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title: "Killum Pest Control Review"
description: "Killum Pest Control has a Handshake Score of 7.5 out of 10, ranking #99 of 164 in the West. It has 2,230 Google reviews averaging 4.9."
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# Killum Pest Control Review

By [Uri Mittelman](https://handshakereviews.com/authors/uri-mittelman.md), Editor · Research and verification: Handshake Research Desk · Updated November 5, 2026 · Verified October 27, 2026

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

Killum Pest Control ranks #99 of 164 in the West, with a Handshake Score of 7.5 out of 10.

This page draws on 24 public sources retrieved between October 27, 2026 and October 28, 2026, and the record was verified on October 27, 2026. The sources are listed at the end.

## At a glance

- Rank and score: #99 of 164 in the West, Handshake Score 7.5 out of 10; data confidence medium.
- Door-to-door selling: not found in our research (badge “N/A”; this is not proof the company never sells door to door).
- Ownership: independent.
- Headquarters: Lake Jackson, Texas.
- Founded: 1959.
- Services on its record: general pest (roaches, ants, silverfish), termite (Sentricon bait system, traditional treatment, WDI reports), rodent, wildlife and bat exclusion (raccoons, bats, birds, squirrels), mosquito, bed bugs, fleas and ticks, bees and wasps, remote monitoring (ActiveSense, smart traps), commercial pest control.
- Record verified October 27, 2026.
- Legal name: KILLUM PEST CONTROL, INC..
- Website: https://killum.com

## How we scored it

Handshake Score: 7.5 out of 10, #99 of 164 in the West. Each factor is scored from 0 to 10; every point added or taken away is listed with the fact behind it.

- Customer satisfaction (weight 38.89%, nominal 35%): 9.5/10
  - Google 4.88 across 2,230 West reviews
  - Other platforms 4.60/5 (Angi 4.6) — too few to blend
  - Blended 4.88/5
- Complaint record (weight 11.11%, nominal 10%): 10.0/10
  - 1 BBB complaint in 3 yrs ÷ 2,230 (West (all in Texas) Google review total across the 2 listings (Pearland 1,871 + Lake Jackson 359)) = 0.4 per 1,000 → 10
- Sales and contract fairness (weight 16.67%, nominal 15%): 9.5/10
  - Auto-renews (−0.5)
- Licensing and compliance (weight 16.67%, nominal 15%): 10.0/10
- Legal and regulatory record (weight 16.67%, nominal 15%): 10.0/10
- Workplace score (weight 10%): not scored (< 20 employee reviews)

- Weighted average of the factors above: 9.7/10.
- Review volume −0.8: 2,230 of 5,000 Google reviews.
- Verification depth −0.4: 14 of 250 other reviews · 0 of 20 employee reviews.
- Locations −1.0: 2 of 10 locations.
- Handshake Score: 7.5/10.

## What customers say

- Killum Pest Control has 2,230 Google reviews across 2 West listings, averaging 4.9.
- Angi (Lake Jackson, Texas (Killum Pest Control Inc profile)): 4.6/5, 14 reviews, retrieved October 28, 2026
- BBB (Pearland, Texas BBB file (covers the company’s Texas…): rating not shown, 0 reviews, retrieved October 28, 2026
- Yelp (Pearland, Texas (2506 Francis Dr), shown on MapQuest): rating not shown, 15 reviews, retrieved October 28, 2026
- Yelp (Lake Jackson, Texas (224 Plantation Dr), shown on MapQuest): rating not shown, 8 reviews, retrieved October 28, 2026
- Negative themes recorded by our researchers: billing or invoices disputed; termite bait-station results questioned.

## Better Business Bureau

- Its BBB profile shows an A+ grade and 1 complaint in the last three years.
- BBB accredited.
- BBB customer reviews: No reviews.
- Retrieved October 28, 2026.

## Contracts and sales practices

- Door-to-door badge: N/A.
- Sales notes: No door-to-door evidence found: no summer or door-to-door sales recruiting, no job posts for D2D reps, and no reviews, BBB complaints or mirrored Yelp reviews describing Killum reps at the door. The company sells by phone, online estimate requests and free inspections. None returned D2D material. Badge: not found.
- Company FAQ: payment is due when each service is performed (cash, checks, Discover, Visa, MasterCard).
- Company residential page: service is offered as a one-time treatment or on a monthly, bimonthly, quarterly or semiannual schedule; optional warranty service plans give free return visits within the covered period. No contract length, renewal, cancellation or dispute terms are published on the site.
- Company residential page: the basic treatment warranties roaches, ants and silverfish; warranty service plans are available.
- Company statement (BBB reply dated 08/19/2025 on the Pearland/Texas BBB file): the customer bought the company’s “annual renewable” Killum plan on July 26, 2017: annual pest control with quarterly visits plus Sentricon termite protection, billed as a monthly credit-card charge; the company describes the service continuing from 2017 until the customer emailed in 2025 to cancel (and, in August 2022, the customer asking to keep the service when the company moved to cancel it for missed payments), and refers to station removal “like we are supposed to and it says in the service agreement” (a signed service agreement that is not published). (counted in the score)
- Company’s own site (Our Services page) and its business description on its MapQuest listing (Pearland): the KILLUM COMPLETE service is the company’s “Premier Residential Service”, covering 13 common pests including subterranean and Formosan termites, with quarterly treatment and twice-yearly Sentricon monitoring and free return visits; the house must qualify. The same page lists a basic residential treatment (warranty on roaches, ants and silverfish) and one-time, monthly, bimonthly, quarterly, semiannual and warranty services. No term, renewal or cancellation terms stated for any plan.
- Company FAQ: residential and commercial inspections are free with no obligation; wood-destroying-insect reports for property sales carry a fee.
- Customer report (Angi, Lake Jackson profile, Jennifer K., July 2014): quoted $89.99 for the initial service and $79.99 every 3 months for quarterly service.
- Customer report (Angi, Lake Jackson profile, Robert D., July 2013): the company asked him to renew his contract. Shows a contract with a renewal step existed then; no term, renewal mechanism or fee stated.

## Licensing and registrations

- Status and expiry are as the issuing agency’s record showed them on the date retrieved.
- Texas · Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) Structural Pest Control Service · Commercial business license (categories PTS), KILLUM PEST CONTROL INC, DBA KILLUM PEST CONTROL INC, Brazoria County; operator Eric Melass; responsible certified applicator Eric L Melass (applicator license 37995); former SPCB number 1104; first issued 01/01/1990 · no. 0568878 · status: Listed in TDA current-licenses report (active), file dated 26 Oct 2026 · expires 12/31/2026 · note: This is the only TDA commercial business row matching Killum (searched LEGAL_BUSINESS_NAME and DBA for “KILLUM”). Both offices are in the company’s Brazoria-area footprint, but TDA requires a business license for each business location; no separate row is shown for the Pearland Service Center. Recorded as a gap, not a deduction (wave TDA rule). TDA SPCS enforcement report (spcs_enforcement.xls, Last-Modified October 27, 2026, rolling 12 months): 0 rows for “killum” or “kill”.
- Texas · Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) Structural Pest Control Service · Commercial certified applicator (individual): Eric L Melass, registered with business TPCL 0568878 (KILLUM PEST CONTROL INC), categories PTS. Shown for context; not a company record. The certified-applicator report lists 10 commercial certified applicators registered to TPCL 0568878, all expiring 12/31/2026. · no. 0560974 (individual) · status: Listed in TDA certified-applicator report · expires 12/31/2026
- Texas · Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts (franchise tax account status; SOS registration status shown) · Business entity registration: KILLUM PEST CONTROL, INC., Texas corporation; registered agent L “Corky” E Melass; 2024 Public Information Report officers LE Corky Melass (President), Brian Melass and Eric Melass (Vice-Presidents) · no. SOS file 0144094100 (taxpayer 17605348659) · status: SOS Registration Status ACTIVE (effective 04/08/1997); Comptroller Right to Transact Business in Texas: FORFEITED (file missing reports, information reports and/or payments) · note: The forfeiture is a Comptroller franchise-tax status, not an SOS revocation or dissolution; the SOS registration is ACTIVE. The forfeiture date is not shown.

## Legal and regulatory record

- Only resolved government actions count toward the score. Summaries are our researchers’ wording of the source.
- [Not counted in the legal score] October 28, 2026 · Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts · permit: Texas franchise-tax status: right to transact business FORFEITED for missing reports/payments, while the SOS registration shows ACTIVE. Date of forfeiture not shown. Not an SOS revocation or dissolution.
- [Not counted in the legal score] October 28, 2026 · Federal courts (RECAP archive) · search-result: CourtListener RECAP search for “Killum Pest Control”: 5 cases, all bankruptcies of other businesses (Aleon Metals, Kiromic BioPharma, Gulf Chemical & Metallurgical, and two Arizona/North Carolina debtors) that list Killum Pest Control as a creditor or service-contract counterparty. Two of the hits (Tucson, Arizona; Springerville & Show Low, Arizona) are a different, unrelated Arizona business of the same name. No suit against Killum Pest Control, Inc. found. Not scored.
- [COMPLAINT RECORD, a count or summary of complaints, not findings; not counted in the legal score] October 28, 2026 · BBB of Greater Houston and South Texas · complaint-summary: BBB of Greater Houston and South Texas file “Killum Pest Control” (Pearland, Texas 77581; lists both the Lake Jackson 979 numbers and the Pearland 281 number): 1 complaint in the last 3 years, 0 in the last 12 months. The complaint (07/25/2025, customer service) alleges monthly billing from 2017 to 2025 for termite-station monitoring and pest service that was not consistently performed; the company answered on 08/19/2025 (says service was documented, forgave a $338.24 balance) and the customer rejected the response. BBB Accredited since 10/21/2011, rating A+. No pattern-of-complaints alert shown. 0 customer reviews.

## Mentions, awards and claims

### Mentions

- [Killum Pest Control protects Pearland homes for nearly 3 decades](https://communityimpact.com/pearland-friendswood-manvel/business/killum-pest-control-protects-pearland-homes-for-nearly-3-decades/) (Community Impact (Pearland - Friendswood - Manvel) · news): Business profile of the Pearland service center with VP of Operations Eric Melass: company history (originally Kellum Pest Patrol, bought by Corky Melass in 1973, Pearland branch from 1998), services and plan frequencies.
- [Killum Pest Control: Family-owned business keeps the Gulf Coast pest-free for generations (sponsored)](https://communityimpact.com/sponsored/killum-pest-control-family-owned-business-keeps-the-gulf-coast-pest-free-for-generations/) (Community Impact (sponsored content) · other): Paid sponsored article written from information supplied by the company: history back to founder Gerald Killum (1959), 1973 purchase by Corky Melass, Pearland location opened 2014, over 40 employees. Company-supplied, so treated as claims.
- [Killum Community Excellence Award](https://www.pctonline.com/news/killum-community-excellence-award) (PCT Online · trade-press): Trade-press note that the US Chamber of Commerce named Killum (Lake Jackson, Texas) a Blue Ribbon Small Business Award winner, entering it in a public-vote Community Excellence Award.

### Awards

- BBB Accredited Business (A+) (BBB of Greater Houston and South Texas, since 2011)
- Blue Ribbon Small Business Award winner (top 100) (U.S. Chamber of Commerce)

## On Reddit

- Reddit hasn’t been searched for this company yet.

## Locations

- States with a location on file: Texas.
- Cities: Pearland, Texas, Lake Jackson, Texas.

## What we couldn’t verify

Overall confidence in this score: Medium, 6 of 11 points. [How confidence is set](https://handshakereviews.com/how-we-review#confidence).

What keeps it from rating higher:

- 2,230 western US Google reviews behind customer satisfaction (3,000 or more earns a point; 10,000 or more earns full points).
- 10 independent websites cited (25 or more earns a point).
- Too few independent non-Google reviews to blend in (Google only).

Verifier’s confidence by section: Identity medium; Licensing high; Legal and regulatory high; Customer reviews high; BBB high; Employee reviews low; Mentions high; Sales model medium.

### Gaps in the record

- Was not run. Search results were used only as leads; every cited fact comes from a fetched page.
- Pearland Service Center: no TDA commercial business license row of its own on the 26 Oct 2026 current-licenses report (only TPCL 0568878, Brazoria County). TDA requires a license per business location; recorded as a gap, not deducted (wave TDA rule).
- Pearland branch opening date conflicts: Community Impact news says 1998; the company-supplied sponsored article says 2014; the About page says HQ moved to 224 Plantation Dr on December 26, 2014 “while still running” the Pearland service center. Not resolved.
- Service contract not published: no minimum term, cancellation fee, cancellation channel or arbitration terms on the site; the company’s BBB reply refers to a signed “service agreement” that isn’t published. The KILLUM COMPLETE plan is described by the company as annual and renewable.
- Google: lowest-rating sort could not be opened in the view on either listing, so only the default (most relevant) reviews were read; negative excerpts come from what that view showed (Lake Jackson), BBB, Angi and mirrored Yelp.
- Yelp: yelp.com returned 403. Review counts and excerpts were read on MapQuest (mirror); no rating read; not scored.
- Facebook: the page linked from killum.com (facebook.com/Killum-Pest-Control-Inc-273702475997741) shows “This content isn’t available right now” logged out; no recommendation figure.
- Trustpilot: no page for killum.com (404/403). Thumbtack, HomeAdvisor (separate from Angi), Nextdoor and Porch not found or not checked (no searches).
- Employee reviews: Indeed returned a Cloudflare verification page (403); no Glassdoor or Indeed profile surfaced in a web search; RepVue not checked. No employee ratings recorded; Workplace not scored.
- Houston Chronicle Best of the Best 2022-2025: chron.com page loaded a general index, so the awards are recorded as company claims only.
- Regulatory: TDA enforcement report (rolling 12 months to October 26, 2026) has 0 rows for Killum; older TDA enforcement history is not published. Texas AG publishes no complaint data; no AG, FTC or consent-order item found in web search. OSHA establishment search not run (the Texas source guide records a human-verification check). Brazoria/Harris county district-court dockets not searched (no free statewide trial-court search).
- Door-to-door: no evidence found; the job-posting lead (SimplyHired technician posting) timed out and was not used.
- Entity note: an unrelated “Killum Pest Control” operates in Arizona: Killum Pest Control Scottsdale LLC (killumpestcontrol.com, (480) 466-9696, owner Christopher Eles per its site; Google listing CID 12627622611696228251, 4.8 (52), in the Arizona third-party pull), plus Tucson and Springerville/Show Low entries in bankruptcy creditor lists. Different owner, website and phone, nothing links it to the Texas company; not included. Arizona licensing was not looked up because the Texas company has no Arizona office, listing or claim.
- Reddit: no Killum thread surfaced in a web search; Reddit not searched directly.
- That domain and phone belonged to Rasberry’s Pest Professionals (Pearland) in Wayback captures through 2021, and 281deadbug.com now redirects to killum.com. This suggests Killum took over that business or its domain, but the company site names only two offices (Lake Jackson, Pearland) and no acquisition record was found. (2) Angleton, Texas 77515 (no street address), CID 8582545177644370748, killum.com, phone (979) 849-6738 (a Killum number), 5.0 (8), marked permanently closed in the third-party pull (last updated June 4, 2023); live Google read failed twice (socket error). It already sits outside the review totals.

### Open questions

- League City listing (441 State Hwy 3, 3 reviews, website 281deadbug.com, formerly Rasberry’s Pest Professionals, now redirecting to killum.com): is it a Killum office or an acquired business? Not added; no effect on the score.
- Forfeiture date not shown.

## Common questions about Killum Pest Control

### Is Killum Pest Control licensed in Texas?

Killum Pest Control holds a current company pesticide license in Texas. Statuses are as each state agency showed them on the date retrieved.

[Licensing record](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/killum-pest-control.md) · [Is Killum Pest Control legit?](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/killum-pest-control/legit.md)

### Does Killum Pest Control sell door to door?

Our research didn’t establish that Killum Pest Control sells door to door. That isn’t proof that it never knocks.

[Sales evidence](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/killum-pest-control.md)

### What is Killum Pest Control’s BBB rating?

Killum Pest Control’s BBB profile shows an A+ grade and 1 complaint in the last three years.

[BBB record](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/killum-pest-control.md)

### Does Killum Pest Control charge a cancellation fee?

Killum Pest Control’s service continues until you cancel. Our record has no confirmed cancellation fee amount.

[Contract terms](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/killum-pest-control.md)

### How does Killum Pest Control rank?

Killum Pest Control ranks #99 of 164 in the West, with a Handshake Score of 7.5 out of 10 (Medium confidence). Strongest: licensing and compliance (10.0/10). Weakest: customer satisfaction (9.5/10).

[How we scored it](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/killum-pest-control.md) · [Full rankings](https://handshakereviews.com/rankings/pest-control-west.md)

### Has Killum Pest Control faced government actions?

No resolved government actions count against Killum Pest Control in our scoring.

[Legal and regulatory record](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/killum-pest-control.md)

### Where does Killum Pest Control have locations?

Our record lists 2 locations for Killum Pest Control in Texas. It appears in our area rankings for Pearland.

[Locations](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/killum-pest-control.md) · [Best pest control in the Pearland area](https://handshakereviews.com/pest-control/pearland.md)

## Pest control in Texas

- [#15 of 58 in Texas](https://handshakereviews.com/rankings/pest-control-texas.md): [Pearland area](https://handshakereviews.com/pest-control/pearland.md)

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## Sources

24 distinct pages, numbered in the order they appear in the record. Dates are when our researchers retrieved each page.

1. [Company website](https://killum.com) — killum.com · Company facts · retrieved October 28, 2026
2. [comptroller.texas.gov](https://comptroller.texas.gov/taxes/franchise/account-status/search/17605348659) — Company facts · retrieved October 28, 2026
3. [bbb.org](https://www.bbb.org/us/tx/pearland/profile/pest-control/killum-pest-control-0915-22003813) — Company facts · retrieved October 28, 2026
4. [killum.com](https://killum.com/about-us/) — Company facts · retrieved October 28, 2026
5. [killum.com](https://killum.com/faq/) — Company facts · retrieved October 28, 2026
6. [killum.com](https://killum.com/our-services/residential/) — Contracts and sales · retrieved October 28, 2026
7. [bbb.org](https://www.bbb.org/us/tx/pearland/profile/pest-control/killum-pest-control-0915-22003813/complaints) — Contracts and sales · retrieved October 28, 2026
8. [mapquest.com](https://www.mapquest.com/us/texas/killum-pest-control-285980986) — Contracts and sales · retrieved October 28, 2026
9. [killum.com](https://killum.com/our-services/) — Contracts and sales · retrieved October 28, 2026
10. [angi.com](https://angi.com/companylist/us/tx/lake-jackson/killum-pest-control-inc-reviews-6574062.htm) — Contracts and sales · retrieved October 28, 2026
11. [Google — Pearland, Texas](https://www.google.com/maps?cid=13710886272711802340) — google.com · Customer reviews · retrieved October 27, 2026
12. [Google — Pearland, Texas](https://www.google.com/maps?cid=13710886272711802340#reviews-lowest-rating) — google.com · Customer reviews · retrieved October 27, 2026
13. [Google — Lake Jackson, Texas](https://www.google.com/maps?cid=7089983395700505529) — google.com · Customer reviews · retrieved October 27, 2026
14. [Google — Lake Jackson, Texas](https://www.google.com/maps?cid=7089983395700505529#reviews-relevant) — google.com · Customer reviews · retrieved October 27, 2026
15. [BBB — Pearland, Texas BBB file (covers the company’s Texas offices)](https://www.bbb.org/us/tx/pearland/profile/pest-control/killum-pest-control-0915-22003813/customer-reviews) — bbb.org · Customer reviews · retrieved October 28, 2026
16. [Yelp — Lake Jackson, Texas (224 Plantation Dr), shown on MapQuest](https://www.mapquest.com/us/texas/killum-pest-control-9535373) — mapquest.com · Customer reviews · retrieved October 28, 2026
17. [BBB](https://www.bbb.org/search?find_country=USA&find_text=Killum%20Pest%20Control&find_loc=Lake%20Jackson%2C%20TX) — bbb.org · BBB · retrieved October 28, 2026
18. [Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) Structural Pest Control Service](https://texasagriculture.gov/Portals/0/Reports/PIR/spcs_commercial_business.csv) — texasagriculture.gov · Licensing and registrations · retrieved October 28, 2026
19. [Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) Structural Pest Control Service](https://texasagriculture.gov/Portals/0/Reports/PIR/spcs_certified_applicator.csv) — texasagriculture.gov · Licensing and registrations · retrieved October 28, 2026
20. [Federal courts (RECAP archive)](https://www.courtlistener.com/?q=%22Killum%20Pest%20Control%22&type=r&order_by=score%20desc) — courtlistener.com · Legal and regulatory · retrieved October 28, 2026
21. [Killum Pest Control protects Pearland homes for nearly 3 decades](https://communityimpact.com/pearland-friendswood-manvel/business/killum-pest-control-protects-pearland-homes-for-nearly-3-decades/) — communityimpact.com · Mentions, awards and claims · retrieved October 28, 2026
22. [Killum Pest Control: Family-owned business keeps the Gulf Coast pest-free for generations (sponsored)](https://communityimpact.com/sponsored/killum-pest-control-family-owned-business-keeps-the-gulf-coast-pest-free-for-generations/) — communityimpact.com · Mentions, awards and claims · retrieved October 28, 2026
23. [Killum Community Excellence Award](https://www.pctonline.com/news/killum-community-excellence-award) — pctonline.com · Mentions, awards and claims · retrieved October 28, 2026
24. [killum.com](https://killum.com/awards/) — Mentions, awards and claims · retrieved October 28, 2026

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