Are your technicians BC-licensed for commercial work?

Yes. All of our technicians are licensed structural pesticide applicators under the BC Integrated Pest Management Act, with current certification. License numbers appear on every service report. We do not subcontract commercial work to unlicensed labour.

How does your commercial cockroach program differ from a residential one?

Commercial cockroach programs (especially in food-service) require source-tracing across building infrastructure, deep-clean coordination with operations, IPM-led intervention (gel bait + IGR + boric acid in voids — no broadcast pyrethroid in active food-handling areas), monthly monitor + log review, and Health Authority audit-ready documentation. The technical depth is significantly higher than a residential single-visit treatment.

Can you support a Vancouver Coastal Health inspection on short notice?

Yes. Existing accounts have ongoing audit-ready documentation that supports VCH inspection response without additional preparation on your part. For new operators facing imminent inspection without an existing pest contractor, we can do an emergency diagnostic + initial intervention + documentation setup inside 24-48 hours. Same-day call response on commercial.

Do you handle multi-family property management portfolios?

Yes. Property management portfolio work includes per-building monthly base service + on-call unit response, with BC RTA-compliant documentation supporting landlord discharge of pest treatment obligations under the BC Residential Tenancy Act. We coordinate tenant communication, provide written treatment scopes for tenant notice periods, and document treatment access requirements per BC RTB requirements.

What about emergency bedbug response in a Vancouver hotel?

Same-day response on commercial bedbug calls. For hotels and serviced apartments where unit downtime is expensive, we typically recommend heat treatment (single visit, no follow-up required, room sleepable that night). Discreet protocol, unmarked vehicle on request, generic invoice and documentation, photo report only to designated property contact.

Do you do food production HACCP-compliant work?

Yes. Food production accounts run on bi-weekly or weekly visit frequency depending on facility risk + audit framework. Documentation aligns with HACCP + AIB + SQF + BRCGS. We carry the certifications and the documentation discipline required for these accounts; audit prep is part of the monthly program, not a separate billable.

Can you take over an existing commercial account mid-contract elsewhere?

Yes. We onboard mid-cycle accounts regularly. Initial diagnostic + IPM plan is included at no additional cost on initial engagement. We can also support transition documentation for the outgoing provider exit if needed. The most common reason operators call us mid-cycle is failed audit or VCH/FHA non-compliance under their existing contractor.

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Q: Do you sell auto-renewing commercial contracts?

No. Our commercial accounts are monthly, no minimum term, no auto-renewal, no cancellation fee. The auto-renewing multi-year contract is the single biggest source of commercial pest control complaints in our industry; we refuse to run that play. We earn the account every month through the structured program and documented diagnostics, not through a contract clause.

Commercial pest control isn't residential pest control with a higher invoice

Different regulatory framework, different documentation, different stakeholder structure, different methods. Most companies treat it as the same — that's why their commercial accounts churn every 18 months.

We took the same operational discipline that built our residential reputation — find the source, seal the entry, then treat; photo report inside 30 minutes; no auto-renewal contracts — and built a commercial program around it. The difference between a commercial scope and a residential scope isn't just the unit price. It's the regulatory documentation framework (BC Integrated Pest Management Act licensing, BC Pest Control Products Act application records, Vancouver Coastal Health Authority + Fraser Health Authority audit support, HACCP + AIB compliance for food-handling clients), the multi-stakeholder structure (operator + property management + tenant + auditor), and the depth of source-tracing required when the financial impact of a failed treatment is a Health Authority closure or an audit failure.

We don't bid on race-to-the-bottom commercial contracts. Most commercial accounts that churn every 18 months are churning because the previous provider was selling a low monthly rate against minimum-effort visits — show up, spray a perimeter, sign the log, leave. We sell structured programs with documented diagnostics, IPM-led intervention, and the source-tracing depth that actually keeps populations from re-establishing. Our pricing reflects that. Our retention reflects that.

Vancouver verticals we serve

Restaurants + cafés + food service — Yaletown, Mount Pleasant, Commercial Drive, Main Street, Robson, Granville, Gastown, Chinatown, Strathcona, Kerrisdale, Kitsilano. German cockroach + Norway rat + American cockroach + fruit fly + small fly programs.
Hotels + serviced apartments — downtown core, West End, Yaletown, Coal Harbour. Bedbug response programs (heat + chemical), cockroach + rodent monthly maintenance, discreet protocols for guest-facing situations.
Food production + commissary kitchens + ghost kitchens — Mount Pleasant Industrial, Marine Gateway, East Vancouver industrial. HACCP + CFIA + BCCDC-aligned documentation.
Healthcare — clinics, dental offices, pharmacies, long-term care, residential care. IPM-only protocols (no broadcast pesticides in patient-facing spaces), pharaoh ant + cockroach + rodent specialty programs.
Multi-family property management — strata + rental property management portfolios, building-level coordinated treatment, tenant communication support, BC Residential Tenancy Act compliance documentation.
Retail + grocery + warehouse — stored product pest programs, grain + flour beetle programs, Indian meal moth, German cockroach loading-bay control.
Schools + childcare — K-12 + daycare facilities, IPM-required protocols under BC educational facility guidelines.

Our Vancouver commercial program structure

Diagnostic-first, IPM-led, source-trace-required, monthly structured. Not a perimeter-spray-and-sign-the-log program.

Initial diagnostic + IPM plan

Full facility audit on initial engagement. Conducive conditions inventory (sanitation gaps, structural gaps, equipment harborage, drainage issues). Existing pest activity baseline (live observation + monitor placement + 30-day activity log review where prior records exist). Documented IPM plan written to your facility, your regulatory framework, and your business continuity priorities.

Source-tracing intervention

Before product, source. For German cockroach in mixed-use buildings we trace to the source kitchen, even when that source isn't your account. For Norway rats in commercial back-of-house we trace exterior bait station hits to source burrows + city sewer access points. For fruit fly + small fly we trace to the drain or substrate generating the population. Treatment without source identification is whack-a-mole.

IPM-led treatment + recurring service

Gel bait + IGR for cockroaches (no broadcast pyrethroid in active food-handling areas). Mechanical trapping + perimeter exclusion for rodents. Targeted residual for stored-product pests. Monthly structured visits with documented log review, monitor count + location updates, and conducive-conditions re-assessment. Frequency tuned to facility risk + activity profile.

Documentation that survives an audit

Every visit: applicator BC IPM license number, products applied (PCP registration number, active ingredient, application rate, location), monitors checked + activity log, conducive conditions identified + assigned to correction owner, photo report. Audit-ready records retained for 3 years. We're regularly the contractor on file for properties facing Vancouver Coastal Health, Fraser Health, AIB, SQF, BRCGS, and HACCP audits.

All applications performed by BC-licensed structural pesticide applicators under the BC Integrated Pest Management Act. License + certification numbers on every report.

No contract trap — even on commercial accounts

Our commercial pricing is monthly, no minimum term, no auto-renewal, no cancellation fee. The single biggest source of commercial pest control complaints in our industry is the multi-year auto-renewing contract that locks operators into providers who stopped showing real effort six months in. We refuse to run that play. If you're not getting value, you cancel — no fight, no fee, no friction.

What this means in practice: we have to earn the account every month. The structured monthly program, the documented diagnostics, the source-tracing depth, and the audit-ready records aren't sales theatre — they're how we keep the account. Our commercial retention is meaningfully above industry average specifically because we're not relying on a contract clause to keep clients.

Vancouver commercial pricing structure

Commercial pricing is custom-quoted to facility size, vertical, and required visit frequency. The ranges below give a starting reference for the most common Vancouver scopes.

Account type	Typical monthly	Visit frequency
Single-location restaurant or café (under 2,500 sq ft)	$179-$249	Monthly, with on-call response inside 24 hours.
Multi-location restaurant group (per location)	$149-$199	Monthly, with portfolio reporting + multi-location program oversight.
Boutique hotel / serviced apartment building	$349-$649	Monthly base + bedbug + cockroach response on-call.
Food production / commissary	$549-$1,200	Bi-weekly or weekly depending on HACCP requirements + facility risk.
Healthcare facility (clinic / pharmacy / dental)	$199-$399	Monthly, IPM-only protocol, no broadcast pesticides.
Multi-family property management portfolio	Custom quote	Per-building monthly base + on-call unit response. BC RTA documentation included.
Retail / grocery (per location)	$249-$549	Monthly + quarterly stored-product pest deep-inspection.
K-12 school / childcare	Custom quote	BC educational facility IPM-only protocol, monthly or quarterly.

Initial diagnostic + IPM plan is included on initial engagement at no additional cost. Bedbug + heat treatment + emergency response are quoted separately on a per-event basis.

Regulatory + audit framework

We hold and operate under the following BC and federal regulatory frameworks:

BC Integrated Pest Management Act — structural pesticide applicator license required for all commercial application work in the province. Our technicians carry current certification; license numbers are on every report.
Federal Pest Control Products Act + Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) registration — every product we apply is PCP-registered for the use we apply it to. Off-label application is a regulatory and ethical bright line we don't cross.
Vancouver Coastal Health + Fraser Health Authority — we're regularly the contractor on file for food-service operations facing health inspection. Our documentation is built to support inspection responses without additional preparation work on your end.
HACCP + AIB + SQF + BRCGS — for food production accounts, our documentation aligns with the major food safety auditing frameworks. Audit prep is part of our monthly program, not a separate billable.
BC Residential Tenancy Act — for property management portfolios, our documentation supports landlord obligation discharge under the RTA bedbug + pest treatment requirements.

Vancouver Commercial Pest Control