Is Official Pest Prevention 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 Registration²

  Status: Active · Number PR9103

• California

  Structural Pest Control Board (Department of Consumer Affairs): Branch Office registration²

  Status: Active · Number BR5760

• California

  Structural Pest Control Board (Department of Consumer Affairs): Branch Office registration²

  Status: Active · Number BR5771

• California

  Structural Pest Control Board (Department of Consumer Affairs): Branch Office registration²

  Status: Active · Number BR5779

• California

  Structural Pest Control Board (Department of Consumer Affairs): Branch Office registration²

  Status: Active · Number BR5808

• Cost it points

  Minor administrative penalty: Sacramento County Agricultural Commissioner civil penalty, NOPA EA-34-2026-011 (SPCB PR 9103) ($500, August 4, 2025)²⁵

  Counted in the score: −0.5

• Cost it points

  Minor administrative penalty: Solano County Agricultural Commissioner civil penalty, NOPA EA-48-2025-050 (SPCB PR 9103) ($500, August 19, 2025)²⁵

  Counted in the score: −0.5

Better Business Bureau record

• Its BBB profile shows an F grade and 19 complaints in the last three years.

  Not BBB accredited.^{4, 10}

  Full BBB record

What customers say

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

• Google

  10,409 reviews across 5 western US listings, averaging 4.8 out of 5 (weighted by review count).^{15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20}

• Angi

  4.5 out of 5 from 683 reviews (Elk Grove, California profile).²³

  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-48-2025-050 (structural civil penalty): $500 final fine against “OFFICIAL PEST PREVENTION” (company registration PR 9103); code section 3CCR 6738; incident date August 19, 2025. A fine under $5,000 with no settlement, consent order or judgment.²⁵

  August 19, 2025 · Solano County Agricultural Commissioner (California) · Enforcement · Not scored

• County agricultural commissioner administrative civil penalty, NOPA EA-34-2026-011 (penalty type ACP): $500 final fine against “Official Pest Prevention, Inc.” (company registration PR 9103); code section 3CCR 6678; incident date August 4, 2025. A fine under $5,000 with no settlement, consent order or judgment.²⁵

  August 4, 2025 · Sacramento 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

• #103 of 164 in the West

  Handshake Score 7.4 out of 10, High confidence.

  Strongest: legal and regulatory record (10.0/10). Weakest: sales and contract fairness (4.5/10).

  How we scored itFull rankings

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