White Knight Pest Control Review

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Single company-wide HQ profile (Buda, Texas) covering the headquarters and all corporate-owned locations; branch profiles (California, Colorado, Texas and Alabama) link to it. Not BBB Accredited. Every published complaint carries a company response (0 unanswered of 608 published). The profile also names Mr. Szucceed Ly, Vice President of Operations.

Scored: Complaint record, Sales and contract fairness (−2, −2, −1)

Complaint themes

• Door-to-door reps promising cancel-any-time / no contract / one-time service
• Cancellation by email refused; required to speak with a Customer Advocate
• Billing after cancellation and collections
• Disputed or allegedly forged e-signatures
• Reps ignoring no-soliciting signs
• Missed or poor services

From BBB complaints and reviews

• BBB complaint · 10/08/2026

  “In July my husband and I signed up for White Knight Pest Control. The salesman specifically told us we could call and cancel our account at anytime. When I tried to call and cancel they tell me I can't because my name is not listed on the account. They say sign into the portal and change”

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• BBB complaint · 10/03/2026

  “He specifically told me I could cancel at any time. He never told me there was an early cancellation fee, termination penalty, or long-term contract. If I had known that, I would not have agreed to”

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• BBB complaint · 10/01/2026

  “On July 27th a door-to-door salesman for White Knight Pest Control came to my home to see if I was interested in their services. He said I could cancel anytime and my first service would be $1. He”

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• BBB complaint · 09/16/2026

  “White knight pest control told me i was paying for a one time service turns out it was for a year contract. When i called to cancel they wanted to charge me $500 even though i told them their sales”

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• BBB complaint · 08/14/2026

  “Door to door salesman name: REMOVEDOn 5.12 REMOVEDcame to my house selling pest control. I have a no soliciting sign that was completely disregarded. He told me that they would clean all the REMOVEDand use granules, not spray. He said they would go up in my attic and clear out any wasp”

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• BBB complaint · 07/30/2026

  “On April 29, 2026, I paid $53.04 to White Knight Pest Control for a pest treatment. I was told that I had no contract, that I could terminate service at any time, and that every two (2) months I would pay $92.01 for bi-monthly pest treatments. I was given a”

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• BBB complaint · 02/16/2026

  “I asked him multiple times if it was going to be free and without commitment. He reiterated that it was free and that I could cancel at any time. I had a witness on site also. He asked for my name”

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• BBB complaint · 12/29/2025

  “I was solicited by a young door-to-door sales REMOVEDresentative in Sept 2025, despite signs on the property explicitly stating "No Soliciting". I expressed that I was not interested and that I was a renter and likely moving in a few months. The REMOVEDpersisted and claimed that I would”

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• BBB complaint · 12/01/2025

  “stated that after the three months lapsed, $150 would be charged every 3 months for monthly pest control spraying around the property with NO early termination fees. The salesperson relayed that I was able to cancel at any time”

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• BBB complaint · 10/13/2026

  “A door to door sales man came to house asking me if Id like to try their peste control for 3 mo for REMOVED. I said sure for REMOVEDok. He said if I do it for a year it would be 280 and he can charge my bank for REMOVEDevery mouth. Well they did the first treatment and changed me”

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• BBB complaint · 10/12/2026

  “I signed a service agreement for an initial 12-month period, paying $49 for the initial treatment after a $351 discount. The agreement stated that the discount would become payable if I canceled before completing the initial”

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• BBB complaint · 07/01/2026

  “Yesterday June / 30 /2026 a salesperson arrived at my house to solicit their services. He proceeded past several no trespassing signs and no solicitation signs to knock on my door which also has the same signs posted. When my wife answered and informed him about the signs he says ( yes”

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• BBB complaint · 08/25/2025

  “filing a complaint regarding an in-person solicitation at my home by White Knight Pest Control, despite a clearly posted No Soliciting sign on my property.The employee identified himself as REMOVED,”

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• BBB complaint · 07/28/2025

  “Sales Representative knocked on door after passing Private Property No Trespassing Sign. The rude White Knight Sales person continued to talk after having been informed, This is a No Soliciting Neighborhood. White Knight continues to provide rude customer”

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• BBB complaint · 07/18/2025

  “First of all, we have a no soliciting sign posted at our doorbell (which was rung) so already there is a downfall. He is lucky I even answered the door. During the salesman interaction, I felt that”

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• BBB complaint · 05/27/2025

  “Violated a No Soliciting sign by knocking and soliciting anyway. Especially annoying since it woke up my sleeping children and also required me to walk around 2 days post-surgery. Something they”

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• BBB complaint · 08/26/2024

  “I have a do not solicit sign on my door. It was not respected. Very pushy sales tactics. They lead me to believe that it would be $300.00 for the first year of service and charged quarterly after that. Within 6 weeks they already charged me $210.00 more. I”

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• BBB complaint · 09/30/2026

  “On 9/29/26 I emailed to cancel our service so that it would be documented. They responded and said I cannot cancel through email and must talk to someone. That person tried to convince me to use”

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• BBB complaint · 09/16/2026

  “I was told to cancel it had to be in writing, so i email cancelation request, only to receive and email back telling me i must talk to customer service advocate. Then when trying to contact customer”

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• BBB complaint · 08/24/2026

  “they continue to return the written notice stating that the only way to cancel is to call their customer service team to"discuss options". There is no provision in the contract where I am required to call them. The contract specifically”

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• BBB complaint · 05/04/2026

  “I provided clear, written notice via email stating that I was no longer residing at the premises. The company disregarded this legal record and insisted that I "must call" to cancel. As a parent, I do not have the flexibility to”

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• BBB complaint · 08/27/2025

  “I received a reply saying I was not allowed to cancel my account via email and had to call. I immediately placed a call requesting the cancellation. The company has since emailed me back refusing to”

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• BBB complaint · 10/27/2025

  “White Knight responded that this email cannot process my request and that I must call a Customer Advocate, even though I am formally disputing this charge in writing. They have not acknowledged my”

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• BBB complaint · 07/29/2025

  “White Knight comes to subdivision soliciting for business. The issue is after you complete a contract they automatically renew services and demand payment when you cancel service. The service has been very below marginal and”

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• BBB complaint · 08/14/2026

  “He said I could cancel anytime for no extra charge.”

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• BBB complaint · 12/29/2025

  “He claimed that I could cancel at any time after the initial visit, risk-free”

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• BBB complaint · 09/07/2026

  “They set me up on a monthly plan where they would come out and spray and told me I could cancel at any time”

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• BBB complaint · 08/03/2026

  “a door-to-door salesperson explicitly represented that I would receive monthly pest control service while being billed every other month ($199 every two months)”

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• BBB complaint · 05/06/2026

  “He then verbally promised that if I signed, he would waive the cancellation fee.”

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• BBB complaint · 09/05/2024

  “I agreed to have our yard serviced for $69 for initial service & quarterly services for $109. ... He explains they would come out every three months to treat. (which was false).”

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• BBB complaint · 07/22/2024

  “My wife and I live in a city with a no solicitation ordinance (Corona, CA Municipal Code 5.34.130). Each sales person disregarded the laws of the city and continued to knock on our door and ring our doorbell, despite the 'No Solicitation' signs that meet city requirements”

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• BBB complaint · 09/22/2026

  “I tried to cancel and they said they would charge $250.”

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• BBB complaint · 08/15/2025

  “the representative stated I owed them additional two hundred dollars if I want to close the account”

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• BBB complaint · 07/08/2024

  “proceeded to explain that I would need to pay $331 to cancel the service”

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• BBB complaint · 08/28/2025

  “also demanded $201, claiming it offsets an initial discount”

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BBB profiles

• Main profileView

• Carlsbad, California (White Knight Pest Services)View

  Branch profile (“View Headquarters”); its complaints and reviews tabs show the HQ totals (643 / 4.47 of 2,767). File opened 12/15/2025.

• Bakersfield, California (White Knight Pest Services)View

• Northglenn, ColoradoView

• Carrollton, TexasView

Door-to-door sales: Yes

Door-to-door is the main residential sales channel: a current (Oct 2026) Provo, Utah sales-rep posting describes 100% commission neighborhood outreach and out-of-market “blitz” travel with lodging; the company’s own BBB replies refer to its “door-to-door representatives”; BBB’s pattern-of-complaints alert and hundreds of complaints describe reps at the door in Texas, Oklahoma, California, Minnesota, Colorado and Alabama. Also sells by phone/web (quote form, 844 number).

• “Direct Neighborhood Outreach: Connect with homeowners face-to-face to identify pest concerns and present preventative service plans.”

  simplyhired.com · retrieved October 27, 2026⁶

• “Team Travel Blitzes: Option to participate in organized, short-term regional sales blitzes alongside our core team with travel support.”

  simplyhired.com · retrieved October 27, 2026⁶

• “Travel & Housing Perks: Lodging arrangements and team incentives provided for out-of-market blitz pushes.”

  simplyhired.com · retrieved October 27, 2026⁶

• “COME JOIN MY TEAM!!! GEARING UP TO HEAD TO CALIFORNIA!”

  simplyhired.com · retrieved October 27, 2026⁶

• “Our door-to-door representatives undergo extensive training to ensure they have a comprehensive understanding of our products, services, and pricing.”

  bbb.org · retrieved October 27, 2026⁷

• “BBB files indicate that this business has a pattern of complaints concerning sales practices, contract terms, cancelations, and billing issues.”

  bbb.org · retrieved October 27, 2026³

  alert text read by clicking “Pattern of Complaints” on the profile

• “Specifically, consumers allege that they are subjected to high-pressure and inconsistent sales tactics during door-to-door sales.”

  bbb.org · retrieved October 27, 2026³

• “The door to door sales REMOVEDtook advantage of me being a single income mother after Ive said NO multiple times.”

  bbb.org · retrieved October 27, 2026⁸

• “Door to door sales person promises additional services but not provided. Did not disclose you will be locked into a one year service contract.”

  bbb.org · retrieved October 27, 2026⁹

• “Average White Knight Pest Control Summer Intern monthly pay in the United States is approximately $12,509”

  indeed.com · retrieved October 27, 2026¹⁰

  Read on the page October 27, 2026. Indeed: “Salary estimated from 1 past and present job posting on Indeed.” A single posting; weak evidence on its own.

Contract terms and pricing

• Company terms: 3-business-day written cancellation right; if canceled after the initial service and before the agreement is completed, the customer pays the difference between the full and the discounted initial service price.¹¹

  “You, the customer, may cancel this transaction anytime prior to midnight of the third business day after the date of this transaction by giving written notice of cancellation to White Knight. If for any reason, at any time, the service agreement is cancelled before its completion, and the initial service has been performed”

  Scored: Sales and contract fairness (−2)

• Company terms: after the agreement term, service continues at the same frequency until the customer cancels with 30 days’ written notice (automatic continuation).¹¹

  “Upon completion of this agreement treatments will continue at the same frequency until cancelled by the customer with a 30-day written notice.”

  Scored: Sales and contract fairness (−0.5)

• Company terms include a liability waiver for damage from wood-infesting organisms and listed pests. No arbitration or class-action clause appears in the published “Customer Agreement Terms” excerpt; the full service agreement was not available.¹¹

  “By signing this agreement and receiving services, you expressly waive and release White Knight Pest Control from liability for any claim for personal injury, damages to the structure or its contents caused by wood infesting organisms”

• Company statement (BBB reply, 10/12/2026): the standard agreement is one year, and the initial-service discount is owed if the customer cannot complete it.¹²

  “We simply request that the discount applied to your initial service be reimbursed if you are unable to honor the one-year agreement.”

  Scored: Sales and contract fairness (−1)

• Company statement (BBB review reply, 10/09/2026): cancellation charge is the difference between the initial service charge and the discounted rate if canceled after the initial service and before all services in the agreement are completed; agreements are confirmed by signature and an audio-recorded “Welcome Call”.⁸

  “Our terms outline potential charges based on the difference between the initial service charge and the discounted rate if an agreement is canceled after the initial service and before completing all the services in the agreement.”

  Scored: Sales and contract fairness (−2)

• Company statement (BBB review reply, 09/24/2026): cancellation requires a written request or email from the account holder, which places the account in “pending cancellation”; the company asks customers to speak with a Customer Advocate, and closes the account after a set number of unsuccessful contact attempts.⁸

  “If a customer wishes to cancel services, our process requires a written request or email from the account holder, which places your account in pending cancellation status and prompts our Customer Advocate team to assist and review the terms.”

• Texas consumer information sheet on the website: 72-hour cancellation right for home-solicitation contracts if the initial service has not been performed.¹³

  “If you are contracting for pest control services due to a home solicitation, you have the right to cancel the contract within 72 hours, as long as your initial service has not yet been performed”

• Plans: monthly, bi-monthly and quarterly general pest plans; regular treatments start 30 days after the initial service.¹⁴

  “For the most aggressive pest control approach, choose our monthly plan. Our bi-monthly plan is ideal if you're looking for above-average treatments with frequent service.”

• Reported early-cancellation amounts (first-hand, BBB): $349 (Alyanna C., 09/22/2026), $258 (Kristen P., 10/03/2026), $200 paid (John R., 10/08/2026), $280 (Jonathan S., Carlsbad California profile, 07/28/2026), $380 (complaint 10/13/2026), $216 (10/05/2026), $430.84 (10/06/2026), $500 (termite, 10/12/2026), $351 initial discount owed (10/12/2026).^{8, 9, 12}

  “Upon reviewing the contract after signing, I discovered a hidden cancellation fee of $349.00.”

  Scored: Sales and contract fairness (−2)

Status and expiry dates are shown exactly as the issuing agency’s record showed them on the date retrieved.

Only resolved government actions count toward the score. Pending lawsuits, allegations and private matters are listed here but marked “N/A” (not counted in the score). Summaries are our researchers’ wording of the source; allegations are allegations, not findings.

• October 27, 2026 · BBB, company-wide HQ profile · Complaint summaryScored: Complaint record

  643 BBB complaints in the last 3 years and 209 in the last 12 months. All 608 published complaints (61 pages, 10/30/2023–10/15/2026) show a company response: 442 Answered, 166 Resolved, 0 unanswered (tally of every page, October 27, 2026).¹²

• October 27, 2026 · Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts · PermitN/A

  Texas franchise-tax status: right to transact business FORFEITED for missing reports/payments, while the SOS registration shows ACTIVE. Date of forfeiture not shown.²

• September 1, 2026 · Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) Structural Pest Control Service · EnforcementN/A

  TDA enforcement report, case 00049417 against “WHITE KNIGHT PEST CONTROL INC”, license 0619813 (Dallas County, Carrollton): INCOMPLETE/INCORRECT USE RECORDS and OTHER. Agency action: WARNING, penalty None; Date Final 09/01/2026. Recorded, not scored.⁷⁷

• May 6, 2026 · U.S. District Court, W.D. Texas (1:26-cv-01200) · LawsuitN/A

  Macias v. White Knight Pest Control, Inc. (W.D. Tex. 1:26-cv-01200, Judge David A. Ezra): Telephone Consumer Protection Act suit (nature of suit 485; cause 47 U.S.C. 227, restrictions on use of telephone equipment) filed May 6, 2026; company served 5/14/2026. The plaintiff amended the complaint on July 23, 2026. Pending; allegations only. Private suit; not scored.⁷⁴

• April 15, 2026 · Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) Structural Pest Control Service · EnforcementN/A

  TDA enforcement report, case 00049100 against “WHITE KNIGHT PEST CONTROL INC”, license 0804514 (Harris County, Houston): USE INCONSISTENT WITH LABELING and INCOMPLETE/INCORRECT USE RECORDS. Agency action: WARNING, penalty None; Date Final 04/15/2026. Recorded, not scored.⁷⁷

• April 14, 2026 · Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) Structural Pest Control Service · EnforcementN/A

  TDA enforcement report, case 00049184 against “WHITE KNIGHT PEST CONTROL INC”, license 0804514 (Harris County, Houston): USE INCONSISTENT WITH LABELING. Agency action: WARNING, penalty None; Date Final 04/14/2026. A warning is not a fine; recorded, not scored.⁷⁷

• December 5, 2025 · National Labor Relations Board, Region 16 (Fort Worth) · Complaint summaryN/A

  NLRB unfair-labor-practice charge 16-CA-376775, filed 12/05/2025 by an individual against White Knight Pest Control (Buda, Texas); allegations listed: 8(a)(1) Concerted Activities (Retaliation, Discharge, Discipline) and 8(a)(1) Coercive Rules. Closed: the NLRB issued a letter approving the withdrawal request on 01/09/2026. No finding was made.⁷⁵

• November 14, 2025 · BBB (Heart of Texas), company-wide HQ profile · Complaint summaryScored: Complaint record (−2)

  BBB “Pattern of Complaints” alert, summarizing consumer allegations: high-pressure door-to-door sales; reps allegedly promising customers could cancel at any time without cost; one-time quotes later treated as one-year contracts; difficulty canceling; billing and collection issues; occasionally missed services. BBB states it had no response from the company to the pattern as of November 14, 2025; the profile is Not Rated while BBB evaluates the pattern. These are allegations, not findings.³

• August 28, 2025 · San Diego County Agricultural Commissioner (California); DPR county civil-penalty list · EnforcementScored: Licensing and compliance (−0.5)

  County agricultural commissioner civil penalty, San Diego County: NOPA EA-37-2025-173 against “WHITE KNIGHT PEST SERVICES” (SPCM 9412); structural (SCP); incident date August 28, 2025; Business and Professions Code section 8550; final fine $250. Minor administrative penalty.⁷⁶

• June 17, 2025 · U.S. District Court, W.D. Texas (1:25-cv-00932) · LawsuitN/A

  Johnson v. White Knight Pest Control, Inc. (W.D. Tex. 1:25-cv-00932, Judge Alan D. Albright): federal civil case filed June 17, 2025, with a jury demand. A Stipulation of Dismissal was filed June 12, 2026 and an Order Dismissing Case entered June 15, 2026. Nature of suit and any terms are not shown on the docket. Private suit; not scored.⁷³

• September 19, 2024 · Orange County Agricultural Commissioner (California); DPR county civil-penalty list · EnforcementScored: Licensing and compliance (−0.5)

  County agricultural commissioner civil penalty, Orange County: NOPA EA-30-2026-092 against “WHITE KNIGHT PEST SERVICES”; structural (SCP); incident date September 19, 2024; Business and Professions Code section 8538; final fine $250. Minor administrative penalty.⁷⁶

• February 21, 2023 · U.S. District Court, S.D. Texas (4:23-cv-00640) · LawsuitN/A

  Charles et al. v. White Knight Pest Control, Inc. (S.D. Tex. 4:23-cv-00640, Judge Kenneth M. Hoyt): employee suit listed by Justia as a Fair Labor Standards Act case. Plaintiffs include Nicholas Charles, Jakobe Wells, Kimo Taitano and Makalon Antoine; Shawna Johnson filed a consent to join and the first amended complaint (Aug 29, 2024). The CourtListener docket shows a Stipulation of Dismissal and a Dismissal entered March 18, 2025; whether the case settled, and on what terms, is not shown. Private wage case: Workplace factor only, and only if settled or adjudicated.^{71, 72}

Workplace score: 5.6/10. It carries 10% of the Handshake Score when at least 20 employee reviews are on file (otherwise excluded and remaining weights renormalized).

Awards and certifications

None verified.

What the company says about itself

These are the company’s own claims, quoted from its materials. We haven’t verified them.

• 100,000+ satisfied homeowners; over 10,000 5-star Google reviews; 1000+ protected businesses⁵

• Serves Texas, Oklahoma, Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, Utah, California, Alabama and Minnesota from 23 office locations⁴

• Member of the National Pest Management Association and the Texas Pest Control Association (not verified on the issuers’ sites)⁸⁴

• Service guarantee: free return visit within 24–48 hours⁵

• Company size 201-500 employees (LinkedIn self-reported)⁸⁵

• Locations outside the 24 covered states: Madison, Alabama (Google 4.7, 1,677 reviews, live October 27, 2026); Nevada is named as a service state but no location was found³²

Mentions

• Reddit r/northcounty (San Diego North County, California) · Reddit · Date not shown · Negative toneRead

  White Knight Pest Control? : r/northcounty

  A resident asks about the company after a door-to-door salesman came to the house after 9 pm.

  “A door to door salesman came to my house after 9pm and that just feels sketchy to me.”

• Reddit r/SanDiegan · Reddit · Date not shown · Negative toneRead

  Beware: White Knight Pest door-to-door sales : r/SanDiegan

  Warning post about White Knight door-to-door reps knocking in neighborhoods with no-solicitation rules.

  “White Knight Pest Control company guys come into neighborhoods that have no solotation rules and knock on the doors of people with no”

• Facebook group (Perkins, Oklahoma) · Forum · Date not shown · Negative toneRead

  Beware of White Knight Pest Control scam | Perkins, Oklahoma

  Local group warning about high-pressure White Knight salesmen offering a cheap yard spray.

  “These are high pressure salesman that when turned down are offering a $20 yard spray”

• Facebook group (Baldwin Park, California) · Forum · Date not shown · Negative toneRead

  Scam Alert: White Knight Pest Services in Baldwin Park, California

  Neighborhood alert describing a pushy White Knight Pest Services salesman on the street.

  “This company showed up on our street Friday (off Pacific/Puente). The salesmwn was pushy and tried”

• SimplyHired job posting · Other · October 2026 (posted "4 days ago") · Neutral toneRead

  Sales Representative - White Knight Pest Control | Provo, Utah

  100% commission door-to-door sales role with regional travel blitzes and lodging, recruiting from Provo for California.

  “Uncapped Earning Potential: 100% performance-based commission structure with tiered production bonuses that reward high volume.”

Reddit hasn’t been searched for this company yet.

19 locations on file in Arizona (1), California (5), Colorado (1), Minnesota (1), Oklahoma (1), Texas (9), Utah (1).

Overall confidence in this score: High, 9 of 11 points.

Where it fell short of full marks:

• Some figures in the score are company-wide or national, not western US-specific.
• Verifier rated the legal and regulatory record medium (high earns a point).

How confidence is set

Gaps in the record

• California SPCB: the DCA online search is behind a Cloudflare Turnstile check (not bypassed); the company registration and branch offices were verified instead from the SPCB bulk licensee file. California business-registry (bizfile) status not checked.
• Arlington, Texas office (3101 Pleasant Valley Ln, Tarrant County; Google 943 reviews) has no Tarrant County entry in the TDA commercial-business report; it may operate under another county license or be newer than the report. Not confirmed as a problem; not deducted.
• Oklahoma Secretary of State entity status not checked; ODAFF license 9489 categories/insurance not opened (AGLook company page not opened).
• Utah UDAF license is held by “White Knight Pest Control LLC”; its relation to White Knight Pest Control, Inc. was not confirmed.
• Texas Comptroller shows the corporation’s right to transact business FORFEITED (missing reports/payments) while SOS status is ACTIVE; forfeiture date not shown, SOS certificate not ordered.
• Justia returned HTTP 403, so the “Fair Labor Standards Act” label for Charles rests on a Justia search snippet. Whether the Charles and Johnson dismissals followed settlements is not shown.
• No state attorney general, FTC, TDA, CDA, MDA, ODAFF or SPCB enforcement action was found in searches (company name + “attorney general”, “consent order”, “settlement”, agency names); state AG and agency enforcement lists were not browsed directly.
• Yelp (HTTP 403), Glassdoor (Cloudflare block), ConsumerAffairs (block), Reddit (human check) and Facebook could not be read; Yelp Houston shows 306 reviews in a snippet but no rating. Glassdoor 3.3/82 is snippet-only. RepVue: no profile found. Angi, HomeAdvisor, Trustpilot, Thumbtack: no White Knight profile surfaced in searches.
• PestReviews.org shows “9,224 Verified Pest Control Reviews” for White Knight in a search snippet; it is a post-service survey feed tied to the company’s service software (company-solicited) and returned HTTP 503, so it is not recorded as a platform.
• BestCompany.com and consumersadvocate.org pages exist; not used.
• NPMA and Texas Pest Control Association memberships are company claims only; not verified on the associations’ sites. No QualityPro/GreenPro listing found.
• Google review excerpts come from the limited Maps view (3 reviews per listing plus summary quotes); star ratings per review were not shown. Excerpts were read for Houston NW, Golden Valley and Yorba Linda only.
• No Google listing was found for the Tempe, Arizona office or for Nevada; the company-wide Google base (40,721) mixes third-party crawl counts with two live reads.
• Searches used: 54 of 60.
• Licensing/registry for California (bizfile), Oklahoma (Secretary of State), Utah (Division of Corporations) and Arizona (Corporation Commission) business registries; pesticide licensing for all seven covered states is on file.
• Reddit r/northcounty and r/SanDiegan threads returned a “Prove your humanity” check on October 27, 2026; they remain search-snippet only and are not counted in sales and contract fairness.
• California county civil-penalty data covers incidents September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2026 only, and the TDA enforcement report is a rolling 12-month window; older actions would not appear in either.
• BBB lists a Northglenn, Colorado branch profile (11480 Cherokee St Ste M) that is not on the company website; not added as a location.
• Minnesota Secretary of State re-read failed (connection reset) on October 27, 2026.

Open questions

• Is “White Knight Pest Services” (SPCB PR 9412, and the CA county penalty respondent) the same legal entity as White Knight Pest Control, Inc.? BBB links them, but the California Secretary of State record was not checked.
• Utah UDAF license 4000-1343 is held by “White Knight Pest Control LLC”; its relation to the Texas corporation is unconfirmed.
• Did the Charles (FLSA) and Johnson dismissals follow settlements? The dockets show only stipulations of dismissal.
• Macias (TCPA) motion to dismiss was pending as of the last docket update; outcome to watch.
• When did the Texas franchise-tax forfeiture occur, and has it been cured? The Comptroller page shows no date.
• Arlington, Texas office has no Tarrant County TDA business license in the report; which license covers it?