--- title: "Augustine Exterminators Review" description: "Augustine Exterminators has a Handshake Score of 7.1 out of 10, ranking #123 of 164 in the West. It has 2,946 Google reviews averaging 5.0." url: "https://handshakereviews.com/companies/augustine-exterminators" markdown_url: "https://handshakereviews.com/companies/augustine-exterminators.md" updated: "2026-11-05" site: "Handshake D2D News & Reviews" --- # Augustine Exterminators 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/augustine-exterminators/legit.md) Augustine Exterminators ranks #123 of 164 in the West, with a Handshake Score of 7.1 out of 10. The score is provisional because its confidence rating is Low; what holds it back is under “What we couldn’t verify.” This page draws on 22 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: #123 of 164 in the West, Handshake Score 7.1 out of 10 (provisional: its confidence rating is Low); data confidence low. - 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: Overland Park, Kansas. - Founded: 1966. - Services on its record: general pest (quarterly program), termite control, rodent control, mosquito control, ant control, cricket control, bee and wasp control, flea and tick control, commercial pest control. - Record verified October 27, 2026. - Legal name: Augustine Exterminators, Inc.. - Website: https://www.augustineexterminators.com/ ## How we scored it Handshake Score: 7.1 out of 10, #123 of 164 in the West (provisional). Each factor is scored from 0 to 10; every point added or taken away is listed with the fact behind it. - Customer satisfaction (weight 38.89%, nominal 35%): 10.0/10 - Google 5.00 across 2,946 West reviews - Other platforms 5.00/5 (BBB reviews 5.0) — too few to blend - Blended 5.00/5 - Complaint record (weight 11.11%, nominal 10%): 10.0/10 - 0 BBB complaints in 3 yrs ÷ 2,946 (Overland Park, Kansas Google review total: the company’s only Google listing; the BBB file covers its only office) = 0.0 per 1,000 → 10 - Sales and contract fairness (weight 16.67%, nominal 15%): 9.0/10 - Unpublished renewal, cancellation-channel & dispute terms (−1) - Licensing and compliance (weight 16.67%, nominal 15%): 10.0/10 - Legal and regulatory record (weight 16.67%, nominal 15%): 10.0/10 - Workplace score (weight 10%): not scored (< 20 employee reviews) - Weighted average of the factors above: 9.8/10. - Review volume −0.8: 2,946 of 5,000 Google reviews. - Verification depth −0.4: 6 of 250 other reviews · 0 of 20 employee reviews. - Locations −1.5: 1 of 10 locations. - Handshake Score: 7.1/10. ## What customers say - Augustine Exterminators has 2,946 Google reviews across 1 West listing, averaging 5.0. - BBB (Overland Park, Kansas (BBB of Midwest Plains file for…): 5.0/5, 6 reviews, retrieved October 28, 2026 - Yelp (Overland Park, Kansas): 3.5/5, 10 reviews, retrieved October 28, 2026 ## Better Business Bureau - Its BBB profile shows an A+ grade and 0 complaints in the last three years. - BBB accredited since 1987-08-01. - BBB customer reviews: Average not shown from 6 reviews. - Retrieved October 28, 2026. ## Contracts and sales practices - Door-to-door badge: N/A. - Sales notes: Not found. The careers page offers a general application and a “What position are you applying for?” field with no sales or summer-sales roles listed; the company sells by phone and web request (“Request Your Service”, “Contact Us”). Recorded as unknown (badge: N/A). - Company states its residential pest control is sold with no contract: “We offer our services with NO CONTRACTS, so you don’t have to worry about getting locked into a service plan. Our word is our contract!” (repeated on the careers page and the Residential Advantage Quarterly program text). - Residential Advantage Quarterly Pest Control Program: four seasonal treatments per year, free termite inspections, and a complimentary call-back (re-treatment) pledge. No price is published. - One-time treatments need no plan, exclude bed bug treatments, and do not include free re-treatments. - Monthly mosquito protection plan: up to seven service visits per year (April through October). Monthly or quarterly billing is offered for recurring services; a credit card or check routing number must be on file to spread out monthly billing. - Referral program: $25.00 bill credit to the referrer and to the referred friend on the quarterly service. - No service agreement, terms of service or cancellation policy is published on the site. Auto-renewal, cancellation channel, arbitration and any early-cancellation fee are therefore not stated beyond the “no contracts” claim. ## Licensing and registrations - Status and expiry are as the issuing agency’s record showed them on the date retrieved. - Kansas · Kansas Department of Agriculture (KDA), Pesticide and Fertilizer Program · Pesticide Business License (categories 3 Ornamental and Turf, 7 Industrial, Institutional, Structural and Health-Related) · no. 1494 · status: Current (categories 3 and 7 listed with expiry 12/31/2026) · expires December 31, 2026 · note: KDA public search, term “Augustine”, October 28, 2026: one row, PBL 1494, (913) 362-4399, “3 (12/31/2026), 7 (12/31/2026)”. The lookup has no status column and no insurance or bond field. PBL 1494 is the number the company prints in its site footer, so the advertised number matches the record. KDA search re-run live (term “Augustine”): the same single row, PBL 1494, “3 (12/31/2026), 7 (12/31/2026)”, phone (913) 362-4399 (capture ). The site footer prints “License #: 1494” on the home, contact, careers and about pages, so the advertised number matches the record; the KDA phone differs from the site phone (913-398-3575) but the name and address match. - Missouri · Missouri Department of Agriculture (MDA), Bureau of Pesticide Control · Pesticide Business (agency business record; Missouri licenses individual applicators, not companies) · no. 0000F0 (USAPlants Idaho) · status: Active · note: MOPlants Pesticide Business/Applicator Search, Business Name “Augustine*”, October 28, 2026: 1 record. The company serves Missouri customers from its Kansas office; the record sits at the Kansas address and county is blank, so no Missouri location is listed. MOPlants search re-run live (Business Name “Augustine*”): the same single record, 0000F0, Pesticide Business (Active), 9280 Flint, Overland Park Kansas 66214, county blank (capture ). The record carries no expiry in the lookup, so no expired-license deduction applies; the company advertises no Missouri number. The company has no Missouri-address office or Google listing, so this stays in licensing and claims. ## 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 · BBB of Midwest Plains, Overland Park file · complaint-summary: BBB rating A+ (accredited since 1987), 0 complaints on file, no pattern-of-complaints alert or government-action notice shown. ## Mentions, awards and claims ### Mentions - [Pest Control Recommendation](https://www.reddit.com/r/kansascity/comments/1vhjarz/pest_control_recommendation/) (r/kansascity · reddit): A commenter recommends the company for termite work. Comment text taken from the search snippet; the thread page was not opened. - [Pest Control Recommendations](https://www.reddit.com/r/kansascity/comments/1tuqg7w/pest_control_recommendations/) (r/kansascity · reddit): A poster asks whether anyone uses Augustine Exterminators or Bug Bros; no verdict in the snippet. - [Augustine Exterminators Achieves GreenPro Certification](https://www.pctonline.com/news/augustine-greenpro-certified) (PCT (Pest Control Technology) · April 26, 2011 · trade-press): PCT reports the company received NPMA GreenPro certification. - [News (Oct 2011): death of owner Jim Augustine](https://www.pctonline.com/article/pct1011-news-pest-control-industry/) (PCT (Pest Control Technology) · October 19, 2011 · trade-press): Obituary note for the founder (snippet only). - [\[PCT Leadership Winner\] Phil Augustine](https://www.pctonline.com/article/-pct-leadership-winner--phil-augustine/) (PCT (Pest Control Technology) · October 5, 2005 · trade-press): PCT leadership profile of a family member who ran the company in 2005 (snippet only). ### Awards - PCT/BASF Technician of the Year 2024 (Termite Technician: Tim Elliot) (PCT / BASF, 2024) - GreenPro certification (NPMA) (NPMA, 2011) ## On Reddit - Reddit hasn’t been searched for this company yet. ## Locations - States with a location on file: Kansas. - Cities: Overland Park, Kansas. ## What we couldn’t verify Overall confidence in this score: Low (provisional), 4 of 11 points. [How confidence is set](https://handshakereviews.com/how-we-review#confidence). What keeps it from rating higher: - 2,946 western US Google reviews behind customer satisfaction (3,000 or more earns a point; 10,000 or more earns full points). - 10 independent websites cited (25 or more earns a point). - Too few independent non-Google reviews to blend in (Google only). - Verifier rated the customer reviews medium (high earns a point). - Verifier rated the legal and regulatory record medium (high earns a point). Verifier’s confidence by section: Identity high; Licensing high; Legal and regulatory medium; Customer reviews medium; BBB high; Employee reviews low; Mentions medium; Sales model medium. ### Gaps in the record - It was checked against the raw record and the company site’s link to the same listing cid. No Google review excerpts collected. - Yelp (3.5 from 10 in a search snippet), Indeed (page exists, no rating/count), Glassdoor and Facebook were not fetched (terms forbid automated access); nothing from them is scored. No Glassdoor or RepVue page was found by search. - Angi: only the write-a-review form loaded; no public rating or count. - Kansas Secretary of State business search is blocked by an AWS WAF CAPTCHA; entity status in Kansas not read. KDA lookup shows a current business license, which implies good standing at issuance. - Missouri Secretary of State: a search for “Augustine” returned 63 mostly unrelated names (page 1 only captured); no Missouri registration for Augustine Exterminators was confirmed. The company has no Missouri office. - KDA publishes no enforcement list. Legal retries on October 28, 2026: (a) Kansas Attorney General: the news-release index loads (newest items October 2026, no mention of this company) but has no keyword search and the AG site search returned HTTP 403 to text fetch, so older releases were not read; the AG publishes no per-company complaint data. (b) Missouri Attorney General: site search for “Augustine Exterminators” returned “No Results Found”; no per-company complaint data is published. (c) CourtListener (RECAP) search for “Augustine Exterminators”: 5 cases, 9 docket entries, none with the company as a party; it appears only as a creditor or vendor on bankruptcy schedules (Beauty Brands 2019, Jack Cooper 2025, Scientific Image Center 2015, ITT 2016) and as a deposition subject in a 1992 commercial case; no human-verification check appeared. (d) Missouri Case.net: the litigant-name form loaded and was submitted, but the results request returned a Cloudflare “Just a moment” challenge (HTTP 403), so no Missouri court result was read; not worked around. (e) Kansas CaseSearch requires accepting a user agreement (not accepted). Court and enforcement records are therefore not exhaustive: the clean record rests on CourtListener, the Missouri AG search, BBB and the web searches. - OSHA establishment search: results URL returned the human-verification page (HTTP 405) and HTTP 403 to text fetch on October 28, 2026; not worked around, so the workplace-safety record is unchecked. - BBB service area read October 28, 2026: Johnson, Leavenworth, Miami and Wyandotte counties Kansas plus Cass, Clay, Jackson and Platte counties Missouri. The file is still one office (Overland Park, Kansas); both states are in the West region. - QualityPro and GreenPro status not confirmed on the NPMA site (the GreenPro page loaded but lists no company directory). - No service agreement, terms of service or cancellation policy is published; renewal, cancellation channel, arbitration and any cancellation fee are unknown beyond the “no contracts” statements. - Reddit thread fetch returned a “Prove your humanity” human-verification check (not bypassed); Reddit items are search-snippet only. pestreviews.org shows “2,533 Verified Pest Control Reviews” for the company; its page returned HTTP 503 and it is not used (a search snippet only; whether it is an independent platform or a company-solicited feed was not established). - Door-to-door: no evidence found; recorded as unknown. ### Open questions - OSHA establishment search, Missouri Case.net results, Kansas CaseSearch and the Kansas Secretary of State remain unread (human-verification checks, user-agreement click-through or CAPTCHA). - Google count (2,946) is a third-party crawl dated September 11, 2026, not a live Google read. - Contract terms beyond the “NO CONTRACTS” statements (renewal, cancellation channel, dispute) are unpublished; a signed service agreement, if any, was not seen and the company’s text never cites one. ## Common questions about Augustine Exterminators ### Is Augustine Exterminators licensed in Kansas? Augustine Exterminators holds a current company pesticide license in Kansas. Statuses are as each state agency showed them on the date retrieved. [Licensing record](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/augustine-exterminators.md) · [Is Augustine Exterminators legit?](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/augustine-exterminators/legit.md) ### Does Augustine Exterminators sell door to door? Our research didn’t establish that Augustine Exterminators sells door to door. That isn’t proof that it never knocks. [Sales evidence](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/augustine-exterminators.md) ### What is Augustine Exterminators’ BBB rating? Augustine Exterminators’ BBB profile shows an A+ grade and 0 complaints in the last three years. [BBB record](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/augustine-exterminators.md) ### Does Augustine Exterminators charge a cancellation fee? Our record has no confirmed cancellation fee amount. We found no published renewal, cancellation-method or dispute terms. [Contract terms](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/augustine-exterminators.md) ### How does Augustine Exterminators rank? Augustine Exterminators ranks #123 of 164 in the West, with a Handshake Score of 7.1 out of 10 (Low confidence). Strongest: customer satisfaction (10.0/10). Weakest: sales and contract fairness (9.0/10). [How we scored it](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/augustine-exterminators.md) · [Full rankings](https://handshakereviews.com/rankings/pest-control-west.md) ### Has Augustine Exterminators faced government actions? No resolved government actions count against Augustine Exterminators in our scoring. [Legal and regulatory record](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/augustine-exterminators.md) ### Where does Augustine Exterminators have locations? Our record lists 1 location for Augustine Exterminators in Kansas. It appears in our area rankings for Kansas City (Kansas). [Locations](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/augustine-exterminators.md) · [Best pest control in the Kansas City, Kansas area](https://handshakereviews.com/pest-control/kansas-city-kansas.md) ## Pest control in Kansas - [#2 of 18 in Kansas](https://handshakereviews.com/rankings/pest-control-kansas.md): [Kansas City, Kansas area](https://handshakereviews.com/pest-control/kansas-city-kansas.md) ## Similar companies in Kansas - [Patton Termite & Pest Control](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/patton-termite-and-pest-control.md) · #1 of 18 · State Score 9.6 · [Is it legit? (Patton Termite & Pest Control)](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/patton-termite-and-pest-control/legit.md) - [Blue Beetle Pest Control](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/blue-beetle-pest-control.md) · #3 of 18 · State Score 9.3 · [Is it legit? (Blue Beetle Pest Control)](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/blue-beetle-pest-control/legit.md) - [Mantis Pest Solutions](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/mantis-pest-solutions.md) · #4 of 18 · State Score 8.7 · [Is it legit? (Mantis Pest Solutions)](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/mantis-pest-solutions/legit.md) - [BugBros Pest Control](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/bugbros-pest-control.md) · #5 of 18 · State Score 8.6 · [Is it legit? (BugBros Pest Control)](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/bugbros-pest-control/legit.md) ## Sources 22 distinct pages, numbered in the order they appear in the record. Dates are when our researchers retrieved each page. 1. [Company website](https://www.augustineexterminators.com/) — augustineexterminators.com · Company facts · retrieved October 28, 2026 2. [bbb.org](https://www.bbb.org/us/ks/overland-park/profile/pest-control/augustine-exterminators-inc-0714-67030001) — Company facts · retrieved October 28, 2026 3. [augustineexterminators.com](https://www.augustineexterminators.com/contact/) — Company facts · retrieved October 28, 2026 4. [augustineexterminators.com](https://www.augustineexterminators.com/about) — Company facts · retrieved October 28, 2026 5. [augustineexterminators.com](https://www.augustineexterminators.com/careers/) — Company facts · retrieved October 28, 2026 6. [augustineexterminators.com](https://www.augustineexterminators.com/home-pest-control/) — Contracts and sales · retrieved October 28, 2026 7. [augustineexterminators.com](https://www.augustineexterminators.com/refer-a-friend/) — Contracts and sales · retrieved October 28, 2026 8. [augustineexterminators.com](https://www.augustineexterminators.com/privacy-policy/) — Contracts and sales · retrieved October 28, 2026 9. [Google — Overland Park, Kansas](https://www.google.com/maps?cid=10331903973668024247) — google.com · Customer reviews · retrieved October 27, 2026 10. [BBB — Overland Park, Kansas (BBB of Midwest Plains file for Augustine Exterminators, Inc.)](https://www.bbb.org/us/ks/overland-park/profile/pest-control/augustine-exterminators-inc-0714-67030001/customer-reviews) — bbb.org · Customer reviews · retrieved October 28, 2026 11. [Angi — Overland Park, Kansas](https://www.angi.com/write-review/10826621) — angi.com · Customer reviews · retrieved October 28, 2026 12. [Yelp — Overland Park, Kansas](https://www.yelp.com/biz/augustine-exterminators-overland-park-6) — yelp.com · Customer reviews · retrieved October 28, 2026 13. [Yelp — Overland Park, Kansas](https://www.yelp.com/search?find_desc=Organic+Pest+Control&find_loc=Overland+Park%2C+KS) — yelp.com · Customer reviews · retrieved October 28, 2026 14. [BBB](https://www.bbb.org/us/ks/overland-park/profile/pest-control/augustine-exterminators-inc-0714-67030001/complaints) — bbb.org · BBB · retrieved October 28, 2026 15. [Kansas Department of Agriculture (KDA), Pesticide and Fertilizer Program](https://portal.kda.ks.gov/pestfert/publicsearch/business/pbl) — portal.kda.ks.gov · Licensing and registrations · retrieved October 28, 2026 16. [Missouri Department of Agriculture (MDA), Bureau of Pesticide Control](https://apps.mda.mo.gov/moplants/PesticideApplicator/ApplicationExternalSearch.aspx) — apps.mda.mo.gov · Licensing and registrations · retrieved October 28, 2026 17. [Indeed (employee reviews)](https://www.indeed.com/cmp/Augustine-Exterminators) — indeed.com · Workplace · retrieved October 28, 2026 18. [Pest Control Recommendation](https://www.reddit.com/r/kansascity/comments/1vhjarz/pest_control_recommendation/) — reddit.com · Mentions, awards and claims · retrieved October 28, 2026 19. [Pest Control Recommendations](https://www.reddit.com/r/kansascity/comments/1tuqg7w/pest_control_recommendations/) — reddit.com · Mentions, awards and claims · retrieved October 28, 2026 20. [Augustine Exterminators Achieves GreenPro Certification](https://www.pctonline.com/news/augustine-greenpro-certified) — pctonline.com · Mentions, awards and claims · retrieved October 28, 2026 21. [News (Oct 2011): death of owner Jim Augustine](https://www.pctonline.com/article/pct1011-news-pest-control-industry/) — pctonline.com · Mentions, awards and claims · retrieved October 28, 2026 22. [\[PCT Leadership Winner\] Phil Augustine](https://www.pctonline.com/article/-pct-leadership-winner--phil-augustine/) — pctonline.com · Mentions, awards and claims · retrieved October 28, 2026 _Markdown version of https://handshakereviews.com/companies/augustine-exterminators. Every page on this site has one: add `.md` to the path or request it with `Accept: text/markdown`. Site guide for agents: https://handshakereviews.com/llms.txt._