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FOR INDEPENDENT PEST CONTROL OPERATORS
Price the drive and the stations, not the house.
A 2,000 sq ft house with eight rodent stations and a 22-minute drive is not the same stop as an exterior spray next door. This calculator times the work on the lot, adds the drive both ways, and shows the initial invoice, the recurring stop, the hourly rate once drive is inside the number, and how many later visits recover a free initial.
One row per work item. Minutes are technician-minutes on the lot — pick a service to start from a common figure, then replace it with a time clocked from your own route. Station rows are per unit; set the count.
ServiceMinutesCountMaterial $
Route and costs
Payroll burden covers employer taxes, workers’ compensation, liability insurance, and paid time off. Vehicle cost is fuel and wear allocated to this stop — not the truck payment, which belongs in overhead. Starting minutes are ballpark figures, not a standard.
Questions operators actually ask
How do I price a pest control route stop?
Time the work on the lot, add the drive both ways, add chemicals and station materials, then load wage burden, overhead, and the margin you keep. House size is a sales phrase, not a cost driver.
Why does drive time change the bid?
A 22-minute one-way drive is 44 minutes on every visit. On a cheap quarterly that is often more than a third of the stop. The hourly rate with drive is the number to check before you accept the house.
Should I give away the initial?
Only if later stops can recover the first-visit cost. Station installs and knockdown spray often cost more than a year of profit on a cheap quarterly. Tick the box above to see how many later visits it takes.
Your bid
Initial invoice$—
Recurring invoice$—
On-site hours / recurring stop
Drive hours / stop
Hours including drive
Loaded labor / recurring
Chemicals / recurring
Vehicle & other
Overhead / recurring
Recurring cost
Recurring profit
Hourly with drive
Hourly on-site only
Walk-away recurring
Year-one billed
Stops to recover a free initial
A bid link carries your own rates — wage, burden, overhead, and target margin — so the page reopens exactly as you left it. Send it to yourself or your crew. The customer should get the price, not the link.
Where the recurring hours go
Transparent arithmetic from your own inputs. Starting minutes are common ballpark figures, not an industry standard, a benchmark, or a guarantee — clock your own route and replace them. Year-one billed is the initial invoice plus every recurring stop that year.
Hand the customer a proposal
The price above is for you. This is the page you print or save as a PDF and give to the customer — your details, their details, the scope, the deposit split, and a line for them to sign. Your business details are saved on this device so you only type them once; the customer’s details are never saved.
Everything on the printed page is text you typed or a number this calculator worked out. It contains no warranty, lien, or cancellation wording — those depend on your jurisdiction and your contract, and this tool is not the place to invent them.
Common questions
How do I price a pest control route stop?
Time the work on the lot, add the drive both ways, add chemicals and station materials, then load wage burden, overhead, and the margin you intend to keep. House size is not the cost driver — stations and drive time are.
Why does drive time change a pest control bid?
A 22-minute one-way drive is 44 minutes on every visit. On a quarterly $80 account that is often more than a third of the stop, which is why the hourly rate with drive is the number to check before you accept the house.
Should I give away the initial pest control treatment?
Only if later stops can recover the first-visit cost. Station installs and knockdown spray often cost more than a whole year of recurring profit on a cheap quarterly. This calculator reports how many later visits it takes.
Want the margin, walk-away price and overrun headroom as well, or pricing a different trade? Price this job in the Bid Price Engine, one calculator for 121 trades.