Partners
The independent companies behind every introduction
PestChief introduces homeowners to independent local pest control companies. This page sets out what that relationship is, what a company tells PestChief before it joins, what a partner company receives in return, and what PestChief does not do.
Free for homeowners. One independent local pest control company, and that company contacts you directly.
In one paragraph
How does the PestChief partner network work?
PestChief passes each homeowner request to one independent local pest control company, and those companies pay for qualified introductions. A company receives a request only for the ZIP codes and pest types it told PestChief it covers. PestChief does not perform pest control, and does not set the price, the treatment or the warranty.
The network
What is the PestChief partner network?
A partner is an independent pest control company that has agreed to receive introductions from PestChief in the areas it services. Each one is a separate business. They are not franchises of PestChief, they are not staffed by PestChief, and they set their own prices, their own methods and their own contract terms.
The network is organized around two things: the ZIP codes a company genuinely services, and the pests it genuinely treats. Both are usually narrower than a company's marketing suggests. A firm may cover a metro area for general pest control but do no termite or wildlife work at all, or cover the city center but not the outer suburbs. Matching on both is the difference between a useful introduction and a wasted phone call for everybody involved.
We do not publish a partner directory, a ranked list, or a count of how many companies are in the network. Numbers like that are marketing, and they would tell you nothing about whether anyone actually covers your street.
Before joining
What does PestChief check before a company joins?
Most of what follows is what a company tells PestChief about itself, not something PestChief independently verifies, and the difference is worth stating exactly. PestChief does not rate companies, does not verify licenses, and cannot warrant that what a company stated on the day it joined is still true on the day it calls you.
What a company states, and what PestChief actually checks
- The company states that it holds the pesticide applicator or pest control license its state requires. PestChief does not independently verify that license with any state agency.
- PestChief does check, informally, that this is a genuine pest control business, from its business name and the stated purpose of the business.
- The company states that it carries the liability insurance its state requires for the work it performs.
- The company tells PestChief which service areas and pest types it works in, and the matching runs on what it says.
- It accepts the PestChief rules on how a homeowner is contacted, including honoring a request to stop.
What those checks do not mean
- It is not an endorsement, a rating or a guarantee of the standard of the work.
- It is not a warranty. Any warranty is the one the company gives you in writing.
- It does not make PestChief a party to your contract. That agreement is between you and the company.
- None of it is a license check. Ask the company for its license number and verify it yourself with your state pesticide or agriculture agency before any work starts.
If an introduction from us went badly, we want to hear about it through the contact page. It is the clearest signal we have about whether a partner still belongs in the network.
Those are the checks in full, including the one PestChief does not do. Ask the company for its license number and confirm it with your state pesticide or agriculture agency before work starts. Being introduced costs a homeowner nothing, and one company contacts you directly.
For partners
What does a partner company get?
Introductions filtered to what you actually do
You receive homeowners in ZIP codes you service, with pests you treat. You are not paying to discover that a request is three states away or for a species you do not handle.
Contact while the problem is live
The homeowner has just asked for help and knows that a company will be calling them. It is an introduction, not a cold list bought from somewhere else.
A clear commercial arrangement
You pay for qualified introductions. There is no commission on the job, no percentage of what you charge the homeowner, and no involvement from us in your pricing or your contract. No rate card is published here, because the price depends on pest type and area, and it is agreed in writing before any introduction is sent.
Conditions
What does PestChief expect of a partner company?
These are conditions of being in the network, not suggestions.
- Contact the homeowner using the details they gave, and stop when they ask you to stop.
- Be clear about who you are. Give your company name when you call.
- Quote in writing, and make the scope, the exclusions and any renewal terms plain.
- Keep your license and your insurance current, and tell us promptly when either changes.
- Handle the homeowner's data under your own privacy obligations, as an independent controller of it.
- Do not present yourself as PestChief, or imply that PestChief performs or guarantees the treatment.
Disclosure
Buyer disclosure
Some states require that a homeowner can see, at or before the point of inquiry, the list of companies that may receive their details. PestChief maintains that list separately from this page, and it is inserted into the region below. Nothing elsewhere on this page replaces it.
We have not published the list of companies yet
If you send us a request, your details go to one local company. We do not yet publish the list of companies that could receive them, so we are not going to pretend otherwise here. You can ask us who would get your details before you send anything, or after. Use the contact page and we will tell you.
Common questions about the partner network
Does PestChief rate or rank the companies in the network?
No. PestChief publishes no rankings, star ratings, reviews or best-of lists, and paying for introductions does not buy a company a better write-up. A company is matched on the ZIP codes it covers and the pests it treats, never on what it pays.
How many companies see my details?
One. A homeowner request goes to a single independent local pest control company that covers the ZIP code and handles the pest. It is not broadcast to several companies at once for them to bid against each other.
Does PestChief verify a company's license?
No, and that is worth stating plainly. A company tells PestChief that it is licensed, and it is required to report a change, but PestChief does not check that with a state agency and does not monitor state registers. Ask the company for its license number and verify it with your state pesticide or agriculture agency before work starts.
Who holds the contract and the warranty?
The pest control company does. PestChief is not a party to the agreement, sets none of its terms, and cannot enforce or claim a warranty for you. Anything you are promised should be in writing from the company that is doing the work.
What happens if an introduction goes wrong?
Tell PestChief through the contact page. It cannot step into the contract or the work, and it has no standing in a dispute. What a report does is give PestChief the clearest signal it has about whether a company still belongs in the network, and a company can be removed from it.
Can a company pay to be matched outside its service area?
No. Matching runs on the ZIP codes and pest types a company told PestChief it covers. Paying more does not widen that map, because an introduction outside it is useless to the homeowner and to the company at the same time.
Keep reading
Where to go next
Join the network
What a partner receives, who the network is for, and how an independent company applies.
Read moreHow it works
The six steps from a homeowner describing a pest to a local company calling with a price.
Read moreAbout PestChief
What PestChief is, how it is paid for, and the sourcing rules behind the research it publishes.
Read moreFor companies
Homeowner introductions in your service area
One homeowner request goes to one company, matched to the ZIP codes you work and the pests you actually treat.
Matched on coverage and pest, never on price.