Is Aspen Pest Control legit?

Licenses

Company pesticide licenses in each Pacific Northwest state where it has a location, with the status the issuing agency showed on the date retrieved.

• Washington

  Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA) pesticide licensing: Commercial Applicator²²

  Status: Renewed · Number 87471 · Expires 12/31/2026

• Washington

  WSDA company search: Commercial applicator business record²

  Status: Listed (1 result)

• Oregon

  Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA) pesticide license search: Commercial Pesticide Operator²³

  Status: Active · Number AG-L1030820CPO · Expires 31-DEC-26

Better Business Bureau record

• Its BBB profile shows an A+ grade and 0 complaints in the last three years.

  BBB accredited since 10/21/2020.⁴

  Full BBB record

What customers say

Ratings and counts as each site showed them on the date retrieved.

• Google

  6,796 reviews across 3 Pacific Northwest listings, averaging 5.0 out of 5 (weighted by review count).^{14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19}

• Angi

  5.0 out of 5 from 104 reviews (Vancouver, Washington).¹²

  Retrieved October 11, 2026

• Thumbtack

  5.0 out of 5 from 55 reviews (Vancouver, Washington).⁶

  Retrieved October 11, 2026

• Facebook

  100% recommend from 38 reviews (Vancouver, Washington page).²¹

  Retrieved October 11, 2026

• HomeAdvisor

  4.9 out of 5 from 21 reviews (Vancouver, Washington).¹³

  Retrieved October 11, 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.

• Searched WSDA’s published pesticide enforcement action lists for 2019-2025 (7 PDFs linked from the enforcement page): no case names Aspen Pest Control, Joseph Hampton or license 87471. The 2026 list is now posted as a Q3 PDF (cases AESPC-26-0010 to -0015); the verifier checked it on October 11, 2026 and found no Aspen entry.²⁹

  October 11, 2026 · Washington (WSDA) · Enforcement · Not scored

• WSDA 2025 year-end enforcement list (most recent full year) checked; no Aspen entry.³⁰

  October 11, 2026 · Washington (WSDA) · Enforcement · Not scored

• ODA ‘Recent Pesticides Violations and Penalties’ dataset (377 records, September 6, 2023 to June 29, 2026) queried for party names containing ASPEN or HAMPTON: no records.³¹

  October 11, 2026 · Oregon (ODA) · Enforcement · Not scored

Two other records (complaint summaries and permits) are on its review page.

Does it sell door to door?

• Not found: the research didn’t establish door-to-door selling. It isn’t proof that the company never knocks.

  Sales evidence

How it ranks

• #3 in Pacific Northwest pest control

  Handshake Score 8.2 out of 10, Medium confidence.

  Strongest: customer satisfaction (10.0/10). Weakest: sales and contract fairness (6.0/10).

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