Is Reliant Pest Management legit?

Licenses

Company pesticide licenses in each state where it has a location, with the status the issuing agency showed on the date retrieved.

• Texas

  Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) Structural Pest Control Service: Commercial business license⁵

  Status: Listed in TDA current-licenses report (active), file dated 26 Oct 2026 · Number 0569898 · Expires 03/31/2027

• Texas

  Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) Structural Pest Control Service: Commercial business license⁵

  Status: Listed in TDA current-licenses report (active), file dated 26 Oct 2026 · Number 0595398 · Expires 04/30/2027

• Texas

  Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) Structural Pest Control Service: Commercial business license⁵

  Status: Listed in TDA current-licenses report (active), file dated 26 Oct 2026 · Number 0985754 · Expires 04/30/2027

• Cost it points

  Minor administrative penalty: TDA administrative penalty, case 00048209 (operating without a license), RELIANT PEST MANAGEMENT-AUSTIN LLC, TPCL 0595398 ($1,000, February 20, 2026)²⁹

  Counted in the score: −0.5

Better Business Bureau record

• Its BBB profile shows an F grade and 5 complaints in the last three years.

  Not BBB accredited.^{3, 9, 28}

  Full BBB record

What customers say

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

• Google

  3,510 reviews across 3 western US listings, averaging 4.6 out of 5 (weighted by review count).^{17, 18, 19}

• BBB

  1.5 out of 5 from 8 reviews (BBB Heart of Texas file).¹²

  Retrieved October 27, 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.

• TDA Structural Pest Control Service: ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTY of $1,000.00 against RELIANT PEST MANAGEMENT-AUSTIN LLC (License # 0595398, the Austin branch TPCL), case 00048209, violation “OPERATING WITHOUT A LICENSE”, final 02/20/2026. One case, one violation row. The report does not say which office or activity was involved. Confirmed by license number against the current commercial-business report.²⁹

  February 20, 2026 · Texas Department of Agriculture (Texas) · Enforcement · Not scored

Two other records (complaint summaries and permits) are 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

• #159 of 164 in the West

  Handshake Score 6.0 out of 10, High confidence.

  Strongest: legal and regulatory record (10.0/10). Weakest: sales and contract fairness (3.5/10).

  How we scored itFull rankings

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