--- title: "The Best Pest Control Companies in South Dakota" description: "Pfitzer Pest Control leads South Dakota’s 7 ranked pest control companies by State Score, at 9.6 out of 10. Defend Pest Solutions (9.4) follows." url: "https://handshakereviews.com/rankings/pest-control-south-dakota" markdown_url: "https://handshakereviews.com/rankings/pest-control-south-dakota.md" updated: "2026-11-05" site: "Handshake D2D News & Reviews" --- # The Best Pest Control Companies in South Dakota 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 South Dakota are Pfitzer Pest Control (9.6 out of 10), Defend Pest Solutions (9.4) and Presto-X Pest Control (9.0), by State Score. It counts South Dakota 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 South Dakota 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 South Dakota Handshake Scores cover a company’s whole operation, not only South Dakota, 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 South Dakota | Locations in South Dakota | Headquarters | Ownership | Handshake Score | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | #1 of 7 in South Dakota (Top pick) | [Pfitzer Pest Control](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/pfitzer-pest-control.md) | 9.6/10 | 10.0 (in-state) | N/A | N/A | 10.0 (in-state) | 10.0 (company-wide) | N/A | 5.0 average, 783 reviews | 6 | Mobridge, South Dakota | Independent | Handshake Score 8.5, #20 of 164 in the West | | #2 of 7 in South Dakota (Runner-up) | [Defend Pest Solutions](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/defend-pest-solutions.md) | 9.4/10 | 9.6 (in-state) | 10.0 (in-state) | N/A | 10.0 (in-state) | 10.0 (company-wide) | N/A | 4.9 average, 347 reviews | 1 | Sioux Falls, South Dakota | Independent | Handshake Score 8.0, #52 of 164 in the West | | #3 of 7 in South Dakota (Also great) | [Presto-X Pest Control](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/presto-x-pest-control.md) | 9.0/10 | 8.8 (in-state) | 10.0 (company-wide) | N/A | 10.0 (in-state) | 10.0 (company-wide) | N/A | 4.7 average, 114 reviews | 1 | Wyomissing, Pennsylvania | Subsidiary | Handshake Score 8.5, #19 of 164 in the West | | #4 of 7 in South Dakota | [Fenix Pest Control](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/fenix-pest-control.md) | 8.0/10 | 7.7 (in-state) | 7.0 (company-wide) | 7.5 (company-wide) | 10.0 (in-state) | 10.0 (company-wide) | N/A | 4.8 average, 837 reviews | 1 | West Des Moines, Iowa | Independent | Handshake Score 7.8, #67 of 164 in the West | | #5 of 7 in South Dakota | [Fox Pest Control](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/fox-pest-control.md) | 7.4/10 | 7.2 (in-state) | 7.0 (company-wide) | 4.0 (company-wide) | 10.0 (in-state) | 10.0 (company-wide) | 6.0 (company-wide) | 4.7 average, 685 reviews | 1 | Logan, Utah | Subsidiary | Handshake Score 7.9, #53 of 164 in the West | | #6 of 7 in South Dakota | [EnviroGuard Pest Control](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/enviroguard-pest-control.md) | 5.9/10 | 4.1 (in-state) | 8.5 (company-wide) | 4.0 (company-wide) | 10.0 (in-state) | 10.0 (company-wide) | 4.5 (company-wide) | 4.8 average, 544 reviews | 1 | St. George, Utah | Independent | Handshake Score 7.5, #90 of 164 in the West | | #7 of 7 in South Dakota | [Orkin](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/orkin.md) | 5.5/10 | 4.1 (in-state) | N/A | 5.0 (company-wide) | 10.0 (in-state) | 7.5 (company-wide) | 5.0 (company-wide) | 4.8 average, 269 reviews | 2 | Atlanta, Georgia | Subsidiary | Handshake Score 6.8, #140 of 164 in the West | ## Why the top companies rank here ### #1 of 7 in South Dakota: Pfitzer Pest Control - Customer satisfaction: 10.0 (in-state). Google 5.00 across 783 South Dakota reviews; Blended 5.00/5. - 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: 783 Google reviews. - Verification depth −0.4: 0 of 250 other reviews · 0 of 20 employee reviews. - State Score: 9.6/10. ### #2 of 7 in South Dakota: Defend Pest Solutions - Customer satisfaction: 9.6 (in-state). Google 4.90 across 347 South Dakota reviews; Blended 4.90/5. - Complaint record: 10.0 (in-state). 0 BBB complaints in 3 yrs ÷ 347 (South Dakota Google reviews on the listings this BBB profile covers) = 0.0 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: 9.8/10. - Review volume 0: 347 Google reviews. - Verification depth −0.4: 0 of 250 other reviews · 0 of 20 employee reviews. - State Score: 9.4/10. ### #3 of 7 in South Dakota: Presto-X Pest Control - Customer satisfaction: 8.8 (in-state). Google 4.70 across 114 South Dakota reviews; Blended 4.70/5. - Complaint record: 10.0 (company-wide). No South Dakota BBB profile on file: the company-wide complaint record is used; 0 BBB complaints in 3 yrs ÷ 622 (Houston, Des Moines and Springfield Presto-X Google review totals (276 + 174 + 172), the three listings the three Presto-X BBB files with their own complaint records cover) = 0.0 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: 9.4/10. - Review volume 0: 114 Google reviews. - Verification depth −0.4: 0 of 250 other reviews · 0 of 20 employee reviews. - State Score: 9.0/10. ## 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 South Dakota, only the South Dakota 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: South Dakota 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 South Dakota’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 South Dakota and at least 100 Google reviews on its South Dakota 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 South Dakota. It isn’t every pest control company in South Dakota, and we may add more. ### Where the evidence comes from in South Dakota - Customer satisfaction: in-state for every ranked company. - Complaint record: in-state for 1 company, company-wide for 4 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 South Dakota - [Sioux Falls area](https://handshakereviews.com/pest-control/sioux-falls.md): 7 companies ## Check a license in South Dakota South Dakota Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Pesticide Applicators and Dealers. [Official license lookup](https://apps.sd.gov/doa/cat/commercialsearch.aspx) Licensed: Individual applicators only. There is no company license. ## File a complaint South Dakota Attorney General, Division of Consumer Protection. 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In the October 11, 2026 State Score run, Pfitzer Pest Control ranks first in South Dakota by State Score (9.6 out of 10), followed by Defend Pest Solutions (9.4) and Presto-X Pest Control (9.0). [Pfitzer Pest Control review](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/pfitzer-pest-control.md) · [Defend Pest Solutions review](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/defend-pest-solutions.md) · [Presto-X Pest Control review](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/presto-x-pest-control.md) ### How is the South Dakota 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 South Dakota ranking uses the State Score, which counts South Dakota 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 South Dakota 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 pest control companies have the most Google reviews in South Dakota? On their South Dakota listings: Fenix Pest Control (837 reviews, 4.8 average), Pfitzer Pest Control (783 reviews, 5.0 average) and Fox Pest Control (685 reviews, 4.7 average). [Fenix Pest Control: customer reviews](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/fenix-pest-control.md) · [Pfitzer Pest Control: customer reviews](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/pfitzer-pest-control.md) · [Fox Pest Control: customer reviews](https://handshakereviews.com/companies/fox-pest-control.md) ### Does this list every pest control company in South Dakota? No. This ranking covers the companies we’ve researched and verified in South Dakota. It isn’t every pest control company in South Dakota, and we may add more. 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