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Pest control companies in the Wheeling, WV-OH metro area
The pest control companies in the Wheeling, WV-OH metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.
- Listings
- 4
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $70.6M
- On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,217 a household
- Spending per listing
- $17.7M
- 73% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.7
- 50% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 134,089
- −3.6% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 4 pest control companies in the Wheeling metro area. That comes to 0.7 for every 10,000 households, 50% below the U.S. rate of 1.4.
Household spending on lawn care, cleaning and other household services in the Wheeling metro area comes to about $70.6M a year: $1,217 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. That is about $17.7M of household spending for each company on map listings, 73% 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.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as exterminating and pest control services in the Wheeling metro area: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Population estimates show the Wheeling metro area declined 3.6% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 4 pest control companies on map listings, the Wheeling metro area isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How the Wheeling metro area 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 | Wheeling metro area | West Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.4 |
| Spending per listing | $17.7M | $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 | −3.6% | −1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services | $1,217 | $1,335 | $1,414 |
| Median household income | $57,418 | $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
- 40 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 Wheeling 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 Wheeling metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 134,089−3.6% since 2020
- Households
- 58,024
- Median age
- 44.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 944 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 145
- Median household income
- $57,418+14.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $79,303
- Median home value
- $156,600
- Jobs located here
- 58,297
- Daytime population
- 134,771Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every West Virginia market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in West Virginia for pest control companies, numbered among those based in West Virginia (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Wheeling metro area marked.
Top metro areas in West Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | 82 | 314 | 1.3 | $14.7M | +3.3% | #9 of 345 |
| Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV | 80 | 15 | 1.3 | $11.7M | +7.1% | #11 of 345 |
| 1Charleston, WV | 62 | 8 | 0.9 | $14.5M | −4.7% | #87 of 345 |
| 2Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH | 45 | 18 | 1.2 | $11M | −2.6% | #206 of 345 |
| Winchester, VA-WV | 44 | 15 | 2.7 | $5.8M | +6.5% | #216 of 345 |
| 3Parkersburg-Vienna, WV | 34 | 7 | 1.8 | $7.1M | −2.3% | #279 of 345 |
| Wheeling, WV-OH | Not scored | 4 | 0.7 | $17.7M | −3.6% |
Other business types in the Wheeling metro area
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 the Wheeling, WV-OH metro area?
The Wheeling metro area has 4 pest control companies on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count pest control companies. No official count is published for exterminating and pest control services in the Wheeling metro area: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in the Wheeling, WV-OH metro area spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?
About $70.6M a year, or $1,217 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 pest control companies on map listings, it comes to $17.7M 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 58,024 households in the Wheeling metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Wheeling, WV-OH metro area compare with the U.S. for pest control companies?
The Wheeling metro area has 0.7 pest control companies per 10,000 households, 50% below the U.S. rate of 1.4. Spending per company is $17.7M, 73% above the U.S. figure of $10.2M. At the national ratio of pest control companies to household spending, the Wheeling metro area would have about 7, against 4 on map listings.
How fast is the Wheeling, WV-OH metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Wheeling metro area at 134,089 people in 2025, down 3.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 58,024 households. Median household income in the Wheeling metro area is $57,418, 29% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 14.0%, 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 Wheeling metro area has no market score for pest control companies: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.
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