Is Bug Zero legit?

Licenses

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

• Missouri

  Missouri licenses individual pesticide applicators, not companies, so there is no company license to look up.

Better Business Bureau record

• Its BBB profile shows a NR grade and 0 complaints in the last three years.

  Not BBB accredited.^{6, 9, 19}

  Full BBB record

What customers say

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

• Google

  1,088 reviews across 2 western US listings, averaging 4.9 out of 5 (weighted by review count).^{14, 16}

• Other

  4.9 out of 5 from 1,056 reviews (Springfield area).¹

  Retrieved October 28, 2026

• Other

  4.9 out of 5 from 934 reviews (Cape Girardeau area).¹

  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.

• CourtListener case-law search for “Bug Zero” pest returned no results. The RECAP docket search was not available and Missouri Case.net results did not load (see gaps), so the court check is inconclusive.²⁴

  October 28, 2026 · CourtListener (federal and state opinions) · Lawsuit · Not scored

Three other records (complaint summaries and permits) are 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

• #89 of 164 in the West

  Handshake Score 7.6 out of 10, Medium confidence.

  Strongest: licensing and compliance (10.0/10). Weakest: customer satisfaction (9.6/10). Sales and contract fairness: N/A.

  How we scored itFull rankings

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