Is Senske Lawn, Tree & 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

  WSDA Pesticide Licensing: Commercial Applicator⁴⁸

  Status: Renewed · Number 354 · Expires 12/31/2026

• Washington

  WSDA Pesticide Licensing: Commercial Applicator⁴⁹

  Status: Renewed · Number 48281 · Expires 12/31/2026

• Washington

  WSDA Pesticide Licensing: Commercial Applicator⁵⁰

  Status: Renewed · Number 78734 · Expires 12/31/2026

• Washington

  WSDA Pesticide Licensing: Commercial Applicator⁵¹

  Status: Renewed · Number 58578 · Expires 12/31/2026

• Washington

  WSDA Pesticide Licensing: Commercial Applicator⁵²

  Status: Renewed · Number 84889 · Expires 12/31/2026

• Washington

  WSDA Pesticide Licensing (company search ‘Senske’): Company records⁵³

  Status: Listed in WSDA company search (WSDA says results only include licensees renewed within the last two years)

• Oregon

  Oregon Dept. of Agriculture pesticide licensing: Commercial Pesticide Operator⁵⁴

  Status: Active · Number AG-L0126761CPO · Expires 31-DEC-26

• Idaho

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

• Cost it points

  Advertised license number doesn’t check out: Barnes Quality Pest Control (Bend, Oregon) advertises ODA CPO #1003366; ODA returns no license by that number or by name⁵⁴

  Counted in the score: −1

• Cost it points

  Serious contractor/safety violation: Washington L&I inspection 317977915, Clarkston: 2 ‘Serious’ violations (corrected)⁶²

  Counted in the score: −1

• Cost it points

  Serious contractor/safety violation: Washington L&I inspection 317977491, Yakima work site: ‘Serious’ fall-protection and ladder violations (corrected)⁶²

  Counted in the score: −1

Better Business Bureau record

• Its company-wide BBB profile shows an F grade and 56 complaints in the last three years.

  Not BBB accredited.

  22 complaints filed in the last 12 months.^{43, 44, 45, 46}

  Full BBB record

What customers say

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

• Google

  12,375 reviews across 10 Pacific Northwest listings, averaging 4.7 out of 5 (weighted by review count).^{14, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22}

• Angi

  3.8 out of 5 from 47 reviews (Kennewick, Washington).²⁹

  Retrieved October 13, 2026

• BBB

  1.06 out of 5 from 18 reviews (Company-wide).²⁷

  Retrieved October 11, 2026

• Angi

  4.4 out of 5 from 18 reviews (Mukilteo, Washington).³⁰

  Retrieved October 13, 2026

• Angi

  3.9 out of 5 from 12 reviews (Boise, Idaho).³¹

  Retrieved October 13, 2026

• Angi

  4.2 out of 5 from 9 reviews (Spokane Valley, Washington).³²

  Retrieved October 13, 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.

• Washington L&I workplace safety inspection 317977915 at 1495 Sycamore Street, Clarkston (the address of Senske’s Clarkston branch): two ‘Serious’ violations at $2,000.00 each (emergency washing facilities; eye and face protection) plus six ‘General’ $0.00 items (exposure evaluations; written program; training; medical evaluations; fit testing; sealing problems with tight-fitting respirators). All listed as Corrected. The same L&I record lists three Senske inspections with no violations: Kennewick 09/07/2022 and 08/27/2024, Mukilteo 04/05/2024.⁶²

  March 27, 2024 · Washington · Enforcement · Not scored

• Washington L&I workplace safety inspection 317977491 at 2309 57th Ave, Yakima (not the Yakima branch address in pnwLocations[4]; L&I lists inspections of ‘jobsites this business was responsible for’): ‘Serious’ violations for fall protection at four feet or more ($6,000.00), getting on and off ladders at upper levels ($3,000.00) and self-supporting ladders ($0.00), plus a ‘General’ first-aid training item ($0.00). All listed as Corrected.⁶²

  January 11, 2024 · Washington · Enforcement · Not scored

• Washington L&I workplace safety inspection 317976775 at 1924 South Post Street, Spokane (not a Senske branch address in pnwLocations): two ‘Serious’ fall-protection violations, $6,000.00 (fall protection at four feet or more) and $3,000.00 (fall protection work plan at ten feet or more). Both listed as Corrected. The record does not state what work was being performed.⁶²

  December 6, 2023 · Washington · Enforcement · Not scored

• Washington L&I workplace safety inspection 317960797 at 1101 S 28th Ave, Yakima: two ‘Serious’ violations, $3,000.00 (employees must use necessary PPE) and $1,500.00 (workplace free from recognized hazards). Both listed as Corrected. More than 5 years before the October 11, 2026 scoring date.⁶²

  November 5, 2020 · Washington · Enforcement · Not scored

Two other records (complaint summaries and permits) are on its review page.

Does it sell door to door?

• Partial: door-to-door selling is documented, but only for part of how the company sells or only in the past.

  Sales evidence

How it ranks

• #14 in Pacific Northwest pest control

  Handshake Score 6.9 out of 10, Medium confidence.

  Strongest: legal and regulatory record (10.0/10). Weakest: sales and contract fairness (6.5/10). Complaint record: N/A.

  How we scored itFull rankings

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