11 | 0.6 | $18.3M | −1.4% | #133 of 345 |
| 5Springfield, OH | 55 | 5 | 0.9 | $12.6M | −0.4% | #135 of 345 |
| 6Canton-Massillon, OH | 48 | 17 | 1.0 | $11.4M | −0.2% | #182 of 345 |
| 7Akron, OH | 47 | 35 | 1.2 | $10.4M | 0.0% | #188 of 345 |
| Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH | 45 | 18 | 1.2 | $11M | −2.6% | #206 of 345 |
| 8Toledo, OH | 42 | 31 | 1.2 | $9.6M | −1.0% | #227 of 345 |
| 9Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH | 42 | 46 | 1.3 | $9.1M | +1.5% | #229 of 345 |
Other business types in the Columbus metro area
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 the Columbus, OH metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 108 pest control companies in the Columbus metro area. 24 of them (22%) are chain locations. The listings count pest control companies. Official counts show 59 businesses with payroll classed as exterminating and pest control services in 2023.
How much do households in the Columbus, OH metro area spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?
About $1.1B a year, or $1,312 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 108 pest control companies on map listings, it comes to $10.5M 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 864,663 households in the Columbus metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Columbus, OH metro area compare with the U.S. for pest control companies?
The Columbus metro area has 1.2 pest control companies per 10,000 households, 14% below the U.S. rate of 1.4. Spending per company is $10.5M, 3% above the U.S. figure of $10.2M. At the U.S. ratio of pest control companies to household spending, the Columbus metro area would have about 111, against 108 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 14,655 households, against one for every 7,814 across the U.S.
How fast is the Columbus, OH metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Columbus metro area at 2,242,028 people in 2025, up 4.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 864,663 households. The median household income in the Columbus metro area is $81,945 a year, in line with 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 Columbus metro area scores 66 for pest control companies (upper middle), #68 of 345 scored metro areas.
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