PestPin Research
Pest Control Licensing Report 2026
· Source publication timing varies by regulator
In the directory snapshot processed August 19, 2026, PestPin tracks 20,303 pest control businesses matched to licenses marked active when processed across 31 U.S. state licensing systems and 4,664 cities. Every company is matched to an official license record marked active when that source was processed. Confirm current status on the linked regulator record before hiring.
Download the machine-readable CSVFree to use, quote, and republish, including commercially, as long as you credit PestPin and link to this page. No permission needed. The figures are directory-snapshot counts, so please carry the processing date with them.
A processing date is not a regulator publication date
PestPin currently has 14,597 state-board rows that are not publicly listable. That group can include inactive records, rows excluded from pest-control coverage, and records that could not be matched cleanly. It is not a historical lapse count. We reprocess official sources on a recurring schedule, but regulator publication timing and data access vary. The official source remains the place to confirm status before hiring.
License records by pest category
Categories reflect the license data and directory classification available when each record was processed. 20,303 records are listed under general pest control, while 672 are listed under wildlife removal. For unclaimed profiles, these categories do not confirm the services currently offered, service area, availability, or capacity. Confirm all four with the company.
| Pest specialty | License records |
|---|---|
| General Pest Control | 20,303 |
| Rodent Control | 15,358 |
| Bed Bug Control | 15,301 |
| Ant Control | 15,287 |
| Cockroach Control | 15,287 |
| Flea & Tick Control | 15,279 |
| Spider Control | 15,279 |
| Wasp & Hornet Control | 15,279 |
| Termite Control | 5,618 |
| Mosquito Control | 1,623 |
| Wildlife Removal | 672 |
License-matched businesses by state
Top state source systems by distinct businesses whose license was marked active when PestPin processed the directory snapshot. A business holding several licenses counts once here, so these run smaller than the license-record counts on our license data page.
Where licensed pest control is densest, per capita
License records listed in each large city (population 100,000 and up in covered states), per 100,000 residents. A record location comes from licensing data and is not a confirmed service area, and cities in states we have not integrated are excluded rather than reported as zeros.
| City | Records | Per 100k residents |
|---|---|---|
| Fort Lauderdale, FL | 181 | 98.4 |
| Denton, TX | 95 | 64.2 |
| McAllen, TX | 77 | 52.7 |
| Miami, FL | 233 | 51.9 |
| Round Rock, TX | 58 | 43.6 |
| Plano, TX | 99 | 34.6 |
| Orlando, FL | 105 | 33.2 |
| Brownsville, TX | 59 | 31.6 |
| Salt Lake City, UT | 60 | 28.7 |
| Tampa, FL | 105 | 26.1 |
| Cape Coral, FL | 58 | 25.9 |
| Bakersfield, CA | 103 | 25.1 |
| Tallahassee, FL | 47 | 23.5 |
| Waco, TX | 33 | 23.2 |
| Visalia, CA | 33 | 23.2 |
The thinnest large-city markets in covered states
Among cities of 200,000 and up in covered states, these have the fewest license records per capita. A thin count can reflect how that state structures licensing (for example, statewide business licenses recorded at a headquarters city) as much as actual local supply.
| City | Records | Per 100k residents |
|---|---|---|
| New York, NY | 65 | 0.8 |
| Irving, TX | 2 | 0.8 |
| Seattle, WA | 10 | 1.3 |
| Detroit, MI | 9 | 1.4 |
| Oakland, CA | 7 | 1.6 |
| San Francisco, CA | 18 | 2.2 |
| Tacoma, WA | 6 | 2.7 |
| Los Angeles, CA | 113 | 2.9 |
| Fremont, CA | 8 | 3.5 |
| Denver, CO | 25 | 3.5 |
2,250 cities have just one active-status business record
Of the 4,664 U.S. cities with active-status records in PestPin's latest snapshot, 2,250 have exactly one: a single source-linked business record listed there. This measures directory coverage, not an active service area or provider availability. Homeowners should confirm both directly.
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.
- Official sources are reprocessed on a recurring schedule. Publication schedules and access methods vary by regulator, so a directory processing date does not mean every state published fresh data that day. Each profile links to its source where available for a current check.
- We place each record in a city using the location the source gives us and geographic data. A record location is not a claimed service area. Figures on this page come from the most recent PestPin directory snapshot.
- National headline counts deduplicate businesses and cities across all integrated source systems. State table and CSV rows deduplicate only within each license-state source, so they are not additive: a business or city with records in more than one state can appear in more than one row. The CSV includes a separate national summary row and explicit counting-scope fields.
Questions this report answers
How many licensed pest control companies are in the United States?
PestPin's August 19, 2026 directory snapshot matches 20,303 distinct U.S. pest control businesses to licenses or registrations marked active when processed, across 31 state source systems. This counts businesses PestPin carries, not every licensee a state holds; check the regulator for the authoritative total.
Which state has the most licensed pest control companies?
In PestPin's August 19, 2026 snapshot, Florida leads with 3,621 matched businesses, followed by California (3,468), Texas (2,738), New York (1,655). These count distinct businesses PestPin matched, not regulator totals, and not license records: a business can hold several licenses.
Where is pest control supply thinnest?
In PestPin's August 19, 2026 snapshot, 2,250 of 4,664 covered cities have only one matched license-record business. A low count means PestPin matched few records there, not that the area lacks licensed operators.
Is PestPin's license data current?
PestPin reprocesses official sources on a recurring schedule and shows the processing date on every count. The snapshot was processed August 19, 2026. Regulators publish on their own schedules, so confirm current standing at the official source linked on each listing.
Compare source-linked pest control records
Every listed company is matched to an official license record. Confirm current status, services, coverage, insurance, and availability directly before hiring.
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