--- title: "What are the best pest control companies in the Fort Smith area?" description: "In Fort Smith, Arkansas, Palisade Pest Control (8.6 out of 10) and Presto-X Pest Control (8.5) rank highest by Handshake Score." url: "https://handshakereviews.com/pest-control/fort-smith" markdown_url: "https://handshakereviews.com/pest-control/fort-smith.md" updated: "2026-11-05" site: "Handshake D2D News & Reviews" --- # What are the best pest control companies in the Fort Smith 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 4 pest control companies with a location on file in the Fort Smith area. In the October 11, 2026 scoring run, the highest-ranked are Palisade Pest Control (8.6 out of 10), Presto-X Pest Control (8.5 out of 10) and Natural State Pest Control (7.7 out of 10). ## How the Fort Smith area companies rank Every company we’ve researched with a branch or listing on file in Fort Smith, Van Buren, Alma, Greenwood and Barling (Sebastian and Crawford counties), ordered by Handshake Score. - 1. [Palisade Pest Control](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/palisade-pest-control.md): #13 of 164 in the West · Handshake Score 8.6 out of 10 · Medium confidence Strongest: licensing and compliance (10.0/10). Weakest: sales and contract fairness (5.0/10). Google: 4.9 average from 11,772 western US reviews. Its company-wide BBB profile shows an A- grade and 10 complaints in the last three years. Door-to-door: Yes. Location on file in the Fort Smith area: Fort Smith. (sources [19](https://www.google.com/maps?cid=8506481268074543434), [49](https://palisadepest.com/fortsmith-ar-pest-control)) [Review](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/palisade-pest-control.md) · [Is it legit?](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/palisade-pest-control/legit.md) · [How to cancel](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/palisade-pest-control/cancel.md) - 2. [Presto-X Pest Control](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/presto-x-pest-control.md): #19 of 164 in the West · Handshake Score 8.5 out of 10 · Low confidence · Provisional Strongest: licensing and compliance (10.0/10). Weakest: customer satisfaction (9.3/10). Sales and contract fairness: N/A. Google: 4.8 average from 3,331 western US reviews. Its BBB profile shows an A+ grade and 0 complaints in the last three years across its BBB files. Location on file in the Fort Smith area: Fort Smith. (sources [16](https://www.google.com/maps?cid=3598010914621132167)) [Review](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/presto-x-pest-control.md) · [Is it legit?](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/presto-x-pest-control/legit.md) · [All records](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/presto-x-pest-control/records.md) - 3. [Natural State Pest Control](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/natural-state-pest-control.md): #77 of 164 in the West · Handshake Score 7.7 out of 10 · Low confidence · Provisional Strongest: licensing and compliance (10.0/10). Weakest: sales and contract fairness (8.0/10). Google: 4.9 average from 4,982 western US reviews. Its BBB profile shows an A+ grade and 1 complaint in the last three years. Location on file in the Fort Smith area: Fort Smith. (sources [6](https://www.naturalstatepestcontrol.com/about-us/), [13](https://www.google.com/maps?cid=1584281240784388520)) [Review](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/natural-state-pest-control.md) · [Is it legit?](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/natural-state-pest-control/legit.md) - 4. [Terminix](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/terminix.md): #161 of 164 in the West · Handshake Score 5.8 out of 10 · Medium confidence Strongest: customer satisfaction (7.7/10). Weakest: legal and regulatory record (2.0/10). Google: 4.7 average from 89,803 western US reviews. Its company-wide BBB profile shows an A+ grade and 2,903 complaints in the last three years. Door-to-door: Partial. Location on file in the Fort Smith area: Fort Smith. (sources [60](https://www.google.com/maps?cid=16176331691110997261)) [Review](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/terminix.md) · [Is it legit?](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/terminix/legit.md) · [All records](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/terminix/records.md) ## Head-to-head comparisons - [Palisade Pest Control vs. Presto-X Pest Control](https://handshakereviews.com/compare/palisade-pest-control-vs-presto-x-pest-control.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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