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Pest control companies in Luzerne County, PA
How Luzerne County, PA 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 49 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #363 of 699 scored counties
#19 of 22 scored counties in Pennsylvania
- Listings
- 18
- 5 chain locations (28%)
- Official establishments
- 11
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $156.9M
- On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,162 a household
- Spending per listing
- $8.7M
- 15% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.3
- 7% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 332,126
- +2.1% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 18 pest control companies in Luzerne County. 5 of them (28%) are chain locations, against 20% across the U.S. That comes to 1.3 for every 10,000 households, 7% below the U.S. rate of 1.4.
Households in Luzerne County spend about $156.9M a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services, or $1,162 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. That is about $8.7M of household spending for each company on map listings, 15% below 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as exterminating and pest control services in Luzerne County was 11 in 2023. That is one for every 12,278 households, against one for every 7,814 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Luzerne County grew 2.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Luzerne County scores 49 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for pest control companies, ranking #363 of 699 scored counties and #19 of 22 scored counties in Pennsylvania.
How Luzerne County compares
The same measures for Pennsylvania 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 | Luzerne County | Pennsylvania | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.3 | 1.0 | 1.4 |
| Spending per listing | $8.7M | $13.1M | $10.2M |
| Households per official establishment | 12,278 | 12,470 | 7,814 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +15.3% | +10.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.1% | +0.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services | $1,162 | $1,286 | $1,414 |
| Median household income | $63,691 | $77,971 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 49 | 55 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 9 → 11
- Employees, 2023
- 81
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 185 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 15The 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 Luzerne 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 Luzerne County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 332,126+2.1% since 2020
- Households
- 135,055
- Median age
- 42.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 890 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 368
- Median household income
- $63,691+19.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $86,455
- Median home value
- $174,100
- Jobs located here
- 146,183
- Daytime population
- 329,640Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Pennsylvania
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Northampton County, PA | 76 | 10 | 0.8 | $16.5M | +3.7% | #41 of 699 |
| 2Chester County, PA | 76 | 29 | 1.4 | $11.6M | +4.2% | #46 of 699 |
| 3Butler County, PA | 71 | 7 | 0.9 | $15.6M | +3.2% | #82 of 699 |
| 4Dauphin County, PA | 67 | 10 | 0.8 | $15.2M | +2.3% | #121 of 699 |
| 5Montgomery County, PA | 66 | 44 | 1.3 | $11.9M | +2.4% | #141 of 699 |
| 6Westmoreland County, PA | 64 | 8 | 0.5 | $24M | −1.4% | #166 of 699 |
| 7York County, PA | 64 | 22 | 1.2 | $10.7M | +3.6% | #171 of 699 |
| 8Lackawanna County, PA | 62 | 5 | 0.6 | $20.7M | +0.5% | #187 of 699 |
| 9Washington County, PA | 61 | 8 | 0.9 | $14.2M | +0.7% | #205 of 699 |
| 10Bucks County, PA | 61 | 32 | 1.3 | $12.1M | +0.3% | #208 of 699 |
| 19Luzerne County, PA | 49 | 18 | 1.3 | $8.7M | +2.1% | #363 of 699 |
Other business types in Luzerne 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 Luzerne County, PA?
There are 18 pest control companies on map listings in Luzerne County as of September 2026. 5 of them (28%) are chain locations. The listings count pest control companies. Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as exterminating and pest control services in 2023.
How much do households in Luzerne County, PA spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?
About $156.9M a year, or $1,162 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 18 pest control companies on map listings, it comes to $8.7M 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 135,055 households in Luzerne County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Luzerne County, PA compare with the U.S. for pest control companies?
Luzerne County has 1.3 pest control companies per 10,000 households, 7% below the U.S. rate of 1.4. Spending per company is $8.7M, 15% below the U.S. figure of $10.2M. At the national ratio of pest control companies to household spending, Luzerne County would have about 15, against 18 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 12,278 households, against one for every 7,814 across the U.S.
How fast is Luzerne County, PA growing?
Population estimates put Luzerne County at 332,126 people in 2025, up 2.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 135,055 households. Median household income in Luzerne County is $63,691, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 19.1%, 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. Luzerne County scores 49 for pest control companies (lower middle), #363 of 699 scored counties.
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