--- title: "What are the best pest control companies in the Rochester area?" description: "In Rochester, Minnesota, Rove Pest Control (8.7 out of 10), Plunkett's Pest Control (8.2) and Orkin (6.8) rank highest by Handshake Score." url: "https://handshakereviews.com/pest-control/rochester-mn" markdown_url: "https://handshakereviews.com/pest-control/rochester-mn.md" updated: "2026-11-05" site: "Handshake D2D News & Reviews" --- # What are the best pest control companies in the Rochester 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 Rochester area. In the October 11, 2026 scoring run, the highest-ranked are Rove Pest Control (8.7 out of 10), Plunkett's Pest Control (8.2 out of 10) and Orkin (6.8 out of 10). The area covers Olmsted County, Minnesota. ## How the Rochester area companies rank Every company we’ve researched with a branch or listing on file in Rochester, Byron, Stewartville, Oronoco and Eyota (Olmsted County), ordered by Handshake Score. - 1. [Rove Pest Control](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/rove-pest-control.md): #9 of 164 in the West · Handshake Score 8.7 out of 10 · Low confidence · Provisional Strongest: licensing and compliance (10.0/10). Weakest: customer satisfaction (9.5/10). Sales and contract fairness: N/A. Google: 4.9 average from 7,066 western US reviews. Its BBB profile shows an A+ grade and 1 complaint in the last three years. Door-to-door: Yes. Location on file in the Rochester area: Rochester. (sources [9](https://www.rovepestcontrol.com/locations/minnesota/rochester-pest-control/), [22](https://www.google.com/maps?cid=14031526864900011039)) [Review](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/rove-pest-control.md) · [Is it legit?](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/rove-pest-control/legit.md) - 2. [Plunkett's Pest Control](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/plunketts-pest-control.md): #35 of 164 in the West · Handshake Score 8.2 out of 10 · Low confidence · Provisional Strongest: licensing and compliance (10.0/10). Weakest: sales and contract fairness (8.5/10). Google: 4.8 average from 4,165 western US reviews. Its company-wide BBB profile shows an A+ grade and 5 complaints in the last three years. Location on file in the Rochester area: Rochester. (sources [14](https://www.google.com/maps?cid=14737833965037095757)) [Review](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/plunketts-pest-control.md) · [Is it legit?](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/plunketts-pest-control/legit.md) · [How to cancel](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/plunketts-pest-control/cancel.md) · [All records](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/plunketts-pest-control/records.md) - 3. [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 Rochester area: Rochester. (sources [124](https://www.google.com/maps?cid=1373601597483920439)) [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) - 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 Rochester area: Rochester. (sources [154](https://www.google.com/maps?cid=12838266226939374616)) [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 - [Orkin vs. Terminix](https://handshakereviews.com/compare/orkin-vs-terminix.md) - [Rove Pest Control vs. Plunkett's Pest Control](https://handshakereviews.com/compare/rove-pest-control-vs-plunketts-pest-control.md) - [Plunkett's Pest Control vs. Orkin](https://handshakereviews.com/compare/plunketts-pest-control-vs-orkin.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. [How we review companies](https://handshakereviews.com/how-we-review.md) ## More areas in Minnesota - [Best pest control in the Minneapolis area](https://handshakereviews.com/pest-control/minneapolis.md) - [Best pest control in the St. Paul area](https://handshakereviews.com/pest-control/st-paul.md) ## Related - [The best pest control companies in Minnesota](https://handshakereviews.com/rankings/pest-control-minnesota.md) - [Pest control in Minnesota](https://handshakereviews.com/pest-control.md) - [How we review companies](https://handshakereviews.com/how-we-review.md) _Markdown version of https://handshakereviews.com/pest-control/rochester-mn. Every page on this site has one: add `.md` to the path or request it with `Accept: text/markdown`. Site guide for agents: https://handshakereviews.com/llms.txt._