Updated September 2026
An AI receptionist for pest control companies.
Wasp nests by the door get the soonest slot. Ant calls and quarterly plans get quoted and booked.
Kim A.
Sat, Jun 13, 10:22 AM · 1:58
Wasp nest over the front door, child allergic. Booked today, flagged urgent.
(704) 555 0152
Fri, Jun 12, 7:48 PM · 2:36
Ants in the kitchen for a week. Quoted your initial treatment and the quarterly plan.
Carlos V.
Fri, Jun 12, 9:15 AM · 2:12
Spoke Spanish. Roaches in a rental unit. Booked Monday and texted you the address.
Erin J.
Thu, Jun 11, 4:30 PM · 1:41
Buyer's agent needs a termite letter before a closing on the 26th. Wants a call back.
What it does for pest control companies
An AI receptionist for pest control companies answers every call the moment it rings. It sorts the wasp nest by the front door from the ants in the kitchen, quotes routine treatments and recurring plans from your price book and books the visit on your route. When a caller has a real emergency, it reaches you fast. It works after hours and on weekends, even while your techs are out spraying.
- 7secondsMedian first reply to a new text, DM or form lead.
- 62%Of leads first reach out after hours or on a weekend.
- 141Appointments the AI booked, the typical one 13 minutes after the lead's first message.
Our figures as of September 29, 2026. Measured on 858 real leads across 8 client businesses (home services, real estate, business funding, and credit repair) from June to September 2026. Test contacts excluded.
Hear it handle a call like yours
The kind of call pest control companies get at the worst possible time, answered and booked while you work. Then try it yourself.
- AI: Thanks for calling Shield Pest Solutions. What are you seeing?
- Customer: Little black ants all over the kitchen. And there's a wasp nest by the back door.
- AI: Got it. How big is the nest, and is anyone in the house allergic to stings?
- Customer: About the size of a softball. My son's allergic.
- AI: Then let's keep everyone away from that door. I'm marking the nest urgent. Our initial ant treatment is $149, and removing the nest on the same visit adds $95.
- Customer: How soon can someone come?
- AI: Today at 2 PM is open. Want it?
- Customer: Yes.
- AI: You're booked for 2 PM, and I've texted the owner the details. If anyone gets stung and has trouble breathing, call 911 right away.
How it sorts a pest call
A wasp nest over the front door and a few ants on the patio are two different calls. The AI asks what they see, where and who is at risk, then routes it by your rules.
Urgent
Straight to you or the soonest slot
Stinging insects near people
Wasps, hornets or yellowjackets by a door, a play set or someone allergic. It tells the caller to keep everyone away, then books your soonest slot or reaches you.
Bed bugs and rodents inside
A bed bug find or mice in the kitchen. It asks which rooms and how long, then flags it so it does not sit for a week.
Routine
Quoted and booked on your calendar
Ants, roaches and spiders
It quotes your initial treatment from your price book and books the first visit on your route.
Recurring plans
Quarterly and monthly plans get your plan price and a booked first service, so the account starts on day one.
Termite and real estate inspections
It gets the property address, the inspection type and the closing date, then books a slot that beats the deadline.
Calls it handles
A wasp nest by the front door
The AI gets the address and how close the nest is to the door. It quotes the stinging-insect treatment from your price book and books the soonest open route slot.
A new ant or roach call while your techs are out
The AI picks up instead of voicemail and asks what they are seeing and where. It quotes the initial treatment and books the first visit before the lead reaches a competitor.
A real estate agent needs a termite letter by Friday
The AI catches the closing deadline and confirms the property address and inspection type. It quotes the WDO inspection and books it in time to keep the sale on track.
What one missed call costs
A typical pest control treatment runs $108 to $261.
Source: HomeAdvisor, updated June 19, 2026.
- Our starting plan
- $497 a month
- One pest control treatment, low end
- $108
- Booked jobs that cover it
- 5a month
A break-even line at the low end of the range. Not a forecast.
Run your own numbers in the Missed Revenue CalculatorBooked by your rules
It only offers real openings inside the hours you set, never a day you blocked. Spam and out-of-area leads never land on your calendar.
Text from your AInow
New booking: Kim A. Wasp nest over the front door, child allergic. Booked today, flagged urgent.
- Our CRMThe customer, the job and the whole conversation.
- Its calendarOn a real opening inside the hours you set.
- Your dashboardWith the call recording and a one-line summary.
- A text to your phoneThe moment it books, with the details.
After the call it keeps working
Follow-up written for every lead
A lead goes quiet? It follows up for weeks until they book or say no. Every follow-up is written for that one lead.
One memory across every channel
They text at lunch, DM at nine and call the next day. It already knows the job.
More reviews and fewer bad ones
Mark a job done and the AI asks how it went. Happy customers get your Google review link. Unhappy ones come to you first.
Kim A.
Completed · wasp nest removed
Review Shield Pest Solutions on Google
g.page/r/shield-pest/review
How it compares
Three ways owners cover the phone today, and what each one leaves on the table.
An answering service
- Billed by the minute or by the call
- A person takes a message for you
- Booking, follow-up and chat often cost extra
An in-house receptionist
- A salary, plus payroll taxes and time off
- One call at a time, during business hours
- Texts and DMs wait until there's a minute
A DIY AI tool
- You set it up and write its script
- Minutes metered, texting and follow-up often add-ons
- Nobody tunes it to your trade
TheContentLabs.AI: a flat plan from $497 a month, phone usage at cost. Every call, text and DM answered, booked by your rules and followed up. We build it and run it.
Common questions
Can it tell an urgent pest problem from a routine one?
Yes. It asks what they are dealing with and where. A wasp nest by the door, a yellowjacket swarm or a possible bed bug case gets flagged and reaches you quickly. Routine ant, spider or quarterly service calls get quoted and booked on the next open route slot.
Can it quote my treatments and recurring plans?
Yes, straight from your price book. The initial treatment, one-time service or quarterly plan you charge for is the price the caller hears. For anything that needs an inspection first, like termites or a heavy infestation, it sets the expectation and books the assessment.
What happens when someone calls after hours or on a weekend?
It answers the same way it does at noon on a Tuesday. A homeowner who finds a nest on Saturday morning gets a real conversation, a quote and a booked visit, and so does a tenant calling about roaches at night. You wake up to jobs on the calendar instead of a list of missed calls.
More trades we build for
Same system, set up for how each trade quotes and books.
- LandscapersA storm drops a tree across the driveway
- Lawn CareA new mowing customer at 7am
- Tree ServiceA tree on the house after a storm
- Pressure WashingAn HOA notice with a deadline
- Pool ServiceA green pool two days before a party
- Irrigation & Sprinkler CompaniesA broken main line at 7am
- Snow RemovalA lot iced over before open
See what every missed lead is costing you.
A free Missed Revenue Audit puts a dollar figure on every call, text and DM you miss or answer too slowly, including the ones your ads paid for. The numbers are yours to keep.