Section A / Register summary
Licensed termite and pest control operators in Texas
Texas contributes 3,641 licensed operators to this register of 15,989 across 8 states, taken from the TDA SPCS Current Licenses: commercial business report (file last modified 12 Oct 2026 (fetched 14 Oct 2026)). 2,967 (81%) hold the termite category as the regulator records it. The weekly TDA report carries the county and no address, so until 11 September 2026 Texas was county rows and nothing else. The street addresses here are the department's own, released that day in answer to a public information request, and joined to the licences by business name within county. 3,449 businesses now have a full operator file across 57 area pages; 3,220 geocoded to the rooftop and 261 to a ZIP centroid, and 160 stay as rows because no address could be matched to them without guessing, or because the one that was could not be placed. Neither TDA file carries a phone number.
Records
3,641
TDA SPCS
Termite category
2,967
81% of records
Operator files
3,449
192 listed as rows
Area pages
57
55 metro/micro + roll-ups
Address mapped
3,481
96%, by information request
Section B / Metro areas
Where Texas’s licensed operators are
Roll-ups / outside the larger metro areas
| Area | Operators | Termite |
|---|---|---|
| Smaller markets and rural counties | 246 | 213 (87%) |
| Out-of-state headquarters | 32 | 19 (59%) |
Metro pages exist for core-based statistical areas that span Texas and hold at least three records. Everything else is grouped here: in-state operators in smaller markets and rural counties, and out-of-state headquarters licensed to work in Texas.
Site plan / TX
Texas
56 area pages plotted at the average position of their own records. Dot size is the record count, not the land area. Open an area page below for the interactive plan.
Outline drawn: Texas. One dot per area page, sized by how many licensed operators sit on it. Boundaries: US Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.
Cost context / National
What treatment costs: national figures
Liquid
$500-
Bait
$1,000-
Tent
$2,000-
- Contract renewal, national: $150 to $500 a year
- Inspection form: Official Wood Destroying Insect Report, on the form the Texas Department of Agriculture prescribes
- The Texas Department of Agriculture's Structural Pest Control Service licenses the business; ask which licensed applicator holds the termite category.
Categories on the TX register
- Pest control3,503
- Termite control2,967
- Lawn and ornamental1,055
- Weed control724
- Commodity fumigation148
- Structural fumigation85
- Category D (TDA code, not mapped)27
TDA SPCS category letters on the commercial business licence: P pest control, T termite control, L lawn and ornamental, W weed control, S structural fumigation, C commodity fumigation, D (TDA code, not mapped). Businesses holding only L, W, C or D are not on this register.
Section C / Reading a TX licence record
What the TDA SPCS record does and does not tell you
Every record on this page comes from the TDA SPCS Current Licenses: commercial business report, file last modified 12 Oct 2026 (fetched 14 Oct 2026). The regulator is the Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA), Structural Pest Control Service. The status shown is the one on that file; a licence can lapse or be renewed between snapshots. The TDA file is titled current licences; 3,641 rows remain after removing businesses with no structural category and those whose licence expiry date had already passed on the file date (renewal grace, but not shown here). That weekly file carries the county and nothing finer: the street addresses on this register came separately, addresses obtained by public information request from the Texas Department of Agriculture, Structural Pest Control Service, 11 September 2026 (Government Code chapter 552); no fee charged.
2,967 of the 3,641 records (81%) carry the termite category as TDA SPCS records it. The rest hold general pest, fumigation or other structural categories only; they can inspect and treat other pests but the register does not license them for wood-destroying organism work.
The address and the licence come from two different TDA files, joined here on the business name within the same county and on nothing else. Where a name matched address rows at two different streets, or where one address row answered to several licences, no address is shown at all rather than a guessed one; that is what leaves 160 Texas records with no position on the map, most of them branch licences held by the national chains. Of the rest, 3,220 geocoded to the rooftop and 261 to a ZIP centroid. 3,449 records met the data floor for a full operator file (licence number, categories, status and snapshot, address, county, metro and nearest alternatives); the other 192 are listed as rows, either because no address could be matched to them or because another operator already holds the file at that street. Neither TDA file carries a phone number, so no Texas record here has one. 33 licences are held from an address outside Texas.
Section D / Provenance
Provenance / Texas
- Source
- TDA SPCS Current Licenses: commercial business report
- Regulator
- Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA), Structural Pest Control Service
- Snapshot
- 12 Oct 2026 (file last modified 12 Oct 2026 (fetched 14 Oct 2026))
- Basis
- Public record (Texas Public Information Act); regulator-published report, no reuse restriction stated
- Addresses
- TDA Structural Pest Control Service commercial business facility addresses, public information request PIR# 26-715 (addresses obtained by public information request from the Texas Department of Agriculture, Structural Pest Control Service, 11 September 2026 (Government Code chapter 552); no fee charged)
- Verify
- TDA SPCS public licence search
Two TDA files build this register. The weekly Structural Pest Control Service commercial business report is the licence record and carries the county only. The street addresses are the department's response to public information request PIR# 26-715, released on 11 September 2026 under chapter 552 of the Government Code with no fee charged; they are joined to the licences by business name within county, and any name that could match two different addresses is left without one. That response also names the owner and the account contact in two sets of columns; those columns are never read and no individual is named anywhere on this site. Neither file carries a phone number or a web address.
Status is shown exactly as the regulator reported it on the snapshot date and is not a statement about today. Registers change with every renewal cycle; the regulator's own search is the only current source. Business records only: individual applicators, technicians and field representatives are never listed here.
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Texas treatment cost
National cost figures (no Texas price is published), the TX inspection form and lender rules.
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How to get quotes
What to ask a licensed operator and how to compare three written quotes.
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Termite bond ROI
Annual bond pricing and the clauses that matter in a treatment warranty.
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All states
Coverage table, per-state category rules and the states still pending records requests.
This register extract is a consumer guide, not a referral service and not an endorsement of any operator. We are not a pest control company. A listed business pays nothing to appear here or for its position; a licensed operator may pay for an optional Enhanced listing, which adds its own details in a labelled section and changes no order, figure or register fact (how operator files work). Verify licence status with the regulator before signing a contract or paying a deposit. Listed businesses can request a correction or removal at [email protected].