Data Report
2026 Pest Control Cost Report
Published August 2026 · · PestPin Research
PestPin's editorial national planning range for a general pest-control treatment is $125 to $450, planning around around $175. This is an editorial planning range, not a consumer survey, source-weighted market average, or local quote. Your price depends on the provider, market, pest, severity, property, and treatment method.
Key findings
$125–$450
PestPin's editorial national planning range for a general treatment in 2026 (plan around $175).
$1,800
Upper bound of PestPin's bed-bug planning range; the termite planning range reaches $1,400.
21,176
Business records matched to official pest-control license sources across 33 states and districts.
4,919
U.S. cities where the dataset lists at least one source-linked business record.
16%
of licensed pest-control businesses in the public records PestPin compiles have a website on file. Most small operators are still offline-first.
52.4%
have a public phone number in the record. For the rest, even a customer who wants to call cannot find a number in the records we compile.
Looking for prices by pest?
The full price table for every pest, one-time treatments, quarterly plans, and what drives the price, lives in the Pest Control Cost Guide. This report focuses on the market data behind those numbers.
License-record coverage by state
States with the most source-linked business records in PestPin's directory snapshot. Counts are compiled from official regulator sources, but source publication timing varies. A record does not confirm current availability, service area, insurance, or pricing.
| State | Matched business records |
|---|---|
| California | 3,579 |
| Florida | 3,561 |
| Texas | 2,715 |
| New York | 1,657 |
| Virginia | 1,021 |
| North Carolina | 807 |
| Ohio | 783 |
| Tennessee | 689 |
| Arizona | 651 |
| Wisconsin | 621 |
| Oklahoma | 586 |
| Kansas | 431 |
Full coverage notes and methodology in the 2026 Pest Control Licensing Report.
Licensed supply per 100k residents
Business records per 100,000 residents, using U.S. Census Bureau 2024 population estimates and PestPin's source-linked records as of . States with fewer than 50 records are excluded. Rates measure licensed supply in our dataset, not appointment availability.
| Most supply per resident | per 100k |
|---|---|
| Maine247 records | 17.6 |
| Florida3,561 records | 15.2 |
| Kansas431 records | 14.5 |
| Oklahoma586 records | 14.3 |
| Rhode Island151 records | 13.6 |
How to read this ranking
A high rank is always real: our records can only undercount a state, never inflate it, so the leaders genuinely have dense licensed supply. We deliberately do not publish a “least supply” table. Several states are still processed from dated official snapshots, and a low number there would describe our coverage gap, not a real shortage of exterminators.
Best-covered large metros
Cities over 100,000 residents ranked by source-linked businesses (primary record location or confirmed service area) per 100,000 residents. As with states, these ranks are floors: metros can only be undercounted in the dataset, never padded.
| Best-covered large metros | per 100k |
|---|---|
| Fort Lauderdale174 records | 94.6 |
| Denton94 records | 63.5 |
| McAllen77 records | 52.7 |
| Miami231 records | 51.4 |
| Round Rock58 records | 43.6 |
Why no “worst-covered” list
Naming cities as underserved would shame places our data simply has not finished mapping. When coverage in a state completes from a live regulator feed, its metros speak for themselves in the table.
What licensed businesses actually handle
Share of source-linked businesses whose license categories or roster scope cover each pest group. A business can cover several groups. Coverage describes the license, not guaranteed service.
Cite this report
You may quote these figures with attribution to “PestPin's 2026 Pest Control Cost Report” and a link to this page. Canonical stat lines as of :
- PestPin matches 21,176 U.S. pest-control businesses to official state license records; only 16% have a website on file and 52.4% a public phone number.
- Maine leads licensed pest-control supply at 17.6 businesses per 100,000 residents (Census 2024 estimates; PestPin license-record dataset).
- PestPin's 2026 editorial planning range for a general pest-control treatment is $125 to $450; termite work budgets up to $1,400 and bed-bug work up to $1,800.
Press and data questions: hello@pestpin.com. Machine-readable supply data: research.csv. Methodology below and in the methodology notes.
Methodology & sources
Pricing figures are PestPin's editorial national planning ranges for common treatment categories. They are not produced by a consumer sample, a proprietary pricing survey, or a published source-weighted formula, and the planning price is not a measured market average. Use them for budget orientation only. A local quote depends on the pest, severity, property, region, provider, and treatment method. Our proprietary data is the provider-supply side below.
Provider supply is compiled exclusively from official state regulator sources. We count distinct businesses rather than license rows and include records marked active when their source was processed. Regulator publication schedules and source access methods vary, so the directory processing date is not a claim that every state published fresh data that day. Counts measure PestPin directory coverage, not current provider availability. Per-capita rates use U.S. Census Bureau Vintage 2024 population estimates (July 1, 2024, rounded to the nearest thousand); metros under 100,000 residents and states under 50 records are excluded from rate rankings. Contact-availability shares describe what the compiled public records contain; a business without a website or phone in those records may still operate one. See the licensing report for state-by-state coverage, source notes, and the machine-readable dataset.
Cost report FAQ
How much does pest control cost in 2026?
PestPin's editorial national planning range for a general treatment is $125 to $450; plan around $175. Quarterly service is budgeted at $100 to $300 per visit. These are not survey results, measured market averages, local quotes, or guaranteed prices.
Which planning ranges have the highest upper bounds?
Among the categories in PestPin's editorial dataset, bed bug and termite work have higher planning bands than general treatment. Bed bug treatment is budgeted at $400 to $1,800 and termite treatment at $575 to $1,400. These are not measured market rankings or local quotes.
Does pest-control price depend on where you live?
Yes. Labor rates, climate-driven pest pressure, travel, regulations, treatment method, and home conditions all affect local prices. PestPin's provider counts measure directory coverage only; they do not prove that a provider is available or that prices will be lower. Compare written local quotes for an exact figure.
Which states have the most pest-control businesses per resident?
PestPin ranks states by source-linked business records per 100,000 residents (U.S. Census Bureau 2024 population estimates). Raw counts track population, so per-capita rates tell the real coverage story; the current leaders are in the table on this page. Rates measure licensed supply in our dataset, not appointment availability, and a high rank is always real because records can only undercount, never inflate.