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title: "The Bug Master Review"
description: "The Bug Master has a Handshake Score of 8.8 out of 10, ranking #6 of 164 in the West. It has 6,516 Google reviews averaging 4.9 and a BBB grade of A+."
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updated: "2026-11-03"
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# The Bug Master Review

By [Uri Mittelman](https://handshakereviews.com/authors/uri-mittelman.md), Editor · Research and verification: Handshake Research Desk · Updated November 3, 2026 · Verified October 27, 2026

Review · [Is it legit?](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/the-bug-master/legit.md) · [How to cancel](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/the-bug-master/cancel.md) · [Compare](https://handshakereviews.com/compare/sureguard-lawn-and-pest-vs-the-bug-master.md)

The Bug Master ranks #6 of 164 in the West, with a Handshake Score of 8.8 out of 10.

This page draws on 43 public sources retrieved October 27, 2026, and the record was verified on October 27, 2026. The sources are listed at the end.

## At a glance

- Rank and score: #6 of 164 in the West, Handshake Score 8.8 out of 10; data confidence high.
- Door-to-door selling: not found in our research (badge “N/A”; this is not proof the company never sells door to door).
- Ownership: independent.
- Headquarters: Austin, Texas.
- Founded: 1981.
- Services on its record: general pest, termite (Sentricon), termite inspections / WDI reports, rodent, wildlife removal and exclusion, mosquito, bed bugs, fleas and ticks, scorpions, bird and bat control, green / organic pest control, commercial pest control (apartments, restaurants, healthcare, food processing, warehouses, government), disinfecting.
- Record verified October 27, 2026.
- Legal name: Bug Master Exterminating Service, Ltd..
- Website: https://thebugmaster.com

## How we scored it

Handshake Score: 8.8 out of 10, #6 of 164 in the West. Each factor is scored from 0 to 10; every point added or taken away is listed with the fact behind it.

- Customer satisfaction (weight 38.89%, nominal 35%): 9.6/10
  - Google 4.89 across 6,516 West reviews
  - Other platforms 4.76/5 (Facebook 4.8)
  - Blended 4.89/5: 97.1% Google, 2.9% other platforms (48 other-platform reviews, 0.7% of the 6,516 Google reviews; the full 40% needs 10%, 652)
- Complaint record (weight 11.11%, nominal 10%): 10.0/10
  - 3 BBB complaints in 3 yrs ÷ 6,516 (one BBB file covering only Texas branches) = 0.5 per 1,000 → 10
- Sales and contract fairness (weight 16.67%, nominal 15%): 8.5/10
  - 12-month minimum term (−1)
  - Auto-renews (−0.5)
- Licensing and compliance (weight 16.67%, nominal 15%): 10.0/10
- Legal and regulatory record (weight 16.67%, nominal 15%): 10.0/10
- Workplace score (weight 10%): not scored (< 20 employee reviews)

- Weighted average of the factors above: 9.6/10.
- Review volume −0.4: 6,516 of 10,000 Google reviews.
- Verification depth −0.4: 48 of 250 other reviews · 18 of 20 employee reviews.
- Locations 0: 10 locations.
- Handshake Score: 8.8/10.

## What customers say

- The Bug Master has 6,516 Google reviews across 10 West listings, averaging 4.9.
- BBB (Texas: BBB Heart of Texas file 0825-42185 (all branches)): rating not shown, 0 reviews, retrieved October 27, 2026
- Facebook (company page (The Bug Master | Austin Texas); the company…): rating not shown, 48 reviews, retrieved October 27, 2026
- Yelp (Austin, Texas (1912 Smith Rd)): 3.5/5, 82 reviews, retrieved October 27, 2026

## Better Business Bureau

- Its BBB profile shows an A+ grade and 3 complaints in the last three years.
- BBB accredited since 4/1/1988.
- BBB customer reviews: No reviews.
- Retrieved October 27, 2026.

## Contracts and sales practices

- Door-to-door badge: N/A.
- Sales notes: No door-to-door evidence found: no summer/D2D recruiting, no reviews or BBB complaints describing reps at the door, and the door-to-door search returned nothing about this company. Sales roles are inspectors with company-provided leads, an outside-sales posting that asks for cold calls and networking (channel not stated), and inside-sales reps. Status stays “unknown” because absence of evidence is not proof.
- Company (BBB response, 03/09/2026): the residential Pest Plus plan is an annual program billed monthly with quarterly visits, i.e. a 12-month term. (counted in the score)
- Company (BBB responses, 07/18/2024 and 08/07/2024, commercial apartment customer): its termite/Sentricon agreement includes an auto-renewal clause; annual termite and Sentricon station fees renew automatically because the stations are leased. (counted in the score)
- Consumer-reported price (BBB complaint 02/25/2026, Pest Plus plan): $179 initial service, then $53.04 per month.
- Company FAQ: residential treatments at least quarterly; monthly for mosquitoes/fleas.
- Guarantee (company): free re-service if a problem persists; warranties vary by service; satisfaction guarantee refunds the last scheduled service if the problem cannot be fixed.
- Consumer report (BBB complaint 02/03/2026): customer says they tried to cancel in November 2025 and kept being billed monthly and threatened with collections; company replied it could not find the account.
- Not published: the website shows no service agreement, cancellation method, early-cancellation fee or arbitration terms (FAQ, location and package pages checked; FAQ accordions expanded).

## Licensing and registrations

- Status and expiry are as the issuing agency’s record showed them on the date retrieved.
- Texas · Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) Structural Pest Control Service · Commercial Business License · no. TPCL 0566854 · status: Active (listed on TDA current-licenses report) · expires 07/31/2027 · note: Categories: PTLW
- Texas · Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) Structural Pest Control Service · Commercial Business License · no. TPCL 0566852 · status: Active (listed on TDA current-licenses report) · expires 07/31/2027 · note: Categories: PTLW
- Texas · Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) Structural Pest Control Service · Commercial Business License · no. TPCL 0779874 · status: Active (listed on TDA current-licenses report) · expires 02/28/2027 · note: Categories: PT
- Texas · Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) Structural Pest Control Service · Commercial Certified Applicator (individual) registrations tied to the company’s business licenses · no. 0559088 (Dauphin M Ewart); 0711028 (Keld Ewart) · status: Listed on TDA certified-applicator report · expires 07/31/2027 (0559088); 07/31/2027 and 02/28/2027 (0711028) · note: Individual applicator records, recorded for context only; the company records are the three business licenses above. Founder Ned D Ewart holds applicator 0559089 (PTLW, expires 12/31/2026) with no business link shown.
- Texas · Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts (Franchise Tax Account Status, showing Texas Secretary of State registration) · Business entity registration (Texas limited partnership) · no. Texas taxpayer 17421913033; SOS file 0013005810 · status: Right to Transact Business: ACTIVE; SOS Registration Status: ACTIVE

## Legal and regulatory record

- Only resolved government actions count toward the score. Summaries are our researchers’ wording of the source.
- [Not counted in the legal score] August 21, 2026 · Texas (Texas Department of Agriculture, Structural Pest Control Service) · enforcement: TDA enforcement case 00049359 against TPCL 0566854 (Austin business license): violations “WORKING OUT OF CATEGORY” and “OTHER”; agency action WARNING, no penalty; date final 08/21/2026. A warning with no penalty is not a resolved government penalty and is not scored.
- [LAWSUIT OR ALLEGATION, claims are allegations unless the summary states an outcome; not counted in the legal score] July 17, 2024 · BBB Heart of Texas (complaint 22002354) · complaint: Commercial customer (two apartment properties) said it declined a termite renewal, was billed $2,776.61 anyway, had pest service suspended at both properties over the dispute, and that the contract Bug Master gave a collections agency carried a forged signature; it said it reported this to police. The company replied that the signed agreement auto-renews (leased Sentricon stations), work orders show the work was done, and it would let collections proceed. Allegations only; no outcome beyond the BBB exchange is known.
- [LAWSUIT OR ALLEGATION, claims are allegations unless the summary states an outcome; not counted in the legal score] December 31, 2002 · Texas, Third Court of Appeals (Austin); Travis County 261st District Court No. 99-00846 · lawsuit: Abash Exterminating sued a former employee to enforce his employment agreement, then added Bug Master Exterminating Service, Inc. as a defendant, alleging interference with business relations and unfair competition by using Abash’s trade secrets obtained when Bug Master hired him; Abash later nonsuited Bug Master. Bug Master appealed the denial of its sanctions motion; the court affirmed (12/31/2002). Private business dispute, resolved, over 20 years old; not scored.
- [LAWSUIT OR ALLEGATION, claims are allegations unless the summary states an outcome; not counted in the legal score] June 26, 1997 · Texas, Third Court of Appeals (Austin), No. 03-96-00574-CV · lawsuit: Home buyers who found termites after closing sued the sellers, realtors and others, including Bug Master Exterminating Service, Inc., which had done the FHA termite inspection on closing day and found no termites. The appeal concerns the sellers only; the outcome of the claim against Bug Master is not shown. Private, about 29 years old; not scored.
- [COMPLAINT RECORD, a count or summary of complaints, not findings; not counted in the legal score] October 27, 2026 · BBB Heart of Texas · complaint-summary: BBB file 0825-42185 (Austin HQ with San Marcos, Temple and Waco branch addresses; its phone list includes The Woodlands number): 3 complaints in the last 3 years, 2 in the last 12 months. All 3 displayed show business responses (status Answered): a Pest Plus billing complaint (monthly billing vs quarterly visits, 02/2026), billing after attempted cancellation (02/2026; company could not find the account), and a commercial apartment owner’s dispute over an auto-renewed termite/Sentricon bill sent to collections, where the customer alleged a forged signature (07/2024; company kept the account in collections).
- [COMPLAINT RECORD, a count or summary of complaints, not findings; not counted in the legal score] October 27, 2026 · Texas (Attorney General; federal) · complaint-summary: No Texas Attorney General action, FTC action, consent order or settlement involving The Bug Master or Bug Master Exterminating Service was found. The cited CourtListener RECAP (federal) search returns 4 dockets, none an action by a government body against the company: three list it only as a creditor or notice party in other companies’ bankruptcies, and one cites a private case, “Barsness Service Group, Inc. vs. Bug Master Exterminating Service, Ltd.”, in a 2018 court appendix (not researched). The Texas AG publishes no per-company complaint data.

## Mentions, awards and claims

### Mentions

- [The Bug Master Acquires Preston Pest Control](https://www.pctonline.com/news/the-bug-master-san-antonio-texas-acquisition-preston-pest-control/) (Pest Control Technology (PCT) · February 16, 2022 · trade-press): Announces the purchase of Preston Pest Control of San Antonio, the company’s second acquisition in five years.
- [The Bug Master acquires Preston Pest Control](https://www.mypmp.net/the-bug-master-acquires-preston-pest-control/) (Pest Management Professional (PMP) · February 24, 2022 · trade-press): Same acquisition; describes the company as family-owned, founded 1981 by Ned Ewart, QualityPro-certified (per its website), with Dauphin Ewart as second-generation CEO.
- [Dauphin Ewart, The Bug Master (PCT Top 100 event video)](https://top100.pctonline.com/media/dauphin-ewart/) (PCT Top 100 (GIE Media) · trade-press): Event page with a video of the CEO speaking about PCT’s Top 100 event; it does not itself state a ranking.
- [Central Texas Pest Trends With The Bug Master](https://www.kxan.com/studio-512/central-texas-pest-trends-with-the-bug-master/) (KXAN Studio 512 · April 1, 2024 · news): Sponsored TV lifestyle segment with the CEO (one of several KXAN Studio 512 segments in 2023–2024); labeled as paid for by the company.
- [Mosquito season ramps up as rain boosts activity](https://www.kxan.com/news/local/mosquito-season-ramps-up-as-rain-boosts-activity/) (KXAN (Austin) · May 12, 2026 · news): Local news story quoting Ewart of The Bug Master on mosquito activity and standing water.
- [Seeking exterminator! : r/Austin](https://www.reddit.com/r/Austin/comments/t1jbbb/seeking_exterminator/) (Reddit r/Austin · reddit): A commenter has used The Bug Master for years for roaches, rats and raccoons and says they do a good job.
- [Pest Control recommendations wanted : r/Leander](https://www.reddit.com/r/Leander/comments/1f5ock3/pest_control_recommendations_wanted/) (Reddit r/Leander · reddit): A commenter calls Bug Master reliable.
- [Pest Control : r/Waco](https://www.reddit.com/r/Waco/comments/1oxdq68/pest_control/) (Reddit r/Waco · reddit): A Waco-area commenter uses Bug Master but has lately been less happy with them (no reason in the snippet).
- [What kind of pest infestation could this be? PLEASE HELP : r/Austin](https://www.reddit.com/r/Austin/comments/bb3cam/what_kind_of_pest_infestation_could_this_be/) (Reddit r/Austin · reddit): A poster comparing companies says The Bug Master quoted prices quickly; the snippet is cut off before any conclusion.
- [Who do you use for pest control and why do you like them? : r/Austin](https://www.reddit.com/r/Austin/comments/1lwhikq/who_do_you_use_for_pest_control_and_why_do_you/) (Reddit r/Austin · reddit): A commenter’s office uses The Bug Master for preventive interior spraying.

### Awards

- BBB Accreditation (A+), since 1988 (BBB Heart of Texas, 1988)
- QualityPro (NPMA QualityPro)

## On Reddit

- Reddit hasn’t been searched for this company yet.

## Locations

- States with a location on file: Texas.
- Cities: Austin, Texas, The Woodlands, Texas, Temple, Texas, San Antonio, Texas, San Marcos, Texas, Houston, Texas.

## What we couldn’t verify

Overall confidence in this score: High, 8 of 11 points. [How confidence is set](https://handshakereviews.com/how-we-review#confidence).

Where it fell short of full marks:

- 6,516 western US Google reviews behind customer satisfaction (10,000 or more earns full points).
- Verifier rated the legal and regulatory record medium (high earns a point).
- 16 independent websites cited (25 or more earns a point).

Verifier’s confidence by section: Identity high; Licensing high; Legal and regulatory medium; Customer reviews high; BBB high; Employee reviews medium; Mentions medium; Sales model medium.

### Gaps in the record

- Google review excerpts: signed-out Google Maps shows only ~5 “Most relevant” reviews per listing and the sort menu would not open, so newest/lowest-rated Google reviews could not be sampled; negative Google excerpts are under-represented.
- Yelp: business pages return 403 to access; only a search-snippet figure (3.5, 82 reviews, Austin) is recorded, not scored.
- Glassdoor: “Humans only” block page; rating unknown (8 Austin reviews per a search snippet).
- Angi, HomeAdvisor, Thumbtack, Trustpilot: no profile for this company found in searches. Birdeye pages exist but are excluded.
- TDA current-licenses report lists business licenses only for Travis (Austin), Bell (Temple) and Montgomery (The Woodlands) counties. The San Marcos (Hays), San Antonio (Bexar; address is a Stone Oak Pkwy “Ste 200-5011” suite) and Houston (Harris) offices have no license of their own on the report; recorded as a gap, not deducted (wave TDA rule). Whether TDA requires a separate license for each of these offices was not determined.
- Entity resolution: other Texas pest firms with similar names are different businesses and were excluded: BUGMASTER PEST CONTROL (Barsness Service Group Inc, Bexar County, TPCL 0566899), BUG MASTERS PEST CONTROL (Lubbock), BUG MASTER PEST CONTROL LLC (Wood County), TEXAS BUG MASTERS (Hardin County), Bug Master of the Hills (Marble Falls), Bug Master Termite and Pest Control (Humble).
- Not added to locations.
- BBB lists a Waco branch address (1420 Old Steinbeck Rd) that the company website does not list; covered by the service-area Google listing near Waco but not added as a separate location.
- QualityPro certification and PCT Top 100 ranking are company claims; not verified on the issuers’ sites (QualityPro directory not reached; PCT Top 100 list page not loaded).
- Contract terms: the website publishes no service agreement, cancellation method, early-cancellation fee or arbitration clause; terms come from the company’s BBB responses only.
- Workplace safety: federal OSHA establishment search not run.
- Texas AG publishes no per-company complaint data; county district-court portals and re:SearchTX (account required) were not searched. CourtListener case law found two 1997/2002 private appellate cases; its RECAP search also cites a private case, “Barsness Service Group, Inc. vs. Bug Master Exterminating Service, Ltd.” (party, court, date and outcome not researched; private, so not scored either way).
- Reddit threads and KXAN pages could not be loaded; those items rest on search snippets.
- The first of the “two acquisitions in five years” (before Preston, 2022) was not identified. A Houston Google review mentions “Bugco services”; no link between Bugco and The Bug Master was found.
- TDA enforcement report covers only a rolling 12 months; TDA enforcement history before October 27, 2025 was not looked up.

### Open questions

- BBB lists “The Bug Group, Inc.” as an alternate name; TDA shows a separate licensee THE BUG GROUP INC (TPCL 0566863, Hidalgo County, DBA BUG OFF PEST CONTROL, operator Tomas Cantu). Whether that is related to Bug Master was not determined; it is not treated as a Bug Master location.
- Private case “Barsness Service Group, Inc. vs. Bug Master Exterminating Service, Ltd.” (cited in a 2018 federal court appendix) was not researched; private, so it would not be scored.
- Residential Pest Plus renewal/continuation after the 12-month term is not stated by the company; the only company auto-renewal statement concerns a termite/Sentricon agreement.

## Head-to-head comparisons

- [Bulwark Exterminating vs. The Bug Master](https://handshakereviews.com/compare/bulwark-exterminating-vs-the-bug-master.md)
- [ClearDefense Pest Control vs. The Bug Master](https://handshakereviews.com/compare/cleardefense-pest-control-vs-the-bug-master.md)
- [Sureguard Lawn & Pest vs. The Bug Master](https://handshakereviews.com/compare/sureguard-lawn-and-pest-vs-the-bug-master.md)

## Common questions about The Bug Master

### Is The Bug Master licensed in Texas?

The Bug Master holds a current company pesticide license in Texas. Statuses are as each state agency showed them on the date retrieved.

[Licensing record](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/the-bug-master.md) · [Is The Bug Master legit?](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/the-bug-master/legit.md)

### Does The Bug Master sell door to door?

Our research didn’t establish that The Bug Master sells door to door. That isn’t proof that it never knocks.

[Sales evidence](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/the-bug-master.md)

### What is The Bug Master’s BBB rating?

The Bug Master’s BBB profile shows an A+ grade and 3 complaints in the last three years.

[BBB record](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/the-bug-master.md)

### Does The Bug Master charge a cancellation fee?

The Bug Master’s own terms or statements set a 12-month minimum term. Service continues after the initial term until you cancel. Our record has no confirmed cancellation fee amount.

[How to cancel The Bug Master](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/the-bug-master/cancel.md)

### How does The Bug Master rank?

The Bug Master ranks #6 of 164 in the West, with a Handshake Score of 8.8 out of 10 (High confidence). Strongest: licensing and compliance (10.0/10). Weakest: sales and contract fairness (8.5/10).

[How we scored it](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/the-bug-master.md) · [Full rankings](https://handshakereviews.com/rankings/pest-control-west.md) · [Bulwark Exterminating vs. The Bug Master](https://handshakereviews.com/compare/bulwark-exterminating-vs-the-bug-master.md) · [ClearDefense Pest Control vs. The Bug Master](https://handshakereviews.com/compare/cleardefense-pest-control-vs-the-bug-master.md)

### Has The Bug Master faced government actions?

No resolved government actions count against The Bug Master in our scoring. Three other lawsuit or regulatory records are listed but not scored; pending cases and allegations are not findings.

[Legal and regulatory record](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/the-bug-master.md)

### Where does The Bug Master have locations?

Our record lists 10 locations for The Bug Master in Texas. It appears in our area rankings for Houston, The Woodlands, San Antonio, Austin and Killeen.

[Locations](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/the-bug-master.md) · [Best pest control in the Houston area](https://handshakereviews.com/pest-control/houston.md) · [Best pest control in the Woodlands area](https://handshakereviews.com/pest-control/the-woodlands.md) · [Best pest control in the San Antonio area](https://handshakereviews.com/pest-control/san-antonio.md) · [Best pest control in the Austin area](https://handshakereviews.com/pest-control/austin.md) · [Best pest control in the Killeen area](https://handshakereviews.com/pest-control/killeen.md)

## Pest control in Texas

- [#17 of 58 in Texas](https://handshakereviews.com/rankings/pest-control-texas.md): [Houston area](https://handshakereviews.com/pest-control/houston.md), [San Antonio area](https://handshakereviews.com/pest-control/san-antonio.md), [Austin area](https://handshakereviews.com/pest-control/austin.md), [Killeen area](https://handshakereviews.com/pest-control/killeen.md) and 1 more

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43 distinct pages, numbered in the order they appear in the record. Dates are when our researchers retrieved each page.

1. [Company website](https://thebugmaster.com) — thebugmaster.com · Company facts · retrieved October 27, 2026
2. [comptroller.texas.gov](https://comptroller.texas.gov/taxes/franchise/account-status/search/17421913033) — Company facts · retrieved October 27, 2026
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