Section A / Register summary
Licensed termite and pest control operators in Virginia
Virginia contributes 973 licensed operators to this register of 15,989 across 8 states, taken from the VDACS Virginia Licensed Pesticide Businesses Report (report generated on request 14 Oct 2026). 745 (77%) hold the termite category as the regulator records it. 955 operators have a full file page; 898 geocoded to the rooftop, 68 to a ZIP centroid and 7 could not be placed. 232 operators are headquartered outside Virginia.
Records
973
VDACS
Termite category
745
77% of records
Operator files
955
18 listed as rows
Area pages
17
15 metro/micro + roll-ups
Phone on file
968
99%
Section B / Metro areas
Where Virginia’s licensed operators are
| Area | Operators | Termite |
|---|---|---|
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | 262 | 191 (73%) |
| Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC | 205 | 173 (84%) |
| Richmond, VA | 127 | 95 (75%) |
| Roanoke, VA | 37 | 28 (76%) |
| Winchester, VA-WV | 21 | 19 (90%) |
| Charlottesville, VA | 20 | 13 (65%) |
| Lynchburg, VA | 19 | 15 (79%) |
| Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA | 16 | 12 (75%) |
| Harrisonburg, VA | 13 | 10 (77%) |
| Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA | 13 | 11 (85%) |
| Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA | 10 | 9 (90%) |
| Bluefield, WV-VA | 6 | 5 (83%) |
| Danville, VA | 6 | 6 (100%) |
| Martinsville, VA | 4 | 3 (75%) |
| Lake of the Woods, VA | 3 | 3 (100%) |
Roll-ups / outside the larger metro areas
| Area | Operators | Termite |
|---|---|---|
| Smaller markets and rural counties | 73 | 60 (82%) |
| Out-of-state headquarters | 138 | 92 (67%) |
Metro pages exist for core-based statistical areas that span Virginia 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 Virginia.
Site plan / VA
Virginia
16 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: Virginia. 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: NPMA-33 Wood Destroying Insect Infestation Inspection Report (the standard form; the lender and the sale contract decide whether one is required)
- VDACS licenses the pesticide business; termite work falls under commercial applicator category 7B (wood-destroying pest control), and registered technicians work under a certified applicator.
Categories on the VA register
- General pest control (industrial, institutional, structural, health-related)907
- Wood-destroying pest control (termite / WDO)745
- VDACS category 7-D82
- Fumigation42
- VDACS category 7-E4
VDACS category codes on the business licence. 7-A general pest, 7-B wood-destroying pest control (termite), 7-C fumigation; other 7-x codes are shown as recorded. Businesses holding only non-structural codes (lawn, turf, right-of-way, public health) are not on this register.
Section C / Reading a VA licence record
What the VDACS record does and does not tell you
Every record on this page comes from the VDACS Virginia Licensed Pesticide Businesses Report, report generated on request 14 Oct 2026. The regulator is the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS), Office of Pesticide Services. The status shown is the one on that file; a licence can lapse or be renewed between snapshots. All 973 Virginia licences on the file share the 31 Mar 2027 expiry, which is the annual cycle.
745 of the 973 records (77%) carry the termite category as VDACS 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.
955 records met the data floor for a full operator file (licence number, categories, status and snapshot, address, county, metro, nearest alternatives, plus a phone number where the regulator publishes one). 898 geocoded to the rooftop, 68 to a ZIP centroid, and 7 could not be placed and are listed as rows only. 232 operators (24%) are headquartered outside Virginia.
Section D / Provenance
Provenance / Virginia
- Source
- VDACS Virginia Licensed Pesticide Businesses Report
- Regulator
- Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS), Office of Pesticide Services
- Snapshot
- 14 Oct 2026 (report generated on request 14 Oct 2026)
- Basis
- Public record (Virginia Freedom of Information Act); regulator-published report, no reuse restriction stated
- Verify
- VDACS public licence search
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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Virginia treatment cost
National cost figures (no Virginia price is published), the VA 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.
Open file
Termite bond ROI
Annual bond pricing and the clauses that matter in a treatment warranty.
Open file
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].