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title: "Is Corky's Pest Control legit?"
description: "Corky's Pest Control holds a current company pesticide license in California. It scores 6.5 out of 10 and ranks #152 of 164 in the West."
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# Is Corky's Pest Control legit?

By [Uri Mittelman](https://handshakereviews.com/authors/uri-mittelman.md), Editor · Research and verification: Handshake Research Desk · Updated November 5, 2026

[Review](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/corkys-pest-control.md) · Is it legit? · [How to cancel](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/corkys-pest-control/cancel.md)

**Answer:** As of November 5, 2026, Corky's Pest Control holds a current company pesticide license in California. Its BBB profile shows an A+ grade and 29 complaints in the last three years. No resolved government actions count against it in our scoring. Its Handshake Score is 6.5 out of 10, #152 of 164 in the West.

## 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 Registration (sources [25](https://dca.box.com/s/oss6hf8jys2bmgxqd2gdz7w4oepm2il9)) _Status: Active · Number PR1382_
- **California** Structural Pest Control Board (Department of Consumer Affairs): Branch Office registration (sources [25](https://dca.box.com/s/oss6hf8jys2bmgxqd2gdz7w4oepm2il9)) _Status: Active · Number BR5789_
- **California** Structural Pest Control Board (Department of Consumer Affairs): Branch Office registration (sources [25](https://dca.box.com/s/oss6hf8jys2bmgxqd2gdz7w4oepm2il9)) _Status: Active · Number BR5809_
- **California** Structural Pest Control Board (Department of Consumer Affairs): Branch Office registration (sources [25](https://dca.box.com/s/oss6hf8jys2bmgxqd2gdz7w4oepm2il9)) _Status: Active · Number BR5813_
- **California** Structural Pest Control Board (Department of Consumer Affairs): Branch Office registration (sources [25](https://dca.box.com/s/oss6hf8jys2bmgxqd2gdz7w4oepm2il9)) _Status: Active · Number BR5814_
- **California** Structural Pest Control Board (Department of Consumer Affairs): Branch Office registration (sources [25](https://dca.box.com/s/oss6hf8jys2bmgxqd2gdz7w4oepm2il9)) _Status: Active · Number BR5818_
- **California** Structural Pest Control Board (Department of Consumer Affairs): Branch Office registration (sources [25](https://dca.box.com/s/oss6hf8jys2bmgxqd2gdz7w4oepm2il9)) _Status: Active · Number BR5823_
- **Cost it points** Minor administrative penalty: CA San Diego County ag commissioner NOPA EA-37-2026-028 ($500; ACP, FAC 11701 + 3CCR 6738; DPR PCB: branch license recorded “Unlicensed”) (sources [29](https://www.cdpr.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/cac_admin_civil_penalties-092024_092026.xlsx), [30](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=FAC&sectionNum=11701)) _Counted in the score: −0.5_
- **Cost it points** Minor administrative penalty: CA San Diego County ag commissioner NOPA EA-37-2026-029 ($250; ACP, FAC 11701; DPR PCB: branch license recorded “Unlicensed”) (sources [29](https://www.cdpr.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/cac_admin_civil_penalties-092024_092026.xlsx), [30](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=FAC&sectionNum=11701)) _Counted in the score: −0.5_

## Better Business Bureau record

- Its BBB profile shows an A+ grade and 29 complaints in the last three years. BBB accredited since 1988-10-01. Four complaints filed in the last 12 months. (sources [3](https://www.bbb.org/us/ca/san-marcos/profile/pest-control/corkys-pest-control-inc-1126-100220)) [Full BBB record](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/corkys-pest-control.md)

## What customers say

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

- **Google** 3,908 reviews across 7 western US listings, averaging 4.6 out of 5 (weighted by review count). (sources [11](https://www.google.com/maps?cid=12710382450424269739), [12](https://www.google.com/maps?cid=8043193339935355994), [13](https://www.google.com/maps?cid=8696589851619316182), [14](https://www.google.com/maps?cid=10518045523797274077), [15](https://www.google.com/maps?cid=10781590494443061950), [16](https://www.google.com/maps?cid=7461896650883868040))
- **Other** 4.9 out of 5 from 534 reviews (Trustindex widget on corkyspest.com). (sources [7](https://corkyspest.com)) _Retrieved October 28, 2026_
- **BBB** 1.0 out of 5 from 15 reviews (California: San Marcos HQ file). (sources [8](https://www.bbb.org/us/ca/san-marcos/profile/pest-control/corkys-pest-control-inc-1126-100220/customer-reviews)) _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 administrative civil penalty, San Diego County, NOPA EA-37-2026-028 (agricultural civil penalty, ACP) against “CORKY’S PEST CONTROL, INC.”; license type PCB (DPR Pest Control Business branch), license number recorded as “Unlicensed”; code sections FAC 11701 ($250) and 3CCR 6738 ($250); incident date December 8, 2025; final fines total $500. FAC 11701 makes it unlawful to operate as a pest control business without a valid DPR pest control business license. A fine under $5,000 with no settlement, consent order or judgment. (sources [29](https://www.cdpr.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/cac_admin_civil_penalties-092024_092026.xlsx), [30](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=FAC&sectionNum=11701)) _December 8, 2025 · San Diego County Agricultural Commissioner (California) · Enforcement · Not scored_
- County agricultural commissioner administrative civil penalty, San Diego County, NOPA EA-37-2026-029 (ACP) against “CORKY’S PEST CONTROL, INC.”; license type PCB (DPR Pest Control Business branch), recorded as “Unlicensed”; code section FAC 11701; incident date December 8, 2025; final fine $250. A separate NOPA (case) from EA-37-2026-028. (sources [29](https://www.cdpr.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/cac_admin_civil_penalties-092024_092026.xlsx), [30](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=FAC&sectionNum=11701)) _December 8, 2025 · San Diego County Agricultural Commissioner (California) · Enforcement · Not scored_
- An SPCB case document for field representative license FR 18880 (an individual) refers to Corky’s Pest Control, Inc. as a company involved in the facts. Individual license matter from 2009; the PDF is a scanned image whose text could not be read, so the outcome is unknown. Context only; not a company action and outside every scoring window. (sources [31](https://www.pestboard.ca.gov/public/fr-18880_his.pdf)) _August 3, 2009 · Structural Pest Control Board (California), via the Attorney General · Enforcement · Not scored_

Two 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](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/corkys-pest-control.md)

## How it ranks

- **#152 of 164 in the West** Handshake Score 6.5 out of 10, High confidence. Strongest: legal and regulatory record (10.0/10). Weakest: complaint record (5.0/10). [How we scored it](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/corkys-pest-control.md) · [Full rankings](https://handshakereviews.com/rankings/pest-control-west.md)

## Pest control in California

- [#31 of 38 in California](https://handshakereviews.com/rankings/pest-control-california.md): [Inland Empire](https://handshakereviews.com/pest-control/inland-empire.md), [San Diego area](https://handshakereviews.com/pest-control/san-diego.md), [Long Beach area](https://handshakereviews.com/pest-control/long-beach.md)

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## Related

- [Corky's Pest Control review](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/corkys-pest-control.md)
- [How to cancel Corky's Pest Control](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/corkys-pest-control/cancel.md)
- [Rankings by state](https://handshakereviews.com/rankings/pest-control-west.md)
- [How we review companies](https://handshakereviews.com/how-we-review.md)

## Sources

Numbered as in the full source list of [the Corky's Pest Control review](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/corkys-pest-control.md). Dates are when our researchers retrieved each page.

3. [bbb.org](https://www.bbb.org/us/ca/san-marcos/profile/pest-control/corkys-pest-control-inc-1126-100220) — Company facts · retrieved October 28, 2026
7. [corkyspest.com](https://corkyspest.com) — Company facts · retrieved October 28, 2026
8. [bbb.org](https://www.bbb.org/us/ca/san-marcos/profile/pest-control/corkys-pest-control-inc-1126-100220/customer-reviews) — Contracts and sales · retrieved October 28, 2026
11. [Google — San Marcos, California](https://www.google.com/maps?cid=12710382450424269739) — google.com · Customer reviews · retrieved October 27, 2026
12. [Google — Riverside, California](https://www.google.com/maps?cid=8043193339935355994) — google.com · Customer reviews · retrieved October 27, 2026
13. [Google — National City, California](https://www.google.com/maps?cid=8696589851619316182) — google.com · Customer reviews · retrieved October 27, 2026
14. [Google — Stanton, California](https://www.google.com/maps?cid=10518045523797274077) — google.com · Customer reviews · retrieved October 27, 2026
15. [Google — California (service-area listing, no address; pin 32.824, -117.092)](https://www.google.com/maps?cid=10781590494443061950) — google.com · Customer reviews · retrieved October 27, 2026
16. [Google — Escondido, California](https://www.google.com/maps?cid=7461896650883868040) — google.com · Customer reviews · retrieved October 27, 2026
25. [Structural Pest Control Board (Department of Consumer Affairs)](https://dca.box.com/s/oss6hf8jys2bmgxqd2gdz7w4oepm2il9) — dca.box.com · Licensing and registrations · retrieved October 28, 2026
29. [San Diego County Agricultural Commissioner (California)](https://www.cdpr.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/cac_admin_civil_penalties-092024_092026.xlsx) — cdpr.ca.gov · Legal and regulatory · retrieved October 28, 2026
30. [San Diego County Agricultural Commissioner (California)](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=FAC&sectionNum=11701) — leginfo.legislature.ca.gov · Legal and regulatory · retrieved October 28, 2026
31. [Structural Pest Control Board (California), via the Attorney General](https://www.pestboard.ca.gov/public/fr-18880_his.pdf) — pestboard.ca.gov · Legal and regulatory · retrieved October 28, 2026

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