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Pest control companies in Dallas County, TX
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pest control companies in Dallas County, TX, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 67 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #126 of 699 scored counties
#14 of 50 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 124
- 19 chain locations (15%)
- Official establishments
- 113
- +19.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $1.5B
- On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,537 a household
- Spending per listing
- $12.2M
- 19% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.3
- 7% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 2,661,397
- +1.9% since 2020
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What this means
At $1,537 per household (9% above the U.S. average), households in Dallas County spend about $1.5B a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services. That works out to $12.2M per company, 19% 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.
There are 124 pest control companies on map listings in Dallas County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 15% of them, against 20% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 1.3, 7% below the U.S. rate of 1.4.
In 2023, official counts showed 113 businesses with payroll in Dallas County classed as exterminating and pest control services, up 19.0% from 2019. That is one for every 8,697 households, against one for every 7,814 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 5 SBA-backed loans worth $3.1M have gone to businesses classed as exterminating and pest control services in Dallas County.
Population estimates show Dallas County grew 1.9% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For pest control companies, Dallas County has a Groundwork market score of 67 (upper middle): #126 of 699 scored counties and #14 of 50 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Dallas County 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.
| Measure | Dallas County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.3 | 1.6 | 1.4 |
| Spending per listing | $12.2M | $9.9M | $10.2M |
| Households per official establishment | 8,697 | 7,338 | 7,814 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +19.0% | +13.1% | +10.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.9% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services | $1,537 | $1,545 | $1,414 |
| Median household income | $76,547 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 67 | 57 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 95 → 113+19.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,462
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $74.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 12419 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 148The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 5
- Amount
- $3.1M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as exterminating and pest control services in Dallas 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 Dallas County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 2,661,397+1.9% since 2020
- Households
- 982,737
- Median age
- 35.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 51%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 873 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 3,002
- Median household income
- $76,547+28.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $112,403
- Median home value
- $303,000
- Jobs located here
- 1,894,804
- Daytime population
- 3,279,819Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Travis County, TX | 81 | 72 | 1.2 | $14.2M | +7.2% | #19 of 699 |
| 2Fort Bend County, TX | 78 | 36 | 1.2 | $14.9M | +17.4% | #35 of 699 |
| 3Harris County, TX | 75 | 244 | 1.4 | $11.1M | +6.6% | #53 of 699 |
| 4Brazoria County, TX | 74 | 22 | 1.6 | $10.3M | +12.2% | #66 of 699 |
| 5Denton County, TX | 73 | 63 | 1.7 | $10.5M | +16.9% | #68 of 699 |
| 6Ector County, TX | 72 | 8 | 1.2 | $11.6M | +5.0% | #76 of 699 |
| 7Collin County, TX | 72 | 76 | 1.8 | $10.4M | +20.6% | #77 of 699 |
| 8Hidalgo County, TX | 71 | 23 | 0.9 | $15M | +5.6% | #83 of 699 |
| 9Galveston County, TX | 71 | 19 | 1.4 | $11.9M | +5.9% | #84 of 699 |
| 10Hays County, TX | 71 | 16 | 1.6 | $10.2M | +24.8% | #91 of 699 |
| 14Dallas County, TX | 67 | 124 | 1.3 | $12.2M | +1.9% | #126 of 699 |
Other business types in Dallas County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Home services
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Funeral services
Questions
How many pest control companies are in Dallas County, TX?
As of September 2026, map listings count 124 pest control companies in Dallas County. 19 of them (15%) are chain locations. The listings count pest control companies. Official counts show 113 businesses with payroll classed as exterminating and pest control services in 2023, up 19.0% from 2019.
How much do households in Dallas County, TX spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?
About $1.5B a year, or $1,537 per household. That is 9% above the U.S. average (an index of 109, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 124 pest control companies on map listings, it comes to $12.2M 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 982,737 households in Dallas County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Dallas County, TX compare with the U.S. for pest control companies?
Dallas County has 1.3 pest control companies per 10,000 households, 7% below the U.S. rate of 1.4. Spending per company is $12.2M, 19% above the U.S. figure of $10.2M. At the U.S. ratio of pest control companies to household spending, Dallas County would have about 148, against 124 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 8,697 households, against one for every 7,814 across the U.S. The official count rose 19.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +10.5% for the U.S.
How fast is Dallas County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Dallas County at 2,661,397 people in 2025, up 1.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 982,737 households. The median household income in Dallas County is $76,547 a year, 5% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.4% 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. Dallas County scores 67 for pest control companies (upper middle), #126 of 699 scored counties.
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