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Pest control companies in Pennington County, SD

How Pennington County, SD compares with other counties 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
1 chain location (25%)
Official establishments
4
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$56.8M
On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,224 a household
Spending per listing
$14.2M
39% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
0.9
36% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
116,792
+6.6% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 4 pest control companies in Pennington County. That comes to 0.9 for every 10,000 households, 36% below the U.S. rate of 1.4.

Household spending on lawn care, cleaning and other household services in Pennington County comes to about $56.8M a year: $1,224 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. That works out to $14.2M per company, 39% above 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.

Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as exterminating and pest control services in Pennington County in 2023. That is one for every 11,593 households, against one for every 7,814 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $779K has gone to businesses classed as exterminating and pest control services in Pennington County.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Pennington County grew 6.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 4 pest control companies on map listings, Pennington County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Pennington County compares

The same measures for South Dakota 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 Pennington County, SD compared with South Dakota and the U.S.
MeasurePennington CountySouth DakotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.91.11.4
Spending per listing$14.2M$10.9M$10.2M
Households per official establishment11,59311,4237,814
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+39.1%+10.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025+6.6%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services$1,224$1,222$1,414
Median household income$74,517$75,081$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored53

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4 → 4
Employees, 2023
8
Annual payroll, 2023
$412K
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
6The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$779K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as exterminating and pest control services in Pennington 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 Pennington County

Population, 2025 estimate
116,792+6.6% since 2020
Households
46,370
Median age
41.0
Homes lived in by their owners
69%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
2,777 sq. mi.
People per square mile
41
Median household income
$74,517+30.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$99,289
Median home value
$302,200
Jobs located here
59,416
Daytime population
120,445Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Pest control across South Dakota

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The highest-scoring counties in South Dakota for pest control companies, numbered among those based in South Dakota, with Pennington County marked.

Top counties in South Dakota

Counties in South Dakota ranked for pest control companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Minnehaha County, SD64111.3$9.7M+7.6%#173 of 699
2Lincoln County, SD36124.3$3.2M+17.5%#548 of 699
Pennington County, SDNot scored40.9$14.2M+6.6%

Other business types in Pennington County

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

Questions

How many pest control companies are in Pennington County, SD?

Pennington County has 4 pest control companies on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count pest control companies. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as exterminating and pest control services in 2023.

How much do households in Pennington County, SD spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?

About $56.8M a year, or $1,224 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 $14.2M 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 46,370 households in Pennington County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Pennington County, SD compare with the U.S. for pest control companies?

Pennington County has 0.9 pest control companies per 10,000 households, 36% below the U.S. rate of 1.4. Spending per company is $14.2M, 39% above the U.S. figure of $10.2M. At the national ratio of pest control companies to household spending, Pennington County would have about 6, against 4 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 11,593 households, against one for every 7,814 across the U.S.

How fast is Pennington County, SD growing?

Population estimates put Pennington County at 116,792 people in 2025, up 6.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 46,370 households. Median household income in Pennington County is $74,517, 8% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 30.6%, 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. Pennington County 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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