Bed bug exterminators in New York City

Licensed exterminators for bed bugs in New York City from NYS DEC records, plus 73,533 HPD bed bugs violations by neighborhood and what landlords must do.

Which borough is the job in?

How do you get rid of bed bugs for good?

Bed bugs hide in mattress seams, box springs, bed frames, couches and baseboard cracks, and spread on luggage, secondhand furniture and between apartments. Treatment is usually heat (raising the room above about 120°F) or several chemical visits, plus laundering bedding on high heat and encasing the mattress.

HPD inspectors wrote 73,533 violations for bed bugs in NYC rental buildings in the past 12 months: Brooklyn 38,052, Queens 15,252, Bronx 10,739, Manhattan 8,832, Staten Island 658.

Which New York City neighborhoods have the most bed bugs?

Neighborhood	HPD violations (12 mo)	Per 1,000 homes
Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn	4,171	54.4
East Flatbush, Brooklyn	2,497	39.9
Bushwick, Brooklyn	2,477	51.5
Sunset Park, Brooklyn	2,369	56.5
Astoria, Queens	2,048	30.7
East New York, Brooklyn	1,932	39.9
Crown Heights, Brooklyn	1,845	31
Borough Park, Brooklyn	1,771	69.2
Gravesend, Brooklyn	1,726	33.4
Bensonhurst, Brooklyn	1,676	48.3

Which licensed exterminators handle bed bug exterminators in New York City?

Pestco Inc.
Based in Borough Park (11219) · registered since 2010
NYS DEC pesticide business registration #14228
Afederal Exterminating LTD
Based in Borough Park (11219) · registered since 2012
NYS DEC pesticide business registration #6138
A-List Exterminator Home Inspection LLC
Based in Bushwick (11221) · registered since 2012
NYS DEC pesticide business registration #15706
Rambug Pest Control Inc.
Based in Gravesend (11223) · registered since 2013
NYS DEC pesticide business registration #6859
Rudy's Exterminating Co. Incorporated
Based in Astoria (11105) · registered since 2013
NYS DEC pesticide business registration #3168
H2 Environmental Pest Management Incorporated
Based in Astoria (11102) · registered since 2013
NYS DEC pesticide business registration #15121
Easy Pest Control Corp
Based in Borough Park (11219) · registered since 2013
NYS DEC pesticide business registration #14180
Beyond Pest Control Inc.
Based in Astoria (11102) · registered since 2013
NYS DEC pesticide business registration #14983
A C E Inc.
Based in East Flatbush (11203) · registered since 2013
NYS DEC pesticide business registration #10444
Merchant Boys LLC
Based in Crown Heights (11213) · registered since 2013
NYS DEC pesticide business registration #15765
Quality Exterminating Incorporated
Based in Borough Park (11219) · registered since 2013
NYS DEC pesticide business registration #15755
Bill's Pest Control LLC
Based in Sunset Park (11232) · registered since 2013
NYS DEC pesticide business registration #15806
Alternative Pest Control Incorporated
Based in Sunset Park (11232) · registered since 2013
NYS DEC pesticide business registration #13626
Green Guardian Pest Control Incorporated
Based in Gravesend (11223) · registered since 2014
NYS DEC pesticide business registration #15967
Green Exterminating Inc.
Based in Bensonhurst (11214) · registered since 2014
NYS DEC pesticide business registration #14461
Topco Pest Control Inc.
Based in Borough Park (11219) · registered since 2014
NYS DEC pesticide business registration #13815
Pestoff Exterminating Incorporated
Based in Borough Park (11219) · registered since 2014
NYS DEC pesticide business registration #16234
Able Best Pest Control Incorporated
Based in Borough Park (11219) · registered since 2014
NYS DEC pesticide business registration #13699

Showing 18 of 493 registered pest control businesses in New York City; those based in the hardest-hit neighborhoods first.

What should you ask before you hire?

Ask for an inspection first. A trained inspector or a bed bug dog should confirm bugs before treatment.
Heat treatment can clear a room in one day; chemical treatments usually need two or three visits two weeks apart.
Wash and dry bedding and clothes on high heat, bag them, and put encasements on the mattress and box spring.
In NYC rentals, landlords must deal with bed bugs and must tell new tenants about the building's bed bug history.

Do exterminators need a license in New York City?

Pest control businesses in New York are registered with the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), and anyone applying pesticides for hire must be a DEC-certified applicator or technician. In NYC rentals, landlords must fix pest conditions, and they file a bed bug report with HPD every year.

How can you check the license yourself?

Ask for the company's DEC business registration number and the technician's certification ID. Our listings come from DEC's list of currently registered pesticide businesses.

NYS DEC: pesticide business registration and applicator certification

Where can you check a pro or report a problem in NYC?

Questions people ask

Do NYC landlords have to pay for bed bug treatment?

Yes, landlords must fix bed bug conditions in rental apartments. They also file a bed bug report with HPD every year and give new tenants the building's bed bug history.

Is heat or chemical treatment better for bed bugs?

Heat works in one visit if the whole room reaches a lethal temperature; chemicals take several visits but reach places heat may miss. Many companies combine them. Ask what follow-up inspection is included.

Bed bug exterminators in other boroughs

Sources: NYS DEC registered pesticide businesses; NYC HPD housing violations (12 months to November 4, 2026).