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title: "Arizona Pest Control Review"
description: "Arizona Pest Control has a Handshake Score of 6.9 out of 10, ranking #137 of 164 in the West. It has 2,533 Google reviews averaging 4.8."
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updated: "2026-11-05"
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# Arizona Pest Control Review

By [Uri Mittelman](https://handshakereviews.com/authors/uri-mittelman.md), Editor · Research and verification: Handshake Research Desk · Updated November 5, 2026 · Verified October 27, 2026

Review · [Is it legit?](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/arizona-pest-control/legit.md)

Arizona Pest Control ranks #137 of 164 in the West, with a Handshake Score of 6.9 out of 10.

This page draws on 36 public sources retrieved between October 27, 2026 and October 28, 2026, and the record was verified on October 27, 2026. The sources are listed at the end.

## At a glance

- Rank and score: #137 of 164 in the West, Handshake Score 6.9 out of 10; data confidence medium.
- Door-to-door selling: not found in our research (badge “N/A”; this is not proof the company never sells door to door).
- Ownership: independent.
- Headquarters: Tucson, Arizona.
- Founded: 1947.
- Services on its record: general pest, termite (Sentricon baiting and Termidor liquid), termite inspection, rodent / pack rat, scorpion, bee and wasp removal (including live beehive removal), bed bug, bird / pigeon control, commercial pest control, disinfecting services.
- Record verified October 27, 2026.
- Website: https://www.azpest.com

## How we scored it

Handshake Score: 6.9 out of 10, #137 of 164 in the West. Each factor is scored from 0 to 10; every point added or taken away is listed with the fact behind it.

- Customer satisfaction (weight 46.67%, nominal 35%): 9.0/10
  - Google 4.80 across 2,533 West reviews
  - Other platforms 4.70/5 (BBB reviews 4.6, Angi 4.8, Facebook 4.6)
  - Blended 4.76/5: 60% Google, 40% other platforms (553 other-platform reviews, at least 10% of the 2,533 Google reviews)
- Complaint record (weight 13.33%, nominal 10%): 10.0/10
  - 2 BBB complaints in 3 yrs ÷ 2,533 (West: all in Arizona Google review total: the single Tucson listing) = 0.8 per 1,000 → 10
- Sales and contract fairness (weight 15%): not scored
  - Sales & contract factor not scored: no contract terms or sales-conduct findings in the record; remaining weights renormalized
- Licensing and compliance (weight 20%, nominal 15%): 10.0/10
- Legal and regulatory record (weight 20%, nominal 15%): 10.0/10
- Workplace score (weight 10%): not scored (< 20 employee reviews)

- Weighted average of the factors above: 9.6/10.
- Review volume −0.8: 2,533 of 5,000 Google reviews.
- Verification depth −0.4: 553 other reviews · 14 of 20 employee reviews.
- Locations −1.5: 1 of 10 locations.
- Handshake Score: 6.9/10.

Not scored for lack of records: sales and contract fairness. The remaining weights were rescaled.

## What customers say

- Arizona Pest Control has 2,533 Google reviews across 1 West listing, averaging 4.8.
- BBB (Tucson, Arizona (BBB Serving Southern Arizona file; the…): 4.64/5, 11 reviews, retrieved October 28, 2026
- Angi (Tucson, Arizona): 4.8/5, 280 reviews, retrieved October 28, 2026
- Facebook (company page (Tucson, Arizona; the company operates only in…): rating not shown, 262 reviews, retrieved October 28, 2026
- Yelp (Tucson, Arizona): 3.8/5, 136 reviews, retrieved October 28, 2026
- BestCompany (company-wide): 5.0/5, 5 reviews, retrieved October 28, 2026
- CustomerLobby (company-wide): rating not shown, 227 reviews, retrieved October 28, 2026
- Experience.com (Tucson, Arizona): 4.6/5, 10 reviews, retrieved October 28, 2026
- Negative themes recorded by our researchers: billing for a month without service after canceling (1 review).

## Better Business Bureau

- Its BBB profile shows an A+ grade and 2 complaints in the last three years.
- BBB accredited since 2/1/1990.
- BBB customer reviews: 4.64/5 average from 11 reviews.
- Retrieved October 28, 2026.

## Contracts and sales practices

- Door-to-door badge: N/A.
- Sales notes: No evidence of door-to-door selling was found: no summer-sales or D2D recruiting, no D2D job posts, and none of the reviews or complaints read (Google, BBB, Angi, Facebook) describe a rep knocking. Searches arizona-pest-control-d2d and -sales returned nothing about this company. Left “unknown” rather than “no” because absence of evidence is not proof.
- Company BBB reply (06/22/2026) to a billing complaint: the customer ‘signing up for our services’ agreed to terms under which ‘the full balance was due’; the company offered a payment arrangement instead. The agreement itself is not published.
- Company BBB replies (03/19/2026 and 03/23/2026) to a rodent-trapping complaint cite a signed service agreement and work orders: clients must notify the office within 7 days if issues persist; the agreement recommends continuing a baiting/trapping program; trapping is performed over a defined period and is ‘not a guaranteed elimination service’. The company offered a $250 courtesy refund, which the complainant accepted.
- Residential service frequency is flexible: weekly, bi-weekly, monthly, bi-monthly and seasonal visits. No term length, renewal, cancellation fee or dispute terms are published on the website (home, about, residential, commercial, termite, rodent, special-offers and Tucson pages and the sitemap were checked; the site has no FAQ, terms or service-agreement page).
- Published coupons: $100 off termite control (new termite treatment), $50 off pest control (excludes bees and wasps), $25 off pack rat control, $25 off a new termite warranty, free pest evaluation; offers expire 11/1/2026.
- The free evaluation is described as “no obligation”.
- A BBB reviewer (Barbara W., 05/30/2024) describes being ‘on contract’ for termite control and bimonthly spraying (customer statement; no term given).

## Licensing and registrations

- Status and expiry are as the issuing agency’s record showed them on the date retrieved.
- Arizona · Arizona Department of Agriculture, Pest Management Division (Office of Pest Management) · Pest management business license, ARIZONA PEST CONTROL COMPANY, 1127 N. ROOK AVE., TUCSON AZ 85712, phone 5208867378, website WWW.AZPEST.COM; issued 02/16/1983. Qualifying party: Bruce Tennenbaum (QP license 994), categories 1 Industrial & Institutional, 2A Wood Destroying (Treat) and 7 Wood Preservation, all Active, issued 01/22/1986, expiring 05/31/2027. · no. 4125 · status: Active · expires 05/31/2028
- Arizona · Arizona Corporation Commission (business registry) · Business entity registration · status: Not verified (lookup blocked) · note: The ACC Business Search requires an image CAPTCHA, so the entity’s status was not read. OpenCorporates’ fallback search loaded once and then showed a reCAPTCHA.

## Legal and regulatory record

- Only resolved government actions count toward the score. Summaries are our researchers’ wording of the source.
- [COMPLAINT RECORD, a count or summary of complaints, not findings; not counted in the legal score] October 28, 2026 · Arizona Department of Agriculture, Pest Management Division (Office of Pest Management) · complaint-summary: No adjudicated OPM complaints against business license 4125: the per-company panel (‘all adjudicated complaints in the last 3yrs’) shows none, and the adjudicated complaint search (records go back 5 years; open investigations are not shown) returns no record for respondent name ‘ARIZONA PEST CONTROL’ or for business license 4125.
- [COMPLAINT RECORD, a count or summary of complaints, not findings; not counted in the legal score] October 28, 2026 · BBB Serving Southern Arizona · complaint-summary: 2 BBB complaints in the last 3 years, both filed in the last 12 months and both answered by the company: a 03/18/2026 rodent-trapping service complaint (Resolved after a $250 courtesy refund) and a 06/21/2026 billing/payment-arrangement dispute (Answered; the company disputes the account and reserves collection rights). See bbb.
- [COMPLAINT RECORD, a count or summary of complaints, not findings; not counted in the legal score] October 28, 2026 · Arizona Attorney General · complaint-summary: No AG action found. The AG’s consumer complaints are confidential. The azag.gov site search returned ‘No Results Found !!’ for “Arizona Pest Control”, but it also returned nothing for a known AG case (“Atomic Pest Control”), so the site search is not reliable evidence of absence; web searches found no AG, FTC or court action naming this company.

## Mentions, awards and claims

### Mentions

- [Arizona Pest Control Named a Nextdoor 'Neighborhood Favorite'](https://www.pctonline.com/news/arizona-pest-nextdoor-2022-neighborhood-favorite-local-business/) (PCT Online · August 25, 2022 · award): Trade press reports the company was named to Nextdoor’s 2022 Neighborhood Favorites, based on neighbor recommendations.
- [Cross-Country PMP Conversations with Court: Episode 10 — Bruce Tennenbaum](https://www.pctonline.com/media/cross-country-pmp-conversations-court-tennenbaum-arizona-pest/) (PCT Online · January 25, 2021 · trade-press): Video interview with the company president during a sponsored industry RV tour.
- [2026 Readers' Choice Winners & Favorites](https://tucson.com/html_7a226d45-8f5f-463b-b282-fbc49bf4e688.html) (Arizona Daily Star · September 15, 2026 · award): Named a ‘Favorite’ (finalist) in the Best Pest Control Company category; the winner was Rigo Pest Prevention.
- [Giving back in Southern Arizona](https://tucson.com/news/local/business/article_33fa0332-8d0a-11ef-a0ac-3b89a54ea8fb.html) (Arizona Daily Star · October 20, 2024 · news): Business-news brief on a $30,000 donation to Tucson school sports and education programs, over $100,000 since 2022.
- [Letter: A caring company](https://tucson.com/opinion/letters/local-issues/article_bfde1bc2-ba50-11ea-a924-7f96e5bec763.html) (Arizona Daily Star (letter to the editor) · July 5, 2020 · news): A customer praises the termite inspector’s COVID-19 precautions for an immune-compromised household.
- [Killer bees in city early — blame the drought](https://tucson.com/news/science/environment/article_16ae4c3d-43b2-5090-a5a6-9e5a7b2bd571.html) (Arizona Daily Star · March 9, 2006 · news): Quotes the company’s then-president on Africanized bee activity; shows the company’s long Tucson presence and its earlier leadership.

### Awards

- BBB Accredited Business (A+) (BBB Serving Southern Arizona, since 1990)
- Readers’ Choice ‘Favorite’, Best Pest Control Company (Arizona Daily Star, 2026)
- Nextdoor Neighborhood Favorite (Nextdoor, 2022)

## On Reddit

- Reddit hasn’t been searched for this company yet.

## Locations

- States with a location on file: Arizona.
- Cities: Tucson, Arizona.

## What we couldn’t verify

Overall confidence in this score: Medium, 6 of 11 points. [How confidence is set](https://handshakereviews.com/how-we-review#confidence).

What keeps it from rating higher:

- 2,533 western US Google reviews behind customer satisfaction (3,000 or more earns a point; 10,000 or more earns full points).
- 4 of 5 factors scored (not scored: sales and contract fairness).
- Verifier rated the legal and regulatory record medium (high earns a point).
- 17 independent websites cited (25 or more earns a point).

Verifier’s confidence by section: Identity medium; Licensing high; Legal and regulatory medium; Customer reviews high; BBB high; Employee reviews medium; Mentions high; Sales model medium.

### Gaps in the record

- Arizona Corporation Commission business registry not read (image CAPTCHA); the operating legal entity is unconfirmed. OpenCorporates switched to a reCAPTCHA after one load. Arizona Secretary of State trade-name search not tried.
- Yelp blocked (403). The only Yelp figure seen (3.8 from 136) is a widget on the company website; not scored.
- Google Maps: logged-out limited view showed only 5 reviews and no sort control, so lowest-rated reviews could not be sampled; negative Google coverage is thin.
- Indeed reviews tab and glassdoor.com blocked (Cloudflare); figures come from the Indeed overview page and the Glassdoor Singapore location page. Employee reviews total 14 (< 20), so Workplace is not scored.
- No Thumbtack, HomeAdvisor or Trustpilot profile found. Nextdoor pages are not public.
- Reddit: the one r/Tucson thread found (o4m5ux, about pest control without contracts) showed a “Prove your humanity” page; no Reddit mention of this company was confirmed.
- Service agreement not published. The company’s BBB replies cite a signed service agreement whose renewal, cancellation-channel, fee and dispute terms are unknown (Alamo ruling).
- Arizona AG: complaints are confidential; azag.gov site search does not return known cases, so it cannot show absence. No AG action found by web search.
- Arizona courts (Public Access) need verification words; OSHA establishment search shows a human check. Neither was searched. EPA Region 9 FIFRA dockets not searched.
- Insurance/bond not shown on AZDA public pages.

### Open questions

- Operating legal entity unconfirmed (ACC registry behind an image CAPTCHA): BBB says sole proprietorship, while CourtListener creditor lists show “...CONTROL MANAGEMENT INC DBA. ARIZONA PEST CONTROL 1127 N ROOK AVE”.
- Yelp (tucson-3, 3.8/136 per the company widget) cannot be read; unscored unless the page itself is captured.
- Arizona court records (Public Access), ADOSH and EPA Region 9 not searched (human checks); no legal item found by search.

## Common questions about Arizona Pest Control

### Is Arizona Pest Control licensed in Arizona?

Arizona Pest Control holds a current company pesticide license in Arizona. Statuses are as each state agency showed them on the date retrieved.

[Licensing record](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/arizona-pest-control.md) · [Is Arizona Pest Control legit?](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/arizona-pest-control/legit.md)

### Does Arizona Pest Control sell door to door?

Our research didn’t establish that Arizona Pest Control sells door to door. That isn’t proof that it never knocks.

[Sales evidence](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/arizona-pest-control.md)

### What is Arizona Pest Control’s BBB rating?

Arizona Pest Control’s BBB profile shows an A+ grade and 2 complaints in the last three years.

[BBB record](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/arizona-pest-control.md)

### Does Arizona Pest Control charge a cancellation fee?

Our record has no confirmed cancellation fee amount.

[Contract terms](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/arizona-pest-control.md)

### How does Arizona Pest Control rank?

Arizona Pest Control ranks #137 of 164 in the West, with a Handshake Score of 6.9 out of 10 (Medium confidence). Strongest: licensing and compliance (10.0/10). Weakest: customer satisfaction (9.0/10). Sales and contract fairness: N/A.

[How we scored it](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/arizona-pest-control.md) · [Full rankings](https://handshakereviews.com/rankings/pest-control-west.md)

### Has Arizona Pest Control faced government actions?

No resolved government actions count against Arizona Pest Control in our scoring.

[Legal and regulatory record](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/arizona-pest-control.md)

### Where does Arizona Pest Control have locations?

Our record lists 1 location for Arizona Pest Control in Arizona. It appears in our area rankings for Tucson.

[Locations](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/arizona-pest-control.md) · [Best pest control in the Tucson area](https://handshakereviews.com/pest-control/tucson.md)

## Pest control in Arizona

- [#11 of 37 in Arizona](https://handshakereviews.com/rankings/pest-control-arizona.md): [Tucson area](https://handshakereviews.com/pest-control/tucson.md)

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## Sources

36 distinct pages, numbered in the order they appear in the record. Dates are when our researchers retrieved each page.

1. [Company website](https://www.azpest.com) — azpest.com · Company facts
2. [opencorporates.com](https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_az?q=arizona+pest+control) — Company facts · retrieved October 28, 2026
3. [courtlistener.com](https://www.courtlistener.com/?q=%221127+N+Rook%22&type=r) — Company facts · retrieved October 28, 2026
4. [courtlistener.com](https://www.courtlistener.com/?q=%22Arizona+Pest+Control%22&type=r) — Company facts · retrieved October 28, 2026
5. [opm.azda.gov](https://opm.azda.gov/Co_detail.php?sBuss=4125) — Company facts · retrieved October 28, 2026
6. [bbb.org](https://www.bbb.org/us/az/tucson/profile/pest-control/arizona-pest-control-co-1286-252) — Company facts · retrieved October 28, 2026
7. [azpest.com](https://www.azpest.com/about-us/) — Company facts · retrieved October 28, 2026
8. [pctonline.com](https://www.pctonline.com/media/cross-country-pmp-conversations-court-tennenbaum-arizona-pest/) — Company facts · retrieved October 28, 2026
9. [tucson.com](https://tucson.com/news/science/environment/article_16ae4c3d-43b2-5090-a5a6-9e5a7b2bd571.html) — Company facts · retrieved October 28, 2026
10. [azpest.com](https://www.azpest.com/pest-control/residential-pest-control/) — Company facts · retrieved October 28, 2026
11. [azpest.com](https://www.azpest.com/about-us/pest-control-career-opportunities/) — Contracts and sales · retrieved October 28, 2026
12. [azpest.com](https://azpest.com) — Contracts and sales · retrieved October 28, 2026
13. [bbb.org](https://www.bbb.org/us/az/tucson/profile/pest-control/arizona-pest-control-co-1286-252/complaints) — Contracts and sales · retrieved October 28, 2026
14. [azpest.com](https://www.azpest.com/special-offers/) — Contracts and sales · retrieved October 28, 2026
15. [azpest.com](https://www.azpest.com/tucson-pest-control/) — Contracts and sales · retrieved October 28, 2026
16. [bbb.org](https://www.bbb.org/us/az/tucson/profile/pest-control/arizona-pest-control-co-1286-252/customer-reviews) — Contracts and sales · retrieved October 28, 2026
17. [Google — Tucson, Arizona](https://www.google.com/maps?cid=12735208461267048682) — google.com · Customer reviews · retrieved October 27, 2026
18. [Google — Tucson, Arizona](https://www.google.com/maps?cid=12735208461267048682#reviews-newest) — google.com · Customer reviews · retrieved October 27, 2026
19. [Angi — Tucson, Arizona](https://www.angi.com/companylist/us/az/tucson/arizona-pest-control-reviews-300461.htm) — angi.com · Customer reviews · retrieved October 28, 2026
20. [Facebook — company page (Tucson, Arizona; the company operates only in southern Arizona)](https://www.facebook.com/AZpest/reviews) — facebook.com · Customer reviews · retrieved October 28, 2026
21. [Yelp — Tucson, Arizona](https://www.yelp.com/biz/arizona-pest-control-tucson-3) — yelp.com · Customer reviews · retrieved October 28, 2026
22. [BestCompany — company-wide](https://bestcompany.com/pest-control/arizona-pest-control) — bestcompany.com · Customer reviews · retrieved October 28, 2026
23. [CustomerLobby — company-wide](https://www.customerlobby.com/reviews/14589/arizona-pest-control) — customerlobby.com · Customer reviews · retrieved October 28, 2026
24. [Experience.com — Tucson, Arizona](https://www.experience.com/reviews/arizona-22250226) — experience.com · Customer reviews · retrieved October 28, 2026
25. [Arizona Department of Agriculture, Pest Management Division (Office of Pest Management)](https://opm.azda.gov/PCBusSearch.php#CoName=ARIZONA_PEST_CONTROL) — opm.azda.gov · Licensing and registrations · retrieved October 28, 2026
26. [Arizona Department of Agriculture, Pest Management Division (Office of Pest Management)](https://opm.azda.gov/ComplaintSearch.php#RespName=ARIZONA_PEST_CONTROL) — opm.azda.gov · Legal and regulatory · retrieved October 28, 2026
27. [Arizona Department of Agriculture, Pest Management Division (Office of Pest Management)](https://opm.azda.gov/ComplaintSearch.php#license-4125) — opm.azda.gov · Legal and regulatory · retrieved October 28, 2026
28. [Arizona Attorney General](https://www.azag.gov/search?search_api_fulltext=%22Arizona%20Pest%20Control%22) — azag.gov · Legal and regulatory · retrieved October 28, 2026
29. [Indeed (employee reviews)](https://www.indeed.com/cmp/Arizona-Pest-Control-Company) — indeed.com · Workplace · retrieved October 28, 2026
30. [Glassdoor (employee reviews)](https://www.glassdoor.sg/Location/All-Arizona-Pest-Control-Tucson-AZ-Office-Locations-EI_IE630685.4,24_IL.25,34_IC1133996.htm) — glassdoor.sg · Workplace · retrieved October 28, 2026
31. [Arizona Pest Control Named a Nextdoor 'Neighborhood Favorite'](https://www.pctonline.com/news/arizona-pest-nextdoor-2022-neighborhood-favorite-local-business/) — pctonline.com · Mentions, awards and claims · retrieved October 28, 2026
32. [2026 Readers' Choice Winners & Favorites](https://tucson.com/html_7a226d45-8f5f-463b-b282-fbc49bf4e688.html) — tucson.com · Mentions, awards and claims · retrieved October 28, 2026
33. [Giving back in Southern Arizona](https://tucson.com/news/local/business/article_33fa0332-8d0a-11ef-a0ac-3b89a54ea8fb.html) — tucson.com · Mentions, awards and claims · retrieved October 28, 2026
34. [Letter: A caring company](https://tucson.com/opinion/letters/local-issues/article_bfde1bc2-ba50-11ea-a924-7f96e5bec763.html) — tucson.com · Mentions, awards and claims · retrieved October 28, 2026
35. [azpest.com](https://www.azpest.com/pest-control/commercial-pest-control/) — Mentions, awards and claims · retrieved October 28, 2026
36. [Tucson, Arizona location](https://www.azpest.com/contact-us/) — azpest.com · Locations · retrieved October 28, 2026

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