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Sell your pest control company to a buyer who counts the stops.
RockHaven Capital buys pest control companies directly from their owners.
Routes that renew month after month are the business here. Stop counts and retention rates tell us more than any single month of billing.
Who We Buy From
The pest control companies we buy
Pest control is a route business with a license attached. The routes recur because pests do, and the license decides who can legally run them.
Retention is the number that separates a strong company from a busy one. We ask for it early, and we read it carefully.
Residential recurring routes
Monthly and quarterly service plans for homeowners. A route that has held its customers for years is the core asset.
Commercial accounts
Restaurants, warehouses, and offices treated on set schedules. Commercial stops add density to the routes around them.
Termite and inspection work
Termite treatments, renewals, and real estate inspections. Renewal income from past treatments steadies the year.
Specialty services
Wildlife removal, mosquito programs, and bed bug work sold beside the core route. These services raise the value of each stop.
Take our free five-minute assessment to get an estimate of what your business could sell for.
What's My Business Worth? Book a CallWhat We Look At
Five things we check first
A pest control company proves its cash flow through its route records and its retention rate. These five checks show us both, plus the license behind them.
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Revenue of $1M to $10M a year
That size range is where we buy. A company in that range runs several routes with room to add stops.
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Cash flow of $300K and up
The returns have to support it. Route billing should reconcile with those returns without a gap.
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Routes that renew and retain
Customers on recurring plans are the revenue a buyer can count on. We look at retention by route, not just in total.
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Licensed technicians on every route
Techs hold the customer relationships at the door. Licensed applicators who stay make the routes transferable.
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The applicator license, settled up front
Pest control runs under state licensing held through a licensed operator or qualifier. When that person stays under a written agreement, the licensing carries through the sale and the deal stays workable. We confirm who holds it on the first calls, in the open.
What a RockHaven deal looks like
- Structure
- Majority buyouts
- Geography
- Anywhere in the continental United States
- Seller fees
- None. Sellers are charged no fees, ever, and the business is never listed.You keep the money a broker would take.
Take our free five-minute assessment to get an estimate of what your business could sell for.
What's My Business Worth? Book a CallThe Principals
A track record built in operating businesses
All three exits came from companies they co-founded from the idea up with a founding team, not from businesses they bought and flipped. One was acquired by a publicly traded company.
Companies founded or co-founded
Exits from companies we co-founded from the ground up
Sales driven by our teams
Capital raised for real estate and operating companies
Why Owners Talk To Us
A direct buyer changes the conversation
Pest control owners get letters from national brands every season. Here is what changes in a private sale to the buyer.
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We are the buyer, not a broker
You sit down with the firm that would own your company. Your route books are not shared with the brands trying to buy your stops.
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Your technicians keep their routes
Customers open the door for the tech they know. In most cases your applicators keep their routes after a sale.
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Retention priced as the asset it is
We price the routes on how long customers stay rather than on one season of growth. You hear how retention moved the number.
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Licensing confirmed before numbers
We verify the licensed operator arrangement before price is discussed. That order keeps a good deal from dying late.
The hard questions come first, before any numbers.
The listed route, by the numbers
A listed pest control company shows competitors exactly where its routes run. These figures show what that exposure usually costs.
Median time to close for a business that sells through the market
Source: BizBuySell, 2025 Year in Review. Counts businesses that sold.
Of businesses that go to market ever sell at all
Source: Exit Planning Institute estimate. Based on owner readiness survey data, not a census of listings.
The broker success fee alone on a $1M sale, on the standard scale
Source: Double Lehman fee scale, published broker guides, 2026.
How It Works
Four steps from first call to close
Four steps, and you deal with us directly at each one.
A private conversation
We talk through your routes, your retention, and your reasons for selling.
A straight valuation
We read your tax returns and your route billing and come back with a value. If the number is not there, we will tell you that too.
A straight number early, with the reason behind it.A structure that fits
Cash is paid at close, and seller financing is used where it fits.
A clean close
The paperwork is short and written in plain language. Once terms are agreed, we aim to close in four to eight weeks.
A real close date in weeks, not a listing that sits while the market decides.Working with an advisor or broker? They hear back from us within two business days, and their fee is protected.
Contact
Start a conversation about your pest control company
Start with the free assessment. Or book a call and talk directly with a principal.