How Much Does Professional Pest Control Cost? Understanding Pricing & Options

Your home is your haven. It’s a warm, inviting and cozy environment for dinner with family, laughing over games with the kids or curling up on the couch to watch a movie.

Pests that sneak into your humble home and crawl without permission all over your once-clean counters and polished floors ruin this ideal and pleasant picture.

When you consider bringing in professionals to help keep those pests out of your North Mississippi home, you may find a long list of companies due to your Google search. Once you have this list, you can’t help but compare pest control pricing among your various options.

You want to know what you’re getting for your money and that you're receiving something of value.

The challenging part of comparing pest control pricing is that you want to make sure you’re comparing apples to apples and not apples to oranges. Choosing the cheapest price can be a temptation, but that can cost you more later if the service and results aren’t up to par.

Pest control service and quality can vary greatly from company to company due to these factors:

• A Breakdown of Pest Control Costs in North Mississippi
• The Price of Pest Control
• Elements of Service That Can Impact Pest Control Costs
• Top Factors that Impact Pest Control Pricing in North Mississippi

Before you sign a service agreement, let’s discuss pest control costs in North Mississippi so you can get the most for your hard-earned dollar.

A Breakdown of Pest Control Costs in Memphis, TN, and North Mississippi

You typically need pest control services when you notice pests in your home – for instance, ants in your kitchen – or you don’t want to encounter more pests after you've had a problem with a certain insect.

Then, you start researching companies that can help you with your problem. Once you make a few phone calls, you choose a company, and a technician will come to your home and inspect the inside to target and address the initial problem.

After that, the technician will apply a barrier treatment to your home exterior. This treatment is effective for approximately three months and helps keep pests outside where they belong. Repeated quarterly applications of this perimeter pest control will help keep those pests away.

What you pay for in pest control costs is not a specific “spray” or treatment but rather the knowledge and experience the company’s technicians have in solving your pest issues as quickly as possible.

The Price of Pest Control

Now that you know what pest control services involve, you can better understand pest control pricing.

General pest control for Lawn & Pest Solutions usually costs about $49 per month, which adds up to about $500 to $600 annually.

Other companies in Memphis, TN, and North Mississippi usually charge an initial service cost of $200 and an ongoing charge of about $125 for each of approximately four quarterly visits.

Lawn & Pest Solutions is unique in offering monthly billing that splits the cost over the year, while many other companies charge an upfront fee or a professional pest control cost per visit.

Elements of Service That Can Impact Pest Control Costs

The level of infestation can determine your total pest control costs in Memphis, TN, and North Mississippi.

The pricing we mentioned above is for general pest control issues. However, some infestations are tougher and require more effort to fight.

What are the worst pests to tackle in Memphis, TN, and North Mississippi? Rodents and roaches.

Serious rodent and roach infestations can cost more than smaller problems like ants. This is why it is important to call for help when you notice the first signs of infestation.

What’s the difference in price? Serious rodent and roach infestations can cost $350 for the initial service visit, plus monthly charges of roughly $60 each. In the worst scenarios, this total cost can add up to the $700 to $800 range annually to gain pest control.

Other pests have different costs. For instance, fighting mosquitoes in your yard can cost roughly $45 monthly.

Battling termites requires a different pest control visit and different treatments and solutions. The first year of fighting a bad termite problem will usually cost less than $1,200. Then, each year, the cost will drop to about $300. This is $99 per month for that first year and then $26 per month for each subsequent year.

Top Factors that Impact Pest Control Pricing in Memphis, TN, and North Mississippi

While you might think pest control pricing will be the same from one company to another, a few factors can impact costs.

We want to help you understand what you’re paying for by examining some of the key elements that can influence the total price of your pest control service.

Technician Experience

The pest control service professionals who work on your property are essential to keeping pests out of your home. Labor is the largest expense of a service-based company.

Therefore, you want to know you are getting technicians worth the price of pest control. Lower prices could mean less experienced technicians who are also paid lower rates.

Lawn & Pest Solutions only hires technicians with pest control experience. Pest control requires knowledge of all the pests that can get into your North Mississippi home, how they maneuver in your home, their regular patterns and entryways, and the best ways to control them.

Experience also means monitoring pests and caring for areas susceptible to pest invasion. Other parts of this service, especially for those who have inside infestations and are just beginning the treatments, will include interior inspections and treatments targeted at the specific pest problem.

This overall experience may cost more but directly benefits you. Experienced technicians are much more likely to recognize a problem with pests in your home and know how to take care of it quickly. Your technician will also provide you with feedback on how you can help and what you can do to prevent a serious issue next time.

Your pest control costs come with the benefits of better results.

Quality and Proper Use of Pest Control Products

Like other products you purchase, different quality levels exist. The types of pest control products a company uses are directly reflected in pest control pricing.

If the company you hire uses more effective, higher-quality products, pest control costs may be higher.

The right products that are safest to use around people and pets in your home but also effective against pests can greatly impact pest control service results. Higher-quality, modern products will produce the best results. Aggressive, smelly applications are usually not required.

It's less about how much can be applied and more about being targeted and smart with pesticide applications.

Service Visits and Thoroughness

While you might see immediate results after one application, pest control products don’t have a six-month effectiveness window. The total number of service visits a pest control company performs also impacts pest control pricing.

A once-a-year or twice-a-year service will not be as effective as quarterly visits. Even the best products are ineffective long enough to keep pests away.

Also, you want professional eyes on your property at least three to four times a year to ensure they regularly check where pests are most likely to enter your home. They are trained to check areas or recognize clues pests leave behind. They have budgeted time to spend at your property and ensure your home is secure and the job is done right.

This is the time to ask questions. If you suspect a pest problem, telling your technicians what you’re seeing—inside or outside—never hurts to ease your fears and prevent future problems.

Ongoing Investments in Your Customer Experience

You want to hire a pest control company you can trust. Anyone can buy cheap products, labor, and equipment and then do the work, hoping all goes well.

Running a constantly evolving business that better serves its customers requires people, processes, and technology investments.

For instance, quality control measures and developing internal processes, people, and technology help produce better service outcomes. Part of this is quickly returning your calls/texts/emails within 24 hours. Pest control costs will directly reflect this, but they can also mean better results and an improved customer experience in the long run.

Make a Confident Pest Control Choice in North Mississippi

It’s easy to compare the pest control pricing of one company’s program to another’s.

Determining what goes into pest control costs and how your home can benefit takes more time. We understand that it can turn into quite a research project. In the meantime, your home is a moist and warm environment with free food and water – a pest’s dream.

Lawn & Pest Solutions wants to help you make the quickest, most informed and best decision. We are happy to assist you in comparing programs and prices.

Want to learn more about indoor and outdoor pest control in Memphis, TN, and North Mississippi? Get started today with a free quote. We’ll review your options together so you can make a great choice.