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Pest control companies in the Pottsville, PA area

How the Pottsville, PA area compares with other small-town markets 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 4.

Listings
4
2 chain locations (50%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$67.1M
On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,157 a household
Spending per listing
$16.8M
64% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
0.7
50% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
145,085
+1.5% 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

At $1,157 per household (18% below the U.S. average), households in the Pottsville area spend about $67.1M a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services. That is about $16.8M of household spending for each company on map listings, 64% 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.

The Pottsville area has 4 pest control companies on map listings as of September 2026. That is 0.7 per 10,000 households, 50% below the U.S. rate of 1.4.

Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as exterminating and pest control services in the Pottsville area in 2023. That is one for every 19,329 households, against one for every 7,814 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in the Pottsville area from 2020 to 2025 at +1.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 4 pest control companies on map listings, the Pottsville area isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How the Pottsville area 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.

Pest control in Pottsville, PA area compared with Pennsylvania and the U.S.
MeasurePottsville areaPennsylvaniaU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.71.01.4
Spending per listing$16.8M$13.1M$10.2M
Households per official establishment19,32912,4707,814
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+15.3%+10.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.5%+0.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services$1,157$1,286$1,414
Median household income$68,313$77,971$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored55

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3
Employees, 2023
63
Annual payroll, 2023
$3.5M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
42 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
7The 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 Pottsville 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 Pottsville area

Population, 2025 estimate
145,085+1.5% since 2020
Households
57,988
Median age
43.7
Homes lived in by their owners
76%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
779 sq. mi.
People per square mile
184
Median household income
$68,313+30.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$85,756
Median home value
$153,000
Jobs located here
51,690
Daytime population
129,785Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Pest control across Pennsylvania

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in Pennsylvania for pest control companies, numbered among those based in Pennsylvania, with the Pottsville area marked.

Top small-town markets in Pennsylvania

Small-town markets in Pennsylvania ranked for pest control companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1East Stroudsburg, PA6991.5$8.7M−0.7%#14 of 85
2DuBois, PA4761.8$6M−2.9%#48 of 85
Pottsville, PANot scored40.7$16.8M+1.5%

Other business types in the Pottsville area

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many pest control companies are in the Pottsville, PA area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 4 pest control companies in the Pottsville area. 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 the Pottsville, PA area spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?

About $67.1M a year, or $1,157 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 pest control companies on map listings, it comes to $16.8M 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 57,988 households in the Pottsville area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Pottsville, PA area compare with the U.S. for pest control companies?

The Pottsville area has 0.7 pest control companies per 10,000 households, 50% below the U.S. rate of 1.4. Spending per company is $16.8M, 64% above the U.S. figure of $10.2M. At the U.S. ratio of pest control companies to household spending, the Pottsville area would have about 7, against 4 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 19,329 households, against one for every 7,814 across the U.S.

How fast is the Pottsville, PA area growing?

Population estimates put the Pottsville area at 145,085 people in 2025, up 1.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 57,988 households. The median household income in the Pottsville area is $68,313 a year, 15% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 30.7% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Pottsville area has no market score for pest control companies: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.

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