{
  "title": "Who Is Buying Pest Control Businesses in 2026: Strategics and PE",
  "url": "https://acquisitions.com/blog/who-is-buying-pest-control-businesses/",
  "author": "Moran Pober",
  "publisher": "Acquisitions.com",
  "published": "2026-10-24",
  "updated": "2026-10-24",
  "section": "Private equity",
  "keyword": "who is buying pest control businesses",
  "short_answer": "Three kinds of buyer are buying pest control businesses in 2026. Large strategics such as Rollins (Orkin), Rentokil Terminix and Anticimex buy local firms every year. Private equity-backed platforms such as Certus, Aptive and PestCo Holdings buy regional companies and add-ons. Individual buyers with SBA 7(a) loans buy the smaller owner-run companies.",
  "facts": {
    "Rollins (Orkin, HomeTeam, Fox, Saela)": [
      "Public strategic",
      "Listed on the NYSE",
      "26 acquisitions in 2025, per its 10-K"
    ],
    "Rentokil Terminix": [
      "Public strategic",
      "Rentokil Initial, listed in London and New York",
      "12 North America acquisitions in 2025, per its results"
    ],
    "Anticimex": [
      "Private strategic",
      "EQT-controlled, with minority investors",
      "Entered Texas with three companies, June 2025"
    ],
    "Certus": [
      "PE platform",
      "Founded by Imperial Capital; Liberty Mutual Investments",
      "Bought EcoGen Pest Control, Las Vegas, August 2025"
    ],
    "Aptive": [
      "PE-backed",
      "Citation Capital (majority since August 2024)",
      "Majority sale; M&A named as part of the plan"
    ],
    "PestCo Holdings": [
      "PE platform",
      "Thompson Street Capital Partners",
      "Bought University Termite & Pest Control, Tucson, May 2026"
    ],
    "Arrow Exterminators": [
      "Family-owned regional",
      "Family-owned since 1964",
      "Bought Spider Man Pest Control, San Antonio, October 2024"
    ]
  },
  "sources": [
    "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/84839/000008483926000008/rol-20251231.htm",
    "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1428875/000095010321019758/dp163630_425.htm",
    "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/84839/000008483924000025/R10.htm",
    "https://www.rollins.com/investor-relations/news-events/press-releases/detail/407/rollins-inc-completes-acquistion-of-saela-holdings-llc",
    "https://www.investegate.co.uk/announcement/rns/rentokil-initial--rto/preliminary-results/9459207",
    "https://www.anticimex.com/press-releases/anticimex-acquires-safehaven-pest-control-abby-s-pest-and-termite-services-and-metro-guard/",
    "https://eqtgroup.com/news/2019/eqt-brings-in-gic-as-minority-partner-in-anticimex",
    "https://www.torys.com/work/2024/05/e958787f-605d-4266-9037-53f8926e4e1a",
    "https://pr.timesenterprise.com/article/CERTUS-Pest-Expands-Coverage-in-the-Las-Vegas-Market-by-Acquiring-EcoGen-Pest-Control/689e3a11f7f3b7aa2c490896",
    "https://aptivepestcontrol.com/news/citation-capital-partners-with-aptive-environmental-to-propel-innovation-and-expansion",
    "https://pulse2.com/pestco-holdings-acquires-arizona-pest-control-provider-university-termite-pest-control/amp/",
    "https://www.mypmp.net/arrow-exterminators-acquires-spider-man-pest-control/",
    "https://www.sba.gov/funding-programs/loans/7a-loans"
  ],
  "license": "Facts may be quoted with attribution to Acquisitions.com and a link to the url above."
}