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Pest control companies in Alexandria city, VA
How Alexandria city, VA 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 79 out of 100: High
Ranked #32 of 699 scored counties
#3 of 27 scored counties in Virginia
- Listings
- 11
- 3 chain locations (27%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $143.7M
- On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,889 a household
- Spending per listing
- $13.1M
- 28% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.4
- In line with the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 160,662
- +1.0% since 2020
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What this means
For pest control companies, Alexandria city has a Groundwork market score of 79 (high): #32 of 699 scored counties and #3 of 27 scored counties in Virginia. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for pest control companies.
As of September 2026, map listings count 11 pest control companies in Alexandria city. Of those, 3 are chain locations, or 27%, against 20% across the U.S. That is 1.4 per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 1.4.
Households in Alexandria city spend about $143.7M a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services, or $1,889 per household, 34% above the U.S. average. That works out to $13.1M per company, 28% 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as exterminating and pest control services in Alexandria city was 3 in 2023. That is one for every 25,365 households, against one for every 7,814 across the U.S. Population estimates show Alexandria city grew 1.0% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Alexandria city compares
The same measures for Virginia 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 | Alexandria city | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.4 |
| Spending per listing | $13.1M | $10.2M | $10.2M |
| Households per official establishment | 25,365 | 7,901 | 7,814 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +7.0% | +10.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.0% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services | $1,889 | $1,683 | $1,414 |
| Median household income | $119,681 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 79 | 53 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3 → 3
- Employees, 2023
- 29
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 113 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 14The 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 Alexandria city, 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 Alexandria city
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 160,662+1.0% since 2020
- Households
- 76,096
- Median age
- 39.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 42%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.3
- Land area
- 15 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 10,509
- Median household income
- $119,681+18.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $161,240
- Median home value
- $735,100
- Jobs located here
- 79,808
- Daytime population
- 161,123Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Arlington County, VA | 84 | 6 | 0.5 | $38.1M | +2.1% | #8 of 699 |
| 2Fairfax County, VA | 80 | 40 | 1.0 | $22M | +1.7% | #22 of 699 |
| 3Alexandria city, VA | 79 | 11 | 1.4 | $13.1M | +1.0% | #32 of 699 |
| 4Richmond city, VA | 78 | 11 | 1.1 | $13.6M | +4.6% | #37 of 699 |
| 5Loudoun County, VA | 71 | 32 | 2.2 | $10.3M | +6.4% | #90 of 699 |
| 6Stafford County, VA | 67 | 11 | 2.1 | $9.6M | +8.3% | #129 of 699 |
| 7Spotsylvania County, VA | 67 | 14 | 2.7 | $6.7M | +10.5% | #133 of 699 |
| 8Chesterfield County, VA | 65 | 27 | 1.9 | $8.9M | +8.7% | #162 of 699 |
| 9Prince William County, VA | 64 | 37 | 2.4 | $8.4M | +4.2% | #174 of 699 |
| 10Suffolk city, VA | 63 | 8 | 2.1 | $7.6M | +10.4% | #186 of 699 |
Other business types in Alexandria city
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
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Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pest control companies are in Alexandria city, VA?
Alexandria city has 11 pest control companies on map listings as of September 2026. 3 of them (27%) are chain locations. The listings count pest control companies. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as exterminating and pest control services in 2023.
How much do households in Alexandria city, VA spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?
About $143.7M a year, or $1,889 per household. That is 34% above the U.S. average (an index of 134, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 pest control companies on map listings, it comes to $13.1M 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 76,096 households in Alexandria city and national spending patterns by income.
How does Alexandria city, VA compare with the U.S. for pest control companies?
Alexandria city has 1.4 pest control companies per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 1.4. Spending per company is $13.1M, 28% above the U.S. figure of $10.2M. At the national ratio of pest control companies to household spending, Alexandria city would have about 14, against 11 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 25,365 households, against one for every 7,814 across the U.S.
How fast is Alexandria city, VA growing?
Population estimates put Alexandria city at 160,662 people in 2025, up 1.0% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 76,096 households. Median household income in Alexandria city is $119,681, 48% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 18.6%, 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. Alexandria city scores 79 for pest control companies (high), #32 of 699 scored counties.
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