Growth Potential

Managing mosquitoes was an area of growth for pest management companies last year. According to the 2025 PCT State of the Mosquito Control Market survey, 57% of pest management professionals (PMPs) reported an increase in mosquito-related revenue at their service locations in 2024.

At the typical pest control location, mosquito control generated 9% of revenue.

It was a very good year for mosquito control at Ultra Pest Control, Huntington, W.Va., said Owner Greg Stephens. “We had an increase of probably 60% of mosquito customers last year.”

The company has offered mosquito control since it was founded 10 years ago and customer interest in the service continues to grow, he said.

“Every year, it’s increased,” said Stephens. “We do have our share of mosquitoes” in the region. Interest in a combination mosquito-tick control program also boosted revenue, he said.

Likewise, Victory Pest Control, Myrtle Beach, S.C., had “a lot more people inquiring about mosquito control” in 2024, said General Manager Ryan Ewalt, noting that weather played a big role in the uptick.

Mosquitoes need standing water to complete their life cycle, and his area received plenty of rainfall. “We’ve had a lot of storms here in South Carolina,” said Ewalt. More moisture plus hot summer temperatures created ideal conditions for mosquito breeding.

Mosquito control accounted for 5% to 10% of overall revenue at Victory Pest Control. “It’s something we implemented within the last two years, so we’re still growing with it,” Ewalt said.

In other parts of the country, weather kept the lid on revenue growth.

“It did not increase because we did not get the rain,” said Chuck Wells, owner of the Mosquito Squad franchise in Scottsdale, Ariz. Three years ago, his region got 10 inches of rain. Over the last two years? Only about an inch.

“That really affected the mosquitoes, because people are not going to be calling unless they're being bitten by the mosquitoes. So, we're in a holding pattern.”

When rain eventually falls, he expects billions of mosquito eggs to hatch, reviving demand for the service.

A dry summer in greater Chicago also limited demand for mosquito control at Rose Pest Solutions.

“It was a pretty average year,” said Zach Bahrke, who managed the company’s Wheeling, Ill., branch last year and is now its operations director. “It wasn't a banner year, but it wasn’t terrible.”

According to the PCT survey, 38% of PMPs said mosquito revenue held steady last year. Six percent said it declined.

Over the past seven years, more pest control companies added mosquito control to their service offerings. In 2025, 83% of pest management companies offered the service, up from 54% in 2018.