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title: "Midwest Pest Control Review"
description: "Midwest Pest Control has a Handshake Score of 8.4 out of 10, ranking #24 of 164 in the West. It has 6,727 Google reviews averaging 5.0."
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# Midwest Pest Control Review

By [Uri Mittelman](https://handshakereviews.com/authors/uri-mittelman.md), Editor · Research and verification: Handshake Research Desk · Updated November 3, 2026 · Verified October 27, 2026

Review · [Is it legit?](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/midwest-pest-control/legit.md) · [Compare](https://handshakereviews.com/compare/presto-x-pest-control-vs-midwest-pest-control.md)

Midwest Pest Control ranks #24 of 164 in the West, with a Handshake Score of 8.4 out of 10. The score is provisional because its confidence rating is Low; what holds it back is under “What we couldn’t verify.”

This page draws on 22 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: #24 of 164 in the West, Handshake Score 8.4 out of 10 (provisional: its confidence rating is Low); data confidence low.
- Door-to-door selling: partly (badge “Partial”), per sourced sales evidence.
- Ownership: independent.
- Headquarters: Omaha, Nebraska.
- Founded: 2020.
- Services on its record: general pest, rodent, mosquito, commercial pest control.
- Record verified October 27, 2026.
- Legal name: Midwest Pest Control LLC.
- Website: https://midwestpest.com

## How we scored it

Handshake Score: 8.4 out of 10, #24 of 164 in the West (provisional). Each factor is scored from 0 to 10; every point added or taken away is listed with the fact behind it.

- Customer satisfaction (weight 46.67%, nominal 35%): 9.9/10
  - Google 4.99 across 6,727 West reviews
  - Blended 4.99/5
- Complaint record (weight 13.33%, nominal 10%): 8.5/10
  - 2 BBB complaints in 3 yrs ÷ 6,727 (West Google review total: 3 listings in Iowa and Nebraska: Ankeny 1,189 + Cedar Rapids 868 + Omaha 4,670) = 0.3 per 1,000 → 10
  - 1 of 2 complaints unanswered (−1.5)
- Sales and contract fairness (weight 15%): not scored
  - Sales & contract factor not scored: no contract terms or sales-conduct findings in the record; remaining weights renormalized
- Licensing and compliance (weight 20%, nominal 15%): 10.0/10
- Legal and regulatory record (weight 20%, nominal 15%): 10.0/10
- Workplace score (weight 10%): not scored (< 20 employee reviews)

- Weighted average of the factors above: 9.8/10.
- Review volume −0.4: 6,727 of 10,000 Google reviews.
- Verification depth −0.4: 0 of 250 other reviews · 0 of 20 employee reviews.
- Locations −0.6: 3 of 10 locations.
- Handshake Score: 8.4/10.

Not scored for lack of records: sales and contract fairness. The remaining weights were rescaled.

## What customers say

- Midwest Pest Control has 6,727 Google reviews across 3 West listings, averaging 5.0.

## Better Business Bureau

- Its BBB profiles show 2 complaints in the last three years across its BBB files; grades vary by branch.
- Not BBB accredited.
- Complaints filed in the last 12 months: 0.
- Retrieved October 28, 2026.

## Contracts and sales practices

- Door-to-door badge: Partial.
- Sales notes: One customer allegation of at-the-door solicitation (2021, Omaha townhouse association), relayed by a power of attorney; no company source, no sales job posts, recruiting pages, solicitor permits or other door-to-door reviews, and the company site lists no sales careers. Rated partial. Neither brief sets a multi-allegation or company-source threshold, and “unknown” is for “none found”. The badge does not feed the score. A stricter reading (second-hand report) would give unknown; kept partial.
- Home Defense Basic plan advertised from $39/month, with an initial fee (“Initial Fee Applies”); Home Defense Plus Rodent and Plus Yard from $43/month; Platinum from $47/month. No term, renewal, cancellation or arbitration terms are published on the site.
- Company guarantee: free re-treatment if the customer is unhappy.
- Company’s own BBB reply (Omaha profile, 02/14/2024) describes a 2021 contract for five paid services (an initial service plus four quarterly services) and says the account was closed with a “contractual early-termination fee” and sent to collection; the fee amount and the contract term in months are not stated. The reply offers the service agreement on request.
- $50 off the first application with a Home Defense package and a $100 referral credit, both shown with an expiry of 10/31/2026.

## Licensing and registrations

- Status and expiry are as the issuing agency’s record showed them on the date retrieved.
- Iowa · Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship (IDALS), Pesticide Bureau · Company license listed in the IDALS company lookup (license type column not shown); Midwest Pest Control LLC, Omaha Nebraska, listed as an out-of-state licensee · no. 10192-001 · status: Current (expires December 31, 2026; lookup shows only an expiration date) · expires December 31, 2026
- Iowa · Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship (IDALS), Pesticide Bureau · Company license listed in the IDALS company lookup (license type column not shown) · no. 11523-001 · status: Current (expires December 31, 2026; lookup shows only an expiration date) · expires December 31, 2026
- Iowa · Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship (IDALS), Pesticide Bureau · Company license listed in the IDALS company lookup (license type column not shown) · no. 11524-001 · status: Current (expires December 31, 2026; lookup shows only an expiration date) · expires December 31, 2026
- Nebraska · Nebraska Department of Agriculture (NDA), Pesticide Program · No company license exists in Nebraska; NDA licenses individual commercial applicators only · status: Not applicable (individual-only state). Applicator last-name search “Perkes” (Commercial) returned no records; this does not show the owners are unlicensed (license may sit under a technician or another name).

## Legal and regulatory record

- Only resolved government actions count toward the score. Summaries are our researchers’ wording of the source.
- [COMPLAINT RECORD, a count or summary of complaints, not findings; not counted in the legal score; cited as evidence for complaint record] October 28, 2026 · Nebraska · complaint-summary: BBB Omaha profile (BBB of Midwest Plains): 1 complaint in the last 3 years (dated 02/05/2024, service issue), 0 in the last 12 months; status Answered, rating A+. A power of attorney alleged an 88-year-old woman was solicited at her door in 2021 and later sent to collection after canceling; the company says she signed a contract and offered to withdraw the collection if the unpaid invoice was paid.
- [COMPLAINT RECORD, a count or summary of complaints, not findings; not counted in the legal score; cited as evidence for complaint record] October 28, 2026 · Iowa · complaint-summary: BBB Ankeny, Iowa profile (BBB serving Greater Iowa, Quad Cities, and Siouxland Region; file opened 7/29/2024): 1 complaint in the last 3 years (dated 07/22/2024), 0 in the last 12 months, status Unanswered, rating C for failure to respond. A reply from a different company, Midwest Pest Management of Ankeny, says the complaint concerns it, not the Midwest Pest Control profile it was filed against; BBB still lists it as unanswered. BBB’s record (this profile, whose address and phone are this company’s Ankeny office) is kept as shown.
- [COMPLAINT RECORD, a count or summary of complaints, not findings; not counted in the legal score] October 28, 2026 · Nebraska and Iowa · complaint-summary: No attorney general, pesticide-regulator, FTC or court action against Midwest Pest Control was found. Nebraska AG and Iowa AG publish no per-company complaint data; IDALS publishes no enforcement list; NDA publishes no enforcement list; Nebraska JUSTICE court search is paid ($17 per search) and was not used; federal OSHA establishment search is behind human verification. Searches for attorney general, lawsuit, settlement and consent order returned no results about this company (leads only).

## Mentions, awards and claims

### Mentions

- [Pest Control Company Recommendations (Bugs specifically)](https://www.reddit.com/r/Omaha/comments/1rrsxqk/pest_control_company_recommendations_bugs/) (r/Omaha · reddit): A commenter in an Omaha recommendation thread recommends Midwest Pest Control for quarterly outside service and likes that it is locally owned. Page is behind Reddit’s bot challenge, so the item rests on the search snippet; the snippet does not name the owner or address, so the entity is presumed (Omaha, locally owned).
- [Best of B2B 2024 Winners (Pest Control Company)](https://www.omahamagazine.com/today/best-of-b2b-2024-winners/) (Omaha Magazine · March 22, 2024 · award): Midwest Pest Control is the second of two names listed under “Pest Control Company” in the magazine’s Best of B2B 2024 winners list (ABC Termite & Pest Control is listed first); the list does not say which is first or runner-up and gives no address, so the Omaha entity is presumed.

## On Reddit

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

## Locations

- States with a location on file: Iowa and Nebraska.
- Cities: Ankeny, Iowa, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Omaha, Nebraska.

## What we couldn’t verify

Overall confidence in this score: Low (provisional), 4 of 11 points. [How confidence is set](https://handshakereviews.com/how-we-review#confidence).

What keeps it from rating higher:

- 8 independent websites cited (25 or more earns a point).
- 4 of 5 factors scored (not scored: sales and contract fairness).
- 6,727 western US Google reviews behind customer satisfaction (10,000 or more earns full points).
- Too few independent non-Google reviews to blend in (Google only).
- Verifier rated the customer reviews medium (high earns a point).
- Verifier rated the legal and regulatory record medium (high earns a point).

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

### Gaps in the record

- Google Maps was not opened live (its terms forbid automated access), so counts are not checked; the company homepage badge shows 4729 reviews.
- Omaha address conflict: the Google listing shows 3730 S 149th St Ste 102, while the company site and BBB show 14225 Dayton Circle Suite 10, Omaha NE 68137; the site links the listing’s CID 13324432551914303881 and the phone 402-524-5200 is the same, so the listing is kept. Not known whether the office moved.
- Name collision: other businesses called Midwest Pest Control / Midwest Pest Management exist. None were attributed here. The Ankeny BBB complaint reply came from Midwest Pest Management, which says customers confuse the two.
- No other covered-state office was found on the company’s site: only Omaha Nebraska, Ankeny Iowa and Cedar Rapids Iowa are listed.
- Business registry not verified. Nebraska Secretary of State search needs a reCAPTCHA (blocked). Iowa Secretary of State name search for ‘Midwest Pest’ lists ‘MIDWEST PEST CONTROL LLC’ (Business No. 680413, Active) whose Legal Name is ‘SLATE PEST CONTROL LLC’, and ‘MIDWEST PEST, LLC’ (721407, Active, likely the Emmetsburg business); the detail pages timed out on three attempts, so neither could be tied to this company and neither is attributed. Legal name ‘Midwest Pest Control LLC’ comes from the IDALS license row only.
- Nebraska has no company pesticide license; NDA applicator lookup shows no employer. The ‘Perkes’ last-name search returned no commercial applicator, so no Nebraska applicator could be tied to the company; recorded as a gap, not a violation.
- Iowa IDALS lookup shows only an expiration date (no status, suspension, insurance or bond data). The Omaha company’s Iowa license 10192-001 is listed as out of state.
- Enforcement and legal: IDALS and NDA publish no enforcement lists; Iowa and Nebraska AGs publish no per-company complaint data; Nebraska JUSTICE court search is paid; Iowa Courts Online and federal OSHA establishment search were not run (OSHA is behind human verification). Searches for AG, lawsuit and settlement returned nothing about this company, but absence is not proof.
- Reviews on Yelp, Facebook, Angi, Thumbtack, Trustpilot, HomeAdvisor and Nextdoor were not read: Yelp and Facebook terms forbid automated access and no usable Angi/Thumbtack/Trustpilot page for this business was found in search. A Yelp search-result snippet shows ‘Midwest Pest Control (5/5)’ for Ankeny; it is not scored (snippet only, entity unconfirmed).
- Both BBB files show 0 customer reviews, so BBB contributes no customer satisfaction figure.
- Employee reviews: Indeed has a ‘Midwest Pest Control’ company page (indeed.com/cmp/Midwest-Pest-Control-5, snippet only, dated 2022) that could not be tied to this business; Indeed and Glassdoor terms forbid automated access, so no employee rating is recorded. RepVue not checked.
- Reddit thread (r/Omaha) could not be opened (bot challenge); recorded from the search snippet only. No Reddit search for Iowa cities returned usable results (broker errors).
- Contract terms: the site publishes no service agreement, term, renewal, cancellation method, early-termination fee or arbitration clause; the only company-side detail is its BBB reply (2021 contract, five paid services, ‘contractual early-termination fee’ of unstated amount). The service agreement itself was not seen.
- Door-to-door: only one customer allegation (2021, BBB Omaha); no recruiting pages, job posts, solicitor permits or Reddit reports found. The company’s own BBB reply does not deny a door contact.
- 26 queries were requested of the 40 budget.
- Several midwestpest.com pages (areas-we-service, our-pest-control-services) timed out or were not captured; not needed for the findings.
- Verification October 28, 2026: the BBB Omaha complaints page could not be re-read during verification (socket errors and timeouts on bbb.org). The BBB Ankeny complaints page and the IDALS company lookup (7 rows for “Midwest Pest”, including 10192-001, 11523-001 and 11524-001, all expiring December 31, 2026) were re-read live.
- Ankeny BBB complaint (07/22/2024): the text names only “Midwest Pest” and gives no address; the profile holder never responded and Midwest Pest Management says the complaint is not about it. Attribution is ambiguous, so BBB’s record is kept as shown.

### Open questions

- Ankeny BBB complaint attribution (this company vs Midwest Pest Management) is ambiguous; BBB’s record is kept as shown. Excluding it would give 1 complaint, 0 unanswered, no grade C.
- Door-to-door rated partial on one second-hand customer allegation; unknown is the stricter alternative.
- Nebraska and Iowa Secretary of State records, Iowa Courts Online and Nebraska JUSTICE were not read; no enforcement list exists at IDALS or NDA.
- Whether the Omaha office moved from Dayton Circle to the Google address is unknown (same website and phone on both).

## Head-to-head comparisons

- [Presto-X Pest Control vs. Midwest Pest Control](https://handshakereviews.com/compare/presto-x-pest-control-vs-midwest-pest-control.md)
- [Midwest Pest Control vs. Insight Pest Solutions](https://handshakereviews.com/compare/midwest-pest-control-vs-insight-pest-solutions.md)
- [Midwest Pest Control vs. Plunkett's Pest Control](https://handshakereviews.com/compare/midwest-pest-control-vs-plunketts-pest-control.md)
- [Midwest Pest Control vs. Miller Pest Solutions](https://handshakereviews.com/compare/midwest-pest-control-vs-miller-pest-solutions.md)
- [Midwest Pest Control vs. Greenix Pest Control](https://handshakereviews.com/compare/midwest-pest-control-vs-greenix-pest-control.md)

## Common questions about Midwest Pest Control

### Is Midwest Pest Control licensed in Iowa?

Midwest Pest Control holds a current company pesticide license in Iowa; Nebraska licenses individual applicators, not companies. Statuses are as each state agency showed them on the date retrieved.

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

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

In part. Door-to-door selling by Midwest Pest Control is documented, but only for part of how it sells or only in the past.

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

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

Midwest Pest Control’s BBB profiles show 2 complaints in the last three years across its BBB files; grades vary by branch.

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

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

Our record has no confirmed cancellation fee amount.

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

### How does Midwest Pest Control rank?

Midwest Pest Control ranks #24 of 164 in the West, with a Handshake Score of 8.4 out of 10 (Low confidence). Strongest: licensing and compliance (10.0/10). Weakest: complaint record (8.5/10). Sales and contract fairness: N/A.

[How we scored it](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/midwest-pest-control.md) · [Full rankings](https://handshakereviews.com/rankings/pest-control-west.md) · [Presto-X Pest Control vs. Midwest Pest Control](https://handshakereviews.com/compare/presto-x-pest-control-vs-midwest-pest-control.md) · [Midwest Pest Control vs. Insight Pest Solutions](https://handshakereviews.com/compare/midwest-pest-control-vs-insight-pest-solutions.md)

### Has Midwest Pest Control faced government actions?

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

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

### Where does Midwest Pest Control have locations?

Our record lists 3 locations for Midwest Pest Control in Iowa and Nebraska. It appears in our area rankings for Des Moines, Cedar Rapids and Omaha.

[Locations](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/midwest-pest-control.md) · [Best pest control in the Des Moines area](https://handshakereviews.com/pest-control/des-moines.md) · [Best pest control in the Cedar Rapids area](https://handshakereviews.com/pest-control/cedar-rapids.md) · [Best pest control in the Omaha area](https://handshakereviews.com/pest-control/omaha.md)

## Pest control by state

- [#1 of 15 in Nebraska](https://handshakereviews.com/rankings/pest-control-nebraska.md): [Omaha area](https://handshakereviews.com/pest-control/omaha.md)
- [#1 of 14 in Iowa](https://handshakereviews.com/rankings/pest-control-iowa.md): [Des Moines area](https://handshakereviews.com/pest-control/des-moines.md), [Cedar Rapids area](https://handshakereviews.com/pest-control/cedar-rapids.md)

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- [Presto-X Pest Control](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/presto-x-pest-control.md) · #3 of 15 · State Score 9.4 · [Is it legit? (Presto-X Pest Control)](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/presto-x-pest-control/legit.md)
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## Sources

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

1. [Company website](https://midwestpest.com) — midwestpest.com · Company facts
2. [agriculture-iowa.my.salesforce-sites.com](https://agriculture-iowa.my.salesforce-sites.com/lookup) — Company facts · retrieved October 28, 2026
3. [midwestpest.com](https://midwestpest.com/) — Company facts · retrieved October 28, 2026
4. [bbb.org](https://www.bbb.org/us/ne/omaha/profile/pest-control/midwest-pest-control-0714-300284017) — Company facts · retrieved October 28, 2026
5. [midwestpest.com](https://midwestpest.com/about-our-family) — Company facts · retrieved October 28, 2026
6. [bbb.org](https://www.bbb.org/us/ne/omaha/profile/pest-control/midwest-pest-control-0714-300284017/complaints) — Contracts and sales · retrieved October 28, 2026
7. [midwestpest.com](https://midwestpest.com/services/pest-control) — Contracts and sales · retrieved October 28, 2026
8. [midwestpest.com](https://midwestpest.com/special-offers) — Contracts and sales · retrieved October 28, 2026
9. [Google — Ankeny, Iowa](https://www.google.com/maps?cid=2313581957858133412) — google.com · Customer reviews · retrieved October 27, 2026
10. [Google — Cedar Rapids, Iowa](https://www.google.com/maps?cid=14470676316324926383) — google.com · Customer reviews · retrieved October 27, 2026
11. [Google — Omaha, Nebraska](https://www.google.com/maps?cid=13324432551914303881) — google.com · Customer reviews · retrieved October 27, 2026
12. [BBB](https://www.bbb.org/us/ne/omaha/profile/pest-control/midwest-pest-control-0714-300284017/customer-reviews) — bbb.org · BBB · retrieved October 28, 2026
13. [Midwest Pest Control (Ankeny, Iowa)](https://www.bbb.org/us/ia/ankeny/profile/pest-control/midwest-pest-control-0664-32157517) — bbb.org · BBB · retrieved October 28, 2026
14. [BBB](https://www.bbb.org/us/ia/ankeny/profile/pest-control/midwest-pest-control-0664-32157517/complaints) — bbb.org · BBB · retrieved October 28, 2026
15. [BBB](https://www.bbb.org/us/ia/ankeny/profile/pest-control/midwest-pest-control-0664-32157517/customer-reviews) — bbb.org · BBB · retrieved October 28, 2026
16. [Nebraska Department of Agriculture (NDA), Pesticide Program](https://nda.nebraska.gov/pesticide/reciprocal) — nda.nebraska.gov · Licensing and registrations · retrieved October 28, 2026
17. [Nebraska Department of Agriculture (NDA), Pesticide Program](https://www.kellysolutions.com/ne/Applicators/searchbyconame.asp) — kellysolutions.com · Licensing and registrations · retrieved October 28, 2026
18. [Pest Control Company Recommendations (Bugs specifically)](https://www.reddit.com/r/Omaha/comments/1rrsxqk/pest_control_company_recommendations_bugs/) — reddit.com · Mentions, awards and claims · retrieved October 28, 2026
19. [Best of B2B 2024 Winners (Pest Control Company)](https://www.omahamagazine.com/today/best-of-b2b-2024-winners/) — omahamagazine.com · Mentions, awards and claims · retrieved October 28, 2026
20. [midwestpest.com](https://midwestpest.com/pest-control-des-moines) — Mentions, awards and claims · retrieved October 28, 2026
21. [Ankeny, Iowa location](https://midwestpest.com/pest-control-ankeny) — midwestpest.com · Locations · retrieved October 28, 2026
22. [Cedar Rapids, Iowa location](https://midwestpest.com/pest-control-cedar-rapids) — midwestpest.com · Locations · retrieved October 28, 2026

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