PestPin Research
Pest Control Licensing Report 2026
· Compiled by PestPin from official state licensing boards
As of July 2026, PestPin tracks 21,845 license-verified pest control companies across 17 U.S. state licensing systems and 4,332 cities. Every company is matched to an active license on its official state board — and we remove companies whose license lapses.
Licenses lapse — verification has to be continuous
A pest control license is a moving target. Since PestPin began tracking official state rosters, 8,602previously-listed companies dropped off their state's active-license list — expired, lapsed, or revoked — and were automatically un-verified. That's why we re-check every state board daily rather than verifying once at signup: a badge that isn't re-checked is a badge you can't trust.
Verified pest control companies by state
Top state licensing systems by number of currently license-verified companies.
| State | Verified companies |
|---|---|
| California | 3,886 |
| Florida | 3,665 |
| Texas | 3,573 |
| Ohio | 2,625 |
| New York | 1,598 |
| Virginia | 1,459 |
| Michigan | 1,146 |
| Georgia | 1,078 |
| Washington | 683 |
| North Carolina | 520 |
| Kansas | 439 |
| Colorado | 403 |
Methodology
- Companies are sourced only from official state pesticide/structural pest control licensing boards — the public records that govern who may legally treat pests for hire. We never scrape review sites or buy lead lists.
- Every state roster is re-pulled daily. A company is marked verified only while it holds an active license, and is automatically un-verified the day it drops off the official list.
- Each company is placed in its real city using public-domain geographic data. Figures on this page are computed live from PestPin's database and update daily.
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