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Selling a pest control company?
A permanent home for your pest control business
Pest control is a service people don't skip, and in the Southeast the pests don't take the winter off. If you've built loyal recurring customers and a team that shows up, let's talk about what comes next.
Why we like it
Why we buy pest control businesses
We get it: your techs walk into people's homes and kitchens every day, and the whole business runs on customers trusting whoever shows up at the door.
We buy essential service businesses across the Southeast and keep them. Pest control is our kind of work: your customers need it on a schedule, and they can't skip it.
Service plans, not one-off calls
Strong pest control companies run on recurring plans: monthly, quarterly, or annual service and termite renewals that customers keep year after year.
Year-round pressure in the Southeast
The region's warm, humid climate means year-round pest pressure, including heavy termite activity, so demand doesn't disappear in the off-season.
Commercial accounts need documentation
Restaurants, food processors, warehouses, and healthcare facilities rely on documented pest programs to pass health inspections and third-party audits.
Licensed, local, and trusted
Structural pest control is licensed at the state level, and customers let technicians into their homes and businesses. Reputation and experienced techs are the real assets.
What we look for
What stands out to us
No business checks every box. These are the strengths we get excited about.
- A high share of revenue from recurring service plans and termite renewals
- A healthy mix of residential and commercial accounts
- Licensed, experienced technicians and low turnover
- Route density within a defined territory
- Good records: service histories, renewals, and compliance documentation
Our criteria
- Geography
- Across the Southeast, with deeper interest in Atlanta and Georgia. We love investing in our community.
- Revenue
- $2.5 – $50 million. Typically recurring or reoccurring
- Cash flow
- $0.5 – $5 million
- Ownership
- Founder owned or long-time owner
- Structure
- Majority to full buyout, including partnerships with management
For owners
What happens after you sell
We buy with our own money and we keep what we buy. No fund clock, and no plan to flip it in a few years.
Your customers and your team come first. We invest in people, equipment, and technology and build on what you started. Deals range from majority to full buyouts, including partnerships with management.
Confidential from the first conversation. We know how sensitive a possible sale is for your team and your customers. What you tell us stays between us.
Know a pest control business owner?
Introduce us. If we buy the company, you get $10,000 in cash at close. (Not available to brokers, investment bankers, or other financial intermediaries.)
Contact
Not ready to sell? Let's talk anyway.
Most conversations start years early. Whether you're ready now or just starting to think about the future of your pest control business, it costs nothing and stays between us.
Questions owners ask
Is Howler Mountain a private equity firm?
No. We're a family-owned company based in Atlanta. We buy with our own money and keep what we buy. We don't buy businesses to flip them.
Will our conversations stay confidential?
Yes. We know how sensitive a possible sale is for your team and your customers. What you tell us stays between us.
My business is smaller than your criteria. Should I still reach out?
Yes. A smaller company can be a great add-on to one we already own, so it's worth a conversation.
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