Last Updated on October 6, 2020
There are more than 28,000 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.
Are all the good pest control business names already taken? How do you come up with something fresh? And what about the availability of using a name?
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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.
Let’s dive in!
Tips for Choosing the Perfect 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 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 business, so it’s essential to consider the services you plan to offer. Maybe you want to focus on insect extermination or 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 of 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) search 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 with choosing a few of your favorite words from your master brainstorm 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.
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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.
8. Look at Other Names of Pest Control Businesses
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 it can be used.
Tips on how to check business name availability are after the list of names!
- 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 Pest Management
- Accurate Pest Solutions
- Accu-Tech Exterminators
- Acme Exterminators
- Advanced Pest Control
- Advanced Termite Solutions
- All About Pest
- All Clear Exterminating
- All Clear Pest Control
- All Pest Off
- All Star Exterminators
- All Star Pest Control
- Allied Pest Service
- 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 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 Me Not Pest Control
- Bug Off
- Bug Off Skeeterz
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Pinnacle Home Solutions
- Premier 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
- 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
- Thugs To Bugs Pest Control
- Tick Busters Of CT
- Top Gun Pest Control
- Total Pest Control
- Ultimate Termite Control
- United Exterminators
- US Termite
- Wall 2 Wall Pest Control
- Xterminator Pest Management
- Xtreme Pest Control
- Zap It Pest Control
Checking the Availability of Your Top Considerations
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 vital 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.
Trademark Search
Trademarks are the most critical, so we’ll start here.
If a name or phrase is trademarked, you’re not allowed to use it in a similar capacity. So, run a trademark search for each business name you’re considering and cross off those that aren’t available.
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Local Search
Just because there isn’t a federal trademark on a name doesn’t mean the name you want is available. That’s because there is a trademark known as a common law trademark. A common law trademark isn’t filed anywhere but provides someone who uses that name in commerce some limited rights in their geographical area to use the name. It can be hard to define how far geographically these rights extend as each industry is different. Still, at a basic level, someone can’t open a business and name it the same or similar name as a competing business in town. If you think the name could potentially create confusion with customers, it is usually best to find another one to use to avoid potential legal issues down the road.
To do a local search, open up the phone book (if you still have one), and do a Google search to see if there are any local competitors with a similar business name to the one you want to use.
Cross off any similar names from your list and take the rest and let’s keep checking.
State Entity Search (If Applicable)
If you plan to register your pest control business as a corporation or LLC, you must register with a unique business name. Each state requires every corporation or LLC to register a unique name for their entity. This doesn’t necessarily protect your name from anyone else using it, but nobody can register a corporation or LLC under the same name in your state.
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If you find the name is in use, cross it off your list and move on.
Domain Name Availability
Website addresses aren’t as critical as the first three searches, but it can be a critical part of your brand. Typically, you want your domain name to be “yourbusinessname.com” without any numbers, dashes, etc.
It’s easiest for customers to remember, but these are hard to come by.
However, you can explore other configurations and extensions if your preferred domain name isn’t available. Just remember your target audience may have a more difficult time finding you online.
You can start with . Type in the domain name you want to use to see if it’s available. The tool also returns other possibilities you may want to consider.
Social Media Profiles
Next, especially if you are stuck between a couple of names, check and see if anyone is already using your potential pest control business names on social media. Consider which platforms you plan to use and start with those.
Keep in mind you may have to shorten your company name for some platforms. Twitter only allows 15 characters, for example.
Start with your preferred platforms and do a quick search for your name. If nothing pops up, that likely means no one is using it, and you’re good to go.
Example: Someone is using startingyourbusiness on Instagram, so I would have to choose a different handle, making it more difficult for customers to find me.
Vanity Phone Number
An inexpensive way to make your business stick out, and it is easier for your customers to remember to get a custom phone number with your business name. These are affordable, too, with pricing typically around $10-$25 per month, depending on the level of features you need.
Companies like and let you type in words to see if a local or toll-free number is available quickly.
Hopefully, you now have some great name ideas for your pest control business. Once you have this list narrowed down 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!
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