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Pest control companies in Denton County, TX
How Denton County, TX 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 73 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #68 of 699 scored counties
#5 of 50 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 63
- 11 chain locations (17%)
- Official establishments
- 55
- +5.8% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $659.6M
- On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,830 a household
- Spending per listing
- $10.5M
- 2% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.7
- 21% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 1,069,346
- +16.9% since 2020
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What this means
Denton County scores 73 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for pest control companies, ranking #68 of 699 scored counties and #5 of 50 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for pest control companies.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 63 pest control companies in Denton County. 11 of them (17%) are chain locations, against 20% across the U.S. That comes to 1.7 for every 10,000 households, 21% above the U.S. rate of 1.4.
Household spending on lawn care, cleaning and other household services in Denton County comes to about $659.6M a year: $1,830 per household, 29% above the U.S. average. Spread across 63 pest control companies, that is $10.5M per company, 2% 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 55 businesses with payroll in Denton County classed as exterminating and pest control services, up 5.8% from 2019. That is one for every 6,553 households, against one for every 7,814 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 4 SBA-backed loans worth $829K have gone to businesses classed as exterminating and pest control services in Denton County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Denton County grew 16.9%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Denton 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 | Denton County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.4 |
| Spending per listing | $10.5M | $9.9M | $10.2M |
| Households per official establishment | 6,553 | 7,338 | 7,814 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +5.8% | +13.1% | +10.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +16.9% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services | $1,830 | $1,545 | $1,414 |
| Median household income | $111,498 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 73 | 57 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 52 → 55+5.8% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 609
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $30.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 6311 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 65The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 4
- Amount
- $829K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as exterminating and pest control services in Denton 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 Denton County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 1,069,346+16.9% since 2020
- Households
- 360,392
- Median age
- 38.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 878 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,115
- Median household income
- $111,498+28.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $145,847
- Median home value
- $437,200
- Jobs located here
- 321,359
- Daytime population
- 759,111Residents 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 |
Other business types in Denton County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Groceries and convenience
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Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pest control companies are in Denton County, TX?
There are 63 pest control companies on map listings in Denton County as of September 2026. 11 of them (17%) are chain locations. The listings count pest control companies. Official counts show 55 businesses with payroll classed as exterminating and pest control services in 2023, up 5.8% from 2019.
How much do households in Denton County, TX spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?
About $659.6M a year, or $1,830 per household. That is 29% above the U.S. average (an index of 129, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 63 pest control companies on map listings, it comes to $10.5M 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 360,392 households in Denton County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Denton County, TX compare with the U.S. for pest control companies?
Denton County has 1.7 pest control companies per 10,000 households, 21% above the U.S. rate of 1.4. Spending per company is $10.5M, 2% above the U.S. figure of $10.2M. At the national ratio of pest control companies to household spending, Denton County would have about 65, against 63 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 6,553 households, against one for every 7,814 across the U.S. The official count rose 5.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +10.5% for the U.S.
How fast is Denton County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Denton County at 1,069,346 people in 2025, up 16.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 360,392 households. Median household income in Denton County is $111,498, 38% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.3%, 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. Denton County scores 73 for pest control companies (upper middle), #68 of 699 scored counties.
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