Pest Control in Georgia

Georgia pest pressure, metro by metro

Georgia does not have one pest problem — it has one per metro, shaped by local weather:

• long, hot, humid summers and mild winters that let pests breed nearly year-round (Atlanta)
• long, hot, humid summers and mild winters that let pests breed nearly year-round (Augusta)
• long, hot, humid summers and mild winters that let pests breed nearly year-round (Savannah)
• long, hot, humid summers and mild winters that let pests breed nearly year-round (Columbus)

Across the state we cover 68 counties within these metro areas. Browse the metro pages below, or see the Georgia county index for county-level coverage.

Georgia coverage in numbers

Add the state up and coverage looks like this: about 9,230,522 people across 11 metro areas, 128 named communities, 431 ZIP codes and 68 counties — with Atlanta, the largest metro, carrying roughly 70% of the covered population. Annual average temperatures span from about 61°F around Gainesville to 68°F around Albany, a spread that moves first-frost dates, termite pressure and tick seasons from one end of Georgia to the other.

Read Georgia through its largest metro: Atlanta homes have a median build year of 1993, with roughly 27% of the stock built before 1980 and 66% owner-occupied. Age like that means settled gaps at foundations, mature landscaping against walls, and crawlspaces that have hosted decades of seasons — the conditions the metro pest guides on this page are written around.

Georgia metros at a glance

Atlanta — a metro of 6,482,182 across 29 counties, where the watch list runs subterranean termites, Formosan termites, mosquitoes — the standing pattern where long, hot, humid summers and mild winters that let pests breed nearly year-round.

Augusta — 641,231 residents, 7 counties. First on its watch list: subterranean termites, then Formosan termites and mosquitoes — the pattern of a metro where long, hot, humid summers and mild winters that let pests breed nearly year-round.

Savannah — about 438,314 residents across 3 counties. The local watch list: subterranean termites, Formosan termites and mosquitoes, in a metro where long, hot, humid summers and mild winters that let pests breed nearly year-round.

Columbus — about 324,830 residents across 7 counties. The local watch list: subterranean termites, Formosan termites and mosquitoes, in a metro where long, hot, humid summers and mild winters that let pests breed nearly year-round.

Macon — 238,553 residents, 5 counties. First on its watch list: subterranean termites, then Formosan termites and mosquitoes — the pattern of a metro where long, hot, humid summers and mild winters that let pests breed nearly year-round.

Gainesville — 226,568 residents, 1 counties. First on its watch list: subterranean termites, then Formosan termites and mosquitoes — the pattern of a metro where long, hot, humid summers and mild winters that let pests breed nearly year-round.

Athens — a metro of 224,148 across 4 counties, where the watch list runs subterranean termites, Formosan termites, mosquitoes — the standing pattern where long, hot, humid summers and mild winters that let pests breed nearly year-round.

Warner Robins — 208,091 residents, 2 counties. First on its watch list: subterranean termites, then Formosan termites and mosquitoes — the pattern of a metro where long, hot, humid summers and mild winters that let pests breed nearly year-round.