Pest control in numbers
The trade, measured through Google’s own review record for every business in the corpus. Everything below is computed from the same data the listings show, so these figures cannot disagree with a listing — and they move whenever the corpus is refreshed.
17,520
businesses
5,410,348
reviews represented
3.7%
one or two star
3,320
list 24-hour service
Google review histograms · captured 2026-08-24
The headline finding
33.8% of businesses have no critical review at all
Of the 17,492 businesses whose full histogram we hold, 5,916 have not a single one- or two-star review. The corpus median rating is 4.9 over a median of 63 reviews per business — which is exactly why an average alone tells you so little, and why every listing here shows the distribution instead.
Businesses with a collected histogram · captured 2026-08-24
By state and province
The largest markets
| Market | Businesses | Reviews | Critical share | List 24-hour |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| California | 1,925 | 444,907 | 3.7% | 15% |
| Florida | 1,815 | 585,730 | 3.9% | 17% |
| Texas | 1,479 | 589,184 | 4.0% | 14% |
| Ontario | 994 | 107,830 | 3.3% | 38% |
| Georgia | 664 | 226,887 | 4.3% | 17% |
| New York | 520 | 138,133 | 3.4% | 31% |
| North Carolina | 519 | 268,614 | 2.9% | 16% |
| Quebec | 515 | 43,680 | 4.2% | 35% |
| Ohio | 491 | 139,975 | 4.7% | 23% |
| South Carolina | 438 | 146,621 | 2.8% | 13% |
| Illinois | 435 | 165,981 | 4.1% | 20% |
| Virginia | 430 | 207,405 | 3.8% | 24% |
| Tennessee | 393 | 159,472 | 3.3% | 15% |
| Pennsylvania | 383 | 108,756 | 3.9% | 15% |
| Michigan | 382 | 114,650 | 4.4% | 21% |
Aggregated Google review histograms per region · captured 2026-08-24
League tables
Where the reviews run kindest, and roughest
Markets with at least 100 listed businesses; smaller ones swing too hard on a handful of records to mean anything.
Lowest critical share
- 1Idaho1.8%
- 2Arizona2.2%
- 3New Jersey2.5%
- 4South Carolina2.8%
- 5North Carolina2.9%
Most 24-hour listings
- 1Ontario38%
- 2Quebec35%
- 3New York31%
- 4British Columbia26%
- 5Kentucky24%
Critical share is (one- plus two-star) over each region’s aggregated histogram · floors keep small samples out
By pest
What North America actually calls about
| Pest family | Businesses named for it | Review mentions |
|---|---|---|
| Rodents | 5,287 | 44,662 |
| Ants | 4,622 | 35,108 |
| Wasps and hornets | 4,095 | 42,978 |
| Spiders | 3,545 | 37,217 |
| Termites | 3,152 | 38,916 |
| Wildlife | 2,506 | 43,090 |
| Mosquitoes | 2,204 | 50,996 |
| Bees | 1,271 | 10,093 |
| Fleas and ticks | 1,115 | 9,669 |
| Cockroaches | 803 | 3,027 |
| Bed bugs | 697 | 7,760 |
| Beetles, moths and mites | 689 | 9,393 |
| Birds | 550 | 3,067 |
| Flies and gnats | 276 | 804 |
Bed bugs — the pest with a whole cultural panic to its name — sit near the bottom. Rodents, ants and wasps are what the continent actually calls about. A specialism on this site is earned by reviewer mentions, never by a services list.
Google review-derived topics · mention counts · captured 2026-08-24
What the trade says about itself
How they work, in their own words
Businesses set attributes on their own Google profile. These shares are over the 8,052 listings that state at least one — not over the whole corpus, because 54% of listings state none, and a business that has said nothing has not said no.
| The business states | Businesses | Of those stating any |
|---|---|---|
| By appointment only | 4,186 | 52% |
| Comes to you | 3,458 | 42.9% |
| Quotes without a visit | 3,159 | 39.2% |
| Language assistance | 1,458 | 18.1% |
Two of these decide who a person can actually hire this week: whether the company comes to you, and whether it will quote without a visit first. They are the trade’s own words about itself, not checks anyone has made.
Google Business Profile attributes · set by the business · self-reported · captured 2026-08-24
The whole corpus
Every review, one bar
3.7% of 5,410,348 reviews are one or two star
Cite these figures freely, with a link and the capture date. The method — what is counted, what is refused — is written down in full.
Google’s own review histogram · 17,520 businesses · captured 2026-08-24