Is J&J Exterminating legit?

Licenses

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

• Louisiana

  Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry (LDAF), Structural Pest Control Commission: Structural Place of Business Permit³⁹

  Status: Active on LDAF list revised April 20, 2026 · Number 0020DG · Expires June 30, 2026

• Louisiana

  Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry (LDAF), Structural Pest Control Commission: Structural Place of Business Permit^{35, 39}

  Status: Active on LDAF list revised April 20, 2026; BBB profile (citing LDAF) shows the permit renewed to June 30, 2027 · Number 0020DH · Expires June 30, 2027

• Louisiana

  Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry (LDAF), Structural Pest Control Commission: Structural Place of Business Permit³⁹

  Status: Active on LDAF list revised April 20, 2026 · Number 0020DJ · Expires June 30, 2026

• Louisiana

  Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry (LDAF), Structural Pest Control Commission: Structural Place of Business Permit³⁹

  Status: Active on LDAF list revised April 20, 2026 · Number 0020DK · Expires June 30, 2026

• Louisiana

  Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry (LDAF), Structural Pest Control Commission: Structural Place of Business Permit³⁹

  Status: Active on LDAF list revised April 20, 2026 · Number 0020DM · Expires June 30, 2026

• Louisiana

  Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry (LDAF), Structural Pest Control Commission: Structural Place of Business Permit^{32, 39}

  Status: Active on LDAF list revised April 20, 2026; BBB profile (citing LDAF) shows the permit renewed to June 30, 2027 · Number 0020DN · Expires June 30, 2027

• Louisiana

  Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry (LDAF), Structural Pest Control Commission: Structural Place of Business Permit^{34, 39}

  Status: Active on LDAF list revised April 20, 2026; BBB profile (citing LDAF) shows the permit renewed to June 30, 2027 · Number 0020DP · Expires June 30, 2027

• Louisiana

  Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry (LDAF), Structural Pest Control Commission: Structural Place of Business Permit³⁹

  Status: Active on LDAF list revised April 20, 2026 · Number 0020DQ · Expires June 30, 2026

• Louisiana

  Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry (LDAF), Structural Pest Control Commission: Structural Place of Business Permit^{37, 39}

  Status: Active on LDAF list revised April 20, 2026; BBB profile (citing LDAF) shows the permit renewed to June 30, 2027 · Number 0020DV · Expires June 30, 2027

• Louisiana

  Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry (LDAF), Structural Pest Control Commission: Structural Place of Business Permit³⁹

  Status: Active on LDAF list revised April 20, 2026 · Number 0020DW · Expires June 30, 2026

• Louisiana

  Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry (LDAF), Structural Pest Control Commission: Structural Place of Business Permit³⁹

  Status: Active on LDAF list revised April 20, 2026 · Number 0020DY · Expires June 30, 2026

• Louisiana

  Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry (LDAF), Structural Pest Control Commission: Structural Place of Business Permit³⁹

  Status: Active on LDAF list revised April 20, 2026 · Number 0020DZ · Expires June 30, 2026

• Louisiana

  Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry (LDAF), Structural Pest Control Commission: Structural Place of Business Permit³⁹

  Status: Active on LDAF list revised April 20, 2026 · Number 0020F0 · Expires June 30, 2026

• Louisiana

  Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry (LDAF), Structural Pest Control Commission: Structural Place of Business Permit³⁹

  Status: Active on LDAF list revised April 20, 2026 · Number 0020F1 · Expires June 30, 2026

• Louisiana

  Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry (LDAF), Structural Pest Control Commission: Structural Place of Business Permit^{39, 40}

  Status: Active on LDAF list revised April 20, 2026 · Number 004YMP · Expires June 30, 2026

• Texas

  Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA), Structural Pest Control Service: Commercial Business License⁴¹

  Status: Current (listed on TDA’s current commercial business licenses report) · Number 0909949

• Texas

  Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA), Structural Pest Control Service: Commercial Business License⁴¹

  Status: Current (listed on TDA’s current commercial business licenses report) · Number 0909948

• Texas

  Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA), Structural Pest Control Service: Commercial Business License⁴¹

  Status: Current (listed on TDA’s current commercial business licenses report) · Number 0913347

• Texas

  Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA), Structural Pest Control Service: Commercial Business License⁴¹

  Status: Current (listed on TDA’s current commercial business licenses report) · Number 0568752

• Texas

  Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA), Structural Pest Control Service: Commercial Business License⁴¹

  Status: Current (listed on TDA’s current commercial business licenses report) · Number 0920824

Better Business Bureau record

• Its BBB profile shows an A+ grade and 9 complaints in the last three years across its BBB files.

  BBB accredited.^{32, 33, 34, 35}

  Full BBB record

What customers say

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

• Google

  3,798 reviews across 15 western US listings, averaging 4.8 out of 5 (weighted by review count).^{12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17}

• Other

  4.9 out of 5 from 2,495 reviews (Company website review feed).²⁸

  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.

• Louisiana Structural Pest Control Commission case 23-SPCC-2516 (Robert W. Soileau d/b/a J & J Exterminating Co. - Lake Charles): $1,500 penalty by stipulation signed by all parties, accepted December 12, 2023 (2023)^{39, 48, 49}

  Counted in the score: −2

• EPA ECHO returned 0 facility rows. Not exhaustive: it covers EPA-tracked facilities; FIFRA cases against a pest control firm may not appear.⁵⁵

  October 28, 2026 · US EPA ECHO facility search (name ‘J & J Exterminating’, state LA) · Enforcement · Not scored

• EPA ECHO returned 0 facility rows. Not exhaustive.⁵⁶

  October 28, 2026 · US EPA ECHO facility search (name ‘J and J Exterminating’, state Texas) · Enforcement · Not scored

• Case No. 2090, Robert Soileau (listed in the minutes as attending for J & J Exterminating; later the responsible licensee on the Lake Charles permit 0020DP). At the 10 Oct 2018 meeting the Department charged him with seven violations of La. R.S. 3:3371(A)(14), specifically LAC 7:XXV.141(A)(2), involving the concentration at which product was applied during a pre-construction treatment. Facts were agreed at the hearing and the Commission found they supported the charges; the Department recommended $200 per violation ($1,400) and the Commission set $1.00 per violation, $7.00 in total. Earlier hearing dates (Apr and Jul 2018) were continuances. If it were read as a stipulated settlement it would be legal and regulatory record -1 (5 to 10 years); the neutral reading is taken.⁵⁷

  October 10, 2018 · Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry, Structural Pest Control Commission (SPCC) · Enforcement · Not scored

Four 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

• #69 of 164 in the West

  Handshake Score 7.8 out of 10, Medium confidence.

  Strongest: licensing and compliance (10.0/10). Weakest: legal and regulatory record (8.0/10). Sales and contract fairness: N/A.

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