Average Pest Control Prices: By Service, Type Of Pest And More – Forbes Home - Forbes
Pest control costs represent a wide range. You can buy a mouse trap for a couple of bucks or spend thousands of dollars to have a professional remove bed bugs and cockroaches from your home. Here are some of the major factors that affect pest control prices:
Type of Service
Pest control companies offer a few different services (at different price points) depending on your needs:
- Pest extermination involves setting traps, fumigating or spraying to kill the pests in your home (and ensure they don't return). The average basic extermination costs $175.
- Pest removal is ideal when you have larger critters inhabiting your home, like squirrels in your attic. Costs may be higher since the company must set the trap and then return to retrieve the pest.
- Pest prevention is a recurring service you can purchase to prevent pests from returning. Regular treatments can repel pests and block entry points into your home. Monthly prevention typically runs between $50 and $75.
Frequency of Service
One-time pest control services cost between $250 and $675 on average, but you'll pay more if the exterminator has to come back, either to set more traps, remove dead pests or release captured rodents. Additional visits may cost an extra $100 to $200, and monthly preventative visits can go from $50 to $75.
Type of Pests
Dealing with cockroach and bed bug infestations is much more costly than ridding your home of insects like gnats, fleas or mosquitoes.
Type of Treatment
You might be able to treat some pest infestations yourself with glue traps and sprays that you can buy online or at the hardware store. For more serious problems, you might pay for a professional to spray, set bait traps or even fumigate your entire home. Pest control costs will vary with these treatment types.
Size of House and Property
The square footage of your home and property will impact the overall price of pest control and extermination. The larger the treatment area, the more supplies and times the exterminator will require—and this will be reflected in their pricing.
Severity of Infestation
Small infestations—like a single raccoon or a simple gnat problem in the kitchen—are much more affordable than a massive rodent infestation in the basement or a bed bug problem that has extended to each bedroom in the house.
Location
Where you live can also impact pest control costs. If you live in an area with a higher cost of living, expect to pay more in labor costs. Similarly, if you live in a remote area that requires a longer commute for the pest control company, they may reflect this in their rates.
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