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title: "Thrasher Pest Control Review"
description: "Thrasher Pest Control has a Handshake Score of 8.4 out of 10, ranking #25 of 164 in the West. It has 4,328 Google reviews averaging 5.0."
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# Thrasher Pest Control 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/thrasher-pest-control/legit.md)

Thrasher Pest Control ranks #25 of 164 in the West, with a Handshake Score of 8.4 out of 10.

This page draws on 30 public sources retrieved between October 27, 2026 and October 28, 2026, and the record was verified on October 27, 2026. The sources are listed at the end.

## At a glance

- Rank and score: #25 of 164 in the West, Handshake Score 8.4 out of 10; data confidence medium.
- 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: San Diego, California.
- Founded: 2009.
- Services on its record: general pest control (quarterly, bi-monthly and monthly plans), termite inspection and control, termite fumigation, escrow / WDO inspections, wood damage repair, rodent control and exclusion, mosquito control, bed bug control, gopher control, commercial pest control.
- Record verified October 27, 2026.
- Legal name: Thrasher Termite & Pest Control of So Cal, Inc..
- Website: https://thrasherpest.com

## How we scored it

Handshake Score: 8.4 out of 10, #25 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 46.67%, nominal 35%): 10.0/10
  - Google 5.00 across 4,328 West reviews
  - Blended 5.00/5
- Complaint record (weight 13.33%, nominal 10%): 10.0/10
  - 0 BBB complaints in 3 yrs ÷ 4,328 (West: all in California Google review total across the 5 rated listings) = 0.0 per 1,000 → 10
- Sales and contract fairness (weight 15%): not scored
  - Sales & contract factor not scored: no contract terms or sales-conduct findings in the record; remaining weights renormalized
- Licensing and compliance (weight 20%, nominal 15%): 9.5/10
  - Minor administrative penalty: CA San Diego County ag commissioner NOPA EA-37-2026-006 ($250; company registration PR 7462) (−0.5)
- Legal and regulatory record (weight 20%, nominal 15%): 10.0/10
- Workplace score (weight 10%): not scored (< 20 employee reviews)

- Weighted average of the factors above: 9.9/10.
- Review volume −0.8: 4,328 of 5,000 Google reviews.
- Verification depth −0.4: 0 of 250 other reviews · 0 of 20 employee reviews.
- Locations −0.3: 6 of 10 locations.
- Handshake Score: 8.4/10.

Not scored for lack of records: sales and contract fairness. The remaining weights were rescaled.

## What customers say

- Thrasher Pest Control has 4,328 Google reviews across 5 West listings, averaging 5.0.
- BBB (California: San Diego HQ BBB file (the company’s only BBB…): rating not shown, 0 reviews, retrieved October 28, 2026
- Yelp (San Diego, California (8957 Complex Dr)): rating not shown, 1,375 reviews, retrieved October 28, 2026

## Better Business Bureau

- Its BBB profile shows an A+ grade and 0 complaints in the last three years.
- BBB accredited since 2021-09-21.
- BBB customer reviews: No reviews.
- Retrieved October 28, 2026.

## Contracts and sales practices

- Door-to-door badge: N/A.
- Sales notes: No door-to-door evidence found. The company job board (Paylocity, read October 28, 2026) lists four openings, none in sales: “Pest Control Service Trainee”, “Pest Control Technician (Licensed Required)”, “Residential Wood Repair Technician / Carpenter (726)” and “WDO Inspector (Termite Inspector)”; the careers page recruits technicians only. The site sells by phone, quote form and free inspection (“Get a call back with your quote”). Searches for door-to-door, solicitor and summer-sales mentions returned nothing about this company. Recorded as unknown (not found), not as a confirmed “no”.
- Home Pest Protection (standard residential plan) is a year-round exterior service with visits every three months.
- Home Pest Protection PLUS adds rodents with visits every other month; Critical Pest Protection is monthly.
- All plans include re-service between visits if target pests return.
- The only published terms are website Terms of Service; they govern use of the website, not the service agreement, and contain no arbitration or class-waiver clause (California law, non-exclusive jurisdiction of California courts). No service agreement, minimum term, renewal, cancellation method, cancellation fee or prices are published on thrasherpest.com (sitemap pages checked October 28, 2026).
- Website terms: governing law and jurisdiction clause (website use only).

## Licensing and registrations

- Status and expiry are as the issuing agency’s record showed them on the date retrieved.
- California · Structural Pest Control Board (Department of Consumer Affairs) · Company Registration (Pest & Termite Control); the company’s principal registration · no. PR7462 · status: Active · note: Issued 03-28-2016. The 12-31-2035 expiration is a placeholder, not a renewal date. Matches the number the company advertises (“License #PR7462”, claims). The file has no insurance/bond or discipline column, and the DCA detail page (qualifying operator, documents) is blocked for use.
- California · Structural Pest Control Board (Department of Consumer Affairs) · Operator license (individual), Pest & Termite Control · no. 12902 · status: Active · expires June 30, 2027 · note: Individual license at the company address. The file does not say which operator qualifies PR 7462; this is the owner’s operator license, not a company record.
- California · Structural Pest Control Board (Department of Consumer Affairs) · Field Representative license (individual), Pest Control · no. 54350 · status: Active · expires June 30, 2029 · note: Individual license; recorded for identity only.
- California · California Department of Pesticide Regulation · Pest Control Business license (DPR; non-structural pesticide work) · no. PCM 41014 · status: On DPR’s current business list · expires December 31, 2027

## 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; cited as evidence for licensing and compliance] December 16, 2025 · San Diego County Agricultural Commissioner (California) · enforcement: County agricultural commissioner administrative civil penalty, NOPA EA-37-2026-006 (structural civil penalty): $250 final fine against THRASHER TERMITE & PEST CONTROL OF SO CAL INC (company registration PR 7462); code section 16CCR 1970.42 as entered in the file; incident date December 16, 2025. A fine under $5,000 with no settlement, consent order or judgment.
- [COMPLAINT RECORD, a count or summary of complaints, not findings; not counted in the legal score] October 28, 2026 · BBB, Mountain West & Pacific Southwest · complaint-summary: BBB shows no complaints on the company’s only BBB file (San Diego HQ; BBB profiles generally cover a three-year period).

## Mentions, awards and claims

### Mentions

- [Thrasher Termite & Pest Uncovers Formosan Termites in La Mesa (Calif.)](https://www.pctonline.com/news/thrasher-uncovers-termites-la-mesa-calif/) (PCT (Pest Control Technology) · August 13, 2018 · trade-press): A Thrasher WDO inspector found a new Formosan subterranean termite colony in La Mesa, confirmed with San Diego County and CDFA; Garrett Thrasher is quoted as owner and general manager (Businesswire release).
- [Thrasher Pest receives first QualityPro Public Health certification in California](https://www.mypmp.net/thrasher-pest-receives-first-qualitypro-public-health-certification-in-california/) (Pest Management Professional (mypmp.net) · trade-press): PMP reports that the San Diego company became the first in California to earn QualityPro Public Health certification (headline and opening line only).
- [Who do you use for cheap pest control? : r/sandiego](https://www.reddit.com/r/sandiego/comments/1nwbgq3/who_do_you_use_for_cheap_pest_control/) (Reddit r/sandiego · reddit): A commenter has used Thrasher for about two years and says it is not the cheapest but the technicians are thorough.
- [Recs for pest control service : r/chulavista](https://www.reddit.com/r/chulavista/comments/1sym2o8/recs_for_pest_control_service/) (Reddit r/chulavista · reddit): A Chula Vista commenter recommends “Thrashers Pest Control” as service-oriented.
- [Thrasher Termite & Pest Control, Inc. (QualityPro featured company, Los Gatos)](https://www.npmaqualitypro.org/about-qualitypro/featured-companies/thrasher-termite-pest-control-inc/) (QualityPro (NPMA) · other): The Los Gatos family company’s QualityPro page says Garrett Thrasher opened its San Diego branch and that he and Lauren later incorporated an independent San Diego company (identity source).
- [Garrett Thrasher, Vice President & General Manager (LinkedIn)](https://www.linkedin.com/in/garrettthrasher) (LinkedIn · other): Garrett Thrasher’s profile says the San Diego company incorporated in 2015 as a separate company (identity corroboration).

### Awards

- QualityPro accreditation (featured company) (QualityPro (National Pest Management Association))
- BBB Accredited Business (since 9/21/2021), A+ (BBB Mountain West & Pacific Southwest, 2021)

## On Reddit

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

## Locations

- States with a location on file: California.
- Cities: San Diego, California, Carlsbad, California, Coronado, California, Escondido, California, El Cajon, California.

## What we couldn’t verify

Overall confidence in this score: Medium, 5 of 11 points. [How confidence is set](https://handshakereviews.com/how-we-review#confidence).

What keeps it from rating higher:

- 4 of 5 factors scored (not scored: sales and contract fairness).
- 4,328 western US Google reviews behind customer satisfaction (10,000 or more earns full points).
- Too few independent non-Google reviews to blend in (Google only).
- Verifier rated the customer reviews medium (high earns a point).
- Verifier rated the legal and regulatory record medium (high earns a point).
- 15 independent websites cited (25 or more earns a point).

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

### Gaps in the record

- Google’s robots.txt disallows /maps? and /maps/ and its terms bar automated access in violation of it, so no Maps page was fetched. The 4379 30th St, San Diego listing has no rating or reviews and is left out of customer satisfaction.google. The Los Gatos listing “Thrasher Termite & Pest Control, Inc.” (thrasherpestcontrol.com) in the same raw file belongs to the separate parents’ company and is correctly excluded.
- Google review excerpts and themes not collected (Maps not fetched, see above). The site’s review widget shows only company-selected 5-star reviews, so it was not used for excerpts.
- SPCB branch offices: the DCA file has no Branch Office (BR) rows for the Carlsbad, Coronado, Escondido, El Cajon or 30th St San Diego addresses. Whether those suites are registered branch offices could not be checked (DCA License Search is blocked). Recorded as a gap, not a deduction (absence from the file proves nothing; canceled rows are omitted).
- SPCB discipline: DCA detail page blocked (Cloudflare Turnstile). Predictable discipline PDF names (pr_7462_acc, pr-7462_acc, pr_7462_aacc, pr-7462_aacc, opr_12902_acc, opr-12902_acc) on pestboard.ca.gov all returned 404; a miss proves nothing.
- California business registry: bizfile Online is blocked and OpenCorporates served a “Checking your browser” human-verification check on October 28, 2026; entity status and SOS number not verified. BBB shows “Business Incorporated: 12/29/2015”, “Type of Entity: Corporation”.
- CSLB (contractor) license not checked: the CSLB name search needs a form post-back; the company does wood/deck repair, which SPCB Branch 3 registrations cover, so no CSLB requirement was established.
- Courts: CourtListener served a challenge page (HTTP 405) and its API needs authentication; San Diego Superior Court has no free name search. Searches for lawsuits, settlements, attorney general and district attorney actions found nothing about this company.
- California AG press-release search (oag.ca.gov/media/news?body_value=Thrasher, October 28, 2026) listed no releases. No San Diego DA release found by search.
- Cal/OSHA: the OSHA establishment search serves a human check; not checked.
- Contract terms: no service agreement, minimum term, renewal, cancellation or fee terms are published on thrasherpest.com, and BBB has no complaints or company replies to draw terms from. Sales and contract fairness has no inputs.
- Yelp (1,375 reviews per search snippet), Facebook (ThrasherPestControl.SanDiego page), LinkedIn, Indeed and Glassdoor were not fetched because their terms prohibit automated collection; their figures are search-snippet context only and unscored. No Angi, HomeAdvisor, Thumbtack, Trustpilot or Nextdoor profile for the San Diego company surfaced in searches.
- PMP article (mypmp.net) served a human-verification check; recorded from its search snippet only.
- GreenPro and QualityPro Public Health certifications not verified on the issuers’ directories.
- Locations outside San Diego County / outside CA: none found; the company lists only San Diego County offices. No other covered state has a location, license or listing.
- BBB complaints page served HTTP 403 (human-verification check) on re-check after one network error; not retried further.

### Open questions

- BBB profile lists “Dept of Agriculture PCM38757”, not on DPR’s current business list (current DPR license PCM 41014).
- Indeed employer page “Thrasher Termite & Pest Control” and Glassdoor E1857336 appear shared with the Los Gatos company; snippet-only, unscored either way.

## Common questions about Thrasher Pest Control

### Is Thrasher Pest Control licensed in California?

Thrasher Pest Control holds a current company pesticide license in California. Statuses are as each state agency showed them on the date retrieved.

[Licensing record](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/thrasher-pest-control.md) · [Is Thrasher Pest Control legit?](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/thrasher-pest-control/legit.md)

### Does Thrasher Pest Control sell door to door?

Our research didn’t establish that Thrasher Pest Control sells door to door. That isn’t proof that it never knocks.

[Sales evidence](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/thrasher-pest-control.md)

### What is Thrasher Pest Control’s BBB rating?

Thrasher Pest Control’s BBB profile shows an A+ grade and 0 complaints in the last three years.

[BBB record](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/thrasher-pest-control.md)

### Does Thrasher Pest Control charge a cancellation fee?

Our record has no confirmed cancellation fee amount.

[Contract terms](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/thrasher-pest-control.md)

### How does Thrasher Pest Control rank?

Thrasher Pest Control ranks #25 of 164 in the West, with a Handshake Score of 8.4 out of 10 (Medium confidence). Strongest: customer satisfaction (10.0/10). Weakest: licensing and compliance (9.5/10). Sales and contract fairness: N/A.

[How we scored it](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/thrasher-pest-control.md) · [Full rankings](https://handshakereviews.com/rankings/pest-control-west.md)

### Has Thrasher Pest Control faced government actions?

No resolved government actions count against Thrasher Pest Control in our scoring. One other lawsuit or regulatory record is listed but not scored; pending cases and allegations are not findings.

[Legal and regulatory record](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/thrasher-pest-control.md)

### Where does Thrasher Pest Control have locations?

Our record lists 6 locations for Thrasher Pest Control in California. It appears in our area rankings for San Diego.

[Locations](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/thrasher-pest-control.md) · [Best pest control in the San Diego area](https://handshakereviews.com/pest-control/san-diego.md)

## Pest control in California

- [#3 of 38 in California](https://handshakereviews.com/rankings/pest-control-california.md): [San Diego area](https://handshakereviews.com/pest-control/san-diego.md)

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## Sources

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

1. [Company website](https://thrasherpest.com) — thrasherpest.com · Company facts
2. [thrasherpest.com](https://thrasherpest.com/terms-of-use/) — Company facts · retrieved October 28, 2026
3. [bbb.org](https://www.bbb.org/us/ca/san-diego/profile/pest-control/thrasher-pest-control-1126-172000458) — Company facts · retrieved October 28, 2026
4. [thrasherpest.com](https://thrasherpest.com/about-us/) — Company facts · retrieved October 28, 2026
5. [npmaqualitypro.org](https://www.npmaqualitypro.org/about-qualitypro/featured-companies/thrasher-termite-pest-control-inc/) — Company facts · retrieved October 28, 2026
6. [thrasherpest.com](https://www.thrasherpest.com/) — Company facts · retrieved October 28, 2026
7. [recruiting.paylocity.com](https://recruiting.paylocity.com/recruiting/jobs/All/0d1b05da-a3ae-4c3c-ac4e-37e9237cf9ac/Thrasher-Termite-Pest-Control-of-So-Ca) — Contracts and sales · retrieved October 28, 2026
8. [thrasherpest.com](https://thrasherpest.com/service/residential-pest-control/) — Contracts and sales · retrieved October 28, 2026
9. [Google — San Diego, California (8957 Complex Dr)](https://www.google.com/maps?cid=4395914412705252504) — google.com · Customer reviews · retrieved October 27, 2026
10. [Google — Carlsbad, California](https://www.google.com/maps?cid=17903888376388491079) — google.com · Customer reviews · retrieved October 27, 2026
11. [Google — Coronado, California](https://www.google.com/maps?cid=4673908606077395501) — google.com · Customer reviews · retrieved October 27, 2026
12. [Google — Escondido, California](https://www.google.com/maps?cid=6843682368989772928) — google.com · Customer reviews · retrieved October 27, 2026
13. [Google — El Cajon, California](https://www.google.com/maps?cid=16928754058136689960) — google.com · Customer reviews · retrieved October 27, 2026
14. [Google — San Diego, California (4379 30th St #4)](https://www.google.com/maps?cid=11278860218299676287) — google.com · Customer reviews · retrieved October 27, 2026
15. [BBB — California: San Diego HQ BBB file (the company’s only BBB profile)](https://www.bbb.org/us/ca/san-diego/profile/pest-control/thrasher-pest-control-1126-172000458/customer-reviews) — bbb.org · Customer reviews · retrieved October 28, 2026
16. [Yelp — San Diego, California (8957 Complex Dr)](https://www.yelp.com/biz/thrasher-pest-control-san-diego-2) — yelp.com · Customer reviews · retrieved October 28, 2026
17. [BBB](https://www.bbb.org/us/ca/san-diego/profile/pest-control/thrasher-pest-control-1126-172000458/complaints) — bbb.org · BBB · retrieved October 28, 2026
18. [BBB](https://www.bbb.org/search?find_country=USA&find_text=Thrasher%20Pest%20Control&find_loc=San%20Diego%2C%20CA&page=1) — bbb.org · BBB · retrieved October 28, 2026
19. [Structural Pest Control Board (Department of Consumer Affairs)](https://dca.box.com/s/oss6hf8jys2bmgxqd2gdz7w4oepm2il9) — dca.box.com · Licensing and registrations · retrieved October 27, 2026
20. [California Department of Pesticide Regulation](https://apps.cdpr.ca.gov/docs/license/pdf/Businesses.csv) — apps.cdpr.ca.gov · Licensing and registrations · retrieved October 28, 2026
21. [San Diego County Agricultural Commissioner (California)](https://www.cdpr.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/cac_admin_civil_penalties-092024_092026.xlsx) — cdpr.ca.gov · Legal and regulatory · retrieved October 27, 2026
22. [Indeed (employee reviews)](https://www.indeed.com/cmp/Thrasher-Termite-&-Pest-Control/reviews) — indeed.com · Workplace · retrieved October 28, 2026
23. [Indeed (employee reviews)](https://www.indeed.com/cmp/Thrasher-Termite-&-Pest-Control/reviews?ftopic=mgmt) — indeed.com · Workplace · retrieved October 28, 2026
24. [Glassdoor (employee reviews)](https://www.glassdoor.sg/Reviews/Thrasher-Termite-and-Pest-Control-San-Diego-CA-Reviews-EI_IE1857336.0,33_IL.34,46_IC1147311.htm) — glassdoor.sg · Workplace · retrieved October 28, 2026
25. [Thrasher Termite & Pest Uncovers Formosan Termites in La Mesa (Calif.)](https://www.pctonline.com/news/thrasher-uncovers-termites-la-mesa-calif/) — pctonline.com · Mentions, awards and claims · retrieved October 28, 2026
26. [Thrasher Pest receives first QualityPro Public Health certification in California](https://www.mypmp.net/thrasher-pest-receives-first-qualitypro-public-health-certification-in-california/) — mypmp.net · Mentions, awards and claims · retrieved October 28, 2026
27. [Who do you use for cheap pest control? : r/sandiego](https://www.reddit.com/r/sandiego/comments/1nwbgq3/who_do_you_use_for_cheap_pest_control/) — reddit.com · Mentions, awards and claims · retrieved October 28, 2026
28. [Recs for pest control service : r/chulavista](https://www.reddit.com/r/chulavista/comments/1sym2o8/recs_for_pest_control_service/) — reddit.com · Mentions, awards and claims · retrieved October 28, 2026
29. [Garrett Thrasher, Vice President & General Manager (LinkedIn)](https://www.linkedin.com/in/garrettthrasher) — linkedin.com · Mentions, awards and claims · retrieved October 28, 2026
30. [npmaqualitypro.org](https://www.npmaqualitypro.org/about-qualitypro/featured-companies/thrasher-termite-pest-control-of-so-cal-inc/) — Mentions, awards and claims · retrieved October 28, 2026

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