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Pest Authority franchise — is it worth it?
Medium risk Shrinking network
Pest Authority is a home services franchise with a relatively low initial investment range of $25,500 to $105,700.
Everything below is free, read straight off Pest Authority's registered filing, with where the numbers land against home services peers. Weighing Pest Authority against other options? Get a free shortlist of franchises that fit your budget.
Figures above are as disclosed in Pest Authority's most recent FDD (registered 2026). Source: Wisconsin Dept. of Financial Institutions — Franchise Registration · filing 641654 — check it yourself. See every other Wisconsin-registered franchise.
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Pest Authority franchise profit — what the FDD discloses
Plainly: Pest Authority does not disclose franchise profit or revenue. Its most recent FDD makes no Item 19 financial performance representation, so there is no franchisor-backed earnings figure for Pest Authority — any number quoted elsewhere is an estimate, not a disclosure. The absence is itself worth weighing (77% of home services franchisors in our corpus do disclose); the fees, litigation and outlet churn Pest Authority's FDD does contain are on this page. For brands that put earnings on paper, see Home services & home improvement franchises with disclosed Item 19 earnings.
Pest Authority lawsuits & legal history (FDD Item 3)
Pest Authority's most recently filed Franchise Disclosure Document (2026) does disclose 6 legal proceedings in Item 3 . Item 3 is the item where a franchisor must put its material legal history on the record. Two things it is not: it covers the franchisor and its predecessors, parents and affiliates, so a disclosed case is not necessarily a suit against Pest Authority itself; and a disclosure is a fact, not a finding of wrongdoing — most entries are contract disputes with former franchisees, which every large system accumulates. Item 3 of the source FDD describes each case.
Pest Authority closures & failure rate
Before you sign, Pest Authority will hand you a list of current owners to call as references — and they choose who's on that list. It won't include the owners who quit, got bought out, or were forced out last year. The FDD does report that number, even though the reference list leaves those people off. Below is what Pest Authority's most recent filing shows, and whether it's normal for a home services of this kind.
The closest thing an FDD has to a failure rate is Item 20 — outlet openings, closures, terminations and non-renewals, reported by the franchisor. Pest Authority's latest tables show a shrinking franchised network — more units left than opened. Its franchised-outlet closure rate — closures, terminations and non-renewals against outlets — is 2%, against a home services median of 5.1% — at or better than the category. Net franchised outlets moved -5 to 341 in the latest reported year.
Who owns Pest Authority?
Pest Authority's franchise is offered by Main Line Brands LLC — the franchisor named on the cover of its most recently filed Franchise Disclosure Document (2026), and the entity a franchisee actually signs with. That name comes straight off the filing at WI DFI; it identifies the franchisor, not necessarily the ultimate parent company behind it. The same franchisor files separate FDDs for other brands, which is worth knowing — sibling brands share a franchise-support organization but disclose their own numbers:
Home services franchises at a similar investment level
Anyone weighing Pest Authority is really weighing it against the other brands their money could go into. These are the closest by total initial investment (FDD Item 7), each with its own FDD-based page.
Pest Authority franchise — frequently asked
Who owns Pest Authority — who is the franchisor?
Pest Authority's most recently filed FDD (2026) names Main Line Brands LLC as the franchisor — the entity you would actually sign the franchise agreement with, as stated on the disclosure document itself. The same franchisor also files FDDs for Fitness Machine Technicians FMT, Mosquito Authority. A registry filing names the franchisor, not necessarily its ultimate parent company.
How much does a Pest Authority franchise cost?
Pest Authority's most recently filed FDD (Item 7) puts the total estimated initial investment at $25,500 – $105,700, with an initial franchise fee of $25,000. That price is the franchisor's own estimate of what it takes to open, not a quote. Against home services peers it sits in the top quartile (median $162,725).
How much profit does a Pest Authority franchise make?
Pest Authority makes no Item 19 financial performance representation, so there is no franchisor-disclosed revenue or profit figure for Pest Authority at all — and profit would never be disclosed even where earnings are, because it depends on your rent, labor and how you operate. Any profit figure quoted elsewhere is an estimate, not a disclosure.
Does Pest Authority disclose financial performance (Item 19)?
No — Pest Authority's most recent FDD makes no Item 19 financial performance representation. Its absence is worth weighing: 77% of home services franchisors in our corpus do disclose.
Are there lawsuits against Pest Authority?
Pest Authority's most recently filed FDD (2026) discloses 6 legal proceedings in Item 3. Item 3 covers the franchisor, its predecessors, parents and affiliates — so a disclosed case is not necessarily a suit against Pest Authority itself, and a disclosure is not a finding of wrongdoing.
Is Pest Authority a good franchise to buy?
Nobody can answer that from Pest Authority's numbers alone — it comes down to how its investment, earnings, litigation and franchisee churn stack up against home services peers and against your own budget. Our read on this filing is medium risk. Every figure behind that read is on this page for free. If you're comparing options, the free shortlist on this page matches you with 5–10 franchises that fit your budget and industry.
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