Is Banner Pest Services legit?

Licenses

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

• California

  Structural Pest Control Board (Department of Consumer Affairs): Company Registration³³

  Status: Active · Number 8847 · Expires December 31, 2035

• Cost it points

  Minor administrative penalty: Alameda County Agricultural Commissioner civil penalty, NOPA EA-01-2025-013 (SPCM 8847; 3 sections at $250)³⁵

  Counted in the score: −0.5

• Cost it points

  Minor administrative penalty: San Mateo County Agricultural Commissioner civil penalty, NOPA EA-41-2026-004 (SPCM 8847) ($500, May 4, 2026)³⁵

  Counted in the score: −0.5

Better Business Bureau record

• Its BBB profile shows a C+ grade and 1 complaint in the last three years.

  Not BBB accredited.^{6, 31}

  Full BBB record

What customers say

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

• Google

  4,980 reviews across 7 western US listings, averaging 4.9 out of 5 (weighted by review count).^{18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23}

• Thumbtack

  4.9 out of 5 from 101 reviews (San Jose, California profile).¹⁷

  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.

• County agricultural commissioner civil penalty, San Mateo County: NOPA EA-41-2026-004 against “BANNER PEST SERVICES” (SPCM 8847); incident date May 4, 2026; code section 16 CCR 1983; final fine $500. Minor administrative penalty.³⁵

  May 4, 2026 · San Mateo County Agricultural Commissioner (California); DPR county civil-penalty list · Enforcement · Not scored

• County agricultural commissioner civil penalty, Alameda County: NOPA EA-01-2025-013 against “BANNER PEST SERVICES” (SPCB company registration SPCM 8847); incident date June 3, 2025; three code sections (3 CCR 6682, 3 CCR 6678, 16 CCR 1970.4) at $250 each, case total $750. Minor administrative penalty.³⁵

  June 3, 2025 · Alameda County Agricultural Commissioner (California); DPR county civil-penalty list · 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.

  Sales evidence

How it ranks

• #46 of 164 in the West

  Handshake Score 8.0 out of 10, High confidence.

  Strongest: legal and regulatory record (10.0/10). Weakest: complaint record (8.5/10). Sales and contract fairness: N/A.

  How we scored itFull rankings

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