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Pest control companies in the Appleton, WI metro area
The pest control companies in the Appleton, WI metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 57 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #123 of 345 scored metro areas
#8 of 12 scored metro areas based in Wisconsin
- Listings
- 15
- 3 chain locations (20%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $129.8M
- On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,301 a household
- Spending per listing
- $8.7M
- 15% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.5
- 7% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 249,876
- +2.7% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 15 pest control companies in the Appleton metro area. Chain locations make up 20% of them, against 20% across the U.S. That is 1.5 per 10,000 households, 7% above the U.S. rate of 1.4.
At $1,301 per household (8% below the U.S. average), households in the Appleton metro area spend about $129.8M a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services. Spread across 15 pest control companies, that is $8.7M per company, 15% below 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 5 businesses with payroll in the Appleton metro area classed as exterminating and pest control services. That is one for every 19,951 households, against one for every 7,814 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $220K have gone to businesses classed as exterminating and pest control services in the Appleton metro area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Appleton metro area grew 2.7%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for pest control companies in the Appleton metro area is 57 (upper middle), #123 of 345 scored metro areas and #8 of 12 scored metro areas based in Wisconsin.
How the Appleton metro area compares
The same measures for Wisconsin 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 | Appleton metro area | Wisconsin | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1.4 |
| Spending per listing | $8.7M | $12.8M | $10.2M |
| Households per official establishment | 19,951 | 13,475 | 7,814 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +24.3% | +10.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.7% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services | $1,301 | $1,250 | $1,414 |
| Median household income | $85,825 | $77,485 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 57 | 55 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5
- Employees, 2023
- 49
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 153 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 13The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $220K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as exterminating and pest control services in the Appleton 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 Appleton metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 249,876+2.7% since 2020
- Households
- 99,754
- Median age
- 40.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 956 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 257
- Median household income
- $85,825+26.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $112,747
- Median home value
- $268,900
- Jobs located here
- 130,221
- Daytime population
- 246,801Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Wisconsin market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Wisconsin for pest control companies, numbered among those based in Wisconsin (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Appleton metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Wisconsin
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | 83 | 92 | 0.6 | $23M | +2.6% | #7 of 345 |
| Duluth, MN-WI | 67 | 5 | 0.4 | $28.8M | +0.2% | #58 of 345 |
| 1Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI | 66 | 6 | 0.7 | $16.7M | +0.4% | #64 of 345 |
| 2Madison, WI | 65 | 38 | 1.3 | $10.7M | +4.1% | #71 of 345 |
| 3Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI | 62 | 63 | 1.0 | $13.3M | 0.0% | #89 of 345 |
| 4Green Bay, WI | 62 | 15 | 1.1 | $11.3M | +2.5% | #90 of 345 |
| 5Janesville-Beloit, WI | 61 | 6 | 0.9 | $13.5M | +1.7% | #95 of 345 |
| 6Kenosha, WI | 61 | 7 | 1.0 | $12.6M | −0.4% | #96 of 345 |
| 7La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN | 60 | 6 | 0.8 | $14.6M | +0.4% | #106 of 345 |
| 8Appleton, WI | 57 | 15 | 1.5 | $8.7M | +2.7% | #123 of 345 |
Other business types in the Appleton 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 Appleton, WI metro area?
There are 15 pest control companies on map listings in the Appleton metro area as of September 2026. 3 of them (20%) are chain locations. The listings count pest control companies. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as exterminating and pest control services in 2023.
How much do households in the Appleton, WI metro area spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?
About $129.8M a year, or $1,301 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 15 pest control companies on map listings, it comes to $8.7M 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 99,754 households in the Appleton metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Appleton, WI metro area compare with the U.S. for pest control companies?
The Appleton metro area has 1.5 pest control companies per 10,000 households, 7% above the U.S. rate of 1.4. Spending per company is $8.7M, 15% below the U.S. figure of $10.2M. At the national ratio of pest control companies to household spending, the Appleton metro area would have about 13, against 15 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 19,951 households, against one for every 7,814 across the U.S.
How fast is the Appleton, WI metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Appleton metro area at 249,876 people in 2025, up 2.7% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 99,754 households. Median household income in the Appleton metro area is $85,825, 6% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 26.9%, 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 Appleton metro area scores 57 for pest control companies (upper middle), #123 of 345 scored metro areas.
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