Is Presto-X 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.

• Arkansas

  No company pesticide license record on file.

• Colorado

  Colorado Department of Agriculture (CDA), Plant Industry Division, Pesticide Applicator Program: Commercial applicator business record⁵³

  Status: Listed (CDA shows current valid licenses only) · Number BusinessId 13620 · Expires December 31, 2026

• Colorado

  Colorado Department of Agriculture (CDA), Plant Industry Division, Pesticide Applicator Program: Commercial applicator business record⁵³

  Status: Listed (CDA shows current valid licenses only) · Number BusinessId 13624 · Expires December 31, 2026

• Iowa

  Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship (IDALS), Pesticide Bureau: Commercial applicator company license⁵⁵

  Status: Listed with expiration December 31, 2026 · Number 01932-000 · Expires December 31, 2026

• Iowa

  Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship (IDALS), Pesticide Bureau: Commercial applicator company license⁵⁵

  Status: Listed with expiration December 31, 2026 · Number 11094-001 · Expires December 31, 2026

• Kansas

  Kansas Department of Agriculture (KDA), Pesticide and Fertilizer Program: Pesticide business license⁹

  Status: Listed on the KDA public business search · Number PBL 100467 · Expires December 31, 2026

• Missouri

  Missouri licenses individual pesticide applicators, not companies, so there is no company license to look up.

• Nebraska

  Nebraska licenses individual pesticide applicators, not companies, so there is no company license to look up.

• Oklahoma

  Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry (ODAFF), Pesticide Licensing (AGLook): Pesticide License⁵⁶

  Status: Listed; expiration date in the future (the lookup shows no status text) · Number 4933 · Expires December 31, 2026

• South Dakota

  South Dakota licenses individual pesticide applicators, not companies, so there is no company license to look up.

• Texas

  Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA), Structural Pest Control Service: Commercial Business License⁸

  Status: Current (listed on TDA current-licenses report, file dated 2 Nov 2026) · Number 0590486 · Expires January 31, 2027

• Texas

  Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA), Structural Pest Control Service: Commercial Business License⁸

  Status: Current (listed on TDA current-licenses report, file dated 2 Nov 2026) · Number 0688559 · Expires February 28, 2027

• Wyoming

  Wyoming licenses individual pesticide applicators, not companies, so there is no company license to look up.

Better Business Bureau record

• Its BBB profile shows an A+ grade and 0 complaints in the last three years across its BBB files.

  Not BBB accredited.^{3, 34, 35, 36}

  Full BBB record

What customers say

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

• Google

  3,331 reviews across 19 western US listings, averaging 4.8 out of 5 (weighted by review count).^{12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17}

• BBB

  1.61 out of 5 from 97 reviews (company-wide, multi-brand: Rentokil North America, Inc. headquarters profile).^{32, 33}

  Retrieved November 2, 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.

• Resolved $3.15 million civil settlement with Terminix International Inc. and Rentokil North America, Inc. over pesticide and hazardous-waste disposal and customer-record handling at California facilities (Western Exterminator / Terminix names). Names the parent legal entity that licenses Presto-X but no Presto-X branch, brand or covered-state facility; recorded for context, not scored for Presto-X (ruling October 28, 2026: actions naming only a parent).⁶⁵

  September 4, 2026 · California (Alameda County DA with 28 other California DAs and the Los Angeles City Attorney) - parent-level, California facilities · Settlement · Not scored

• Case 00048833 against TPCL 0688559 (RENTOKIL NORTH AMERICA INC, DBA PRESTO X, Bexar County, the San Antonio license): three violations (incomplete/incorrect use records; missing TPCL numbers on vehicle; failure to maintain apprentice/technician training records), agency action WARNING, penalty None. A warning with no penalty: recorded, not scored.⁶²

  December 4, 2025 · Texas Department of Agriculture, Structural Pest Control Service (enforcement report, rolling 12 months) · Enforcement · Not scored

• Case 20230036, Rentokil North America, Inc., S Syracuse St & E Union Ave, Denver; statutes § 35-10-117(2)(a) and § 35-10-111, C.R.S.; outcome “Stipulation” (a stipulated agreement), 5-Feb-2025. The table names only the legal entity (no brand) and shows no penalty amount. It is not tied to Presto-X: the entity holds Colorado records for four brands (Presto-X 13620 Denver and 13624 Cheyenne Wyoming, Terminix 18295 Westminster and 18296 Colorado Springs, Ambius 18683 Denver County), and the incident location is not the Presto-X Denver branch address (445 Bryant St). Recorded, not scored.^{63, 64}

  February 5, 2025 · Colorado Department of Agriculture, Pesticide Applicator Act enforcement (SFY 2025 finalized-actions table) · Enforcement · Not scored

Does it sell door to door?

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

  Sales evidence

How it ranks

• #19 of 164 in the West

  Handshake Score 8.5 out of 10, Low confidence (provisional).

  Strongest: licensing and compliance (10.0/10). Weakest: customer satisfaction (9.3/10). Sales and contract fairness: N/A.

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