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Pest control companies in the Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA metro area

The pest control companies in the Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 68 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #54 of 345 scored metro areas
#3 of 9 scored metro areas based in Washington

Listings
5
2 chain locations (40%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$71.4M
On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,364 a household
Spending per listing
$14.3M
40% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
1.0
29% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
132,975
+2.4% since 2020

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What this means

Household spending on lawn care, cleaning and other household services in the Mount Vernon-Anacortes metro area comes to about $71.4M a year: $1,364 per household, 4% below the U.S. average. Spread across 5 pest control companies, that is $14.3M per company, 40% above the U.S. figure of $10.2M. The spending figure covers all lawn care, cleaning and other household services, not only pest control companies.

The Mount Vernon-Anacortes metro area has 5 pest control companies on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 40% of them, against 20% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 1.0, 29% below the U.S. rate of 1.4.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for exterminating and pest control services in the Mount Vernon-Anacortes metro area, since they leave out counts under 3.

Population estimates put the population change in the Mount Vernon-Anacortes metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +2.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Mount Vernon-Anacortes metro area scores 68 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for pest control companies, ranking #54 of 345 scored metro areas and #3 of 9 scored metro areas based in Washington. That puts it in the top quarter of metro areas.

How the Mount Vernon-Anacortes metro area compares

The same measures for Washington 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.

Pest control in Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA metro area compared with Washington and the U.S.
MeasureMount Vernon-Anacortes metro areaWashingtonU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.01.01.4
Spending per listing$14.3M$14.6M$10.2M
Households per official establishmentn/a13,9317,814
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+15.2%+10.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.4%+3.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services$1,364$1,474$1,414
Median household income$89,263$98,141$80,734
Groundwork market score6882

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
n/a
Employees, 2023
n/a
Annual payroll, 2023
n/a
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
52 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 the Mount Vernon-Anacortes 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 Mount Vernon-Anacortes metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
132,975+2.4% since 2020
Households
52,329
Median age
43.1
Homes lived in by their owners
70%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
1,730 sq. mi.
People per square mile
76
Median household income
$89,263+33.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$111,733
Median home value
$545,100
Jobs located here
49,731
Daytime population
119,306Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Pest control across Washington

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Washington for pest control companies, numbered among those based in Washington (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Mount Vernon-Anacortes metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Washington

Metro areas in Washington ranked for pest control companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA881360.8$19M+3.3%#2 of 345
2Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA8260.6$26.8M+2.7%#8 of 345
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA691161.1$12.7M+1.0%#50 of 345
3Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA6851.0$14.3M+2.4%#54 of 345
4Kennewick-Richland, WA64191.8$7.8M+6.5%#81 of 345
5Yakima, WA6360.7$17.7M+1.0%#82 of 345
6Bellingham, WA63121.3$10.4M+3.9%#84 of 345
7Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA59271.1$11.4M+3.5%#113 of 345
8Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA5461.3$10.7M+5.0%#145 of 345
9Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA53211.8$7.9M+2.8%#160 of 345

Other business types in the Mount Vernon-Anacortes metro area

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many pest control companies are in the Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA metro area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 5 pest control companies in the Mount Vernon-Anacortes metro area. 2 of them (40%) are chain locations. The listings count pest control companies. No official count is published for exterminating and pest control services in the Mount Vernon-Anacortes metro area: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in the Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA metro area spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?

About $71.4M a year, or $1,364 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 pest control companies on map listings, it comes to $14.3M 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 52,329 households in the Mount Vernon-Anacortes metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA metro area compare with the U.S. for pest control companies?

The Mount Vernon-Anacortes metro area has 1.0 pest control companies per 10,000 households, 29% below the U.S. rate of 1.4. Spending per company is $14.3M, 40% above the U.S. figure of $10.2M. At the U.S. ratio of pest control companies to household spending, the Mount Vernon-Anacortes metro area would have about 7, against 5 on map listings.

How fast is the Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Mount Vernon-Anacortes metro area at 132,975 people in 2025, up 2.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 52,329 households. The median household income in the Mount Vernon-Anacortes metro area is $89,263 a year, 11% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 33.2% 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 Mount Vernon-Anacortes metro area scores 68 for pest control companies (upper middle), #54 of 345 scored metro areas.

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