Is Mission 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 Registration²⁴

  Status: Active · Number 7935 · Expires 12/31/2035

• California

  Structural Pest Control Board (Department of Consumer Affairs): Company Registration²⁴

  Status: Active · Number 8930 · Expires 12/31/2035

• Cost it points

  Minor administrative penalty: CA San Diego County ag commissioner NOPA EA-37-2025-056 ($350; company registration PR 7935)²⁵

  Counted in the score: −0.5

• Cost it points

  Minor administrative penalty: CA San Diego County ag commissioner NOPA EA-37-2026-042 ($450; company registration PR 7935)²⁵

  Counted in the score: −0.5

• Cost it points

  Minor administrative penalty: CA San Diego County ag commissioner NOPA EA-37-2026-079 ($700; company registration PR 7935)²⁵

  Counted in the score: −0.5

• Cost it points

  Minor administrative penalty: CA San Diego County ag commissioner NOPA EA-37-2026-080 ($600; company registration PR 7935)²⁵

  Counted in the score: −0.5

Better Business Bureau record

• Its BBB profile shows an A+ grade and 12 complaints in the last three years.

  BBB accredited since 2021-04-07.

  Three complaints filed in the last 12 months.⁴

  Full BBB record

What customers say

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

• Google

  7,574 reviews across 3 western US listings, averaging 4.9 out of 5 (weighted by review count).^{16, 17, 18}

• Yelp

  1.7 out of 5 from 19 reviews (San Diego, California).^{20, 21}

  Retrieved October 28, 2026

• BBB

  3.18 out of 5 from 11 reviews (San Diego, California BBB profile).¹⁹

  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.

• County agricultural commissioner administrative civil penalty, NOPA EA-37-2026-080 (structural civil penalty): $600 final fine against MISSION PEST CONTROL (company registration PR 7935); code section 3CCR 6726; incident date July 21, 2026. A fine under $5,000 with no settlement, consent order or judgment.²⁵

  July 21, 2026 · San Diego County Agricultural Commissioner (California) · Enforcement · Not scored

• County agricultural commissioner administrative civil penalty, NOPA EA-37-2026-079 (structural civil penalty): $700 final fine against MISSION PEST CONTROL (company registration PR 7935); code section 3CCR 6738; incident date May 22, 2026. A fine under $5,000 with no settlement, consent order or judgment.²⁵

  May 22, 2026 · San Diego County Agricultural Commissioner (California) · Enforcement · Not scored

• Private suit brought by the Moxie group, with Mission Pest Control, L.P. among the plaintiffs, against Aptive Environmental and former employees over Moxie’s confidential sales-rep data (CFAA, trade secrets, RICO). The 10th Circuit affirmed in part and remanded on Jan. 21, 2026. Mission is a plaintiff; no finding against Mission. Not scored (private suit).^{2, 6}

  January 21, 2026 · U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit (No. 24-4076; from D. Utah 2:21-cv-00240) · Lawsuit · Not scored

• County agricultural commissioner administrative civil penalty, NOPA EA-37-2026-042 (structural civil penalty): $450 final fine against MISSION PEST CONTROL (company registration PR 7935); code section 3CCR 6738; incident date December 17, 2025. A fine under $5,000 with no settlement, consent order or judgment.²⁵

  December 17, 2025 · San Diego County Agricultural Commissioner (California) · Enforcement · Not scored

• County agricultural commissioner administrative civil penalty, NOPA EA-37-2025-056 (structural civil penalty): $350 final fine against MISSION PEST CONTROL (company registration PR 7935); code section 3CCR 6738; incident date March 5, 2025. A fine under $5,000 with no settlement, consent order or judgment.²⁵

  March 5, 2025 · San Diego County Agricultural Commissioner (California) · Enforcement · 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

• #76 of 164 in the West

  Handshake Score 7.7 out of 10, Medium confidence.

  Strongest: legal and regulatory record (10.0/10). Weakest: licensing and compliance (8.0/10).

  How we scored itFull rankings

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