There are more than 33,000 pest control companies in the United States alone. So, it’s no surprise settling on a unique name when starting a pest control business feels impossible.
Picking the right name gives potential customers an idea about your business’s services, creates a good first impression, and helps you stand out from the competition.
Have all the good pest control business names already been taken? How do you come up with something fresh? And what about the availability of using a name?
If you’re not sure how to answer those questions, you’re in the right place. Keep reading to learn my top tips for choosing the perfect business name and how to make sure your favorite choices are available across the board.
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What Makes a Good Pest Control Business Name?
If you’re struggling to choose a company name for your pest control business, one of the best things to do is just to start brainstorming. As you go through the tips outlined below, make a list of words, phrases, and terms associated with your business.
From there, you can narrow down the list and cross off ideas you don’t like.
Once you have several top considerations, we’ll walk you through how to make sure you’re allowed to use them. This last step helps you narrow down your list even more so you can make a final decision.
1. Consider the Services You Plan to Offer
There are several types of pest control businesses, so it’s essential to consider the services you plan to offer. Maybe you want to focus on insect extermination, bedbugs, or rodent elimination. Perhaps you’re considering offering other specialty services.
Add the different types of services you want to offer to your brainstorming list.
Remember to avoid anything limiting your business’s future growth if you decide to go in another direction down the road.
2. Location-Specific Terms
Most pest control business is specific to a geographic service area. So, if that’s true for your business, consider adding a location-specific term to your business name.
You can consider things like:
- City nicknames
- Neighborhoods
- Regions or states
- And descriptive terms
However, consider what happens if you expand outside your intended service area. Does the name become limiting? If so, it’s best to avoid it if you plan to expand or change directions later.
3. Avoid Business Names That Are Hard to Pronounce, Hear, or Spell
Despite the technological advances in voice search, assistants like Siri and Alexa struggle to understand slang and other confusing words.
This could limit how often your business shows up in voice (and text-based) searches if your name is hard to spell, pronounce, or hear. Because of that, it’s important to avoid complicated words, industry jargon, and using numbers in place of letters. While having a unique pest control business name is good, being too unique may not be so good.
Keep your business name as simple and easy to remember as possible so your customers can easily find you.
4. Consider Alliterations and Rhyming Words
Alliterations and rhymes are catchy and easy to remember. Because of that, they make for great business names.
That said, it’s not always easy to come up with them. Start by choosing a few of your favorite words from your master brainstorming list.
Then, you can Google “words that start with R” to come up with a name like Rodent Relief or B for Bug Bombers or whatever letter you’re using to create an alliteration. Alternatively, you can search “words that rhyme with _____” like Pest Arrest.
It can be time-consuming, but it’s an excellent place to start.
And don’t forget to add any exciting finds to your brainstorm list while you’re at it. Try not to overthink the names you come up with during this stage. Just write them all down, as some of the more interesting ones may spark better ideas later.
5. Steer Clear of Initials or Obscure Acronyms
Initials and unusual acronyms are hard to remember, so they typically don’t make great business names. They can also be challenging to pronounce and confusing for voice search as well.
Furthermore, there are 325 different two-letter combination possibilities in the English language. And the odds of your customers remembering the specific letters you chose are pretty small.
6. Imagery Words
Another consideration when brainstorming name ideas is whether there are industry-related words that could also lend themselves to be used in a logo. For instance, a pest control business could use an insect or pest control tech image and focus the name around the image.
Related: How to create a logo for your business.
7. Still Struggling? Try the Owner’s Name
If you’ve made it this far and are still struggling to find the best name, you can always consider using the business owner’s name or the name of a family member. Doing so works well if the owner also plans to be the face behind the business.
Something to keep in mind is that using the owner’s name as the business name can make it more challenging to sell the business in the future.
List of the Best Pest Control Company Names
Here is a list of existing pest control company names that may help give you some creative ideas. While many of these names may be available for you to use, be sure to check first to be sure they can be used.
- 1st Response Pest Control
- 3 Step Rodent Proofing
- 360 Pest Control Tampa
- A B C Pest Control Of Houston
- A+ Wildlife Specialists
- Above All Pest Control Service
- Absolute Extermination
- Absolute Pest Management
- Accurate Pest Solutions
- Accu-Tech Exterminators
- Ace Pest Control
- Acme Exterminators
- Adobe Pest Solutions
- Advanced Pest Control
- Advanced Termite Solutions
- Advantage Pest Control
- All About Pest
- All Clear Exterminating
- All Clear Pest Control
- All Pest Off
- All Star Exterminators
- All Star Pest Control
- Allied Pest Management
- Allied Pest Service
- Ambassador Pest Control
- America One Termite Control
- American Exterminator Co
- Ameriguard Pest Defense
- Anastasia Lawn & Pest Control
- Animal Eviction Service
- Annihilation Pest Control
- Antimidators Pest Control
- Arizona Pest Solutions
- Arrow Exterminators
- Arrow Pest Service
- Assassin Pest Control
- Atlas Termite Co
- Attack Pest Management
- Auntie’s Organic Pest Control
- Best Pest Control Co
- Best Pest Management
- Bug Bouncer
- Bug Buster Pest Control
- Bug Commander Pest Management
- Bug Doctor
- Bug Me Not Pest Control
- Bug Off Skeeterz
- Bug Off
- Bug Out Service Of West Florida
- Bug Slayers
- Buganator Pest Service Corp
- Bugmaster
- Bugs Be Gone Exterminators
- Bye Bye Pests
- Cal Valley Termite
- Castle Pest Service
- Catch A Pest Pro
- Certified Pest Solutions
- City Pest Solutions
- Clear All Pest Control
- Coastline Pest Control
- Crazy Ant Pest Control
- Creepy Crawlies Exterminator
- Critter Busters
- Critter Man
- Crossfire Pest Control
- Defender Pest Control
- Don’t Let The Bed Bugs Bite
- Doug & Sons Pest Control
- Eastern AZ Exterminating
- Eco Star Pest Solutions
- Elite Pest Preparation
- Emergency Pest Control
- Enviro-Pest
- Eric The Bug Guy
- Eureka Valley Pest Exclusion
- First Select Pest Control
- Fort Myers Pest Control
- Full Force Pest Control
- Gecko Pest Control
- Golden State Critter Removal
- Good News Pest Solutions
- Green Monster Pest & Weed
- Green Solutions
- Green Team Pest Control
- Guardian Pest Solutions
- Hitman Pest Of Yuma
- Indy Pest Control
- Integrity Pest Control
- Lighthouse Termite Control
- Local Pest & Mosquito
- Locked & Loaded Pest Control
- Maxx Fume
- Mikol Bee Remover
- Mission Pest Control
- MVP Extermination
- My Guys Pest Control
- My Termite Co
- Outstanding Pest Solutions
- Pacific Pest Management
- Paradise Pest Control
- Pest Control Now
- Pest Control Solutions
- Pest Defense
- Pest Detector
- Pest Killer
- Pinnacle Home Solutions
- Premier Pest Control
- Preventative Pest Control
- Pro-Tech Exterminators
- Pure Pest San Diego
- Reaper Pest Control
- Reliable Pest Control
- Reputable Pest Control
- Rest Assured Pest Control
- Safeguard Pest Service
- Safer Pest Control
- Sam’s Pest Control
- San Diego Fume Works Co
- Shoo Wildlife & Pest Control
- Stargate Pest Defense
- Stop Bugging Termite Rodent
- Stop Bug’n Pest Control
- Termite Done Right
- The Pest Solution
- Thugs To Bugs Pest Control
- Tick Busters Of CT
- Top Gun Pest Control
- Total Pest Control
- Ultimate Termite Control
- United Exterminators
- United Pest Control
- US Termite
- Wall 2 Wall Pest Control
- Xterminator Pest Management
- Xtreme Pest Control
- Zap It Pest Control
Is Your Pest Control Name Available?
At this point, you should have several top considerations to choose from. And the best way to narrow it down further is to check each one for availability.
This step is helpful because using a name that someone else is using could be very costly, time-consuming to rebrand your business, and possibly embarrassing. There are several places to look to check whether a name is available to use, so let’s walk through each one.
Can the business name be registered in your state?
If you plan to use a specific business name, you may be required by the state to verify it’s available to use.
Related: How to check business name availability in your state
Is your name already trademarked?
When searching for a name for your new business, you should check that your new name isn’t trademarked by someone else. If it is, you may not be allowed to use it legally.
Thankfully, the United States Patent Trademark Office (USPTO) makes trademark searching a breeze through their Trademark Database.
A name isn’t necessarily available if it doesn’t appear in this search. Every business has some limited protection through a common law trademark. This means another business can’t open up down the street with the same name, as this creates confusion for customers. Also, check local competitors by doing a Google search and looking through the Yellow Pages.
If your name is available and you want to protect it from being used by anyone else, you can register it with the USPTO.
Related: How to check for a trademark
Hopefully, you now have some great name ideas for your pest control business. Once you have narrowed this list to just a few and researched that they are all available, start asking friends, family, and potential customers their thoughts to get feedback, and then pick your perfect pest control business name!
