Employment
139,150
Total employees (Census CBP)
Administrative and Support and Waste Management ·NAICS 561710
NAICS 561710 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
Exterminating and Pest Control Services - Industry Benchmarks
$53,466/yr average annual pay, with 833 SBA loans on record for NAICS 561710.
- 5.6%
- Administrative and Support and Waste Management sector margin
- 139K
- Workers employed
- $53,466/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $232M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 561710
Florida leads Exterminating and Pest Control Services activity nationally. IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at this NAICS level, but the broader Administrative and Support and Waste Management sector runs a 5.6% net margin.
- 5.6%
- Administrative and Support and Waste Management sector margin (IRS SOI)
- 139K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $53,466/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $232M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for Exterminating and Pest Control Services
Exterminating and Pest Control Services sits inside Administrative and Support and Waste Management, a sector that runs a 5.6% net margin overall.
16,535 establishments employ 139,150 workers (8.4/location) at $53,466/yr average annual pay. Florida leads employment, followed by California and Texas.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$53,466/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
16,535
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment decreased by 767; establishment count increased by 455. This comparison uses two published national Census County Business Patterns releases; suppressed fields are omitted rather than estimated.
Workforce scale
Financial Detail
- Annual Payroll (Total)
- $7.4B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 8.4
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| Florida | 17,524 |
| California | 16,819 |
| Texas | 13,034 |
| North Carolina | 6,703 |
| Arizona | 4,914 |
| New York | 4,808 |
| Virginia | 4,425 |
| Tennessee | 4,216 |
| Alabama | 3,909 |
| Pennsylvania | 3,857 |
Showing top 10 of 51 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
833
Total Loan Volume
$232M
Avg Loan Size
$279K
Jobs Supported
6,614
Program Breakdown
7(a) 778 (93%)
504 55 (7%)
Top SBA Lender
United Midwest Savings Bank National Association
116 loans in this industry
New Business Share
35.7% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)
2020 101
2021 150
2022 116
2023 121
2024 135
2025 176
2026 34
Frequently Asked Questions
How profitable is Exterminating and Pest Control Services?
IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at the NAICS 561710 level. Florida leads this industry nationally. The broader Administrative and Support and Waste Management sector runs a 5.6% net margin (IRS SOI 2023).
How many businesses are in Exterminating and Pest Control Services?
16,535 business establishments. Together they employ 139,150 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Exterminating and Pest Control Services?
$53,466/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 8.4 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Exterminating and Pest Control Services employment?
Florida leads with 17,524 workers. California (16,819) and Texas (13,034) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Exterminating and Pest Control Services receive?
Exterminating and Pest Control Services businesses received 833 SBA loans totaling $232 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $279K. These loans supported 6,614 jobs at origination. Most lending (93%) came through the SBA 7(a) program.
Comparable industry benchmarks
These links are calculated from the current national dataset. They are comparison paths, not recommendations or evidence that businesses operate alike.
How this ranks: Its Census employment total exceeds 79% of that same 801-industry cohort. Calculated by ranking this industry's reported value against every other industry at the same NAICS digit-level, not the whole dataset: comparing a 6-digit detail industry to a 2-digit sector would mix incompatible scales.
Closest workforce scale
Same NAICS detail level, ordered by the smallest difference in reported Census employment.
- All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services 139,378
- Masonry Contractors 139,844
- Other Airport Operations 140,874
Benchmarking Exterminating and Pest Control Services
- No margin data, check the parent industry. Browse Administrative and Support and Waste Management
- 16,535 establishments, 139,150 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 833 SBA loans on record. SBA lending rankings
Disclaimer: Public IRS/Census data, not financial or tax advice. See our full disclaimer.
Sources: IRS Statistics of Income (SOI) Business Tax Statistics · Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023
NAICS 561710 · Data year: 2023
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, which released its 2023 County Business Patterns dataset in June 2025, PlainBizBench benchmarks 2,002 U.S. industries against Internal Revenue Service Statistics of Income data. See our methodology for the full compilation process.
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns / SUSB Industry employment scale, payroll, and firm-size benchmarks · 2023
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