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Pest control companies in the San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX metro area
How the San Antonio-New Braunfels, 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 63 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #85 of 345 scored metro areas
#9 of 25 scored metro areas based in Texas
- Listings
- 160
- 31 chain locations (19%)
- Official establishments
- 131
- +7.6% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $1.5B
- On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,508 a household
- Spending per listing
- $9.1M
- 11% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.7
- 21% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 2,813,140
- +9.5% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on lawn care, cleaning and other household services in the San Antonio-New Braunfels metro area comes to about $1.5B a year: $1,508 per household, 7% above the U.S. average. That is about $9.1M of household spending for each company on map listings, 11% 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 160 pest control companies on map listings in the San Antonio-New Braunfels metro area as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 19% of them, against 20% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 1.7, 21% above the U.S. rate of 1.4.
Official counts show 131 businesses with payroll classed as exterminating and pest control services in the San Antonio-New Braunfels metro area in 2023, up 7.6% from 2019. That is one for every 7,385 households, against one for every 7,814 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 4 SBA-backed loans worth $2.9M have gone to businesses classed as exterminating and pest control services in the San Antonio-New Braunfels metro area.
Population estimates put the population change in the San Antonio-New Braunfels metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +9.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The San Antonio-New Braunfels metro area scores 63 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for pest control companies, ranking #85 of 345 scored metro areas and #9 of 25 scored metro areas based in Texas. That puts it in the top quarter of metro areas.
How the San Antonio-New Braunfels 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.
| Measure | San Antonio-New Braunfels metro area | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.4 |
| Spending per listing | $9.1M | $9.9M | $10.2M |
| Households per official establishment | 7,385 | 7,338 | 7,814 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +7.6% | +13.1% | +10.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +9.5% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services | $1,508 | $1,545 | $1,414 |
| Median household income | $76,213 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 63 | 57 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 131+7.6% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,156
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $60.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 16031 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 143The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 4
- Amount
- $2.9M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as exterminating and pest control services in the San Antonio-New Braunfels 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 San Antonio-New Braunfels metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 2,813,140+9.5% since 2020
- Households
- 967,488
- Median age
- 37.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 63%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 7,313 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 364
- Median household income
- $76,213+26.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $102,761
- Median home value
- $278,800
- Jobs located here
- 1,138,312
- Daytime population
- 2,628,195Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Texas market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Texas for pest control companies, numbered among those based in Texas, with the San Antonio-New Braunfels metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX | 78 | 137 | 1.4 | $12.6M | +14.0% | #14 of 345 |
| 2McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX | 74 | 23 | 0.9 | $15M | +5.6% | #25 of 345 |
| 3Odessa, TX | 73 | 8 | 1.2 | $11.6M | +5.0% | #31 of 345 |
| 4Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX | 73 | 390 | 1.5 | $10.9M | +10.3% | #32 of 345 |
| 5Lubbock, TX | 72 | 15 | 1.1 | $13.1M | +4.6% | #38 of 345 |
| 6Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 68 | 477 | 1.6 | $10M | +10.6% | #56 of 345 |
| 7Midland, TX | 68 | 12 | 1.7 | $9.7M | +9.8% | #57 of 345 |
| 8Sherman-Denison, TX | 65 | 11 | 2.0 | $7.3M | +12.8% | #73 of 345 |
| 9San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | 63 | 160 | 1.7 | $9.1M | +9.5% | #85 of 345 |
| 10Killeen-Temple, TX | 62 | 23 | 1.3 | $10.8M | +7.2% | #91 of 345 |
Other business types in the San Antonio-New Braunfels metro area
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 the San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 160 pest control companies in the San Antonio-New Braunfels metro area. 31 of them (19%) are chain locations. The listings count pest control companies. Official counts show 131 businesses with payroll classed as exterminating and pest control services in 2023, up 7.6% from 2019.
How much do households in the San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX metro area spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?
About $1.5B a year, or $1,508 per household. That is 7% above the U.S. average (an index of 107, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 160 pest control companies on map listings, it comes to $9.1M 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 967,488 households in the San Antonio-New Braunfels metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX metro area compare with the U.S. for pest control companies?
The San Antonio-New Braunfels metro area has 1.7 pest control companies per 10,000 households, 21% above the U.S. rate of 1.4. Spending per company is $9.1M, 11% below the U.S. figure of $10.2M. At the U.S. ratio of pest control companies to household spending, the San Antonio-New Braunfels metro area would have about 143, against 160 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 7,385 households, against one for every 7,814 across the U.S. The official count rose 7.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +10.5% for the U.S.
How fast is the San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX metro area growing?
Population estimates put the San Antonio-New Braunfels metro area at 2,813,140 people in 2025, up 9.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 967,488 households. The median household income in the San Antonio-New Braunfels metro area is $76,213 a year, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 26.3% 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. The San Antonio-New Braunfels metro area scores 63 for pest control companies (upper middle), #85 of 345 scored metro areas.
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