Is Barefoot Mosquito & Pest Control legit?

Licenses

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

• Oklahoma

  Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry (ODAFF), Pesticide Licensing: Pesticide License^{46, 47}

  Status: Active (unexpired categories listed) · Number 8 · Expires September 30, 2027

• Texas

  Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA), Structural Pest Control Service: Commercial Business License⁴⁴

  Status: Active (listed on TDA’s current-license report) · Number TPCL 0743689 · Expires 07/31/2027

• Texas

  Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA), Structural Pest Control Service: Commercial Business License⁴⁴

  Status: Active (listed on TDA’s current-license report) · Number TPCL 0933481 · Expires 06/30/2027

• Texas

  Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA), Structural Pest Control Service: Commercial Business License⁴⁴

  Status: Active (listed on TDA’s current-license report) · Number TPCL 0932216 · Expires 07/31/2027

• Texas

  Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA), Structural Pest Control Service: Commercial Business License⁴⁴

  Status: Active (listed on TDA’s current-license report) · Number TPCL 0931097 · Expires 05/31/2027

• Texas

  Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA), Structural Pest Control Service: Commercial Business License⁴⁴

  Status: Active (listed on TDA’s current-license report) · Number TPCL 0953856 · Expires 02/28/2027

• Texas

  Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA), Structural Pest Control Service: Advertised license number check^{12, 45}

  Status: Matches TDA’s business client number for Barefoot (00557713) · Number 557713 (advertised on website)

Better Business Bureau record

• Its BBB profile shows a B grade and 22 complaints in the last three years.

  Not BBB accredited.^{15, 17, 42, 43}

  Full BBB record

What customers say

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

• Google

  14,187 reviews across 16 western US listings, averaging 4.8 out of 5 (weighted by review count).^{20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25}

• Yelp

  4.5 out of 5 from 439 reviews (Yelp business page ‘Barefoot Mosquito & Pest Control’).^{40, 41}

  Retrieved October 27, 2026

• Thumbtack

  4.7 out of 5 from 101 reviews (Austin, Texas profile).³⁷

  Retrieved October 27, 2026

• BBB

  1.0 out of 5 from 10 reviews (BBB HQ file).¹⁷

  Retrieved October 27, 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 enforcement case 00049277 against TPCL 0933481 (Barefoot’s Dallas County business license): violations ‘Failure to maintain apprentice/technician training records’ and ‘Incomplete/incorrect use records’; agency action WARNING, no penalty amount; date final 07/21/2026.⁴⁹

  July 21, 2026 · Texas (Texas Department of Agriculture, Structural Pest Control Service) · Enforcement · Not scored

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

Does it sell door to door?

• Yes: the research record documents the company selling door to door.

  Sales evidence

How it ranks

• #65 of 164 in the West

  Handshake Score 7.8 out of 10, High confidence.

  Strongest: licensing and compliance (10.0/10). Weakest: sales and contract fairness (4.5/10).

  How we scored itFull rankings

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