Arrow acquires Florida firm

From left are Crenshaw Termite and Pest Control’s Joe Crenshaw and David Crenshaw; Arrow Exterminators’ Kevin Burns; Crenshaw’s Walter Korjack and Alice Korjack; Arrow’s Emily Thomas Kendrick; Crenshaw’s Michelle Crenshaw Beene, Christine Crenshaw Topper and Mark Crenshaw; and Arrow’s Tim Pollard. PHOTO: ARROW EXTERMINATORS

Atlanta, Ga.-based Arrow Exterminators announced the merger and acquisition of Crenshaw Termite and Pest Control.

Crenshaw Termite and Pest Control is a family company focused on providing residential pest and termite control services in the greater Tampa Bay, Fla., area.

From its four established offices in Tampa, New Port Richey, Dade City and Brooksville, Fla., the company provides services to customers in Citrus, Hillsborough, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk and Sumter counties in Florida.

“We are extremely excited to welcome the team members and customers of Crenshaw to the Arrow family,” said Emily Thomas Kendrick, CEO of Arrow Exterminators. “These new offices give us 42 service centers throughout the great state of Florida and a total of 162 offices in the country.”

“The company culture at Arrow is virtually identical to ours, which really sealed the deal for us. With six Crenshaw family members as owners in the company, finding another family company was very important to us and we found that in Arrow,” said David Crenshaw, president of Crenshaw Termite and Pest Control. “It was really refreshing to see just how well a big company like Arrow takes care of their team members and their customers. The ongoing training and recognition they give their employees is unmatched.”

About Arrow Exterminators

Family-owned and -operated since 1964, Atlanta, Ga.-based Arrow Exterminators is a pest and termite control company with a fleet of more than 2,800 vehicles, 162 service centers and more than 3,000 team members, with revenues exceeding $340 million. It was named a Top 5 USA Workplace in 2022.

Featuring QualityPro accreditation by the National Pest Management Association, the company offers residential and commercial pest control services in Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia.

Its chairman, Joe Thomas, is a Pest Management Professional Hall of Fame member (Class of 2009). He is the son of co-founders Starkey and Jean Thomas.