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Pest control companies in Portage County, OH
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pest control companies in Portage County, OH, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.
- Listings
- 4
- 1 chain location (25%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $79.8M
- On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,223 a household
- Spending per listing
- $20M
- 95% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.6
- 57% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 163,404
- +1.0% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on lawn care, cleaning and other household services in Portage County comes to about $79.8M a year: $1,223 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. Spread across 4 pest control companies, that is $20M per company, 95% 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.
Portage County has 4 pest control companies on map listings as of September 2026. Per 10,000 households, that is 0.6, 57% below the U.S. rate of 1.4.
In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in Portage County classed as exterminating and pest control services. That is one for every 21,750 households, against one for every 7,814 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Portage County grew 1.0% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 4 pest control companies on map listings, Portage County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Portage County 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 | Portage County | Ohio | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.6 | 1.1 | 1.4 |
| Spending per listing | $20M | $11.1M | $10.2M |
| Households per official establishment | 21,750 | 12,866 | 7,814 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +10.9% | +10.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.0% | +0.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services | $1,223 | $1,218 | $1,414 |
| Median household income | $75,766 | $71,389 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 46 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3 → 3
- Employees, 2023
- 17
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $734K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 41 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 8The 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 Portage 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 Portage County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 163,404+1.0% since 2020
- Households
- 65,249
- Median age
- 41.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 487 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 332
- Median household income
- $75,766+31.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $97,106
- Median home value
- $227,000
- Jobs located here
- 55,772
- Daytime population
- 143,575Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Ohio
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Delaware County, OH | 93 | 5 | 0.6 | $27.3M | +12.5% | #1 of 699 |
| 2Medina County, OH | 72 | 6 | 0.8 | $16.8M | +1.3% | #71 of 699 |
| 3Lorain County, OH | 71 | 7 | 0.5 | $22.5M | +3.1% | #80 of 699 |
| 4Greene County, OH | 66 | 7 | 1.0 | $13M | +3.7% | #137 of 699 |
| 5Lake County, OH | 65 | 8 | 0.8 | $16M | −0.1% | #153 of 699 |
| 6Warren County, OH | 65 | 14 | 1.5 | $9.9M | +5.7% | #159 of 699 |
| 7Franklin County, OH | 63 | 64 | 1.2 | $10.9M | +2.8% | #179 of 699 |
| 8Trumbull County, OH | 58 | 5 | 0.6 | $18.7M | −1.3% | #243 of 699 |
| 9Clark County, OH | 56 | 5 | 0.9 | $12.6M | −0.4% | #274 of 699 |
| 10Mahoning County, OH | 54 | 6 | 0.6 | $18M | −1.4% | #292 of 699 |
| Portage County, OH | Not scored | 4 | 0.6 | $20M | +1.0% |
Other business types in Portage 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 Portage County, OH?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 4 pest control companies in Portage County. The listings count pest control companies. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as exterminating and pest control services in 2023.
How much do households in Portage County, OH spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?
About $79.8M a year, or $1,223 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 pest control companies on map listings, it comes to $20M 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 65,249 households in Portage County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Portage County, OH compare with the U.S. for pest control companies?
Portage County has 0.6 pest control companies per 10,000 households, 57% below the U.S. rate of 1.4. Spending per company is $20M, 95% above the U.S. figure of $10.2M. At the U.S. ratio of pest control companies to household spending, Portage County would have about 8, against 4 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 21,750 households, against one for every 7,814 across the U.S.
How fast is Portage County, OH growing?
Population estimates put Portage County at 163,404 people in 2025, up 1.0% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 65,249 households. The median household income in Portage County is $75,766 a year, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.5% 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. Portage County has no market score for pest control companies: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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