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Pest control companies in Preston County, WV
How Preston County, WV compares with other counties and the U.S. for pest control companies: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has none.
- Listings
- 0
- None on the map
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $17M
- On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,325 a household
- Spending per listing
- n/a
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.0
- Population, 2025
- 34,004
- −0.6% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Preston County spend about $17M a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services, or $1,325 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. The spending figure covers all lawn care, cleaning and other household services, not only pest control companies.
Map listings as of September 2026 show no pest control companies in Preston County. At the national ratio of pest control companies to household spending, Preston County would have about 2, against none on map listings.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for exterminating and pest control services in Preston County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Preston County declined 0.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With no pest control companies on map listings, Preston County isn’t given a market score for them.
How Preston County compares
The same measures for West 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 | Preston County | West Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.0 | 0.9 | 1.4 |
| Spending per listing | n/a | $14.5M | $10.2M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 12,563 | 7,814 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −1.7% | +10.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.6% | −1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services | $1,325 | $1,335 | $1,414 |
| Median household income | $61,880 | $59,608 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 57 |
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
- 0
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 2The 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 Preston County, 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 Preston County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 34,004−0.6% since 2020
- Households
- 12,809
- Median age
- 44.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 81%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 649 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 53
- Median household income
- $61,880+19.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $75,856
- Median home value
- $162,800
- Jobs located here
- 6,983
- Daytime population
- 28,456Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in West Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kanawha County, WV | 62 | 7 | 0.9 | $14.7M | −4.3% | #190 of 699 |
| 2Jefferson County, WV | 45 | 7 | 3.1 | $5.4M | +9.2% | #416 of 699 |
| 3Wood County, WV | 36 | 7 | 2.0 | $6.8M | −2.1% | #538 of 699 |
| 4Cabell County, WV | 32 | 6 | 1.5 | $8.6M | −3.2% | #586 of 699 |
| 5Harrison County, WV | 21 | 7 | 2.7 | $5.1M | −2.5% | #661 of 699 |
| Preston County, WV | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | −0.6% |
Other business types in Preston County
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 Preston County, WV?
There are no pest control companies on map listings in Preston County as of September 2026. The listings count pest control companies. No official count is published for exterminating and pest control services in Preston County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Preston County, WV spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?
About $17M a year, or $1,325 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). 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 12,809 households in Preston County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Preston County, WV compare with the U.S. for pest control companies?
Preston County has no pest control companies on map listings. At the U.S. ratio of pest control companies to household spending, Preston County would have about 2, against none on map listings.
How fast is Preston County, WV growing?
Population estimates put Preston County at 34,004 people in 2025, down 0.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 12,809 households. The median household income in Preston County is $61,880 a year, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 19.3% 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. Preston County has no market score for pest control companies, having none on map listings.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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