Podie Inc

Podie Inc, trading as Blackford Exterminating Co, holds commercial business licence TPCL 0566696 from the Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA), Structural Pest Control Service. Listed on the TDA SPCS current commercial business licence report dated 7 Sep 2026, with the licence expiry recorded as 31 Mar 2027. The original issue date on file is 1 Jan 1990, so the commercial business licence (TPCL) was about 36 years old at the snapshot.

The registered address is 9827 Dover Hill, La Porte, TX 77571, in Harris County. That is the physical address TDA SPCS holds for this business, released on 11 September 2026 under the Texas Public Information Act and matched to 0566696 by business name within Harris County; the weekly licence report itself records the county and no street. That places it in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metropolitan area, where the TX register holds 772 licensed operators, 629 of them (81%) with the termite category. The area spans 10 counties on this register, led by Harris County with 428.

The nearest other licensed operators on this register are Evergreen Pest Services (0.6 mi), Americas Termite & Pest Contrl (0.7 mi) and Proline Pest Control LLC (0.8 mi); 5 sit within 50 miles. 4 of those neighbours hold the termite category.

For price context, our Texas cost sheet puts liquid termite treatment at $1,100 to $2,800, bait systems at $1,500 to $3,800 and tent fumigation at $2,000 to $5,500 statewide; the Houston / Galveston / Gulf Coast (Formosan zone) row runs $1,400-$2,800 liquid, $1,800-$3,800 bait and $2,400-$5,500 tent. Annual bond renewals run $300 to $525 a year.

The TDA SPCS file does not publish a phone number for this licence. Confirm the licence number with the TDA SPCS before paying a deposit; the register extract above reflects the 7 Sep 2026 snapshot, not today's status.