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Pest control companies in Kent County, RI
How Kent County, RI 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 37 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #525 of 699 scored counties
#3 of 3 scored counties in Rhode Island
- Listings
- 17
- 2 chain locations (12%)
- Official establishments
- 10
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $100.7M
- On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,382 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5.9M
- 42% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.3
- 64% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 173,495
- +1.8% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on lawn care, cleaning and other household services in Kent County comes to about $100.7M a year: $1,382 per household, 2% below the U.S. average. That works out to $5.9M per company, 42% below the U.S. figure of $10.2M. The spending figure covers all lawn care, cleaning and other household services, not only pest control companies.
Kent County has 17 pest control companies on map listings as of September 2026. 2 of them (12%) are chain locations, against 20% across the U.S. That comes to 2.3 for every 10,000 households, 64% above the U.S. rate of 1.4.
In 2023, official counts showed 10 businesses with payroll in Kent County classed as exterminating and pest control services. That is one for every 7,284 households, against one for every 7,814 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in Kent County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.8%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For pest control companies, Kent County has a Groundwork market score of 37 (lower middle): #525 of 699 scored counties and #3 of 3 scored counties in Rhode Island.
How Kent County compares
The same measures for Rhode Island 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 | Kent County | Rhode Island | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.3 | 1.4 | 1.4 |
| Spending per listing | $5.9M | $9.6M | $10.2M |
| Households per official establishment | 7,284 | 8,831 | 7,814 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −2.0% | +10.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.8% | +1.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services | $1,382 | $1,342 | $1,414 |
| Median household income | $94,345 | $87,796 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 37 | 40 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 9 → 10
- Employees, 2023
- 69
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 172 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 10The 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 Kent 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 Kent County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 173,495+1.8% since 2020
- Households
- 72,839
- Median age
- 44.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 169 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,017
- Median household income
- $94,345+28.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $119,389
- Median home value
- $366,100
- Jobs located here
- 79,114
- Daytime population
- 158,826Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Kent County?
These figures cover the whole county. A site report draws rings around one address and counts what’s inside them: households, spending, jobs, and the pest control companies on map listings by name and distance.
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Every Rhode Island market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Rhode Island for pest control companies, numbered among those based in Rhode Island, with Kent County marked.
Top counties in Rhode Island
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Washington County, RI | 66 | 5 | 1.0 | $15.6M | 0.0% | #135 of 699 |
| 2Providence County, RI | 51 | 36 | 1.4 | $9.1M | +2.8% | #335 of 699 |
| 3Kent County, RI | 37 | 17 | 2.3 | $5.9M | +1.8% | #525 of 699 |
Other business types in Kent 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 Kent County, RI?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 17 pest control companies in Kent County. 2 of them (12%) are chain locations. The listings count pest control companies. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as exterminating and pest control services in 2023.
How much do households in Kent County, RI spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?
About $100.7M a year, or $1,382 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 17 pest control companies on map listings, it comes to $5.9M 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 72,839 households in Kent County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Kent County, RI compare with the U.S. for pest control companies?
Kent County has 2.3 pest control companies per 10,000 households, 64% above the U.S. rate of 1.4. Spending per company is $5.9M, 42% below the U.S. figure of $10.2M. At the U.S. ratio of pest control companies to household spending, Kent County would have about 10, against 17 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 7,284 households, against one for every 7,814 across the U.S.
How fast is Kent County, RI growing?
Population estimates put Kent County at 173,495 people in 2025, up 1.8% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 72,839 households. The median household income in Kent County is $94,345 a year, 17% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.3% 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. Kent County scores 37 for pest control companies (lower middle), #525 of 699 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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