Is Kindred 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.

• Texas

  Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA), Structural Pest Control Service: Commercial Business²⁷

  Status: Current (listed in TDA’s report of active licenses) · Number 0732771 · Expires March 31, 2027

Better Business Bureau record

• Its company-wide BBB profile shows a C grade and 32 complaints in the last three years.

  Not BBB accredited.^{3, 7, 14, 24}

  Full BBB record

What customers say

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

• Google

  11,241 reviews across 1 western US listing, averaging 4.8 out of 5 (weighted by review count).¹⁵

• Yelp

  2.69 out of 5 from 294 reviews (Houston, Texas).^{17, 18}

  Retrieved October 27, 2026

• BBB

  1.44 out of 5 from 36 reviews (company-wide).¹⁹

  Retrieved October 27, 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.

• Romero v. Elon, LLC, No. 4:22-cv-02434 (S.D. Tex.): a Fair Labor Standards Act collective action by pest-control technicians against Elon, LLC d/b/a Kindred Pest Control and Levi Leatham, alleging piece-rate pay without overtime. Dozens of workers filed consents to join. After mediation the parties settled and the court dismissed the case on 12/15/2023. Private wage-and-hour case (Workplace factor, not legal and regulatory record); terms not public.^{29, 30, 31}

  July 22, 2022 · US District Court, Southern District of Texas (Houston) · Lawsuit · Not scored

One other record (complaint summaries and permits) is on its review page.

Does it sell door to door?

• Yes: the research record documents the company selling door to door.

  Sales evidence

How it ranks

• #158 of 164 in the West

  Handshake Score 6.0 out of 10, High confidence.

  Strongest: licensing and compliance (10.0/10). Weakest: sales and contract fairness (5.0/10).

  How we scored itFull rankings

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