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Pest control companies in the Corpus Christi, TX metro area

How the Corpus Christi, TX metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for pest control companies: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 30 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #302 of 345 scored metro areas
#23 of 25 scored metro areas based in Texas

Listings
40
7 chain locations (18%)
Official establishments
31
+19.2% since 2019
Household spending a year
$239.1M
On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,415 a household
Spending per listing
$6M
42% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
2.4
71% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
451,191
+1.1% 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

For pest control companies, the Corpus Christi metro area has a Groundwork market score of 30 (lower middle): #302 of 345 scored metro areas and #23 of 25 scored metro areas based in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.

At $1,415 per household (in line with the U.S. average), households in the Corpus Christi metro area spend about $239.1M a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services. Spread across 40 pest control companies, that is $6M 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.

There are 40 pest control companies on map listings in the Corpus Christi metro area as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 18% of them, against 20% across the U.S. That is 2.4 per 10,000 households, 71% above the U.S. rate of 1.4.

In 2023, official counts showed 31 businesses with payroll in the Corpus Christi metro area classed as exterminating and pest control services, up 19.2% from 2019. That is one for every 5,451 households, against one for every 7,814 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $534K have gone to businesses classed as exterminating and pest control services in the Corpus Christi metro area. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Corpus Christi metro area grew 1.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How the Corpus Christi metro area compares

The same measures for Texas 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 Corpus Christi, TX metro area compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureCorpus Christi metro areaTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.41.61.4
Spending per listing$6M$9.9M$10.2M
Households per official establishment5,4517,3387,814
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+19.2%+13.1%+10.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.1%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services$1,415$1,545$1,414
Median household income$67,453$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score3057

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
31+19.2% over the period
Employees, 2023
163
Annual payroll, 2023
$6.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
407 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
23The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$534K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as exterminating and pest control services in the Corpus Christi metro 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 Corpus Christi metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
451,191+1.1% since 2020
Households
168,972
Median age
38.4
Homes lived in by their owners
62%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
1,785 sq. mi.
People per square mile
251
Median household income
$67,453
Average household income
$90,916
Median home value
$210,400
Jobs located here
180,865
Daytime population
440,499Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Pest control across Texas

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Texas for pest control companies, numbered among those based in Texas, with the Corpus Christi metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Texas

Metro areas in Texas ranked for pest control companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX781371.4$12.6M+14.0%#14 of 345
2McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX74230.9$15M+5.6%#25 of 345
3Odessa, TX7381.2$11.6M+5.0%#31 of 345
4Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX733901.5$10.9M+10.3%#32 of 345
5Lubbock, TX72151.1$13.1M+4.6%#38 of 345
6Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX684771.6$10M+10.6%#56 of 345
7Midland, TX68121.7$9.7M+9.8%#57 of 345
8Sherman-Denison, TX65112.0$7.3M+12.8%#73 of 345
9San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX631601.7$9.1M+9.5%#85 of 345
10Killeen-Temple, TX62231.3$10.8M+7.2%#91 of 345
23Corpus Christi, TX30402.4$6M+1.1%#302 of 345

Other business types in the Corpus Christi metro area

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

Questions

How many pest control companies are in the Corpus Christi, TX metro area?

As of September 2026, map listings count 40 pest control companies in the Corpus Christi metro area. 7 of them (18%) are chain locations. The listings count pest control companies. Official counts show 31 businesses with payroll classed as exterminating and pest control services in 2023, up 19.2% from 2019.

How much do households in the Corpus Christi, TX metro area spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?

About $239.1M a year, or $1,415 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 100, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 40 pest control companies on map listings, it comes to $6M 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 168,972 households in the Corpus Christi metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Corpus Christi, TX metro area compare with the U.S. for pest control companies?

The Corpus Christi metro area has 2.4 pest control companies per 10,000 households, 71% above the U.S. rate of 1.4. Spending per company is $6M, 42% below the U.S. figure of $10.2M. At the U.S. ratio of pest control companies to household spending, the Corpus Christi metro area would have about 23, against 40 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,451 households, against one for every 7,814 across the U.S. The official count rose 19.2% from 2019 to 2023, against +10.5% for the U.S.

How fast is the Corpus Christi, TX metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Corpus Christi metro area at 451,191 people in 2025, up 1.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 168,972 households. The median household income in the Corpus Christi metro area is $67,453 a year, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734.

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. The Corpus Christi metro area scores 30 for pest control companies (lower middle), #302 of 345 scored metro areas.

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