The pest control market has changed considerably over recent years, with larger companies who struggle to grow portfolio and turnover organically shifting their focus towards acquisition as the solution.

Shrinkage within what is already a small nationwide servicing pool has an impact on end-users. As numbers shrink, the large company monopoly increases further.

“This dominance of the market has the potential to allow the large company to increase margins at the expense of the end-user. Whilst takeovers and buy-outs are nothing new, there has been a noticeable acceleration in numbers over the last three years” says Henry Mott of Conquer Pest Control

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