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Presto-X Pest Control vs. Fox Pest Control

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Presto-X Pest Control ranks #19 of 164 and Fox Pest Control ranks #53 of 164 in the West, with Handshake Scores of 8.5 and 7.9 out of 10. Both have locations on file in Iowa, Kansas, South Dakota and Texas. Presto-X Pest Control also has locations in Arkansas, Colorado, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Wyoming, and Fox Pest Control in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Louisiana and Nevada.

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

#19 of 164 in the West

Presto-X Pest Control8.5/10

Handshake Score · Provisional. #19 of 164 in the West

#53 of 164 in the West

Fox Pest Control7.9/10

Handshake Score. #53 of 164 in the West

Presto-X Pest Control and Fox Pest Control at a glance
Presto-X Pest ControlFox Pest Control
Rank#19 of 164 in the West#53 of 164 in the West
ConfidenceLowMedium
Provisional scoreYesNo
Door-to-door salesN/Asee recordYes2, 6, 7, 8, +7
OwnershipSubsidiaryParent: Rentokil Initial plc (through Rentokil North America, Inc.)5, 6, 7, 8, +1SubsidiaryParent: Rollins, Inc. (NYSE: ROL), acquired April 2023 through its HomeTeam Pest Defense brand2, 4
HeadquartersWyomissing, Pennsylvania3, 4Logan, Utah2
States on fileArkansas, Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas and Wyoming20 locationsWashington, Oregon, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Nevada, South Dakota and Texas20 locations
Record verifiedNovember 2, 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: Presto-X Pest Control and Fox Pest Control
Presto-X Pest ControlFox Pest Control
Customer satisfaction 35%9.38.4
Presto-X Pest Control scores higher on customer satisfaction (9.3 vs. 8.4).
Complaint record 10%10.07.0
Presto-X Pest Control scores higher on complaint record (10.0 vs. 7.0).
Sales and contract fairness 15%N/A4.0
Fox Pest Control scores 4.0 on sales and contract fairness; Presto-X Pest Control isn’t scored on it.
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 Score8.5/107.9/10
Presto-X Pest Control has the higher Handshake Score (8.5 vs. 7.9).

Presto-X 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).

Workplace scores: Presto-X Pest Control and Fox Pest Control
Presto-X Pest ControlFox Pest Control
Workplace scoreN/A6.0
Fox Pest Control has a workplace score of 6.0; Presto-X 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: Presto-X Pest Control and Fox Pest Control
Presto-X Pest ControlFox Pest Control
Google listings in the West1920
Google reviews3,33119,886
Google average4.84.7

Presto-X Pest Control 22 review profiles

Review profiles recorded for Presto-X Pest Control
Platform and scopeRatingReviewsSource
GoogleLa Vista, Nebraska4.9/5349View
GoogleLincoln, Nebraska4.9/5248View
GoogleGrand Island, Nebraska4.9/5216View
GoogleCheyenne, Wyoming4.6/5169View
GoogleFort Smith, Arkansas4.9/5157View
GoogleNorth Little Rock, Arkansas4.9/559View
GoogleConway, Arkansas5.0/53View
GoogleDenver, Colorado4.8/5488View
GoogleRifle, Colorado5.0/558View
GoogleHiawatha, Iowa4.9/5236View
GoogleDes Moines, Iowa4.8/5174View
GoogleMason City, Iowa4.3/57View
GoogleWichita, Kansas5.0/533View
GoogleSikeston, Missouri4.9/5232View
GoogleSpringfield, Missouri4.8/5172View
GoogleRiverside, Missouri4.6/566View
GoogleOklahoma City, Oklahoma4.7/597View
GoogleSioux Falls, South Dakota4.7/5114View
GoogleHouston, Texas4.7/5276View
GoogleSan Antonio, Texas4.8/5184View
BBBcompany-wide, multi-brand: Rentokil North America, Inc. headquarters profile1.61/597View
BBBLincoln, Nebraska: Presto-X Pest Control, 5734 Seward Ave——View

Fox Pest Control 23 review profiles

Review profiles recorded for Fox Pest Control
Platform and scopeRatingReviewsSource
GooglePharr, Texas4.7/51,975View
GoogleCorpus Christi, Texas4.7/51,832View
GoogleLubbock, Texas4.8/51,530View
GoogleMidland, Texas4.8/51,513View
GoogleSouthlake, Texas4.8/5990View
GoogleOdessa, Texas4.8/5888View
GoogleBrownsville, Texas4.7/579View
GoogleBaton Rouge, Louisiana4.8/53,213View
GoogleMandeville, Louisiana4.9/51,400View
GoogleScott, Louisiana4.8/51,302View
GoogleIowa City, Iowa4.5/5896View
GoogleDavenport, Iowa4.7/5341View
GoogleAnkeny, Iowa4.5/5284View
GoogleSioux Falls, South Dakota4.7/5685View
BBBcompany-wide3.69/5553View
Trustpilotcompany-wide2.6/54View
GoogleKennewick, Washington4.7/5832View
GoogleSpokane Valley, Washington4.6/5513View
GoogleEugene, Oregon4.3/5362View
GoogleIdaho4.8/543View
GooglePark City, Kansas4.5/5253View
GoogleSparks, Nevada4.5/5955View
Googlenational: all US Google listings of the Fox Pest Control brand, used only as the complaint base4.74/583,640see record

Better Business Bureau

Presto-X Pest Control. Its BBB profile shows an A+ grade and 0 complaints in the last three years across its BBB files.

Fox Pest Control. Its company-wide BBB profile shows an A+ grade and 263 complaints in the last three years.

BBB records: Presto-X Pest Control and Fox Pest Control
Presto-X Pest ControlFox Pest Control
BBB gradeA+3, 34, 35, 36, +8A+17, 40, 41, 42
AccreditedNoYes, since 5/26/2021
Complaints, last 3 years0, across 3 BBB files263, company-wide
BBB customer reviews1.61/5 average from 97 reviews3.69/5 average from 553 reviews
Profile scopeScored: the three Presto-X BBB files that carry their own complaint records, Houston Texas, Des Moines Iowa and Springfield Missouri (profiles[2..4]): 0 complaints in 3 years on all three, over the 622 Google reviews of the three listings they cover (Houston 276, Des Moines 174, Springfield 172). Brands with their own files and a mirrored headquarters file were treated as Bug Out was.HQ profile, Logan, Utah; “includes complaints for Fox Pest Control HQ’s headquarters and its corporate-owned locations” (national). The Texas, Louisiana, Iowa and South Dakota branch profiles (Lubbock, Midland, Odessa, Brownsville, Corpus Christi, Pharr, Southlake, Baton Rouge, Scott, Mandeville, Davenport, Iowa City, Sioux Falls) each show the same HQ totals (263 / 107) on their complaint tabs, so no state-scoped complaint counts exist.
RetrievedNovember 2, 2026October 27, 2026
Profiles

Contract terms

Terms as recorded from the linked sources.

Presto-X Pest Control 3 terms

  • PestFree365+ is the residential plan: “a year round pest protection plan for your home” covering 39+ common pests; the page publishes no price, minimum term, renewal, cancellation or arbitration terms.11

  • Promotion: $50 off a new PestFree365+ plan with code SAVE50 (company promotion, not a contract term).5

  • The only legal page on the site is a “Legal statement” covering use of the website (copyright, accuracy, no investment offer). It contains no service agreement, cancellation, renewal or arbitration terms, so the service-contract terms are unpublished.2

Fox Pest Control 13 terms

  • Company: the Home Protection Plan is year-round coverage with quarterly treatments and monthly billing.5

  • Company: the customer signs the agreement at the first appointment.5

  • Company guarantee: free targeted re-treatments between visits; if three targeted treatments fail, the last monthly fee is refunded.16

  • Company (BBB response, 09/28/2026): an early termination fee is assessed under the signed service agreement when a customer cancels before the end of the agreed service term.4

  • Company (BBB response, 09/03/2026): states a $250 early termination fee on one account, which it waived.17

  • Company (BBB response, 09/01/2026): one door-to-door customer’s Service Agreement ran 24 months although he had been told 12; Fox closed the account without the fee.17

  • Customer (BBB complaint, 07/10/2026) reports being signed to a 12-month contract after asking for three months, and being quoted a $300 cancellation fee. Fox’s response (07/15/2026) apologizes for “the miscommunication regarding the expected duration of service” and says her understanding “differed from the agreement on file”; it does not state the agreement’s length.18

  • Customer (BBB complaint, 06/30/2026) quotes the agreement: cancel by midnight of the 3rd business day, otherwise repay the signing discount plus a $300 early termination fee. The complainant describes the plan both as an “18 month program” and as “$67.00 per month for 1 year program”.18

  • Customer (BBB complaint, 09/17/2026, door-to-door sale) says she was told she was locked into a 24-month contract with a $300 early termination fee.4

  • Customer (BBB complaint, 07/22/2026) reports a 30-day notice requirement to avoid a $250 cancellation fee at the end of a 1-year contract, and being told a manager phone call was required to close the account.19

  • Iowa City Google reviewer reports a 2-year contract, continued charges after the term ended, and being told twice to speak to a manager to cancel.10

  • Website Terms of Use include binding AAA arbitration of “any controversies, claims, counterclaims or other disputes between you and us” and a class/representative-action waiver. The Terms govern access to and use of the Fox website, define “You” as a user of the Site and say they “apply only to the Website and the associated products and services we offer”; they do not mention the residential service agreement, which is not published.20

  • Free inspection and estimate with no obligation to buy; price depends on home size.5

Licensing and registrations

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

Presto-X Pest Control 17 records (Texas 2, Colorado 3, Missouri 5, Kansas 1, Iowa 2, Oklahoma 1, Nebraska 1, Wyoming 1, South Dakota 1)

Licenses and registrations for Presto-X Pest Control
StateAuthority and typeNumberStatusExpiresSource
TexasTexas Department of Agriculture (TDA), Structural Pest Control ServiceCommercial Business License (TPCL); county Harris; categories PTLWCS as shown in the CSV0590486Current (listed on TDA current-licenses report, file dated 2 Nov 2026)January 31, 20278
TexasTexas Department of Agriculture (TDA), Structural Pest Control ServiceCommercial Business License (TPCL); county Bexar; categories PTLWCS as shown in the CSV0688559Current (listed on TDA current-licenses report, file dated 2 Nov 2026)February 28, 20278
ColoradoColorado Department of Agriculture (CDA), Plant Industry Division, Pesticide Applicator ProgramCommercial applicator business record; categories include 304 Residential/Commercial Pest Control, 301 Wood Destroying Organism, 110 Public Health Pest ControlBusinessId 13620Listed (CDA shows current valid licenses only)December 31, 202653
ColoradoColorado Department of Agriculture (CDA), Plant Industry Division, Pesticide Applicator ProgramCommercial applicator business record (out of state); categories 110, 301, 302, 304BusinessId 13624Listed (CDA shows current valid licenses only)December 31, 202653
MissouriMissouri Department of Agriculture (MDA), Bureau of Pesticide Control (MOPlants Pesticide Business/Applicator Search)Pesticide Business (agency business-location record; Missouri licenses individual applicators, not companies)USAPlants ID 002G00Pesticide Business (Active)Not shown54
MissouriMissouri Department of Agriculture (MDA), Bureau of Pesticide Control (MOPlants Pesticide Business/Applicator Search)Pesticide Business (agency business-location record; Missouri licenses individual applicators, not companies)USAPlants ID 0032M3Pesticide Business (Active)Not shown54
MissouriMissouri Department of Agriculture (MDA), Bureau of Pesticide Control (MOPlants Pesticide Business/Applicator Search)Pesticide Business (agency business-location record)USAPlants ID 0001G1Pesticide Business (Active)Not shown54
KansasKansas Department of Agriculture (KDA), Pesticide and Fertilizer ProgramPesticide business license; categories 3, 6, 7PBL 100467Listed on the KDA public business searchDecember 31, 20269
IowaIowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship (IDALS), Pesticide BureauCommercial applicator company license (IDALS company lookup)01932-000Listed with expiration December 31, 2026December 31, 202655
IowaIowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship (IDALS), Pesticide BureauCommercial applicator company license (IDALS company lookup)11094-001Listed with expiration December 31, 2026December 31, 202655
OklahomaOklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry (ODAFF), Pesticide Licensing (AGLook)Pesticide License (business)4933Listed; expiration date in the future (the lookup shows no status text)December 31, 202656
NebraskaNebraska Department of Agriculture (NDA), Pesticide ProgramIndividual commercial applicators only; NDA issues no business licenses for structural pest controlNot shownNo company license record exists to look upNot shown57
ColoradoColorado Secretary of State, Business Entities (open data, Business Entities in Colorado)Business registry: foreign profit corporation, PennsylvaniaNot shownGood StandingNot shown58
MissouriMissouri Secretary of State, Business Services (business entity search)Business registry: Gen. Business - For Profit (Foreign)Charter F00883227Good StandingNot shown59
MissouriMissouri Department of Agriculture (MDA), Bureau of Pesticide Control (MOPlants Pesticide Business/Applicator Search)Pesticide Business (agency business-location record; Missouri licenses individual applicators, not companies)USAPlants ID 004G4WPesticide Business (Active)Not shown54
WyomingWyoming Department of Agriculture (WDA), Pesticide ProgramIndividual commercial applicators only; no company license record exists to look upNot shownNo company license record exists to look upNot shown60
South DakotaSouth Dakota Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources (DANR), Pesticide Applicators and DealersIndividual commercial applicators only; no company license record exists to look upNot shownNo company license record exists to look upNot shown61

Fox Pest Control 18 records (Texas 7, Louisiana 4, Iowa 5, South Dakota 2)

Licenses and registrations for Fox Pest Control
StateAuthority and typeNumberStatusExpiresSource
TexasTexas Department of AgricultureCommercial business license0874467Active (listed in TDA’s current-licenses report)01/31/202743
TexasTexas Department of AgricultureCommercial business license0617449Active (listed in TDA’s current-licenses report)04/30/202743
TexasTexas Department of AgricultureCommercial business license0661650Active (listed in TDA’s current-licenses report)11/30/202643
TexasTexas Department of AgricultureCommercial business license0838205Active (listed in TDA’s current-licenses report)12/31/202643
TexasTexas Department of AgricultureCommercial business license0849132Active (listed in TDA’s current-licenses report)01/31/202743
TexasTexas Department of AgricultureEnforcement report checkNot shownNo Fox entity or Fox license number (0874467, 0617449, 0661650, 0838205, 0849132) appears in TDA’s current Structural Pest Control Enforcement Report.Not shown44
LouisianaLouisiana Department of Agriculture and ForestryPlace of Business Permit00203CActive6/30/202645
LouisianaLouisiana Department of Agriculture and ForestryPlace of Business Permit00203DActive6/30/202645
LouisianaLouisiana Department of Agriculture and ForestryPlace of Business Permit00203FActive6/30/202645
IowaIowa Department of Agriculture and Land StewardshipCommercial applicator company license10907-001Listed; expiration December 31, 2026 (current)December 31, 202646
IowaIowa Department of Agriculture and Land StewardshipCommercial applicator company license11412-001Listed; expiration December 31, 2026 (current)December 31, 202646
IowaIowa Department of Agriculture and Land StewardshipCommercial applicator company license11249-001Listed; expiration December 31, 2026 (current)December 31, 202646
IowaIowa Department of Agriculture and Land StewardshipCompany license lookup (Davenport branch)Not shownNo company license found for the Davenport branch: no Fox/FDS record with a Davenport, Moline, Bettendorf or Rock Island address in the IDALS lookup (searched by company name “Fox”, “Fox Pest”, “FDS”, “Quad” and by city).Not shown46
South DakotaSouth Dakota Department of Agriculture and Natural ResourcesIndividual commercial applicator licenses (South Dakota does not license pest-control companies)Not shown25 applicator records list company “Fox Pest Control”; 22 show an applicator license number, most expiring Mar 31 2027 or Mar 31 2028.Not shown47
TexasTexas Comptroller of Public Accounts (franchise tax permit holders, open data)Business registrationSOS file 0801555474 (Fox Pest Control LLC); 0801674190 (Fox Pest Control - McAllen Texas, LLC.); 0803859185 (Fox Pest Control - DFW NW)All three: SOS status code A, right to transact business ANot shown48
LouisianaLouisiana Secretary of StateBusiness registration (foreign LLC)43322961QActive; Annual Report Status: In Good Standing; last report filed 12/17/2025Not shown49
IowaIowa Secretary of StateBusiness registration (fictitious names)784697; 849233; 816084Active (three “Fox Pest Control” fictitious names held by FDS - Iowa City Iowa, LLC, FDS - Des Moines, Iowa LLC and FDS - Sioux Falls, South Dakota LLC)Not shown50
South DakotaSouth Dakota Secretary of StateBusiness registration (DBA)UB292284; UB292285Active DBAs “Fox Pest Control - Sioux Falls, SD” and “Fox Pest Control”, filed 01/31/2025Not shown51

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