Blue Beetle Pest Control vs. BugBros Pest Control
Blue Beetle Pest Control ranks #31 of 164 and BugBros Pest Control ranks #33 of 164 in the West, both with a Handshake Score of 8.3 out of 10. Both have locations on file in Kansas and Missouri. BugBros Pest Control also has locations in Oklahoma.
This comparison sets their verified records side by side: the five scored factors, review platforms, BBB, contract terms, licensing and legal record. It draws no conclusion beyond the scores. The small numbers link to each fact’s source, and each company’s full review has the rest.
At a glance
#31 of 164 in the West
Blue Beetle Pest Control8.3/10Handshake Score · Provisional. #31 of 164 in the West
| Blue Beetle Pest Control | BugBros Pest Control | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank | #31 of 164 in the West | #33 of 164 in the West |
| Confidence | Low | High |
| Provisional score | Yes | No |
| Door-to-door sales | N/A4 | N/A8, 9 |
| Ownership | Independent1 | Independent2, 4, 6 |
| Headquarters | Kansas City, Missouri2 | Tulsa, Oklahoma2 |
| States on file | Kansas and Missouri7 locations | Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma9 locations |
| Record verified | October 27, 2026 | October 27, 2026 |
Our research
How they score
The Handshake Score is a weighted average of five factors, each scored from 0 to 10 from verified records. The percentage beside each factor is its weight. Each score links to the deductions behind it on the company’s review.
| Blue Beetle Pest Control | BugBros Pest Control | |
|---|---|---|
| Customer satisfaction 35% | 9.5 | 9.9 |
| BugBros Pest Control scores higher on customer satisfaction (9.9 vs. 9.5). | ||
| Complaint record 10% | 10.0 | 10.0 |
| Tied on complaint record (10.0 each). | ||
| Sales and contract fairness 15% | N/A | 9.0 |
| BugBros Pest Control scores 9.0 on sales and contract fairness; Blue Beetle Pest Control isn’t scored on it. | ||
| Licensing and compliance 15% | 10.0 | 10.0 |
| Tied on licensing and compliance (10.0 each). | ||
| Legal and regulatory record 15% | 10.0 | 10.0 |
| Tied on legal and regulatory record (10.0 each). | ||
| Handshake Score | 8.3/10 | 8.3/10 |
| Blue Beetle Pest Control and BugBros Pest Control have the same Handshake Score (8.3); Blue Beetle Pest Control is listed first in the rankings (#31 of 164 and #33 of 164 in the West). | ||
Blue Beetle Pest Control had no usable inputs for sales and contract fairness, so that factor was left out of its score and its remaining weights were scaled up to 100%.
Workplace
We rate how companies treat employees from employee-review sites and wage-and-hour records. A workplace score is computed and carries 10% of the Handshake Score when there are at least 20 employee reviews on file (otherwise excluded and remaining weights renormalized).
| Blue Beetle Pest Control | BugBros Pest Control | |
|---|---|---|
| Workplace score | N/A | N/A |
| Neither company has a workplace score. | ||
Review platforms
Google figures cover each company’s western US listings; the average is weighted by each listing’s review count. Ratings and counts are as each site showed them on the date retrieved.
| Blue Beetle Pest Control | BugBros Pest Control | |
|---|---|---|
| Google listings in the West | 7 | 7 |
| Google reviews | 3,994 | 3,116 |
| Google average | 4.9 | 5.0 |
Blue Beetle Pest Control 12 review profiles
| Platform and scope | Rating | Reviews | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| GoogleLeawood, Kansas | 4.8/5 | 1,477 | View |
| GoogleOverland Park, Kansas | 4.9/5 | 807 | View |
| GoogleOverland Park, Kansas | 5.0/5 | 21 | View |
| GoogleKansas City, Missouri | 5.0/5 | 879 | View |
| GoogleKansas City, Missouri | 4.8/5 | 645 | View |
| GoogleLee’s Summit, Missouri | 4.8/5 | 106 | View |
| GooglePlatte Woods, Missouri | 4.9/5 | 59 | View |
| YelpKansas City metro | — | 56 | View |
| BBBKansas City, Missouri headquarters file | 1.0/5 | 1 | View |
| OtherReviews widget on bluebeetlepest.com | 4.8/5 | 1,475 | View |
| AngiBlue Beetle Pest Management LLC profile 85566910 | 5.0/5 | 9 | View |
| HomeAdvisorBlue Beetle Pest Management LLC profile 85566910 | 5.0/5 | 9 | View |
BugBros Pest Control 14 review profiles
| Platform and scope | Rating | Reviews | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| GoogleTulsa, Oklahoma | 5.0/5 | 2,290 | View |
| GoogleOklahoma | 5.0/5 | 130 | View |
| GoogleOklahoma | 5.0/5 | 125 | View |
| GoogleOklahoma | — | 0 | View |
| GoogleWichita, Kansas | 5.0/5 | 472 | View |
| GoogleKansas | 5.0/5 | 14 | View |
| GoogleKansas | 5.0/5 | 4 | View |
| GoogleKansas | — | 0 | View |
| GoogleKansas City, Missouri | 5.0/5 | 81 | View |
| AngiTulsa, Oklahoma | 4.8/5 | 79 | View |
| HomeAdvisorTulsa, Oklahoma | 4.8/5 | 79 | View |
| YelpTulsa, Oklahoma | — | 15 | View |
| OtherExperience.com “verified reviews” | 4.92/5 | 370 | View |
| Otherbugbros.com/reviews: embedded Google-review feed for Tulsa, Wichita and Kansas City | — | — | View |
Better Business Bureau
Blue Beetle Pest Control. Its BBB profile shows an A+ grade and 1 complaint in the last three years.
BugBros Pest Control. Its BBB profiles show 0 complaints in the last three years across its BBB files; grades vary by branch.
| Blue Beetle Pest Control | BugBros Pest Control | |
|---|---|---|
| BBB grade | A+17 | A- (worst of 3 branch files; Tulsa A+, Wichita A+, Kansas City A-)5, 28, 31, 34 |
| Accredited | No | No |
| Complaints, last 3 years | 1 | 0, across 3 BBB files |
| BBB customer reviews | 1.0/5 average from 1 review | Not shown |
| Profile scope | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Retrieved | October 28, 2026 | October 28, 2026 |
| Profiles |
Contract terms
Terms as recorded from the linked sources.
Blue Beetle Pest Control 3 terms
Recurring residential plans are priced per month: Happy Home Minimum from $39/mo (exterior treatment every 6 months, 2 emergency callbacks a year), Happy Home Program from $59/mo (every 4 months, unlimited callbacks), Happy Home Premium/VIP from $127/mo (adds mosquito and termite).1
The Owner’s Guarantee: pests that return are re-serviced at no added cost. This is the company’s own claim.5
The site’s Terms & Conditions page covers only the website and SMS/email messaging for ‘Blue Beetle Pest management LLC’. It states no service-agreement term: no minimum term, renewal, cancellation method or fee, or arbitration clause. The Happy Home pages and FAQ are silent on them too.2
BugBros Pest Control 7 terms
The company sells the residential plan as a month-to-month “membership” (the CRAZY HAPPY Club) with no contract: customers can terminate the monthly subscription at any point.3
Company FAQ: no contract and no cancellation fees.10
Home page: no contracts, no cancellation fees; the first service starts at $100 for most homes, then monthly club pricing.9
Same page: “with no contracts, no cancellation fees, and unlimited re-services”.
Billing is a monthly subscription paid automatically; visits are bi-monthly or quarterly.3
The company press release says the same: “quarterly service with monthly autopay”. Neither says service continues after a term until the customer cancels; there is no initial term.
Company claim: 100% money-back guarantee (“We come back until you are. Still not happy? Money back!”).9
The only terms published on bugbros.com are website Terms and Conditions (use of the website; Oklahoma and Kansas law). No service agreement, cancellation procedure or arbitration/class-waiver clause is published; the website terms do not mention arbitration.11
Governing law clause: “These Terms shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of Oklahoma and Kansas”.
A Reddit user in r/tulsa says BugBros “do offer year round contracts but are ...” (snippet cut off; not a company statement and not read on the page).12
Licensing and registrations
Status and expiry dates are shown exactly as the issuing agency’s record showed them on the date retrieved.
Blue Beetle Pest Control 3 records (Kansas 1, Missouri 2)
| State | Authority and type | Number | Status | Expires | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas | Kansas Department of AgriculturePesticide Business License (PBL) | 5314 | Current (no status column; categories listed with a 12/31/2026 expiry) | December 31, 2026 | 19 |
| Missouri | Missouri Department of AgriculturePesticide Business | 0000K1 | Active | Not shown | 20 |
| Missouri | Missouri Secretary of State, Business ServicesLimited Liability Company (Domestic), charter LC0532404 | LC0532404 | Active | Not shown | 21 |
BugBros Pest Control 9 records (Oklahoma 3, Kansas 3, Missouri 3)
| State | Authority and type | Number | Status | Expires | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma | Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry (ODAFF), Pesticide Licensing (AGLook)Pesticide License (commercial applicator business) - BUGBROS PEST CONTROL LLC, Tulsa | 8876 | Current (expiration date in the future; AGLook shows no status word) | September 30, 2027 | 5, 7, 37 |
| Oklahoma | Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry (ODAFF), Pesticide Licensing (AGLook)Pesticide License - BUGBROS MULTIFAMILY LLC, Bixby (separate LLC) | 9563 | Expired (expiration date September 30, 2024 has passed; AGLook shows no status word and still lists category 7A as “Active Unexpired”) | September 30, 2024 | 37, 38, 39, +1 |
| Kansas | Kansas Department of Agriculture (KDA), Pesticide and Fertilizer ProgramPesticide Business License - BugBros Pest Control, Wichita (category 7) | PBL 100110 | Licensed, category 7 (KDA shows no status column; a category with a future expiry means licensed for the year) | 12/31/2026 | 41 |
| Missouri | Missouri Department of Agriculture (MDA), Bureau of Pesticide ControlPesticide Business (agency business record; Missouri licenses individual applicators, not companies): Titan Bros LLC DBA BugBros Pest Control, Kansas City | 004WDM (USAPlants Idaho) | Active | Not shown | 42 |
| Missouri | Missouri Department of Agriculture (MDA), Bureau of Pesticide ControlPesticide Business record: “BugBros Pest Control”, 11649 Lilburn Park Rd, St Louis (same search) | 00501Y (USAPlants Idaho) | Active | Not shown | 42 |
| Missouri | Missouri Secretary of State, Business ServicesLimited Liability Company (Domestic): TITAN BROS KC, LLC (registered agent Bauman, Daniel); search-results row, detail pages sit behind a Cloudflare check | Charter LC014674152 | Active | Not shown | 43, 44 |
| Oklahoma | Oklahoma Secretary of State (Business Entity Records)Business registry | Not shown | Not verified (Secretary of State search blocked by Cloudflare Turnstile; OpenCorporates returned a “Checking your browser” human-verification check) | Not shown | 45 |
| Kansas | Kansas Secretary of State (Business Entity Search)Business registry | Not shown | Not verified. A current KDA PBL requires good standing at issuance. | Not shown | 41 |
| Kansas | Kansas Department of Agriculture (KDA), Pesticide and Fertilizer ProgramPesticide Business License - “Bug Bros Kansas City c/o Titan Bros KC LLC” (categories 3 and 7), Kansas City, Missouri address | PBL 100904 | Licensed, categories 3 and 7 (KDA shows no status column; a category with a future expiry means licensed for the year) | 12/31/2026 | 41 |
Legal and regulatory record
Only resolved government actions count toward the legal and regulatory score. Pending lawsuits, allegations and private matters are listed but not scored. Summaries are our researchers’ wording of the source; allegations are allegations, not findings.
Blue Beetle Pest Control 1 record
Legal and regulatory score: 10.0/10. Records counted in it: none.
December 4, 2023 · Complaint summaryUsed in complaint record
Missouri (BBB of Midwest Plains)
BBB shows 1 complaint in the last 3 years and 0 in the last 12 months, filed December 4, 2023 as ‘Service or Repair Issues’ and showing status Answered. The complainant alleges that furniture was damaged during a bed-bug treatment, that a prepaid treatment was later called unnecessary, and that payments kept being taken from her account after she fired the company. The company’s December 14, 2023 reply disputes the damage and the account of events; the complainant’s December 15, 2023 answer is on the page. These are allegations posted on BBB, not findings. The complaint does not allege that a term, price or cancellation condition was misstated at the sale. The BBB profile covers the headquarters and corporate-owned locations.22
BugBros Pest Control 6 records
Legal and regulatory score: 10.0/10. Records counted in it: none.
October 28, 2026 · Complaint summaryUsed in complaint record
Oklahoma
BBB Serving Eastern Oklahoma file for Bugbros Pest Control LLC (Tulsa): A+, not accredited, 0 complaints in the 3-year reporting period.5, 29
October 28, 2026 · Complaint summaryUsed in complaint record
Kansas
BBB of Midwest Plains file for BugBros Pest Control- Wichita: A+, not accredited, 0 complaints. The file was opened 5/6/2026, so its 3-year window is short.32
October 28, 2026 · Complaint summaryUsed in complaint record
Missouri
BBB of Midwest Plains file for BugBros Pest Control (Kansas City, Missouri): A-, not accredited, 0 complaints. The file was opened 5/6/2026 and the business started 10/22/2025.35
October 28, 2026 · LawsuitShown only
Oklahoma
Oklahoma state courts party search (OSCN, all 79 court listings: the counties and the appellate court) for “BugBros”: no records in any listing, including Tulsa County. The spaced variant “Bug Bros” was also searched.46, 47
October 6, 2026 · LawsuitShown only
US (private)
The Journal Record profile says the founders’ earlier, unrelated businesses (a house-flipping business that failed after the September 2008 financial crisis and drove the brothers into bankruptcy, and the Progenex sports-nutrition brand, including a suit the brothers brought against its then-CEO and a separate dispute among investors and management that ended in a confidential settlement) involved lawsuits and bankruptcy. These are private matters of other companies; none concerns BugBros Pest Control. Recorded for transparency; not scored.2
April 22, 2020 · LawsuitShown only
US (N.D. Okla.)
Federal trademark suit Bugbros Pest Control, LLC v. Bug Brothers LLC (N.D. Okla. 4:20-cv-00164, nature of suit 840 Trademark): BugBros is the first-named party in the caption (plaintiff by caption convention; the outcome is not shown on the search page); terminated August 11, 2020. Not a matter against BugBros and not a government action.48
Keep reading
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- BugBros Pest Control review#33 of 164 in the West
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