Is The Killers 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 licensing: Commercial Applicator²⁶

  Status: Suspended · Number 57293 · Expires 12/31/2026

• Washington

  Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA) pesticide licensing: Commercial Applicator²⁷

  Status: New · Number 98989 · Expires 12/31/2026

• Washington

  WSDA company search: Company record²⁸

  Status: Listed; designated Commercial Applicator license 98989 status ‘New’ · Number company ID 1969 · Expires 12/31/2026 (CA license)

• Oregon

  Oregon Department of Agriculture (pesticide licensing): Commercial Pesticide Operator²⁴

  Status: Active · Number AG-L1084246CPO · Expires 31-DEC-26

• Oregon

  Oregon Department of Agriculture (pesticide licensing): Commercial Pesticide Operator²⁵

  Status: Active · Number AG-L1094037CPO · Expires 31-DEC-26

• Cost it points

  Business registration revoked/dissolved: Washington Commercial Applicator license #57293 (designated CA on WSDA company record 5490 ‘The Killers’): status Suspended while Vancouver, Washington branch is omitted from the Eastside Exterminators replacement record²⁶

  Counted in the score: −0.5

Better Business Bureau record

• Its BBB profile shows an A+ grade and 1 complaint in the last three years.

  BBB accredited since 8/23/1996.

  One complaint filed in the last 12 months.^{13, 23}

  Full BBB record

What customers say

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

• Google

  4,091 reviews across 4 Pacific Northwest listings, averaging 4.9 out of 5 (weighted by review count).^{10, 14, 15, 16}

• Yelp

  4.4 out of 5 from 162 reviews (Portland, Oregon).²²

  Retrieved October 14, 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.

• No record found: the Oregon Dept. of Agriculture ‘Pesticide violations and penalties’ dataset (377 records, September 6, 2023 to June 29, 2026) has no party matching Killers, Rickmar, Mattflea or Eastside.³²

  Date not recorded · Oregon · Enforcement · Not scored

• No relevant federal case found. The CourtListener RECAP search for “Killers Pest Control” returned 2 unrelated dockets (Hart v. BHH LLC, S.D.N.Y.; BASF Agro v. Cheminova, M.D.N.C.). “Rickmar Enterprises” matched only an unrelated 2009 S.D. Florida bankruptcy. “Killers Pest Elimination” and “Mattflea Holdings” returned 0.³³

  Date not recorded · US federal (CourtListener) · Lawsuit · Not scored

• No record found: WSDA’s published pesticide enforcement action lists for 2019-2025 and the 2026 list (through Q3, cases AESPC-26-0010 to -0015), all linked from the enforcement page, contain no case naming The Killers, Killers Pest Control/Elimination, Rickmar Enterprises, Mattflea Holdings, Matthew White or license 57293. So the ‘Suspended’ status on Matthew D White’s Commercial Applicator license 57293 does not match any published WSDA enforcement action. WSDA does not give the reason.³⁴

  Date not recorded · Washington (WSDA) · Enforcement · Not scored

• WSDA 2026 enforcement list (Q3 update, 6 cases) checked: no Killers, Rickmar, Mattflea or Matthew White entry.³⁵

  Date not recorded · Washington (WSDA) · Enforcement · Not scored

One other record (complaint summaries and permits) is on its review page.

Does it sell door to door?

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

  Sales evidence

How it ranks

• #10 in Pacific Northwest pest control

  Handshake Score 7.3 out of 10, Medium confidence.

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

  How we scored itFull rankings

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