MENDHAM, NJ—According to Specialty Product Consultants’ Gary Curl, the U.S. structural pest control industry generated an estimated $7.213 billion in total service revenue in 2013, a 5.9 percent increase from the $6.815 billion measured in 2012. The Top 4 U.S. service providers, Orkin, Terminix, Ecolab and Rentokil, represented nearly 45 percent of the total industry revenue […]
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Difference Makers: Kim Kelley-Tunis
How did you turn your Purdue University degree in wildlife into your position as director of technical services for Rollins? People...
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Changes to Rodenticide Labels will Fortify Control Measures
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