Is HomeShield 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.

• California

  Structural Pest Control Board (Department of Consumer Affairs): Company Registration^{3, 56}

  Status: Active · Number 6520 · Expires December 31, 2035

• California

  Structural Pest Control Board (Department of Consumer Affairs): Company Registration^{2, 56, 57}

  Status: Active · Number 8563 · Expires December 31, 2035

• Cost it points

  Minor administrative penalty: Solano County Agricultural Commissioner civil penalty, NOPA EA-48-2025-023 (SPCM 6520) ($250, April 7, 2025)⁵⁹

  Counted in the score: −0.5

• Cost it points

  Minor administrative penalty: San Bernardino County Agricultural Commissioner civil penalty, NOPA EA-36-2026-028 (SPCB 5797, Corona) ($250, September 4, 2025)⁵⁹

  Counted in the score: −0.5

• Cost it points

  Minor administrative penalty: San Diego County Agricultural Commissioner civil penalty, NOPA EA-37-2026-009 (SPCB 5762, San Diego) ($250, December 8, 2025)⁵⁹

  Counted in the score: −0.5

Better Business Bureau record

• Its BBB profile shows an A+ grade and 7 complaints in the last three years across its BBB files.

  BBB accredited.^{3, 6, 51, 53}

  Full BBB record

What customers say

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

• Google

  18,304 reviews across 22 western US listings, averaging 4.9 out of 5 (weighted by review count).^{13, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20}

• Yelp

  4.6 out of 5 from 312 reviews (California: Rocklin listing).^{48, 49}

  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.

• Fair Labor Standards Act suit (nature of suit 710) filed 10/13/2026 against HOMESHIELD PEST CONTROL, LLC (the company’s Florida LLC), seen only in the court’s recent-filings list via a search snippet. Pending: recorded under Workplace as unresolved, not scored. Docket not read (CourtListener served a human check; the court page timed out on re-read).⁶⁰

  October 13, 2026 · U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida · Lawsuit · Not scored

• County agricultural commissioner civil penalty, San Diego County, NOPA EA-37-2026-009: structural civil penalty against “HOMESHIELD PEST CONTROL” (SPCB 5762, the San Diego branch), incident date December 8, 2025, 3 CCR section 6738, fine $250.⁵⁹

  December 8, 2025 · San Diego County Agricultural Commissioner · Enforcement · Not scored

• County agricultural commissioner civil penalty, San Bernardino County, NOPA EA-36-2026-028: structural civil penalty against “Home Shield Pest Control” (SPCB 5797, the Corona branch), incident date September 4, 2025, Business and Professions Code section 8551.5, fine $250.⁵⁹

  September 4, 2025 · San Bernardino County Agricultural Commissioner · Enforcement · Not scored

• County agricultural commissioner civil penalty, Solano County, NOPA EA-48-2025-023: structural civil penalty against “HOMESHIELD PEST CONTROL INC” (SPCM 6520, the company registration), incident date April 7, 2025, Food and Agricultural Code section 15204, fine $250.⁵⁹

  April 7, 2025 · Solano County Agricultural Commissioner · Enforcement · Not scored

• Private employment suit (wrongful termination) filed 11/01/2024 by a former employee against Homeshield Pest Control Incorporated dba HomeShield Pest Control/Pacific Shore Pest Control and a manager. On the plaintiff’s Request for Dismissal (filed 9/18/2025, entered 9/19/2025) the action was dismissed without prejudice, with the court retaining jurisdiction under Code Civ. Proc. 664.6 (docket status “Dismissed Per CCP 664.6”); UniCourt’s header still reads Open. Terms of any resolution are not shown. Private, not wage-and-hour: recorded, not scored.⁵⁷

  November 1, 2024 · Los Angeles County Superior Court · Lawsuit · Not scored

• SPCB Petition to Revoke Probation against an individual Registered Applicator (RA 56935) that refers to the applicator’s work with Homeshield Pest Control, Inc. Individual licensee matter; the company is not the respondent as far as the snippet shows. Recorded, not scored. PDF text could not be read.⁶¹

  May 19, 2021 · Structural Pest Control Board (Attorney General filing) · Enforcement · Not scored

Five 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

• #11 of 164 in the West

  Handshake Score 8.6 out of 10, High confidence.

  Strongest: legal and regulatory record (10.0/10). Weakest: sales and contract fairness (6.0/10).

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