Is Thrasher Pest Control legit?

Licenses

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

• California

  Structural Pest Control Board (Department of Consumer Affairs): Company Registration¹⁹

  Status: Active · Number PR7462

• Cost it points

  Minor administrative penalty: CA San Diego County ag commissioner NOPA EA-37-2026-006 ($250; company registration PR 7462)²¹

  Counted in the score: −0.5

Better Business Bureau record

• Its BBB profile shows an A+ grade and 0 complaints in the last three years.

  BBB accredited since 2021-09-21.^{3, 17, 18}

  Full BBB record

What customers say

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

• Google

  4,328 reviews across 5 western US listings, averaging 5.0 out of 5 (weighted by review count).^{9, 10, 11, 12, 13}

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.

• 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.²¹

  December 16, 2025 · San Diego County Agricultural Commissioner (California) · Enforcement · Not scored

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

Does it sell door to door?

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

  Sales evidence

How it ranks

• #25 of 164 in the West

  Handshake Score 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 itFull rankings

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