Opportunities / Pest and wildlife
Class 1Mosquito and tick control
Fits best: a licensed applicator who wants a seasonal program.
Pros
- ✓Program sales and high retention
- ✓High margin per job
Cons
- !Five-month season; license required
- !Small tickets need volume and tight routes
What to expect
- Year 1
Launch in about 30 days. Learn the work, collect reviews and build toward 150 visits a month by month 12.
- Year 2
Reach steady volume, around 300 visits a month in season. Add pest control for the same customers and plan your first hire.
- Year 3
Step from operator to owner. Run as the summer line of a pest or lawn health brand.
A typical path, not a promise. Your Owner Assessment and 3-year playbook set your actual plan.
Sell more to the same customers
Growth path
Run as the summer line of a pest or lawn health brand.
The details
- Vehicle
- Truck
- Repeat customers
- High
- Licensing
- High
- Season
- May–Sep
- Runs on
- ProTrak ServiceTrak
- Typical franchise
- Mosquito Joe: $150K–$192K, 10% royalty (7% above $500K)
Seasonal program sales; same license as pest control.
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*Monthly sales and run rate are illustrative industry benchmarks for one owner-operated crew at steady volume: price per job × typical jobs a month (300), times 5 active months. They are revenue, not profit, and are not projections, promises or EntrepX member results. Basis: published industry sources.