Listing on Nearby Pest is free, and verification is the whole product. We build county-by-county directories that homeowners find when they search for pest control, and every company we show carries its state business license number, the license’s status, and the date we last checked it.
We build listings from each state’s own published record of pest control business licenses — not from submissions: in Texas, the Texas Department of Agriculture’s list of current Structural Pest Control business licenses; in Florida, the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services’ public Pest Control Business Licenses report. If your company holds a current business license in either state, it is likely in our records already under the name the state files for it. Search your company name to check, and if it is not there, the reasons below are the likely ones.
Your business name as the state files it, your license number, its status, the date we last checked it, the county of record and your phone number. A Florida listing also shows the city on your FDACS record and the services your license categories name. Nothing else is implied. We do not write a description of your work, and we do not publish a service area you have not told us about.
TDA’s published file carries no phone number, email or street address for any business — only the names, the county and the license dates. We publish a listing only once we hold a phone number for it with a basis we can state, such as a number we confirmed on your own website, so a licensed Texas company with no such number is in our records but not yet on the site. The fastest fix is to claim your record and give us the number you want homeowners to call. Florida listings carry the phone number on your FDACS record.
Claiming lets you add or correct the phone number, tell us the work you take on and the ZIP codes you actually serve, and keep the record current. What you tell us is shown as what you told us — labeled as provider-declared, never dressed up as something we verified. Once your claim is checked, you also edit the listing yourself: a short description, your services, hours, the year you started and your logo. What you write is never overwritten by our roster refresh; only the license details we read from the state board keep updating. Claiming does not move you up a page: ordering is driven by verification strength, and there is no paid placement on this site, now or later.
Apart from a missing phone number in Texas, the most common reason, in either state, is that the state’s record shows the license as expired. We go by the expiration date, not just the status word: a Florida license that FDACS’s report still calls Active is not listed once its expiration date has passed. We do not guess contact details either. It is fixable: renew with your state agency, and we will pick the renewal up the next time we read its records.
Keep your license and insurance current with your state agency and your phone answered. That is the whole deal. Your listing is free, and no paid option changes where any listing appears.
Every licensed business gets a free listing it can edit. Nearby Pest Pro, at $29 a month, adds photos, links and a monthly report of how homeowners find you. Neither one changes where you appear or our license check.
| Free listing | Nearby Pest Pro · $29 a month | |
|---|---|---|
| Your listing, checked against the state record | Yes | Yes |
| Edit it yourself: description, services, hours, year founded, logo | Yes | Yes |
| Your website on the listing | Yes | Yes |
| "Claimed by the owner" on your listing | Yes | Yes |
| How homeowners found you: views, phone taps, quote clicks | Each month, in your editor and by email | The same, plus a 12-month history |
| Description length | 600 characters | 2,000 characters |
| Photos of your work | — | Up to 8 |
| Facebook, Instagram, Google and other profile links | — | Up to 6 |
| Services described in your own words | — | Up to 10 |
| Replies to reviews | 500 characters | 2,000 characters |
| Where your listing appears in our lists | Set by verification | Set by verification — the same |
Start with the free listing: claim it below. Once your claim is checked, your listing editor shows your numbers and is where you can ask for Nearby Pest Pro. Asking bills nothing.
Tell us which listing is yours, and we check your license number before we hand you the editor. Claiming your free listing does not change where you appear: order is set by verification, and no paid option changes it.
Not listed yet? Send your business and license number, and we list you once it checks out against the state record. Your listing is free, with no credit card and no pay-to-rank.