Is Saela Pest Control legit?

Licenses

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

• Washington

  Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA), Pesticide and SPI Licensing: Commercial Applicator³⁶

  Status: New · Number 105690 · Expires 12/31/2026

• Oregon

  Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA) pesticide licensing: Commercial Pesticide Operator³⁷

  Status: Active · Number AG-L1080744CPO · Expires 31-DEC-26

• Idaho

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

• Cost it points

  Business registration revoked/dissolved: Oregon SOS: SAELA PORTLAND, LLC (1429707-97) authority administratively revoked, reinstated 06-26-2023³⁸

  Counted in the score: −0.5

Better Business Bureau record

• Its company-wide BBB profile shows an A+ grade and 1,053 complaints in the last three years.

  BBB accredited since 8/17/2022.

  296 complaints filed in the last 12 months.^{31, 32, 33, 34}

  Full BBB record

What customers say

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

• Google

  10,677 reviews across 5 Pacific Northwest listings, averaging 4.6 out of 5 (weighted by review count).^{8, 9, 11, 12, 16}

• HomeAdvisor

  4.6 out of 5 from 1,474 reviews (Kent, Washington).²²

  Retrieved October 12, 2026

• HomeAdvisor

  4.7 out of 5 from 928 reviews (Lakewood, Washington).²¹

  Retrieved October 12, 2026

• HomeAdvisor

  4.4 out of 5 from 886 reviews (Beaverton, Oregon).²³

  Retrieved October 12, 2026

• HomeAdvisor

  4.6 out of 5 from 586 reviews (Lynnwood, Washington).²⁰

  Retrieved October 12, 2026

• BBB

  1.21 out of 5 from 414 reviews (Saela Pest Control profile, Kansas City, Missouri).¹⁸

  Retrieved October 11, 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.

• Saela is not a party. In EcoShield Pest Solutions Portland, LLC v. Grit Marketing, LLC (D. Or. 3:24-cv-00887), EcoShield’s complaint alleges that a GRIT sales representative in the Portland market boasted, “We already kicked out Insight [Pest Solutions], Brooks [Pest Control], Saela [Pest Control]”. The court’s 3/18/2025 opinion separately notes that defendants asked it to take judicial notice of the websites of “four pest-control companies operating in Portland”, including Saela; the court declined. These are a party’s allegation and request, not findings, and no wrongdoing by Saela is alleged.⁴⁴

  May 31, 2024 · U.S. District Court, District of Oregon · Lawsuit · Not scored

Three 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

• #1 in Pacific Northwest pest control

  Handshake Score 8.3 out of 10, High confidence.

  Strongest: legal and regulatory record (10.0/10). Weakest: sales and contract fairness (6.0/10). Complaint record: N/A.

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