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New & Renewing NY Pest Control and Lawn Care Businesses (DEC): 2026 statistics from 442 public records
The most common category is Ornamental, turf and interior plants: 299 of 442 records (67.6%) (as of 2026-11-04; source: NYS DEC Currently Registered Pesticide Businesses and Agencies (data.ny.gov)).
Data as of · Compiled by Zalwin from NYS DEC Currently Registered Pesticide Businesses and Agencies (data.ny.gov)
Key findings
- Zalwin's NyPesticideBusinessPulse dataset holds 442 NyPesticideBusinessPulse records dated 2026-05-01 to 2026-12-31 (as of 2026-11-04; source: NYS DEC Currently Registered Pesticide Businesses and Agencies (data.ny.gov)). #
- The most common category is Ornamental, turf and interior plants: 299 of 442 records (67.6%) (as of 2026-11-04; source: NYS DEC Currently Registered Pesticide Businesses and Agencies (data.ny.gov)). #
- Across 442 records with a stated certified categories, the total is 683 and the median is 1; the largest is 6 (Rudolph Pest Control Inc, Smithtown) (as of 2026-11-04; source: NYS DEC Currently Registered Pesticide Businesses and Agencies (data.ny.gov)). #
- The top 10% of records by certified categories (44 of 442) account for 28.6% of the total (as of 2026-11-04; source: NYS DEC Currently Registered Pesticide Businesses and Agencies (data.ny.gov)). #
- 363 of 442 records (82.1%) are dated within the 30 days before 2026-11-04 (source: NYS DEC Currently Registered Pesticide Businesses and Agencies (data.ny.gov)). #
NyPesticideBusinessPulse records by category
| Group | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Ornamental, turf and interior plants | 299 | 67.6% |
| Structural, rodent and termite control | 62 | 14.0% |
| Aquatic (vegetation, insects, anti-fouling) | 41 | 9.3% |
| Public health (mosquito, ticks) | 14 | 3.2% |
| Food processing and fumigation | 13 | 2.9% |
| Rights-of-way and cooling towers | 8 | 1.8% |
| Agricultural, forest and seed | 5 | 1.1% |
Methodology and data provenance
- Sample: 442 public records dated 2026-05-01 to 2026-12-31; illustrative samples excluded.
- Source: NYS DEC Currently Registered Pesticide Businesses and Agencies (data.ny.gov). Refreshed automatically about every 24 hours; figures above are as of 2026-11-04.
- Shares are of all records in the dataset; totals and medians use only records with a stated certified categories.
- Organization-level data only. Informational; verify individual records at the official source.
Cite this study
Zalwin Research, "NyPesticideBusinessPulse statistics" (data as of 2026-11-04), https://zalwin.com/research/nypesticidebusinesspulse
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