Palisade Pest Control vs. Romex Pest & Termite Control

Palisade Pest Control ranks #13 of 164 and Romex Pest & Termite Control ranks #21 of 164 in the West, with Handshake Scores of 8.6 and 8.4 out of 10. Both have locations on file in Oklahoma. Palisade Pest Control also has locations in Arkansas and Missouri, and Romex Pest & Termite Control in Louisiana and Texas.
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
| Palisade Pest Control | Romex Pest & Termite Control | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank | #13 of 164 in the West | #21 of 164 in the West |
| Confidence | Medium | High |
| Provisional score | No | No |
| Door-to-door sales | Yes6, 7, 8 | Yes3, 9, 10, 11, +8 |
| Ownership | Independent2, 3 | SubsidiaryParent: Rollins, Inc.3, 6, 7, 8 |
| Headquarters | Rogers, Arkansas3, 4 | Pleasant Grove, Utah2, 3, 4 |
| States on file | Arkansas, Missouri and Oklahoma10 locations | Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas12 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.
| Palisade Pest Control | Romex Pest & Termite Control | |
|---|---|---|
| Customer satisfaction 35% | 9.5 | 9.4 |
| Palisade Pest Control scores higher on customer satisfaction (9.5 vs. 9.4). | ||
| Complaint record 10% | 10.0 | 8.0 |
| Palisade Pest Control scores higher on complaint record (10.0 vs. 8.0). | ||
| Sales and contract fairness 15% | 5.0 | 4.0 |
| Palisade Pest Control scores higher on sales and contract fairness (5.0 vs. 4.0). | ||
| 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 | 8.6/10 | 8.4/10 |
| Palisade Pest Control has the higher Handshake Score (8.6 vs. 8.4). | ||
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).
| Palisade Pest Control | Romex Pest & Termite Control | |
|---|---|---|
| Workplace score | N/A | 7.3 |
| Romex Pest & Termite Control has a workplace score of 7.3; Palisade Pest Control isn’t rated. | ||
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.
| Palisade Pest Control | Romex Pest & Termite Control | |
|---|---|---|
| Google listings in the West | 10 | 12 |
| Google reviews | 11,772 | 35,175 |
| Google average | 4.9 | 4.9 |
Palisade Pest Control 14 review profiles
| Platform and scope | Rating | Reviews | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| GoogleSpringfield, Missouri | 4.9/5 | 3,489 | View |
| GoogleJoplin, Missouri | 4.9/5 | 560 | View |
| GoogleBranson, Missouri | 4.9/5 | 463 | View |
| GoogleTulsa, Oklahoma | 4.8/5 | 1,832 | View |
| GoogleBroken Arrow, Oklahoma | 4.7/5 | 301 | View |
| GoogleRogers, Arkansas | 4.9/5 | 2,129 | View |
| GoogleFayetteville, Arkansas | 4.9/5 | 1,309 | View |
| GoogleBentonville, Arkansas | 4.9/5 | 937 | View |
| GoogleFort Smith, Arkansas | 4.8/5 | 751 | View |
| GoogleRogers, Arkansas | 1.0/5 | 1 | View |
| BBBcompany-wide | 1.0/5 | 6 | View |
| Yelpbranch pages: Tulsa, Springfield, Fayetteville, Bentonville, Rogers | — | — | View |
| OtherBirdeye aggregator, Springfield, Missouri listing | — | 3,942 | View |
| Googlenational: all US Google listings of the Palisade Pest Control brand, used only as the complaint base | 4.88/5 | 13,260 | see record |
Romex Pest & Termite Control 17 review profiles
| Platform and scope | Rating | Reviews | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| GoogleLeander, Texas | 4.8/5 | 4,465 | View |
| GoogleProsper, Texas | 4.8/5 | 4,451 | View |
| GoogleGrand Prairie, Texas | 5.0/5 | 4,421 | View |
| GooglePlano, Texas | 4.9/5 | 2,846 | View |
| GoogleFlint, Texas | 4.8/5 | 2,465 | View |
| GoogleSan Antonio, Texas | 4.8/5 | 1,388 | View |
| GoogleMcKinney, Texas | 4.9/5 | 1,103 | View |
| GoogleTexas | 2.3/5 | 12 | View |
| GoogleTexas | 5.0/5 | 2 | View |
| GoogleEdmond, Oklahoma | 4.9/5 | 9,612 | View |
| GoogleTulsa, Oklahoma | 4.9/5 | 1,701 | View |
| GoogleSlidell, Louisiana | 4.9/5 | 2,709 | View |
| BBBPlano, Texas HQ profile — reviews for HQ and corporate-owned locations | 1.31/5 | 26 | View |
| BBBEdmond, Oklahoma profile | 1.5/5 | 2 | View |
| FacebookRomex Pest Control page | — | 292 | View |
| BBBBBB complaints, Plano, Texas HQ profile | — | 88 | View |
| BBBBBB complaints, Edmond, Oklahoma profile | — | 2 | View |
Better Business Bureau
Palisade Pest Control. Its company-wide BBB profile shows an A- grade and 10 complaints in the last three years.
Romex Pest & Termite Control. Its BBB profile shows a B grade and 90 complaints in the last three years across its BBB files.
| Palisade Pest Control | Romex Pest & Termite Control | |
|---|---|---|
| BBB grade | A-3, 6, 25, 26, +1 | B4, 9, 17, 44, +2 |
| Accredited | Yes, since 2022-05-13 | No |
| Complaints, last 3 years | 10, company-wide | 90, across 2 BBB files |
| BBB customer reviews | 1.0/5 average from 6 reviews | 1.31/5 average from 26 reviews |
| Profile scope | Rogers, Arkansas headquarters profile (BBB Serving Arkansas; file opened 5/12/2022) covering ‘Palisade Pest Control, LLC at its headquarters and all its company-owned locations throughout the United States’. Branch profiles: Springfield, Missouri (BBB Serving Greater Missouri & Southern Illinois; file opened 3/30/2023), Tulsa, Oklahoma (‘Palisade Pest Control’, BBB Serving Eastern Oklahoma; file opened 2/28/2024; business started locally 3/1/2023) and Huntsville, Alabama (BBB serving North Alabama; outside the 24 states). The Tulsa and Springfield profiles display the HQ totals (10 complaints / 4 in 12 months; 1/5 from 6 reviews), so there is no state-scoped profile. The profile family includes an Alabama location, so the figures are company-wide, not West-only. The Springfield, Missouri file additionally publishes one local complaint (06/25/2025); the Tulsa file publishes none. | HQ profile (Plano, Texas) — “includes complaints for Romex Pest & Termite Control’s headquarters and its corporate-owned locations”; BBB lists 6 locations: Plano Texas (HQ), La Verkin Utah, St George Utah, Slidell Louisiana, an Edmond-area Oklahoma address (3825 NW 166th St D4, shown as “Bray, OK”) and, on page 2 of the list, a further “Romex Pest Control, LLC” entry at PO Box 911644, St George, Utah. No Mississippi location is listed. The Flint, Texas branch page is not in the list but links to this HQ and shows its totals. |
| Retrieved | October 28, 2026 | October 27, 2026 |
| Profiles |
Contract terms
Terms as recorded from the linked sources.
Palisade Pest Control 15 terms
Company’s own BBB reply: the general pest control service is a year-long agreement, serviced quarterly and billed monthly.6
Company’s own BBB reply: the account was set up with a ‘one-year service commitment’ reviewed on a welcome call before first service (reply of 08/25/2026 to a Tulsa-area complaint).6
Company’s own BBB reply: an early termination charge of $225 was assessed under the service agreement (reply of 08/25/2026 to a Tulsa complaint).6
Company’s own BBB reply (08/28/2025): its customer service representative quoted a $225 cancellation fee by phone; the company then refunded and waived it for that customer.6
Company’s own BBB reply: general pest control is quarterly service with monthly billing, ‘according to the terms of their service agreement’.6
Company’s own BBB reply: the customer signs a written service agreement stating term, payment obligations, billing schedule and cancellation provisions. The agreement itself is not published on palisadepest.com.6
Company’s own BBB reply: mosquito control is not sold alone; it is an add-on to general pest control, performed monthly.6
Company’s own Nextdoor post describes a subscription at a flat monthly rate with quarterly treatments and free call-backs.7
Customer-reported cancellation fee: $225 (BBB review 08/12/2026, Kathy U.). Not used for scoring because the company states its own $225 figure.9
Customer-reported cancellation fee: ‘almost 300 dollar’ (BBB review 10/19/2026, Nicholas Z.). Location not stated.9
Customer-reported cancellation fee: half of the treatment cost (BBB review 07/03/2026, Dan M.). Location not stated.9
Customer-reported cancellation fee: $225 (BBB complaint 08/25/2026, Tulsa area).6
Customer-reported: after declining at the door, the customer says the rep offered a ‘lowered monthly subscription’ of $55.00; the customer says they later learned the service was quarterly while billing stayed monthly, and the company is demanding a $225.00 early termination fee (BBB complaint 08/10/2026, Tulsa, rep visit 05-23-2026). The company’s reply confirms the $225 charge was assessed under the service agreement.6
The company’s published website terms (palisadepest.com/terms-conditions) cover use of the website only (use license, disclaimers, Arkansas governing law for website claims). They contain no service-contract terms: no term, renewal, cancellation or arbitration language.10
Company claim: ‘No hidden fees’, ‘free call-backs’ and a ‘satisfaction guarantee’ on its pest control pages. (A $225 early-termination fee exists in the signed agreement, but the claim is about service pricing; not scored as a contradiction.)5
Romex Pest & Termite Control 15 terms
Company terms: recurring service plans are canceled by written notice; prepaid amounts are refunded minus any early termination fee set in the service agreement (the fee amount is not published on the site).20
Company terms set Texas law and the courts of Dallas County, Texas, for disputes; the website terms contain no arbitration clause or class-action waiver. The service agreement itself was not seen.20
Company claim on pricing: no hidden fees; recurring plans are every-other-month to quarterly.1
The website contact form offers a “Canceling my Romex account” request type, so cancellation is not phone-only per the company’s own channels.21
A Texas customer quotes the signed agreement (Section 11(a)): cancellation by written notice within three business days of signing; after that a $250 early termination fee applies.9
Customer reports the early-cancellation fee as $250 plus tax ($270.63).9
Customer told by the office they had a 12-month contract with a $250 cancellation fee.22
Customer on a 12-month service plan charged a $250 cancellation fee after moving.23
Customer describes being pushed to sign a one-year contract; $270 fee charged on cancellation.24
Customer says Romex wants service continued for the next 18 months or a $250-plus-tax cancellation fee.9
Customer says the paper contract stated 12 months / 6 treatments while Romex claimed an electronically signed 18-month contract.25
Oklahoma customer told the $250 cancellation fee applied; says Romex required a phone call and would not handle it by email.26
Oklahoma customer facing a $250 cancellation fee.27
East Texas commenter says Romex canceled on them and charged a $270 cancellation fee.13
Second-hand: a commenter says reps don’t tell customers it is a year contract costing about $1,200 (about the commenter’s mother).12
Licensing and registrations
Status and expiry dates are shown exactly as the issuing agency’s record showed them on the date retrieved.
Palisade Pest Control 5 records (Oklahoma 1, Missouri 2, Arkansas 2)
| State | Authority and type | Number | Status | Expires | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma | Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry (ODAFF), Pesticide LicensingPesticide License (commercial business); active categories 3A, 7A, 7B | 9879 | Current (expiration date in the future; AGLook shows no status flag) | December 31, 2026 | 28, 29 |
| Missouri | Missouri Department of Agriculture (MDA), Bureau of Pesticide ControlPesticide Business (USAPlants Idaho; Missouri licenses individuals, not companies) | 0043WV | Active | Not shown | 30 |
| Arkansas | Arkansas Department of Agriculture, Pest Control Program (Arkansas State Plant Board)License Holder (business license) | Not shown | Not verified (no public lookup; the Department verifies by email request only) | Not shown | 31 |
| Arkansas | Arkansas Secretary of State (corporations)Business registry: Foreign Limited Liability Company | 811355462 | Good Standing | Not shown | 2 |
| Missouri | Missouri Secretary of State (Business Services)Business registry: Limited Liability Company (Foreign) | FL001696403 | Active | Not shown | 32 |
Romex Pest & Termite Control 11 records (Texas 6, Oklahoma 2, Louisiana 3)
| State | Authority and type | Number | Status | Expires | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | Texas Department of AgricultureCommercial business license (categories PTL) | 0747351 | Active (listed in TDA current-license report) | 09/30/2027 | 5 |
| Texas | Texas Department of AgricultureCommercial business license (categories PT) | 0899149 | Active (listed in TDA current-license report) | 12/31/2026 | 5 |
| Texas | Texas Department of AgricultureCommercial business license (categories PTL) | 0899167 | Active (listed in TDA current-license report) | 12/31/2026 | 5 |
| Texas | Texas Department of AgricultureCommercial business license (categories PT) | 0933548 | Active (listed in TDA current-license report) | 04/30/2027 | 5 |
| Texas | Texas Department of AgricultureCommercial business license (categories PT) | 0945485 | Active (listed in TDA current-license report) | 09/30/2027 | 5 |
| Oklahoma | Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and ForestryPesticide License (commercial business) | 8943 | Active (unexpired categories 3A, 7A, 7B) | December 31, 2026 | 47, 48 |
| Oklahoma | Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and ForestryPesticide License (commercial business) | 10074 | Active (unexpired categories 3A, 7A, 7B) | December 31, 2026 | 48, 49 |
| Louisiana | Louisiana Department of Agriculture and ForestryStructural Place of Business Permit | 0021DG | Active (as of the LDAF list revised April 20, 2026) | 6/30/2026 | 50 |
| Texas | Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts (franchise tax permit holders, data.texas.gov)Limited liability company (franchise tax account) | Taxpayer 32061246545; SOS file 0802518013 | SOS status A; right to transact business A | Not shown | 2 |
| Louisiana | Louisiana Secretary of StateLimited Liability Company (Non-Louisiana) | Charter 43306869Q | Active; Annual Report Status In Good Standing | Not shown | 8 |
| Louisiana | Louisiana Secretary of StateLimited Liability Company (Non-Louisiana) | Charter 47269723Q | Active; In Good Standing | Not shown | 7 |
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.
Palisade Pest Control 10 records
Legal and regulatory score: 10.0/10. Records counted in it: none.
October 28, 2026 · Complaint summaryUsed in complaint record
BBB (company-wide HQ profile)
BBB Rogers, Arkansas headquarters profile for Palisade Pest Control, LLC (covers the headquarters and corporate-owned locations, including Huntsville, Alabama): rating A-, accredited since 5/13/2022, 10 complaints in the last 3 years and 4 in the last 12 months. All 10 published complaints show a business response (status Answered or Resolved). Themes: door-to-door reps (ignoring no-soliciting signs, returning after being turned away, a forged agreement signature), statements at the door about price, cancellation and billing frequency that customers say differ from the agreement, a $225 early-termination fee, and billing/refund errors. No BBB pattern-of-complaints alert on the Information and Alerts page. The Tulsa, Oklahoma and Springfield, Missouri branch profiles display the same 10 / 4 headline.6, 33, 34, 35
August 31, 2026 · Complaint summaryShown only
BBB (HQ profile); location not stated
BBB complaint filed 08/31/2026 (no state or city stated; the file also covers Alabama): the customer says a sales rep told her neighbors had signed up, quoted $50 a month and told her she could cancel anytime, and that she was under the impression there would be no cancellation fee; a cancellation fee was later quoted by the company’s office. The company’s reply (09/11/2026) says service is quarterly with monthly billing and that the account could not be found under the customer’s name. Because the text states no covered-state location it is not counted in sales and contract fairness.6
August 25, 2026 · Complaint summaryUsed in sales and contract fairness
BBB (HQ profile); Tulsa area, Oklahoma
First-hand BBB complaint (Tulsa area, OK, sale in April 2026, filed 08/25/2026): the customer says the door salesman told him and his wife there was no contract and they could cancel anytime, and that treatment was every 3 months with billing on treatment days; they then found a signed contract with a $225 cancellation fee and monthly billing. The company’s reply says it cannot confirm the statements, cites the written agreement, a welcome call and a one-year commitment, and denies training reps to misrepresent. The customer rejected the reply twice.6
August 10, 2026 · Complaint summaryShown only
BBB (HQ profile); Tulsa, Oklahoma
First-hand BBB complaint (Tulsa, Oklahoma, rep visit 05-23-2026, filed 08/10/2026): the customer declined at the door, the rep offered a ‘lowered monthly subscription’ of $55, and the customer later learned the service was quarterly while billing continued monthly; the company then charged a $225 early termination fee. The company’s reply says it will reinforce clear communication of service frequency and pricing with reps. The reply confirms the fee: ‘The $225 early termination charge... was assessed pursuant to the terms of the service agreement’.6
August 6, 2026 · Complaint summaryShown only
BBB (HQ profile); Springdale, Arkansas
First-hand BBB complaint (Springdale, Arkansas, filed 08/06/2026): a representative came to the door despite a City of Springdale no-solicitation sign; the customer says it was a repeat visit after an earlier complaint on the company’s website and that this is ‘a problem all over NWA’. The company’s reply (08/07/2026) confirms summer door-to-door outreach and says it will share the feedback.6
August 25, 2025 · Complaint summaryShown only
BBB (HQ profile); location not stated
BBB billing complaints without a stated location: 08/25/2025 (a $225 cancellation fee charged by card after a call; the company says the customer authorized it, refunded it next day and waived the fee) and 07/15/2025 (a church’s refund of $136.88 not received; the company cites a processor confirmation) and 07/14/2025 (a customer told monthly service, then told the plan covered mosquitoes only; resolved).6
July 31, 2025 · Complaint summaryShown only
BBB (HQ profile); Florence, Alabama (outside the 24 states)
BBB complaint (Florence, Alabama, filed 07/31/2025): a rep on a Segway came twice, the second time at 8pm. The company’s reply (08/11/2025) confirms she is a representative on its sales team and says it deploys teams into the surrounding Huntsville area, including Florence, for door-to-door outreach. Alabama is outside the 24 covered states, so this is context only and is not scored.6
July 15, 2025 · Complaint summaryShown only
BBB (HQ profile); location not stated
BBB complaint (07/15/2025): a rep visited on a scooter on 7/14/2025, left a business card after being told the customer could not talk, and the next morning an appointment email and a second email with a contract bearing the customer’s forged signature (customer’s words) arrived. The company’s reply says the rep intended to send a quote but mistakenly submitted the agreement with placeholder initials, that the account is closed with no charges, and that it is providing additional training to the rep. No location is stated; the forged-signature allegation is not a term, price or cancellation misstatement.6
June 25, 2025 · Complaint summaryShown only
BBB (Springfield, Missouri file)
The BBB Springfield, Missouri branch profile (its own BBB file, opened 3/30/2023, with a ‘View Headquarters’ link to the Rogers file) publishes one complaint that is not among the 10 on the HQ list: filed 06/25/2025, a customer says they attended a presentation and signed a contract on June 20, 2025, were told no payment would be taken until the first service, and then $105 was withdrawn before service. The company’s reply admits a billing error and says it refunded $105. The file’s headline repeats the HQ totals (10 complaints / 4 in 12 months), so the count used for context stays at 10. The complaint text names no city; it sits on the Springfield file. It is a payment-timing and billing dispute, not a misstated term, price or cancellation condition.35
March 25, 2025 · Complaint summaryShown only
BBB (HQ profile); location not stated
BBB complaint (03/25/2025): a customer who signed with a ‘summer door to door representative’ and canceled within minutes was called five times, visited, and texted by the rep and his supervisor, then again on 3/24/25. The company apologized, said it removed her from its database and that contact ‘was not in alignment with our commitment’.6
Romex Pest & Termite Control 4 records
Legal and regulatory score: 10.0/10. Records counted in it: none.
October 27, 2026 · Complaint summaryUsed in complaint record
BBB serving North Central Texas (HQ profile covering corporate-owned locations in Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana and Utah)
BBB HQ profile: 88 complaints in the last 3 years, 38 in the last 12 months; rating B (reason given: the 88 complaints); not accredited. 73 complaint texts are displayed (pages 1–8): 41 marked Answered, 32 Resolved, none Unanswered. Types among displayed: Billing 33, Product 11, Service or Repair 10, Order 8, Sales and Advertising 7, Customer Service 4. Most recent complaints describe a $250 (+ tax $270.63) early-termination fee charged on cancellation, door-to-door sales misstatements, and missed services; the company’s usual reply is that it waived all fees and closed the account.9
October 27, 2026 · Complaint summaryUsed in complaint record
Better Business Bureau Oklahoma (Edmond, Oklahoma profile, separate file opened 9/2/2025)
Separate Edmond, Oklahoma BBB profile: 2 complaints in 3 years (1 in 12 months), one of them Unanswered (10/14/2025, cancellation fee and phone-only handling); rating D for failure to respond to 1 complaint and length of time in business; 2 reviews averaging 1.5.46
August 30, 2026 · Complaint summaryShown only
Texas Attorney General (consumer complaint, per the complainant)
A Texas customer’s BBB complaint says she also filed a consumer complaint with the Texas Attorney General over a door-to-door sale (no cancellation form given; charges after a timely 3-day cancellation). Romex waived the fees on BBB. A consumer filing, not an AG action; no Texas, Oklahoma or Louisiana AG action naming Romex was found.9
May 15, 2026 · PermitShown only
City of Bullard, Texas
The City of Bullard posted a notice that it had not issued a solicitors permit to Romex Pest Control, which the city said had been interacting with homeowners in Bullard, and urged residents to ask solicitors for a city permit. A city notice, not a citation or penalty; no further action was reported.11
Keep reading
- Palisade Pest Control review#13 of 164 in the West
- Romex Pest & Termite Control review#21 of 164 in the West
- Is Palisade Pest Control legit?Licenses, BBB record and legal history
- Is Romex Pest & Termite Control legit?Licenses, BBB record and legal history
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