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Pest control companies in Newport News city, VA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pest control companies in Newport News city, VA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 19 out of 100: Low
Ranked #671 of 699 scored counties
#27 of 27 scored counties in Virginia
- Listings
- 31
- 5 chain locations (16%)
- Official establishments
- 16
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $105.9M
- On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,391 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.4M
- 67% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.1
- 2.9 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 183,230
- −1.5% since 2020
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What this means
For pest control companies, Newport News city has a Groundwork market score of 19 (low): #671 of 699 scored counties and #27 of 27 scored counties in Virginia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in Newport News city spend about $105.9M a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services, or $1,391 per household, 2% below the U.S. average. Spread across 31 pest control companies, that is $3.4M per company, 67% 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 31 pest control companies on map listings in Newport News city as of September 2026. 5 of them (16%) are chain locations, against 20% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 4.1, 2.9 times the U.S. rate of 1.4.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as exterminating and pest control services in Newport News city was 16 in 2023. That is one for every 4,757 households, against one for every 7,814 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Newport News city from 2020 to 2025 at −1.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Newport News 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 | Newport News city | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.1 | 1.6 | 1.4 |
| Spending per listing | $3.4M | $10.2M | $10.2M |
| Households per official establishment | 4,757 | 7,901 | 7,814 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +7.0% | +10.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.5% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services | $1,391 | $1,683 | $1,414 |
| Median household income | $69,634 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 19 | 53 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 16 → 16
- Employees, 2023
- 214
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $13M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 315 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 10The 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 Newport News 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 Newport News city
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 183,230−1.5% since 2020
- Households
- 76,112
- Median age
- 36.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 48%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 69 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 2,670
- Median household income
- $69,634+30.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $90,058
- Median home value
- $260,600
- Jobs located here
- 98,238
- Daytime population
- 206,364Residents 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 |
| 27Newport News city, VA | 19 | 31 | 4.1 | $3.4M | −1.5% | #671 of 699 |
Other business types in Newport News city
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Questions
How many pest control companies are in Newport News city, VA?
As of September 2026, map listings count 31 pest control companies in Newport News city. 5 of them (16%) are chain locations. The listings count pest control companies. Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as exterminating and pest control services in 2023.
How much do households in Newport News city, VA spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?
About $105.9M a year, or $1,391 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 31 pest control companies on map listings, it comes to $3.4M 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 76,112 households in Newport News city and national spending patterns by income.
How does Newport News city, VA compare with the U.S. for pest control companies?
Newport News city has 4.1 pest control companies per 10,000 households, 2.9 times the U.S. rate of 1.4. Spending per company is $3.4M, 67% below the U.S. figure of $10.2M. At the U.S. ratio of pest control companies to household spending, Newport News city would have about 10, against 31 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,757 households, against one for every 7,814 across the U.S.
How fast is Newport News city, VA growing?
Population estimates put Newport News city at 183,230 people in 2025, down 1.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 76,112 households. The median household income in Newport News city is $69,634 a year, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 30.9% 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. Newport News city scores 19 for pest control companies (low), #671 of 699 scored counties.
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