Transactions

Deal closed March 7 Heron Home & Outdoor has acquired Orlando area company Critter & Pest Defense – a pest and wildlife management company. Started in 2007, Critter & Pest Defense has been a family company, led by owners

The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company announced that its subsidiary EG Systems, Inc., doing business as Scotts LawnService, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the assets of Action Pest Control, Evansville Ind., which ranked 56th on the 2014 PCT Top 100

ATLANTA – Orkin expanded its employee and customer base in New York by acquiring Pugliese Pest Solutions on Feb. 3. Orkin acquired the family-owned company from Rick and Fran Pugliese whose father, F.J. Pugliese, founded Pugliese Pest Solutions in 1963.

ATLANTA – Orkin recently expanded its lawn care services in Southern Florida by acquiring Lawn & Ornamental Green Services, also known as Green Plus. Green Plus is headquartered in West Palm Beach, Fla. Green Plus was started in 2004 by

Orkin announced the acquisition of Florida-based Tri-County Pest Control South from Maria and Charles Baker, who started Tri-County immediately after they sold their Detroit business to Orkin, in 2004. "Based on the success and ease of that 2004 merger, they

Jose Capo started Big Deal Exterminating in 1989, a year after his mother, Migdalia Rosario, sold her company, Ramalos Pest Control. Rosario was the first woman licensed to perform pest control in Puerto Rico in the early 1970s. Capo was

Kemp Anderson helped Orkin acquire Professional Killers Pest Control Inc.of St. Thomas in October, 2011, making it the first Orkin acquisition in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Pro Killers Owner Dianne Rosebury, originally from Canada, sold the business to return

Orkin has bought JERMAC Inc. of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida Financial terms were not disclosed. In the next six months, JERMAC’s customers will be serviced out of the North Broward Orkin branch in Pompano Beach, Fla. Ten JERMAC employees will

Orkin has bought pest control companies Economy Pest Control of Sidney, Iowa. Financial terms were not disclosed. Economy Pest Control owners Dennis and Linda Jordan will retire and the company will merge into the nearest Orkin branch in Omaha,

Orkin has bought Shilling’s Pest Control of Dallas, Texas. Financial terms were not disclosed. Shilling’s Pest Control owner Rich Shilling, will stay with Orkin as a service manager and the company will merge into the Prime Pest Management branch

In a deal that has significant implications for the pest control industry, especially in Florida, Harvey L. Massey, chairman and CEO of Massey Services, announced the company has reached a definitive agreement to purchase Sunair Services Corporation including its subsidiary,

In a deal that has significant implications for the pest control industry, especially in Florida, Harvey L. Massey, chairman and CEO of Massey Services, announced the company has reached a definitive agreement to purchase Sunair Services Corporation including its subsidiary,

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Sunair Services Corp. has acquired the assets of privately-held Marshall Pest Control. Headquartered in Naples, Fla., the company will be integrated into Sunair's wholly owned subsidiary Middleton Lawn & Pest Control. Marshall Pest Control has provided

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Sunair Services Corp. announced that it has acquired the assets of Longboat Key Pest Control. Headquartered in Longboat Key, Fla., the company will be integrated into the Sunair's wholly owned subsidiary Middleton Lawn & Pest Control.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Sunair Services Corp. acquired the assets of Howell Environmental. Founded in 1982 and headquartered in West Palm Beach, Fla., the company will be integrated into the company’s subsidiary Middleton Lawn & Pest Control. Howell Environmental Services provides

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Sunair Services Corp. acquired the assets of Summer Rain Fertilization Co. Founded in 1988 and headquartered in Margate, Fla., the company will be integrated into the Sunair's wholly owned subsidiary Middleton Lawn & Pest Control and