The Best Pest Control Companies in Iowa

Updated November 5, 2026

Editor · Research and verification: Handshake Research Desk

In the October 11, 2026 State Score run, the highest-ranked pest control companies in Iowa are Midwest Pest Control (9.3 out of 10), Miller Pest Solutions (9.2) and Presto-X Pest Control (8.9), by State Score. It counts Iowa 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 or Company-wide below. How state scores work · Best pest control by state

Everything we ranked in Iowa

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

9.3/10State Score
#1 of 14 in Iowa · Top pick
Midwest Pest Control
Handshake Score 8.4, #24 of 164 in the West.
Locations in Iowa:

2
Headquarters:

Omaha, Nebraska
Ownership:

Independent
Confidence:

Low
9.2/10State Score
#2 of 14 in Iowa · Runner-up
Miller Pest Solutions
Handshake Score 8.1, #42 of 164 in the West.
Locations in Iowa:

2
Headquarters:

Clive, Iowa
Ownership:

Independent
Confidence:

Low
8.9/10State Score
#3 of 14 in Iowa · Also great
Presto-X Pest Control
Handshake Score 8.5, #19 of 164 in the West.
Locations in Iowa:

3
Headquarters:

Wyomissing, Pennsylvania
Ownership:

Subsidiary
Confidence:

Low
8.8/10State Score
#4 of 14 in Iowa
Spidexx Pest Control & Termite
Handshake Score 7.9, #56 of 164 in the West.
Locations in Iowa:

1
Headquarters:

Urbandale, Iowa
Ownership:

Independent
Confidence:

Medium
8.4/10State Score
#5 of 14 in Iowa
Fenix Pest Control
Handshake Score 7.8, #67 of 164 in the West.
Locations in Iowa:

5
Headquarters:

West Des Moines, Iowa
Ownership:

Independent
Confidence:

Medium
8.4/10State Score
#6 of 14 in Iowa
Plunkett's Pest Control
Handshake Score 8.2, #35 of 164 in the West.
Locations in Iowa:

1
Headquarters:

Fridley, Minnesota
Ownership:

Independent
Confidence:

Low
8.0/10State Score
#7 of 14 in Iowa
Evo Pest Control
Handshake Score 7.5, #91 of 164 in the West.
Locations in Iowa:

2
Headquarters:

Lindon, Utah
Ownership:

Independent
Confidence:

Medium
7.5/10State Score
#8 of 14 in Iowa
Greenix Pest Control
Handshake Score 8.0, #44 of 164 in the West.
Locations in Iowa:

3
Headquarters:

Orem, Utah
Ownership:

PE-backed
Confidence:

Low
7.3/10State Score
#9 of 14 in Iowa
Fox Pest Control
Handshake Score 7.9, #53 of 164 in the West.
Locations in Iowa:

3
Headquarters:

Logan, Utah
Ownership:

Subsidiary
Confidence:

Medium
6.6/10State Score
#10 of 14 in Iowa
Orkin
Handshake Score 6.8, #140 of 164 in the West.
Locations in Iowa:

6
Headquarters:

Atlanta, Georgia
Ownership:

Subsidiary
Confidence:

Medium
6.5/10State Score
#11 of 14 in Iowa
Nomo Pest Solutions
Handshake Score 5.5, #162 of 164 in the West.
Locations in Iowa:

1
Headquarters:

Orem, Utah
Ownership:

Independent
Confidence:

Medium
5.7/10State Score
#12 of 14 in Iowa
Pro Turf & Pro Pest Solutions
Handshake Score 6.7, #147 of 164 in the West.
Locations in Iowa:

1
Headquarters:

Belton, Missouri
Ownership:

PE-backed
Confidence:

Medium
5.6/10State Score
#13 of 14 in Iowa
Aptive Pest Control
Handshake Score 6.5, #150 of 164 in the West.
Locations in Iowa:

3
Headquarters:

Provo, Utah
Ownership:

PE-backed
Confidence:

High
4.0/10State Score
#14 of 14 in Iowa
Terminix
Handshake Score 5.8, #161 of 164 in the West.
Locations in Iowa:

2
Headquarters:

Memphis, Tennessee
Ownership:

Subsidiary
Confidence:

Medium

The research

Compare the factors

Every company ranked in Iowa, with its State Score and the factor scores behind it. Under each factor score, In-state means only Iowa evidence counted; Company-wide means the company’s whole record did.

Every company ranked in Iowa with its State Score, factor scores (each marked in-state or company-wide) and Google reviews on its Iowa listings.
			Factor scores (0–10)
#	Company	State Score	Customer satisfaction	Complaint record	Sales & contracts	Licensing	Legal record	Workplace	Google reviews in Iowa
1	Midwest Pest Control	9.3	9.8In-state	8.5In-state	N/A	10.0In-state	10.0Company-wide	N/A	5.0 ★2,057
2	Miller Pest Solutions	9.2	9.6In-state	10.0Company-wide	8.5Company-wide	10.0In-state	10.0Company-wide	N/A	4.9 ★1,659
3	Presto-X Pest Control	8.9	9.4In-state	10.0In-state	N/A	10.0In-state	10.0Company-wide	N/A	4.9 ★410
4	Spidexx Pest Control & Termite	8.8	9.2In-state	10.0In-state	7.0Company-wide	10.0In-state	10.0Company-wide	N/A	4.8 ★1,471
5	Fenix Pest Control	8.4	9.0In-state	7.0Company-wide	7.5Company-wide	10.0In-state	10.0Company-wide	N/A	4.8 ★4,179
6	Plunkett's Pest Control	8.4	9.6In-state	10.0Company-wide	8.5Company-wide	10.0In-state	10.0Company-wide	N/A	4.9 ★207
7	Evo Pest Control	8.0	10.0In-state	8.5Company-wide	4.0Company-wide	10.0In-state	10.0Company-wide	N/A	5.0 ★497
8	Greenix Pest Control	7.5	6.3In-state	5.0Company-wide	9.5Company-wide	10.0In-state	10.0Company-wide	N/A	4.8 ★2,606
9	Fox Pest Control	7.3	6.8In-state	7.0Company-wide	4.0Company-wide	10.0In-state	10.0Company-wide	6.0Company-wide	4.5 ★1,521
10	Orkin	6.6	6.8In-state	N/A	5.0Company-wide	10.0In-state	7.5Company-wide	5.0Company-wide	4.6 ★6,590
11	Nomo Pest Solutions	6.5	6.8In-state	5.0In-state	4.5Company-wide	10.0In-state	10.0Company-wide	N/A	4.2 ★604
12	Pro Turf & Pro Pest Solutions	5.7	5.3In-state	2.5Company-wide	7.5Company-wide	10.0In-state	10.0Company-wide	N/A	4.2 ★185
13	Aptive Pest Control	5.6	4.3In-state	7.0Company-wide	3.5Company-wide	10.0In-state	5.5Company-wide	5.3Company-wide	4.6 ★2,792
14	Terminix	4.0	1.9In-state	3.0Company-wide	7.5Company-wide	10.0In-state	2.0Company-wide	4.5Company-wide	4.1 ★662

N/A means not scored or not on file. A factor with no usable inputs is left out and the company’s other weights are scaled up (renormalized).
Google reviews in Iowa is the count-weighted average rating and the review count across the company’s Google listings in Iowa. Each company’s overall Handshake Score is in the list above; it can be lower than the State Score because it also takes points off a company with fewer than 10 locations, which a State Score doesn’t.

Why the top companies rank here

#1 of 14 in Iowa: Midwest Pest Control

Midwest Pest Control has a State Score of 9.3 out of 10 in Iowa. Here’s what moved each factor, from the scoring run:

Customer satisfaction: 9.8/10 (in-state). Google 4.96 across 2,057 Iowa reviews; Blended 4.96/5.^{9, 10}
Complaint record: 8.5/10 (in-state). 1 BBB complaint in 3 yrs ÷ 2,057 (Iowa Google review total) = 0.5 per 1,000 → 10; 1 of 1 complaints unanswered (−1.5).^{9, 10, 13, 14, 15}
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: 10.0/10 (in-state). No deductions in the record for this factor.
Legal and regulatory record: 10.0/10 (company-wide). No deductions in the record for this factor.

How Midwest Pest Control’s State Score in Iowa adds up
Weighted average	9.7
Review volume 2,057 Google reviews	0
Verification depth 0 of 250 other reviews · 0 of 20 employee reviews	−0.4
State Score	9.3/10

See the full record and sources for Midwest Pest Control

#2 of 14 in Iowa: Miller Pest Solutions

Miller Pest Solutions has a State Score of 9.2 out of 10 in Iowa. Here’s what moved each factor, from the scoring run:

Customer satisfaction: 9.6/10 (in-state). Google 4.90 across 1,659 Iowa reviews; Other platforms 4.00/5 (BBB reviews 4.0 company-wide) — too few to blend; Blended 4.90/5.^{5, 11, 12, 17}
Complaint record: 10.0/10 (company-wide). No Iowa BBB profile on file: the company-wide complaint record is used; 2 BBB complaints in 3 yrs ÷ 2,614 (West Google review total across the 6 listings in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska (1,657 + 2 + 4 + 602 + 348 + 1)) = 0.8 per 1,000 → 10.^{3, 8, 19, 20}
Sales and contract fairness: 8.5/10 (company-wide). 12-month minimum term (−1); Auto-renews (−0.5).^{7, 8}
Licensing and compliance: 10.0/10 (in-state). No deductions in the record for this factor.
Legal and regulatory record: 10.0/10 (company-wide). No deductions in the record for this factor.

How Miller Pest Solutions’s State Score in Iowa adds up
Weighted average	9.6
Review volume 1,659 Google reviews	0
Verification depth 5 of 250 other reviews · 0 of 20 employee reviews	−0.4
State Score	9.2/10

See the full record and sources for Miller Pest Solutions

#3 of 14 in Iowa: Presto-X Pest Control

Presto-X Pest Control has a State Score of 8.9 out of 10 in Iowa. Here’s what moved each factor, from the scoring run:

Customer satisfaction: 9.4/10 (in-state). Google 4.86 across 410 Iowa reviews; Blended 4.86/5.^{21, 22}
Complaint record: 10.0/10 (in-state). 0 BBB complaints in 3 yrs ÷ 174 (Des Moines Presto-X Google reviews, the listing the Des Moines BBB file covers) = 0.0 per 1,000 → 10.^{22, 39, 40}
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: 10.0/10 (in-state). No deductions in the record for this factor.
Legal and regulatory record: 10.0/10 (company-wide). No deductions in the record for this factor.

How Presto-X Pest Control’s State Score in Iowa adds up
Weighted average	9.7
Review volume 410 of 756 Google reviews	−0.4
Verification depth 0 of 250 other reviews · 0 of 20 employee reviews	−0.4
State Score	8.9/10

See the full record and sources for Presto-X Pest Control

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 Iowa, only the Iowa 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: Iowa 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 Iowa’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 Iowa and at least 100 Google reviews on its Iowa listings.

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 Iowa. It isn’t every pest control company in Iowa, and we may add more.

Where the evidence comes from in Iowa

Customer satisfaction: in-state for every ranked company.
Complaint record: in-state for 4 companies, company-wide for 9 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)). Read how state scores work

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Common questions

What is the best pest control company in Iowa?

In the October 11, 2026 State Score run, Midwest Pest Control ranks first in Iowa by State Score (9.3 out of 10), followed by Miller Pest Solutions (9.2) and Presto-X Pest Control (8.9).

Midwest Pest Control review Miller Pest Solutions review Presto-X Pest Control review

How is the Iowa 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 Iowa ranking uses the State Score, which counts Iowa 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 Iowa listings to be ranked here.

How state scores work Best pest control by state

Which pest control companies have the most Google reviews in Iowa?

On their Iowa listings: Orkin (6,590 reviews, 4.6 average), Fenix Pest Control (4,179 reviews, 4.8 average) and Aptive Pest Control (2,792 reviews, 4.6 average).

Orkin: customer reviews Fenix Pest Control: customer reviews Aptive Pest Control: customer reviews

Does this list every pest control company in Iowa?

No. This ranking covers the companies we’ve researched and verified in Iowa. It isn’t every pest control company in Iowa, and we may add more.

How we review companies

Can companies pay for a better rating?

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

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