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Palisade Pest Control vs. Rottler Pest Solutions

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Palisade Pest Control ranks #13 of 164 and Rottler Pest Solutions ranks #14 of 164 in the West, both with a Handshake Score of 8.6 out of 10. Both have locations on file in Missouri. Palisade Pest Control also has locations in Arkansas and Oklahoma, and Rottler Pest Solutions in Kansas.

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

#13 of 164 in the West

Palisade Pest Control8.6/10

Handshake Score. #13 of 164 in the West

#14 of 164 in the West

Rottler Pest Solutions8.6/10

Handshake Score. #14 of 164 in the West

Palisade Pest Control and Rottler Pest Solutions at a glance
Palisade Pest ControlRottler Pest Solutions
Rank#13 of 164 in the West#14 of 164 in the West
ConfidenceMediumMedium
Provisional scoreNoNo
Door-to-door salesYes6, 7, 8Partial10, 11, 12
OwnershipIndependent2, 3Independent4, 5, 6, 7, +2
HeadquartersRogers, Arkansas3, 4St. Louis, Missouri5
States on fileArkansas, Missouri and Oklahoma10 locationsKansas and Missouri12 locations
Record verifiedOctober 27, 2026October 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.

Handshake Score factors: Palisade Pest Control and Rottler Pest Solutions
Palisade Pest ControlRottler Pest Solutions
Customer satisfaction 35%9.59.6
Rottler Pest Solutions scores higher on customer satisfaction (9.6 vs. 9.5).
Complaint record 10%10.010.0
Tied on complaint record (10.0 each).
Sales and contract fairness 15%5.09.0
Rottler Pest Solutions scores higher on sales and contract fairness (9.0 vs. 5.0).
Licensing and compliance 15%10.010.0
Tied on licensing and compliance (10.0 each).
Legal and regulatory record 15%10.010.0
Tied on legal and regulatory record (10.0 each).
Handshake Score8.6/108.6/10
Palisade Pest Control and Rottler Pest Solutions have the same Handshake Score (8.6); Palisade Pest Control is listed first in the rankings (#13 of 164 and #14 of 164 in the West).

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).

Workplace scores: Palisade Pest Control and Rottler Pest Solutions
Palisade Pest ControlRottler Pest Solutions
Workplace scoreN/A7.3
Rottler Pest Solutions 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.

Google reviews: Palisade Pest Control and Rottler Pest Solutions
Palisade Pest ControlRottler Pest Solutions
Google listings in the West1011
Google reviews11,7729,709
Google average4.94.9

Palisade Pest Control 14 review profiles

Review profiles recorded for Palisade Pest Control
Platform and scopeRatingReviewsSource
GoogleSpringfield, Missouri4.9/53,489View
GoogleJoplin, Missouri4.9/5560View
GoogleBranson, Missouri4.9/5463View
GoogleTulsa, Oklahoma4.8/51,832View
GoogleBroken Arrow, Oklahoma4.7/5301View
GoogleRogers, Arkansas4.9/52,129View
GoogleFayetteville, Arkansas4.9/51,309View
GoogleBentonville, Arkansas4.9/5937View
GoogleFort Smith, Arkansas4.8/5751View
GoogleRogers, Arkansas1.0/51View
BBBcompany-wide1.0/56View
Yelpbranch pages: Tulsa, Springfield, Fayetteville, Bentonville, Rogers——View
OtherBirdeye aggregator, Springfield, Missouri listing—3,942View
Googlenational: all US Google listings of the Palisade Pest Control brand, used only as the complaint base4.88/513,260see record

Rottler Pest Solutions 16 review profiles

Review profiles recorded for Rottler Pest Solutions
Platform and scopeRatingReviewsSource
GoogleFenton, Missouri4.9/51,714View
GoogleSt. Louis, Missouri4.9/51,617View
GoogleSpringfield, Missouri4.9/51,466View
GoogleWentzville, Missouri4.9/51,191View
GoogleChesterfield, Missouri4.9/51,148View
GoogleRiverside, Missouri4.9/5921View
GoogleSt. Louis, Missouri4.6/5508View
GoogleJoplin, Missouri5.0/5428View
GoogleColumbia, Missouri4.9/5354View
GoogleFestus, Missouri5.0/5312View
GoogleOverland Park, Kansas5.0/550View
BBBSt. Louis HQ file1.0/52View
AngiROTTLER PEST CONTROL COMPANY, St. Louis, Missouri 63114—0View
YelpColumbia, Missouri——View
YelpSt. Louis, Missouri——View
Googlenational: all US Google listings of the Rottler Pest Solutions brand, used only as the complaint base4.89/510,415see record

Better Business Bureau

Palisade Pest Control. Its company-wide BBB profile shows an A- grade and 10 complaints in the last three years.

Rottler Pest Solutions. Its company-wide BBB profile shows an A+ grade and 9 complaints in the last three years.

BBB records: Palisade Pest Control and Rottler Pest Solutions
Palisade Pest ControlRottler Pest Solutions
BBB gradeA-3, 6, 25, 26, +1A+4, 13
AccreditedYes, since 2022-05-13Yes, since 1997-07-28
Complaints, last 3 years10, company-wide9, company-wide
BBB customer reviews1.0/5 average from 6 reviews1.0/5 average from 2 reviews
Profile scopeRogers, 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.Not recorded
RetrievedOctober 28, 2026October 28, 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

Rottler Pest Solutions 7 terms

  • Company states the ant (6/year) program it was complaining about carries no 6-year contract and no early termination fee: ‘we do not have a contract that lasts 6 years for ants and there’s no early termination fees with this agreement.’ (Rottler’s BBB reply dated 08/12/2024.)13

  • Company states there is no cancellation fee on its bed bug program (BBB reply dated 03/13/2024), and refunded the last service charge.13

  • A separate signed ‘program agreement’ exists but is not published: Rottler’s BBB reply cites an attached ‘program agreement’ and says it ‘went over the agreement together’ with the customer. Renewal, cancellation channel, minimum term and dispute terms are therefore not read from any company-published text.13

  • Year-round programs: Signature Plus (10 visits per year) and Signature (6 visits per year), each with free return visits between scheduled services (the ‘Rottler Promise’).14

  • One-time services are offered; pricing is quoted per property and no price list is published. A $250,000 Termite Damage Warranty is offered to qualifying customers with an active termite protection plan.15

  • BBB profile states a money-back guarantee: if Rottler cannot control the pest problem it will make things right or refund the cost of that service visit.4

  • No service agreement, terms of service or cancellation policy is published on rottler.com (the FAQ has no cancellation or renewal entry, and the site’s only terms pages are the privacy policy and an SMS terms page). Auto-renewal, cancellation channel, arbitration, minimum term and the standard-plan cancellation fee are not stated in any company-published text. The company’s own Facebook posts (search snippets only, not opened: ‘no long term commitments; you can cancel any time’ and ‘no lock-in contracts’) are recorded in claims and not scored.15

    Absence finding. The FAQ lists questions on services, pricing, guarantees and support; none covers cancellation, renewal or contract length.

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)

Licenses and registrations for Palisade Pest Control
StateAuthority and typeNumberStatusExpiresSource
OklahomaOklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry (ODAFF), Pesticide LicensingPesticide License (commercial business); active categories 3A, 7A, 7B9879Current (expiration date in the future; AGLook shows no status flag)December 31, 202628, 29
MissouriMissouri Department of Agriculture (MDA), Bureau of Pesticide ControlPesticide Business (USAPlants Idaho; Missouri licenses individuals, not companies)0043WVActiveNot shown30
ArkansasArkansas Department of Agriculture, Pest Control Program (Arkansas State Plant Board)License Holder (business license)Not shownNot verified (no public lookup; the Department verifies by email request only)Not shown31
ArkansasArkansas Secretary of State (corporations)Business registry: Foreign Limited Liability Company811355462Good StandingNot shown2
MissouriMissouri Secretary of State (Business Services)Business registry: Limited Liability Company (Foreign)FL001696403ActiveNot shown32

Rottler Pest Solutions 13 records (Kansas 1, Missouri 12)

Licenses and registrations for Rottler Pest Solutions
StateAuthority and typeNumberStatusExpiresSource
KansasKansas Department of Agriculture (KDA), Pesticide and Fertilizer ProgramPesticide Business License (categories 3 Ornamental and Turf, 6 Right-of-Way, 7 Industrial, Institutional, Structural and Health-Related)6836Current (categories 3, 6 and 7 listed with expiry 12/31/2026)December 31, 202632
MissouriMissouri Department of Agriculture (MDA), Bureau of Pesticide ControlPesticide Business (agency business record; Missouri licenses individual applicators, not companies)00005X (USAPlants Idaho)ActiveNot shown33
MissouriMissouri Department of Agriculture (MDA), Bureau of Pesticide ControlPesticide Business (agency business record; Missouri licenses individual applicators, not companies)00041X (USAPlants Idaho)ActiveNot shown33
MissouriMissouri Department of Agriculture (MDA), Bureau of Pesticide ControlPesticide Business (agency business record; Missouri licenses individual applicators, not companies)000420 (USAPlants Idaho)ActiveNot shown33
MissouriMissouri Department of Agriculture (MDA), Bureau of Pesticide ControlPesticide Business (agency business record; Missouri licenses individual applicators, not companies)000421 (USAPlants Idaho)ActiveNot shown33
MissouriMissouri Department of Agriculture (MDA), Bureau of Pesticide ControlPesticide Business (agency business record; Missouri licenses individual applicators, not companies)000422 (USAPlants Idaho)ActiveNot shown33
MissouriMissouri Department of Agriculture (MDA), Bureau of Pesticide ControlPesticide Business (agency business record; Missouri licenses individual applicators, not companies)000584 (USAPlants Idaho)ActiveNot shown33
MissouriMissouri Department of Agriculture (MDA), Bureau of Pesticide ControlPesticide Business (agency business record; Missouri licenses individual applicators, not companies)0021XW (USAPlants Idaho)ActiveNot shown33
MissouriMissouri Department of Agriculture (MDA), Bureau of Pesticide ControlPesticide Business (agency business record; Missouri licenses individual applicators, not companies)0021YK (USAPlants Idaho)ActiveNot shown33
MissouriMissouri Department of Agriculture (MDA), Bureau of Pesticide ControlPesticide Business (agency business record; Missouri licenses individual applicators, not companies)0036XF (USAPlants Idaho)ActiveNot shown33
MissouriMissouri Department of Agriculture (MDA), Bureau of Pesticide ControlPesticide Business (agency business record; Missouri licenses individual applicators, not companies)004018 (USAPlants Idaho)ActiveNot shown33
MissouriMissouri Department of Agriculture (MDA), Bureau of Pesticide ControlPesticide Business (agency business record; Missouri licenses individual applicators, not companies)004DKD (USAPlants Idaho)ActiveNot shown33
MissouriMissouri Secretary of State, Business ServicesGen. Business - For Profit (Domestic) corporation: ROTTLER PEST CONTROL COMPANY00258906 (charter number)Good StandingNot shown2

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