Is Adams Exterminating legit?
As of November 5, 2026, Adams Exterminating holds a current company pesticide license in Texas. Its BBB profile shows an A+ grade and 0 complaints in the last three years. No resolved government actions count against it in our scoring. Its Handshake Score is 7.7 out of 10, #83 of 164 in the West.
Licenses
Company pesticide licenses in each state where it has a location, with the status the issuing agency showed on the date retrieved.
Texas
Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) Structural Pest Control Service: Commercial business license22, 23, 24
Status: Listed in TDA current-licenses report (active), file dated 26 Oct 2026 · Number 0566084 · Expires 06/30/2027
Texas
Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) Structural Pest Control Service: Commercial business license22, 23
Status: Listed in TDA current-licenses report (active), file dated 26 Oct 2026 · Number 0566085 · Expires 06/30/2027
Better Business Bureau record
Its BBB profile shows an A+ grade and 0 complaints in the last three years.
What customers say
Ratings and counts as each site showed them on the date retrieved.
Google
2,635 reviews across 2 western US listings, averaging 5.0 out of 5 (weighted by review count).9, 10, 11, 12
Angi
4.8 out of 5 from 36 reviews (Denton, Texas).8
Retrieved October 28, 2026
Yelp
4.7 out of 5 from 28 reviews.16, 17
Retrieved October 28, 2026
Angi
4.9 out of 5 from 14 reviews (Lewisville, Texas).13
Retrieved October 28, 2026
Review excerpts and the themes customers raise are on the company’s review page.
Legal and regulatory record
Only resolved government actions count toward the score. Pending lawsuits, private suits and allegations are listed as such; they are allegations, not findings.
TDA Structural Pest Control enforcement report (rolling 12 months, Date Final October 27, 2025 to October 26, 2026): no rows for “ADAMS”, 0566084 or 0566085. Absence finding only; older enforcement history is not published there.26
October 27, 2026 · Texas Department of Agriculture · Enforcement · Not scored
One other record (complaint summaries and permits) is on its review page.
Does it sell door to door?
N/A: the research didn’t establish door-to-door selling. It isn’t proof that the company never knocks.
How it ranks
#83 of 164 in the West
Handshake Score 7.7 out of 10, Medium confidence.
Strongest: licensing and compliance (10.0/10). Weakest: customer satisfaction (9.9/10). Sales and contract fairness: N/A.
Pest control in Texas
Ranked by State Score in Texas.
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Sources
The sources cited on this page, numbered as in the full list on the Adams Exterminating review. Dates are when our researchers retrieved each page.
- 4.bbb.orgCompany facts · Retrieved October 28, 2026
- 8.angi.comContracts and sales · Retrieved October 28, 2026
- 9.Google — Denton, Texasgoogle.com · Customer reviews · Retrieved October 27, 2026
- 10.Google — Denton, Texasgoogle.com · Customer reviews · Retrieved October 27, 2026
- 11.Google — Lewisville, Texasgoogle.com · Customer reviews · Retrieved October 27, 2026
- 12.Google — Lewisville, Texasgoogle.com · Customer reviews · Retrieved October 27, 2026
- 13.Angi — Lewisville, Texas (“Adams Exterminating Co” profile; additional contact Jason Johnson)angi.com · Customer reviews · Retrieved October 28, 2026
- 16.Yelp — yelp.com · Customer reviews · Retrieved October 28, 2026
- 17.Yelp — m.yelp.com · Customer reviews · Retrieved October 28, 2026
- 20.BBBbbb.org · BBB · Retrieved October 28, 2026
- 21.BBBbbb.org · BBB · Retrieved October 28, 2026
- 22.Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) Structural Pest Control Servicetexasagriculture.gov · Licensing and registrations · Retrieved October 27, 2026
- 23.Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) Structural Pest Control Servicetexasagriculture.gov · Licensing and registrations · Retrieved October 27, 2026
- 24.Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) Structural Pest Control Servicetexasagriculture.gov · Licensing and registrations · Retrieved October 27, 2026
- 26.Texas Department of Agriculturetexasagriculture.gov · Legal and regulatory · Retrieved October 27, 2026