PestTechs Pest and Weed Control Review

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“In score” marks the profiles counted in the customer-satisfaction factor.

In reviewers’ words

Quoted verbatim, up to 300 characters, as recorded by our researchers with the reviewer’s first name and last initial at most. Low and high ratings are shown alternately.

• Nextdoor, Farmington, New Mexico · 7 Mar (year not shown)

  “Pesttechs comes on time and gets the job done quickly. Their employees are professional and friendly. The price is very reasonable. I will stay with them.”

  J. B.Read on Nextdoor

• Nextdoor, Farmington, New Mexico · 17 Mar (year not shown)

  “Yes, the bugs are gone and so are the birds, next comes cancer from the chemicals. There are natural more safe methods.”

  L. H.Read on Nextdoor

Profile scope: Farmington, New Mexico (6161 E Main St); a second search-result entry is the same profile at PO Box 2983 Verification October 28, 2026: BBB lists the business as PestTechs Pest Control, 6161 E Main St, Farmington (phone (505) 636-5442; other phones (505) 609-8202 and (505) 516-6167), owner Steven Duncan, with alternate names PESTTECHS, LLC and Pest Techs; BBB’s entity-type field says Corporation while the New Mexico SOS record is a Domestic LLC. Single-location Farmington file, no branches listed.

Scored: Complaint record

BBB profiles

• Main profile · A+View

Door-to-door sales: N/A

N/A: the research didn’t establish door-to-door selling. It isn’t proof that the company never knocks.

No door-to-door evidence found: no sales-rep or summer-sales job posts, recruiting page, solicitor-permit item or customer review describing reps at the door appeared in searches (jobs query surfaced only generic Farmington technician postings from other firms) or on pesttechs.com. Recorded as unknown (not found), not as “no”.

Contract terms and pricing

• Weed control: full-year guarantee with semi-annual service (company statement).⁴

  “We have a full year guarantee with a semi-annual service.”

• Weed control is discounted when bundled with the annual pest program (pre-emergent in fall/winter, post-emergent in spring/summer); retreats are free of charge (company statement).⁴

  “We offer discounted services when you bundle with our annual pest program. Every year each customer receives a pre-emergent service in the fall or winter and a post emergent service in the spring or summer. Retreats are offered free of charge.”

• Promotion: free rodent inspection and $45 initial service for spiders (“Fall/Winter 2026”).¹

  “$45 Initial Service for Spiders”

• The only published “Terms & Conditions” govern use of the website (updated March 10, 2021), not the pest-service agreement; no minimum term, renewal, cancellation or arbitration terms for service are published on pesttechs.com.⁵

  “Service refers to the Website.”

Status and expiry dates are shown exactly as the issuing agency’s record showed them on the date retrieved.

Only resolved government actions count toward the score. Pending lawsuits, allegations and private matters are listed here but marked “N/A” (not counted in the score). Summaries are our researchers’ wording of the source; allegations are allegations, not findings.

• October 29, 2026 · New Mexico · Complaint summaryScored: Complaint record

  BBB complaints tab shows 0 complaints (BBB profiles generally cover a three-year reporting period); the business is not BBB accredited.¹²

• October 29, 2026 · New Mexico · EnforcementN/A

  A search of the New Mexico Department of Justice (Attorney General) website for “pesttechs” returned no results. This is a site search only: state pesticide-regulator (NMDA) enforcement was not checked (NMDA lookup not used; see gaps).¹³

• October 29, 2026 · New Mexico · LawsuitN/A

  CourtListener (D.N.M. federal dockets) search for “PestTechs” returned no results (the two-word form “Pest Techs” could not be re-run: site timed out). New Mexico state courts Case Lookup not used (see gaps).¹⁴

Workplace score: N/A. It carries 10% of the Handshake Score when at least 20 employee reviews are on file (otherwise excluded and remaining weights renormalized).

No employee reviews on file.

Awards and certifications

None verified.

What the company says about itself

These are the company’s own claims, quoted from its materials. We haven’t verified them.

• Company says it serves Durango, Colorado (service-area line) but has no Colorado office or Google listing; no Colorado location added.¹

• Colorado Dept. of Agriculture business search for “PestTechs” and “Pest Techs” returned no business (CDA lists current licenses only; not proof of no past license).¹⁷

• Company claims to be “the largest Pest provider in the area” and the local residential expert (company claim).¹⁸

• Company says it was started about a decade ago by owner Steven Duncan after he noticed poor pest service at his restaurants (company claim).¹⁸

Mentions

• Yahoo Local · Directory · Date not shown · Neutral toneRead

  Pest Techs (Albuquerque listing, 10719 Miera Dr NW)

  A directory (mirrored Yelp-style rating 3.0 from 3 reviews, not scored) lists a “Pest Techs” at 10719 Miera Dr NW, Albuquerque with website pesttechs.com and phone (505) 600-1078; a Yelp search snippet shows the same address, phone and website.

  “Our company specializes in pest control and weed control for you home of business”

• LinkedIn · Directory · Date not shown · Neutral toneRead

  Steven Duncan - owner at PestTechs (LinkedIn)

  Search snippet lists Steven Duncan as owner of PestTechs Pest & Weed Control, Farmington, from Nov 2010.

  “Steven Duncan owner at PestTechs PestTechs Pest & Weed Control Farmington, New Mexico, United States. Nov 2010 - Present”

Reddit hasn’t been searched for this company yet.

2 locations on file in New Mexico (2).

Overall confidence in this score: Low (provisional), 1 of 11 points. N/A (not scored): sales and contract fairness. The reason is under “How we scored it.”

What keeps it from rating higher:

• 1,189 western US Google reviews behind customer satisfaction (3,000 or more earns a point; 10,000 or more earns full points).
• 11 independent websites cited (25 or more earns a point).
• 4 of 5 factors scored (not scored: sales and contract fairness).
• Too few independent non-Google reviews to blend in (Google only).
• Verifier rated the customer reviews medium (high earns a point).
• Verifier rated the licensing medium (high earns a point).
• Verifier rated the legal and regulatory record medium (high earns a point).
• Verifier corrected or removed 20.7% of the items checked (10% or fewer earns a point).

How confidence is set

Gaps in the record

• Not checked on live Google Maps because Google Maps terms forbid automated access; both match pesttechs.com phone/address and BBB (the second listing’s phone (505) 609-8202 is a BBB “Other Phone”).
• New Mexico pesticide license: not looked up (NMDA lookup terms restrict commercial use). License number 789 / expiry 12/31/2026 is only what BBB reports; holder and status unconfirmed. No NMDA enforcement list is published (records request needed).
• New Mexico state courts Case Lookup not used (its disclaimer restricts use; source guide says ask the operator first). Only CourtListener (federal) was searched. OSHA establishment search is blocked (human check): workplace-safety record not checked.
• Yelp, Facebook, Indeed and Glassdoor not opened (they forbid automated access). Yelp rating seen only in a search snippet (not scored). Facebook page claims over 1000 5-star reviews in a snippet (not evidence). No Indeed/Glassdoor/RepVue employer page found in searches: no employee ratings.
• No Angi, HomeAdvisor, Thumbtack or Trustpilot profile for PestTechs found (Angi Farmington pest-control list page does not include it); Nextdoor page has no rating or count.
• No published service contract: pesttechs.com Terms & Conditions are website-use terms only (Terms still show the old address 1905 E Mojave St). Minimum term, auto-renewal, cancellation method/fee and arbitration for service agreements are unknown.
• Colorado (Durango service area): no office; CDA business search found nothing (not proof). Licensing/registry not researched there.
• Door-to-door status not determined (no evidence either way). No reviews in the record describe reps at the door.
• Ownership “independent” rests on owner-managed single-entity records plus the company’s own “locally owned” claim.
• Searches: 24 searches used of 40; searches for legal actions, awards, news and Reddit returned nothing specific to PestTechs.
• BBB customer-review tab: loaded on the October 28, 2026 verification retry and shows 0 reviews (nothing to score). BBB main and complaints pages were re-read twice more on October 28, 2026 but timed out; the October 29, 2026 captures from the research run (profile, complaints tab) were used.
• Live status and ownership unconfirmed (Yelp forbids automated access). If it is later shown to be the company’s, it has no Google rating/count on file to score.
• Colorado Department of Agriculture business-search re-check timed out on October 28, 2026; the research run’s October 29, 2026 capture (“No Businesses found”) stands. Not proof of no past license.

Open questions

• NM commercial-applicator license (BBB-reported number 789, expiry 12/31/2026) is unconfirmed: NMDA lookup not used. Holder and status unknown.
• Is the Albuquerque ‘Pest Techs’ (10719 Miera Dr NW, (505) 600-1078, website pesttechs.com) this company’s second office or an unrelated listing using the same website? Not determinable from public pages that allow automated tools.
• Door-to-door status unknown (no evidence either way).
• Service contract (minimum term, renewal, cancellation fee/channel, arbitration) is unpublished; sales and contract fairness is unscored.