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title: "The Best Pest Control Companies in Arkansas"
description: "ClearDefense Pest Control leads Arkansas’s 12 ranked pest control companies by State Score, at 9.6 out of 10. Flex Pest Control (9.6) follows."
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updated: "2026-11-05"
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# The Best Pest Control Companies in Arkansas

By [Uri Mittelman](https://handshakereviews.com/authors/uri-mittelman.md), Editor · Research and verification: Handshake Research Desk · Updated November 5, 2026

**Answer:** In the October 11, 2026 State Score run, the highest-ranked pest control companies in Arkansas are ClearDefense Pest Control (9.6 out of 10), Flex Pest Control (9.6) and Natural State Pest Control (9.1), by State Score. It counts Arkansas evidence where the record has it: Google reviews and pesticide licenses, plus the company’s whole record for the rest.

Each company’s factors are marked in-state (only Arkansas evidence counted) or company-wide (the company’s whole record). [How state scores work](https://handshakereviews.com/how-we-review#state-scores) · [Best pest control by state](https://handshakereviews.com/rankings/pest-control-west.md)

## Everything we ranked in Arkansas

Handshake Scores cover a company’s whole operation, not only Arkansas, and include the location deduction.

| Rank | Company | State Score | Customer satisfaction | Complaint record | Sales and contract fairness | Licensing and compliance | Legal and regulatory record | Workplace | Google reviews in Arkansas | Locations in Arkansas | Headquarters | Ownership | Handshake Score |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| #1 of 12 in Arkansas (Top pick) | [ClearDefense Pest Control](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/cleardefense-pest-control.md) | 9.6/10 | 10.0 (in-state) | 10.0 (in-state) | 9.0 (company-wide) | 10.0 (in-state) | 10.0 (company-wide) | 7.7 (company-wide) | 5.0 average, 3,107 reviews | 1 | Matthews, North Carolina | PE-backed | Handshake Score 9.3, #2 of 164 in the West |
| #2 of 12 in Arkansas (Runner-up) | [Flex Pest Control](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/flex-pest-control.md) | 9.6/10 | 10.0 (in-state) | 10.0 (in-state) | N/A | 10.0 (in-state) | 10.0 (company-wide) | N/A | 5.0 average, 3,035 reviews | 4 | Bentonville, Arkansas | Independent | Handshake Score 8.2, #37 of 164 in the West |
| #3 of 12 in Arkansas (Also great) | [Natural State Pest Control](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/natural-state-pest-control.md) | 9.1/10 | 9.6 (in-state) | 10.0 (in-state) | 8.0 (company-wide) | 10.0 (in-state) | 10.0 (company-wide) | N/A | 4.9 average, 4,982 reviews | 3 | Lowell, Arkansas | Independent | Handshake Score 7.7, #77 of 164 in the West |
| #4 of 12 in Arkansas | [Palisade Pest Control](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/palisade-pest-control.md) | 8.6/10 | 9.5 (in-state) | 10.0 (company-wide) | 5.0 (company-wide) | 10.0 (in-state) | 10.0 (company-wide) | N/A | 4.9 average, 5,127 reviews | 5 | Rogers, Arkansas | Independent | Handshake Score 8.6, #13 of 164 in the West |
| #5 of 12 in Arkansas | [Presto-X Pest Control](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/presto-x-pest-control.md) | 8.6/10 | 9.6 (in-state) | 10.0 (company-wide) | N/A | 10.0 (in-state) | 10.0 (company-wide) | N/A | 4.9 average, 219 reviews | 3 | Wyomissing, Pennsylvania | Subsidiary | Handshake Score 8.5, #19 of 164 in the West |
| #6 of 12 in Arkansas | [Rumble Pest Solutions](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/rumble-pest-solutions.md) | 8.2/10 | 8.8 (in-state) | 8.5 (company-wide) | 5.5 (company-wide) | 10.0 (in-state) | 10.0 (company-wide) | N/A | 4.7 average, 2,644 reviews | 1 | Springdale, Arkansas | PE-backed | Handshake Score 7.2, #114 of 164 in the West |
| #7 of 12 in Arkansas | [Evo Pest Control](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/evo-pest-control.md) | 8.1/10 | 9.6 (in-state) | 7.0 (in-state) | 4.0 (company-wide) | 10.0 (in-state) | 10.0 (company-wide) | N/A | 4.9 average, 1,855 reviews | 1 | Lindon, Utah | Independent | Handshake Score 7.5, #91 of 164 in the West |
| #8 of 12 in Arkansas | [EnviroGuard Pest Control](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/enviroguard-pest-control.md) | 6.3/10 | 6.2 (in-state) | 8.5 (company-wide) | 4.0 (company-wide) | 10.0 (in-state) | 10.0 (company-wide) | 4.5 (company-wide) | 4.9 average, 841 reviews | 1 | St. George, Utah | Independent | Handshake Score 7.5, #90 of 164 in the West |
| #9 of 12 in Arkansas | [Moxie Pest Control](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/moxie-pest-control.md) | 5.8/10 | 3.4 (in-state) | 7.0 (in-state) | 3.0 (company-wide) | 10.0 (in-state) | 10.0 (company-wide) | 4.5 (company-wide) | 4.6 average, 1,178 reviews | 1 | Irving, Texas | Independent | Handshake Score 7.3, #106 of 164 in the West |
| #10 of 12 in Arkansas | [Urbanex Pest Control](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/urbanex-pest-control.md) | 5.6/10 | 3.3 (in-state) | 8.5 (company-wide) | 6.0 (company-wide) | 10.0 (in-state) | 10.0 (company-wide) | 4.8 (company-wide) | 4.5 average, 480 reviews | 1 | Nashville, Tennessee | Independent | Handshake Score 7.4, #102 of 164 in the West |
| #11 of 12 in Arkansas | [Orkin](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/orkin.md) | 5.5/10 | 4.0 (in-state) | N/A | 5.0 (company-wide) | 10.0 (in-state) | 7.5 (company-wide) | 5.0 (company-wide) | 4.6 average, 2,641 reviews | 3 | Atlanta, Georgia | Subsidiary | Handshake Score 6.8, #140 of 164 in the West |
| #12 of 12 in Arkansas | [Terminix](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/terminix.md) | 4.8/10 | 3.2 (in-state) | 3.0 (company-wide) | 7.5 (company-wide) | 10.0 (in-state) | 2.0 (company-wide) | 4.5 (company-wide) | 4.7 average, 5,307 reviews | 18 | Memphis, Tennessee | Subsidiary | Handshake Score 5.8, #161 of 164 in the West |

## Why the top companies rank here

### #1 of 12 in Arkansas: ClearDefense Pest Control

- Customer satisfaction: 10.0 (in-state). Google 5.00 across 3,107 Arkansas reviews; Other platforms 5.00/5 (Facebook 5.0); Blended 5.00/5: 60% Google, 40% other platforms (449 other-platform reviews, at least 10% of the 3,107 Google reviews).
- Complaint record: 10.0 (in-state). 0 BBB complaints in 3 yrs ÷ 3,107 (Arkansas Google review total) = 0.0 per 1,000 → 10.
- Sales and contract fairness: 9.0 (company-wide). Customer accounts of terms misstated at the sale (1 documented) (−1).
- Licensing and compliance: 10.0 (in-state). No deductions in the record for this factor.
- Legal and regulatory record: 10.0 (company-wide). No deductions in the record for this factor.
- Workplace: 7.7 (company-wide). Employee rating 4.10/5 (Indeed 4.1 from 79).
- Weighted average of the factors above: 9.6/10.
- Review volume 0: 3,107 Google reviews.
- Verification depth 0: 449 other reviews · 79 employee reviews.
- State Score: 9.6/10.

### #2 of 12 in Arkansas: Flex Pest Control

- Customer satisfaction: 10.0 (in-state). Google 5.00 across 3,035 Arkansas reviews; Other platforms 5.00/5 (Thumbtack 5.0); Blended 5.00/5: 60% Google, 40% other platforms (970 other-platform reviews, at least 10% of the 3,035 Google reviews).
- Complaint record: 10.0 (in-state). 1 BBB complaint in 3 yrs ÷ 3,035 (Arkansas Google review total) = 0.3 per 1,000 → 10.
- Sales and contract fairness: N/A. Sales & contract factor not scored: no contract terms or sales-conduct findings in the record; remaining weights renormalized.
- Licensing and compliance: 10.0 (in-state). No deductions in the record for this factor.
- Legal and regulatory record: 10.0 (company-wide). No deductions in the record for this factor.
- Weighted average of the factors above: 10.0/10.
- Review volume 0: 3,035 Google reviews.
- Verification depth −0.4: 970 other reviews · 0 of 20 employee reviews.
- State Score: 9.6/10.

### #3 of 12 in Arkansas: Natural State Pest Control

- Customer satisfaction: 9.6 (in-state). Google 4.91 across 4,982 Arkansas reviews; Blended 4.91/5.
- Complaint record: 10.0 (in-state). 1 BBB complaint in 3 yrs ÷ 4,982 (Arkansas Google review total) = 0.2 per 1,000 → 10.
- Sales and contract fairness: 8.0 (company-wide). Customer accounts of terms misstated at the sale (1 documented) (−1); Unpublished renewal, cancellation-channel & dispute terms (−1).
- Licensing and compliance: 10.0 (in-state). No deductions in the record for this factor.
- Legal and regulatory record: 10.0 (company-wide). No deductions in the record for this factor.
- Weighted average of the factors above: 9.5/10.
- Review volume 0: 4,982 Google reviews.
- Verification depth −0.4: 0 of 250 other reviews · 0 of 20 employee reviews.
- State Score: 9.1/10.

## Also operates in Arkansas

These companies have a location on file in Arkansas but not enough in-state evidence to be ranked here.

- [Plunkett's Pest Control](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/plunketts-pest-control.md): 61 Google reviews in Arkansas (100 needed to be ranked).

## How we ranked

The State Score runs from 0 to 10 with the same factors and weights as the Handshake Score. For each factor, when a company’s research record ties evidence to Arkansas, only the Arkansas evidence counts and the table marks the factor In-state. When it can’t, the factor uses the company’s whole record and is marked Company-wide. Licensing and the legal record can be marked In-state + company-wide: Arkansas records count together with federal and multi-state ones.

The review-volume and verification-depth adjustment from the overall score applies too, with its thresholds scaled to the size of Arkansas’s Google review market on file compared with the Pacific Northwest’s, where the thresholds were set. How many states, or how many locations, a company has doesn’t change its State Score.

To be ranked, a company needs a location on file in Arkansas and at least 100 Google reviews on its Arkansas listings. Companies with a location here but less in-state evidence are listed under “Also operates in Arkansas.”

Ties are broken by in-state Google review volume. A factor with no usable inputs is left out and the other weights are scaled up, exactly as in the overall score. The Handshake Score on each company’s page rates its whole operation in the region it is scored in and also takes points off a company with fewer than 10 locations of its own, which a State Score doesn’t.

This ranking covers the companies we’ve researched and verified in Arkansas. It isn’t every pest control company in Arkansas, and we may add more.

### Where the evidence comes from in Arkansas

- Customer satisfaction: in-state for every ranked company.
- Complaint record: in-state for 5 companies, company-wide for 6 companies.
- Sales and contract fairness: company-wide for every ranked company.
- Licensing and compliance: in-state for every ranked company.
- Legal and regulatory record: company-wide for every ranked company.
- Workplace: company-wide for every ranked company.

This ranking uses State Score state-1.0 (based on 1.5.0 (rules v1.0.7, confidence v1.2.1)). [How state scores work](https://handshakereviews.com/how-we-review#state-scores).

## Cities in Arkansas

- [Northwest Arkansas](https://handshakereviews.com/pest-control/northwest-arkansas.md): 10 companies
- [Little Rock area](https://handshakereviews.com/pest-control/little-rock.md): 6 companies
- [Fort Smith area](https://handshakereviews.com/pest-control/fort-smith.md): 4 companies

## Check a license in Arkansas

Arkansas Department of Agriculture, Pest Control Program

Licensed: Companies (License Holder license)

## File a complaint

Arkansas Attorney General, Public Protection Department (Consumer Protection). [Consumer complaint form](https://arkansasag.gov/file-a-complaint/)

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## Common questions

### What is the best pest control company in Arkansas?

In the October 11, 2026 State Score run, ClearDefense Pest Control ranks first in Arkansas by State Score (9.6 out of 10), followed by Flex Pest Control (9.6) and Natural State Pest Control (9.1).

[ClearDefense Pest Control review](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/cleardefense-pest-control.md) · [Flex Pest Control review](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/flex-pest-control.md) · [Natural State Pest Control review](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/natural-state-pest-control.md)

### How is the Arkansas State Score different from the Handshake Score?

The Handshake Score on each company’s page rates its whole operation in the region it is scored in. The Arkansas ranking uses the State Score, which counts Arkansas evidence where the record has it (Google reviews and pesticide licenses) and the company’s whole record for the rest. A company needs at least 100 Google reviews on its Arkansas listings to be ranked here.

[How state scores work](https://handshakereviews.com/how-we-review.md) · [Best pest control by state](https://handshakereviews.com/rankings/pest-control-west.md)

### Which companies operate in Arkansas but aren’t ranked here?

Plunkett's Pest Control. It has a location on file in Arkansas but too little in-state evidence to rank: a company needs at least 100 Google reviews on its Arkansas listings.

[Plunkett's Pest Control review](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/plunketts-pest-control.md)

### Which pest control companies have the most Google reviews in Arkansas?

On their Arkansas listings: Terminix (5,307 reviews, 4.7 average), Palisade Pest Control (5,127 reviews, 4.9 average) and Natural State Pest Control (4,982 reviews, 4.9 average).

[Terminix: customer reviews](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/terminix.md) · [Palisade Pest Control: customer reviews](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/palisade-pest-control.md) · [Natural State Pest Control: customer reviews](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/natural-state-pest-control.md)

### Does this list every pest control company in Arkansas?

No. This ranking covers the companies we’ve researched and verified in Arkansas. It isn’t every pest control company in Arkansas, and we may add more. Companies with a location here but less in-state evidence are listed as also operating in Arkansas.

[How we review companies](https://handshakereviews.com/how-we-review.md)

### Can companies pay for a better rating?

No. We independently review every company we cover. Companies can’t pay to change their ratings.

[How we review companies](https://handshakereviews.com/how-we-review.md)

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