Before Blaylock’s Pest Solutions ever existed, I was just a guy working in pest control, learning the trade the hard way and figuring out what good service actually looks like in the real world. By the time I started my own company, I had about four years of hands on pest control experience, and I had seen both sides of the industry. I worked for a medium sized company that eventually got bought out by a much larger one. And honestly, I am glad I had that experience, because it let me see how a business grows, how systems get built, and how the day to day changes when a company goes from smaller and personal to bigger and more corporate.



The first six months for me were rough. Not because I hated pest control itself, but because the training process in this industry is not always what people think it is. A lot of companies will give you a few days of training, maybe a week if you are lucky, and then you are out running your own route. You can always call your managers, and mine would answer when I needed them, but the reality is most companies hire when they are already slammed. They are not hiring because they want to take their time and train you perfectly. They are hiring because they are busy and they need help now. Once I got through that learning curve, things started to click, and I started to really enjoy the work and take pride in doing it right.

After about a year to a year and a half, I became a team lead. That meant I was helping mentor other technicians and I started thinking about moving into a service manager role. I was not fully committed to that path yet, but I was getting closer and closer to making that push. Then the buyout happened. Our branch merged with others, and I could see pretty clearly that the opportunity to move up into management was going to take a long time to open up, if it opened up at all.

Around that time, I had an opportunity to move outside of my non compete zone, and that is when the idea of building my own thing became real. When I started Blaylock’s Pest Solutions, the mission was simple. Provide the highest quality service possible, and bring real knowledge and experience to the table, not just a quick spray and a bill. I am not saying you cannot start a pest control company without experience. Plenty of people have done it and done it well. I respect that. I just know learning the trade is half the battle, and I am thankful I had the years in the field first, because it lets me deliver a level of service that I would want at my own home.

That is what the brand is built on. Experience, quality, and doing the job the right way every single time.