--- title: "What are the best pest control companies in the Brownsville area?" description: "In Brownsville, Texas, we rank Fox Pest Control (7.9 out of 10), Orkin (6.8) and Massey Services (6.5) by Handshake Score." url: "https://handshakereviews.com/pest-control/brownsville" markdown_url: "https://handshakereviews.com/pest-control/brownsville.md" updated: "2026-11-05" site: "Handshake D2D News & Reviews" --- # What are the best pest control companies in the Brownsville area? By [Uri Mittelman](https://handshakereviews.com/authors/uri-mittelman.md), Editor · Research and verification: Handshake Research Desk · Updated November 5, 2026 **Answer:** As of November 5, 2026, we cover three pest control companies with a location on file in the Brownsville area. In the October 11, 2026 scoring run they rank Fox Pest Control (7.9 out of 10), Orkin (6.8 out of 10) and Massey Services (6.5 out of 10). The area covers Cameron County, Texas. ## How the Brownsville area companies rank Every company we’ve researched with a branch or listing on file in Brownsville, Harlingen, San Benito, Los Fresnos, La Feria, Port Isabel and South Padre Island (Cameron County), ordered by Handshake Score. - 1. [Fox Pest Control](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/fox-pest-control.md): #53 of 164 in the West · Handshake Score 7.9 out of 10 · Medium confidence Strongest: licensing and compliance (10.0/10). Weakest: sales and contract fairness (4.0/10). Google: 4.7 average from 19,886 western US reviews. Its company-wide BBB profile shows an A+ grade and 263 complaints in the last three years. Door-to-door: Yes. Location on file in the Brownsville area: Brownsville. (sources [26](https://www.google.com/maps?cid=10813261034923530480), [65](https://fox-pest.com/locations/texas/brownsville/)) [Review](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/fox-pest-control.md) · [Is it legit?](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/fox-pest-control/legit.md) · [How to cancel](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/fox-pest-control/cancel.md) · [All records](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/fox-pest-control/records.md) - 2. [Orkin](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/orkin.md): #140 of 164 in the West · Handshake Score 6.8 out of 10 · Medium confidence Strongest: customer satisfaction (8.9/10). Weakest: sales and contract fairness (5.0/10). Complaint record: N/A. Google: 4.7 average from 173,872 western US reviews. Its BBB profile shows an A+ grade; the complaint counts on file conflict. Location on file in the Brownsville area: Harlingen. (sources [159](https://www.google.com/maps?cid=8205624137032286778)) [Review](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/orkin.md) · [Is it legit?](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/orkin/legit.md) · [How to cancel](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/orkin/cancel.md) · [All records](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/orkin/records.md) - 3. [Massey Services](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/massey-services.md): #151 of 164 in the West · Handshake Score 6.5 out of 10 · High confidence Strongest: licensing and compliance (10.0/10). Weakest: customer satisfaction (5.3/10). Google: 4.8 average from 7,221 western US reviews. Its company-wide BBB profile shows an A- grade and 249 complaints in the last three years. Door-to-door: Partial. Location on file in the Brownsville area: Harlingen. (sources [41](https://www.google.com/maps?cid=7390699684021084623)) [Review](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/massey-services.md) · [Is it legit?](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/massey-services/legit.md) · [How to cancel](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/massey-services/cancel.md) · [All records](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/massey-services/records.md) ## Head-to-head comparisons - [Orkin vs. Massey Services](https://handshakereviews.com/compare/orkin-vs-massey-services.md) ## How we ranked them - The Handshake Score rates each company’s whole western US operation from sourced public records: customer reviews, BBB complaints, contract terms and sales practices, licensing, and the legal and regulatory record. It isn’t a score for the branches in this area alone. A location on file means our research found a branch or listing there. It doesn’t show which addresses a company serves; check with the company. 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