150 Pest Control Slogans, Sorted by the Job Each One Does

Pest control has a slogan problem the other trades do not. The customer is calling about something that scares or disgusts them, and the slogan gets a second or two to say you handle that problem without a fuss.

Most pest company names are a surname, a town or a bug pun. None of those say which pests you treat or for whom. That is the slogan's job, in four to seven words. Brackets mark where your town, county or year goes.

If the company is not set up yet, start with how to start a pest control business.

General pest and quarterly service plans (25)

These sell the quarterly service plan, an agreement where a technician treats the home inside and out every three months. The slogan should make the visit sound routine.

• Every season, every room, covered
• Four visits a year, zero surprises
• Quarterly service, same technician every time
• We come back before they do
• Bugs out, plan in place
• Treated outside so it stays quiet inside
• The perimeter is our job
• Pest control on your calendar, automatically
• Free re-treats between scheduled visits
• One plan for ants, spiders and roaches
• Your home, protected every ninety days
• Set it once, we keep showing up
• Spray, seal, inspect, repeat
• Routine visits, fewer surprises
• The crew that keeps coming back
• A plan that works between visits
• Year-round pest control, one simple price
• We treat the cracks you never see
• Service plans built around your house
• Ants in spring, spiders in fall
• Fewer bugs after every visit
• Inside, outside, every three months
• Call once, stay covered all year
• The reminder call you never make
• Prevention first, treatment when needed

Termites and wood-destroying pests (18)

Termite customers worry about the house itself, so these lead with protection and paperwork. Some also cover the wood-destroying organism (WDO) inspection, the termite and wood-pest report a buyer or lender often asks for before a sale.

• Termites found early, house kept whole
• We stop them before the framing
• Termite protection with a written warranty
• Inspected, treated and documented for closing
• Your foundation's first line of defense
• Termite reports realtors can count on
• Baited, monitored, checked every year
• The termite inspection before you buy
• Protect the biggest thing you own
• Saw swarmers? Call us today
• Mud tubes found, mud tubes gone
• Termite treatment that comes with paperwork
• Carpenter ants out of the walls
• Wood stays wood with us
• Termite clearance letters, on deadline
• We read the wood so you don't
• Annual termite checks, renewed every spring
• Keeping termites out of [Town] homes

Rodents and wildlife (18)

Rodent and wildlife customers want the animal gone and the hole closed. The selling point is exclusion, the trade word for sealing the gaps animals use to get in.

• Mice out, gaps sealed, done
• We find the hole first
• Exclusion work that keeps them out
• Rodent proofing for older homes
• Out of the attic, hole sealed shut
• Scratching in the walls? Call us
• Raccoons moved, roof repaired
• Squirrel removal without the drama
• Bats out, attic sealed
• Rats stop at our seal
• Wildlife removal, one careful visit
• We trap, seal and clean up
• Every entry point, found and closed
• Quiet nights in the attic again
• The garage mouse problem, solved
• Licensed wildlife removal in [County]
• Critters out, chimney capped
• Snakes, skunks and other surprises handled

Mosquitoes, ticks and seasonal pests (15)

For companies that run a summer yard program on top of the indoor plan. The strongest lines name the season.

• Your backyard back by June
• Mosquito season, on a schedule
• Evenings outside without the slapping
• Yard treatments from May to September
• Fewer ticks where the kids play
• Spring ants, summer wasps, fall mice
• Patio season starts with us
• Wasp nests down before the barbecue
• Every season brings a new pest
• Stinging insects removed the same week
• Mosquito control for the whole block
• The cookout crew's pest company
• Fall invaders stopped at the door
• Summer yard program, one call
• Backyard barrier, renewed all season

Bed bugs, said quietly (12)

Bed bug customers are embarrassed. Keep these on the website, the estimate and the phone greeting, because on a truck a bed bug slogan tells the whole street why you came.

• Discreet service, unmarked arrival
• Bed bug help, kept private
• We park around the corner
• Sleep through the night again
• Inspected, treated and kept confidential
• Private help for a common problem
• Hotels and homes, handled quietly
• Nobody needs to know we came
• Bed bugs found, privacy kept
• Calm, quiet bed bug treatment
• Your bedroom back, your business private
• The quiet call for bed bugs

Trust and local (18)

A licensed applicator is the state-certified person allowed to apply pesticides for hire. Naming that license on the truck does more trust work than any adjective.

• Licensed applicators on every visit
• Family owned in [Town] since [year]
• Your neighbors' pest control company
• The technician's license is on the truck
• Same tech, every single visit
• We explain what we spray
• Local, licensed and on time
• Serving [County] homes since [year]
• Honest inspections, written quotes
• The pest company your realtor calls
• We answer the phone ourselves
• Straight answers about what's crawling
• Built on referrals since [year]
• Inspected first, priced second
• Rooted in [Town] since [year]
• Booties on, questions answered
• A real person, a real plan
• Trusted in [number] [Town] homes

Family and pet wording that skips the word safe (12)

Parents and pet owners ask the same question on nearly every call. Answer it with what you do, such as asking about pets first. The claims section below explains why a safety promise backfires.

• We ask about pets first
• Kids and pets in the plan
• Treatments timed around nap time
• Low-odor products, clear instructions
• We tell you when to return
• Every product labeled, every question answered
• Pet-aware pest control for [Town]
• Your dog's schedule is our schedule
• Targeted treatments instead of whole-house fogging
• We read the label out loud
• Questions about the kids? Ask us
• Plans built around the people inside

Short and rhyming (20)

The pun shelf is crowded. Pick one that survives being read aloud over the phone.

• Pests out, peace in
• We bug them so you don't
• Small bugs, big fix
• Spray it, seal it, sleep
• Last stop for roaches
• Nests gone, nerves calm
• From creepy to cleared
• Antisocial pest control since [year]
• Stop the crawl, make the call
• Fewer legs in the kitchen
• Scram, scurry and gone for good
• Mice think twice here
• The buzz stops here
• No more night crawlers
• Wings, legs and stingers, handled
• Less creep, more sleep
• Crawl less, rest more
• We make pests nervous
• Tiny invaders, big defense
• Unwanted guests, shown out

Commercial pest control (12)

Restaurants and property managers buy on paperwork. IPM, short for integrated pest management, means inspecting and monitoring first and treating only what the findings call for. Use the term only if your reports show it.

• Audit-ready pest control, every visit
• Documented service for food businesses
• Integrated pest management, on record
• Pest logs your inspector will like
• Keeping [City] kitchens ready for inspection
• The property manager's pest control partner
• After-hours service, open-on-time doors
• Monitoring stations checked, reports filed
• One vendor for every building
• Warehouse pest control, documented monthly
• Pest service your tenants never notice
• Commercial pest control on your schedule

How to choose, and where it goes

Pick for the calls you want

Pick from the category that matches the work you want more of. A shop that mostly sprays perimeters and wants termite contracts should run a termite line now. If you serve homes and businesses, give each audience its own line.

Run three checks before you print

Then run three checks in five minutes:

1. Google, in quotes. Search the exact phrase in quotes with your state's name to see who already uses it.
2. The USPTO trademark database. A trademark is a registered legal claim on a phrase. Search the database to see whether anyone holds one on yours.
3. Google Maps in your metro. A slogan a competitor across town already runs is not yours to use, trademarked or not.

Put it in five places

Then put it in five places, in this order of value:

1. The website hero, under the headline. That is where the Google click lands.
2. The Google Business Profile description. The Google Business Profile is the free listing Google shows on Maps and in search.
3. The truck door, under the name and license number. Bed bug lines stay off the truck.
4. The service agreement and invoice footer.
5. The door hanger you leave after each visit.

The site behind the hero line is in pest control website design, and getting it found is in pest control SEO.

Safe, all and 100 percent: the words that invite trouble

The most tempting pest slogans make promises like "100% safe for kids and pets" or "eliminates all pests." Each is a claim a customer can hold you to.

EPA's pesticide labeling questions and answers page takes up a lawn care operator whose newspaper ad for mosquito and pest elimination ended with the word "Safe." The answer says EPA "generally has not allowed the use of 'safe' in labeling because it has been considered to be false or misleading."

The same answer says EPA's authority over advertising by certain service companies is limited, then points to the Federal Trade Commission's "broad authority to regulate advertising." Read your state licensing board's advertising rules before the truck wrap goes to print.

The fix is to promise the process instead of the outcome. Use this as a swap list:

Three slogans to skip

1. "Your trusted pest control experts." It says nothing the customer did not already assume. A license number or a year does the trust job better.
2. Bed bug puns on the truck. "Don't let the bed bugs bite" is cute on a mug and a problem in a driveway, where the neighbors can read it.
3. Gross-out kill lines. Squashing and frying jokes land badly with a parent who just found mice in the pantry. "Last stop for roaches" gets the joke across without the graphic part.

The slogan is the promise, the service agreement is the proof

What keeps a quarterly customer is the written agreement behind the truck: what gets treated, how often and what happens if the bugs come back. Put the re-treat terms there before you put them in a slogan.

Where the next plan customers come from is in lead generation for pest control. If you run a lawn division too, see landscaping slogans.

Frequently asked questions

What is a good slogan for a pest control company?

One that says what the name does not: which pests you treat, whether you serve homes or businesses and how often you come back, in four to seven words. "Quarterly service, same technician every time" and "Termites found early, house kept whole" each tell a homeowner what to call you for.

What is a catchy pest control slogan?

Short rhymes and light puns that survive being read aloud over the phone: "Less creep, more sleep," "Mice think twice here" and "Stop the crawl, make the call." Skip graphic kill jokes and any bed bug pun on a truck. Pair a catchy line with a license number or a year elsewhere.

Can a pest control company say its service is safe?

Avoid it. EPA's pesticide labeling questions and answers page says EPA "generally has not allowed the use of 'safe' in labeling because it has been considered to be false or misleading," Describe what you do instead, such as "We ask about pets first," and check your state licensing board's advertising rules.

Should a pest control company have a slogan?

Yes, because most pest company names are a surname, a town or a pun. None of those say which pests you treat or who the work is for. Put it in the website hero, the Google Business Profile description, the truck door, the service agreement and the door hanger.

Can I trademark a pest control slogan?

Yes, if it is distinctive and used in commerce, through the USPTO. Most slogans on this page are too generic to register and do not need to be. The check that matters is that nobody in your metro already runs the phrase, so search Google and Google Maps before you print.

What is a good slogan for bed bug treatment?

A quiet one, because bed bug customers want privacy. "Bed bug help, kept private" and "Sleep through the night again" promise discretion without naming the problem loudly. Use them on the website, the estimate and the phone greeting, and keep them off the truck, where the neighbors can read them.