Starting a pest control company? Start with everything.
Your phone answered, your jobs booked, your customers billed. One app from your first customer.
What software do you need to start a pest control company?
Six things: a way to answer every call while you are on a job, a schedule for your routes and recurring plans, estimates and invoices, card payments, treatment records, and review requests. PestLine AI is all six in one app, built only for pest control, with an AI receptionist answering every call.
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| What you need | In PestLine AI |
|---|---|
| Call answeringYou are on a job when most calls ring. | An AI receptionist answers 24/7 in your company's name and books the job. |
| Scheduling and dispatchYour day, your routes, your first tech's day. | Recurring plans and the crew's whole day on one board. |
| Estimates and invoicesQuotes that get approved and bills that get paid. | Sent by text or email, approved and signed online. |
| Card paymentsPaid on the day, not chased at month end. | Pay links, saved cards and autopay on every plan. |
| Treatment recordsWhat you applied, where, and how much. | Products, rates and targets logged on every visit. |
| ReviewsA new company is chosen on its Google reviews. | A review request after every completed job. |
| And the restEverything else a pest company runs on. | Bait stations, a customer portal, on-my-way texts, and apps for iPhone and Android. |
The software new pest control companies are told to use.
PestLine AI is the only one here built only for pest control with an AI receptionist in the plan.
| Software | Built for | Price | How you start | AI call answering | Recurring plans | Treatment records |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PestLine AI | Built forPest control only | PriceOne monthly plan, priced to your company, receptionist and full CRM included | How you startA person sets you up the same business day | AI call answeringIncluded: phone, text and website chat, 24/7 | Recurring plansIncluded, with autopay | Treatment recordsIncluded, plus bait stations |
| GorillaDesk | Built forPest, lawn and cleaning | Price$49 a month per route | How you startSign up online | AI call answeringPaid add-on, needs a GorillaDesk phone plan | Recurring plansCard subscriptions from the $99 plan | Treatment recordsMaterial tracking |
| QuoteIQ | Built for50+ home service trades | Price$29.99 a month, 1 user | How you startSign up online | AI call answeringIncluded, paid from monthly AI credits | Recurring plansRecurring payments on every plan | Treatment recordsGeneral inventory from the $299 plan |
| Housecall Pro | Built forMany home service trades | Price$79 a month, 1 user | How you startSign up online | AI call answeringChat included; call answering is a paid feature, price not listed | Recurring plansService plans with autopay on the $329 plan | Treatment recordsNot listed |
| FieldRoutes | Built forPest and field service | PriceNot published; priced by active customers | How you startDemo, then a quote | AI call answeringNot listed; partner services | Recurring plansAutoPay | Treatment recordsChemical usage and state reports |
| PestPac | Built forPest control | PriceNot published | How you startThrough a consultant | AI call answeringNot listed; partner answering service | Recurring plansAutopay | Treatment recordsEPA numbers and state reports |
| Fieldwork | Built forPest, lawn and pool | Price$59 a month per field technician | How you startSign up online | AI call answeringNot listed | Recurring plansRecurring work orders | Treatment recordsChemical usage records |
| Briostack | Built forPest and lawn | PriceNot published | How you startRequest a demo | AI call answeringNot listed | Recurring plansAutomated billing | Treatment recordsChemical usage tracking |
As shown on each company's own website on , billed monthly:GorillaDeskQuoteIQHousecall ProFieldRoutesPestPacFieldworkBriostack
Already on Jobber or FieldRoutes? Keep it. Every call lands in it.
Everything above in one monthly plan. Month to month, cancel anytime.
You picked a good trade.
It grows every year, and most of it comes back every quarter.
Pest control worldwide in 2025, up 6.6% a year for a decade.
US growth in 2025, to $13.4 billion.
Of US residential revenue comes from recurring plans.
New US pest control companies with payroll open each month: our Census estimate.
Sources:Rentokil FY2025 resultsSpecialty Consultants via NPMA, April 2026our estimate from the 2022 Economic Census
Win the calls the others miss.
78% of pest control companies we asked send after-hours calls to voicemail. Yours get answered.
| Option | Share of companies |
|---|---|
| Voicemail, a machine or a text line | 78% |
| A person: staff, on-call tech or owner | 13% |
| An answering service | 6% |
| AI | 3% |
Run the company from the truck.
The phone rings while you work. You finish the job.
- Answered. It picks up while you are under a house.
- Booked. The job lands on your schedule.
- Paid. The invoice goes out with a pay link.
Your first 90 days.
What to get right first, in order.
- Week one
Answer every call.
Your first customers ring you. None of them should reach voicemail.
- Month one
Sell plans, not one-offs.
Offer a quarterly plan on every first visit, on autopay.
- Month two
Collect reviews.
Ask after every completed job. Reviews decide who gets the next call.
- Month three
Build the route.
Recurring stops on the board, a record on every visit, room for a second tech.
What new owners ask us.
What software do I need to start a pest control company?
Six things: a way to answer every call while you are on a job, a schedule for your routes and recurring plans, estimates and invoices, card payments, treatment records, and review requests. PestLine AI is all six in one app, built only for pest control, with an AI receptionist answering every call.
What is the best software for a new pest control company?
The one that answers your phone as well as runs your schedule. The apps new companies are usually pointed to, GorillaDesk ($49 a month per route) and Housecall Pro ($79), sell AI call answering as an extra, and FieldRoutes and PestPac start with a demo or a consultant. PestLine AI is built only for pest control: a 24/7 AI receptionist with the full CRM included, in one monthly plan.
Is there pest control software that answers the phone?
Yes. PestLine AI answers phone calls, texts and website chat 24/7 in your company's name and books the job, and the full pest control CRM comes in the same plan. QuoteIQ includes AI call answering paid from monthly credits; GorillaDesk and Housecall Pro sell it as an add-on.
What should I look for in pest control software for a new company?
Four things: it answers the phone, not just the schedule; it is built for pest control, with recurring plans, treatment records and bait stations; it runs from your phone in the truck; and it is one monthly price instead of a stack of add-ons. PestLine AI is built on all four.
How much does pest control software cost for a new company?
Scheduling and invoicing apps start around $30 to $80 a month for one user, then rise with users, routes and add-ons such as call answering. PestLine AI comes as one monthly plan: the AI receptionist answering phone, website chat, and SMS 24/7, with the full CRM included. It is priced to each company and never billed per minute, month to month. Offices taking more than 20 calls a day get a custom plan.
How do I answer calls while I am on a job?
Let a receptionist pick up when you cannot. Fewer than 3% of callers sent to voicemail leave a message (Invoca), and 82% say they call a competitor when nobody answers (CallRail). PestLine AI answers 24/7 in your company's name, books the visit and texts you when a job is urgent.
Can I run a pest control company by myself?
Yes. About 16,000 US pest control businesses run with no employees (Census). The hard part is the phone, because calls come in while you are in a crawl space. PestLine AI answers them, and its app runs your schedule, invoices, payments and treatment records from your phone.
Do I need pest control software, or will a general field service app work?
A general app handles scheduling and invoices. Pest control adds plans that come back every quarter, a treatment record on every visit, bait stations and a customer portal. Software built for pest control keeps all of it in one place, and the PestLine AI app includes each one.
Can I sell recurring quarterly plans?
Yes, and you should: recurring plans are 85.4% of US residential pest control revenue (Specialty Consultants, via NPMA). In PestLine AI a plan puts each customer back on the schedule every visit, and autopay charges the saved card.
How do new pest control companies get their first customers?
Three ways that compound: answer every call, because the cheapest customer is the one who already rang; get your Google Business Profile and reviews working; and sell a recurring plan on every first visit. PestLine AI runs the first and third, and our SEO team can run the second.
Will AI replace pest control technicians?
No. The treatment still needs a technician at the property. What AI takes over is the office work around it: answering calls and texts, booking visits, on-my-way texts and review asks. For a one-truck company, that means a day spent treating homes instead of returning calls.
Who sets it up?
We do, with you. We build it around your company: your services, your prices, your service area and your rules. No settings page to fill in, and a real person on the other end when you want a change.
Want to be found on Google and in AI answers too? Our team runs pest control SEO for new companies: your Google profile, your pages, your reviews. Month to month, and we never promise rankings.
Tell us about your company.
A real person calls you back the same business day to get you set up.