HomeTeam Pest Defense acquires Reliable Pest Management of Lakeland

What happened. HomeTeam Pest Defense, a Rollins, Inc.-owned national pest control company, announced on April 18, 2011 that it had acquired two pest control operations: Reliable Pest Management of Lakeland, Florida, and Pest Guard of Sykesville, Maryland. HomeTeam said the deals would increase its market penetration in the Washington, D.C. and central Florida areas. Deal terms were not disclosed.

Parties

Company: Reliable Pest Management · Lakeland, Polk County
Buyer: HomeTeam Pest Defense
Price: Not disclosed

The name on the truckReliable Pest Management

Lakeland, Polk County

Operating ownerHomeTeam Pest Defense

Little Rock, AR

What this kind of deal tends to mean for customers and staff: pricing · sales pressure · technicians · the exit clock.

Sources Reported — credible press

HomeTeam Pest Defense (2011-04-18) — company site. Company announcement naming both acquired companies and rationale
Pest Control Technology (2011-04-19) — trade press. Trade press confirmation

Researcher notes: Hernando County, Florida (Brooksville, Spring Hill, Weeki Wachee) was searched extensively (Google News RSS, WebSearch, PrivSource acquisition databases, platform brand/acquisition pages for Massey Services, Turner Pest Control, Rollins/Orkin, Rentokil, Arrow Environmental Services, A1 Garage Door, Roofing Corp of America, McCall Pest & Wildlife, Kemp Anderson Consulting M&A listings, and multiple Central Florida HVAC/plumbing/electrical platforms) but no additional acquisition of a Hernando County-headquartered home-service company (beyond the already-catalogued Crenshaw Termite & Pest Control, which is headquartered in Pasco County with a Brooksville branch office) could be confirmed within the research budget for this pass. This gap should be revisited with Sunbiz corporate-history lookups and direct outreach to Hernando County Chamber of Commerce / Hernando Sun archives for a more exhaustive pass.

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