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Pest control companies in the Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA metro area

How the Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA 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 53 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #160 of 345 scored metro areas
#9 of 9 scored metro areas based in Washington

Listings
21
2 chain locations (10%)
Official establishments
11
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$165.2M
On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,390 a household
Spending per listing
$7.9M
23% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
1.8
29% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
304,261
+2.8% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

At $1,390 per household (2% below the U.S. average), households in the Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater metro area spend about $165.2M a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services. That works out to $7.9M per company, 23% 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 21 pest control companies on map listings in the Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater metro area as of September 2026. Of those, 2 are chain locations, or 10%, against 20% across the U.S. That comes to 1.8 for every 10,000 households, 29% above the U.S. rate of 1.4.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as exterminating and pest control services in the Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater metro area was 11 in 2023. That is one for every 10,809 households, against one for every 7,814 across the U.S.

Population estimates show the Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater metro area grew 2.8% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). The Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater metro area scores 53 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for pest control companies, ranking #160 of 345 scored metro areas and #9 of 9 scored metro areas based in Washington.

How the Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater 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 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA metro area compared with Washington and the U.S.
MeasureOlympia-Lacey-Tumwater metro areaWashingtonU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.81.01.4
Spending per listing$7.9M$14.6M$10.2M
Households per official establishment10,80913,9317,814
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+15.2%+10.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.8%+3.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services$1,390$1,474$1,414
Median household income$96,563$98,141$80,734
Groundwork market score5382

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
11
Employees, 2023
55
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
212 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
16The 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 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater 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 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
304,261+2.8% since 2020
Households
118,899
Median age
40.9
Homes lived in by their owners
68%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
723 sq. mi.
People per square mile
414
Median household income
$96,563+34.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$114,140
Median home value
$480,300
Jobs located here
136,091
Daytime population
311,425Residents 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 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater 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 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater metro area

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Questions

How many pest control companies are in the Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA metro area?

As of September 2026, map listings count 21 pest control companies in the Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater metro area. 2 of them (10%) are chain locations. The listings count pest control companies. Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as exterminating and pest control services in 2023.

How much do households in the Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA metro area spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?

About $165.2M a year, or $1,390 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 21 pest control companies on map listings, it comes to $7.9M 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 118,899 households in the Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA metro area compare with the U.S. for pest control companies?

The Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater metro area has 1.8 pest control companies per 10,000 households, 29% above the U.S. rate of 1.4. Spending per company is $7.9M, 23% below the U.S. figure of $10.2M. At the U.S. ratio of pest control companies to household spending, the Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater metro area would have about 16, against 21 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 10,809 households, against one for every 7,814 across the U.S.

How fast is the Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater metro area at 304,261 people in 2025, up 2.8% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 118,899 households. The median household income in the Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater metro area is $96,563 a year, 20% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 34.1% 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 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater metro area scores 53 for pest control companies (upper middle), #160 of 345 scored metro areas.

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