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Pest control companies in Gregg County, TX
How Gregg 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 22 out of 100: Low
Ranked #657 of 699 scored counties
#50 of 50 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 16
- 2 chain locations (13%)
- Official establishments
- 12
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $67M
- On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,388 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.2M
- 59% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.3
- 2.4 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 126,095
- +1.4% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for pest control companies in Gregg County is 22 (low), #657 of 699 scored counties and #50 of 50 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 16 pest control companies in Gregg County. Chain locations make up 13% of them, against 20% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.3, 2.4 times the U.S. rate of 1.4.
Households in Gregg County spend about $67M a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services, or $1,388 per household, 2% below the U.S. average. That works out to $4.2M per company, 59% below 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 12 businesses with payroll in Gregg County classed as exterminating and pest control services. That is one for every 4,023 households, against one for every 7,814 across the U.S. Population estimates show Gregg County grew 1.4% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Gregg 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 | Gregg County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.3 | 1.6 | 1.4 |
| Spending per listing | $4.2M | $9.9M | $10.2M |
| Households per official establishment | 4,023 | 7,338 | 7,814 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +13.1% | +10.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.4% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services | $1,388 | $1,545 | $1,414 |
| Median household income | $66,550 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 22 | 57 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 8 → 12
- Employees, 2023
- 71
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 162 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 7The 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 Gregg 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 Gregg County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 126,095+1.4% since 2020
- Households
- 48,277
- Median age
- 37.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 60%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 273 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 459
- Median household income
- $66,550+32.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $88,869
- Median home value
- $203,400
- Jobs located here
- 76,302
- Daytime population
- 146,893Residents 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 |
| 50Gregg County, TX | 22 | 16 | 3.3 | $4.2M | +1.4% | #657 of 699 |
Other business types in Gregg 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 Gregg County, TX?
There are 16 pest control companies on map listings in Gregg County as of September 2026. 2 of them (13%) are chain locations. The listings count pest control companies. Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as exterminating and pest control services in 2023.
How much do households in Gregg County, TX spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?
About $67M a year, or $1,388 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 16 pest control companies on map listings, it comes to $4.2M 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 48,277 households in Gregg County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Gregg County, TX compare with the U.S. for pest control companies?
Gregg County has 3.3 pest control companies per 10,000 households, 2.4 times the U.S. rate of 1.4. Spending per company is $4.2M, 59% below the U.S. figure of $10.2M. At the national ratio of pest control companies to household spending, Gregg County would have about 7, against 16 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,023 households, against one for every 7,814 across the U.S.
How fast is Gregg County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Gregg County at 126,095 people in 2025, up 1.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 48,277 households. Median household income in Gregg County is $66,550, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 32.6%, 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. Gregg County scores 22 for pest control companies (low), #657 of 699 scored counties.
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