Structural pest control licensing
Is your exterminator licensed in Massachusetts?
MDAR moved licensing onto the ePLACE Portal, part of the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs online permitting system, and all applications now go through it — but that is an APPLICANT portal, not a public register, so do not expect to search it as a consumer. No public applicator search was located for this state. The agency and program below are confirmed; verify by phone or email, and if you find a searchable register, add the URL here. Program line: 617-626-1778. Note also that kellysolutions.com/ma/ is a product registration search, not an applicator search. Pair with the Massachusetts law page: in a building of two or more units the owner is responsible for pest elimination, applicators must give 48 hours written pre-notification listing the products’ EPA registration numbers and active ingredients, and your board of health must inspect within 24 hours of an insect complaint — the fastest inspection route in the country.
- Who regulates it
- MDAR
- Verification
- Online
- Check before paying
- The business license
The regulator
The credential to look for
Open the official Massachusetts search →
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What to verify, in order
The business license, not just the technician
Most states license the company and certify the individual separately. A certified technician working for an unlicensed business is still an unlicensed job.
The category or phase covers structural work
Licenses are issued by category. An applicator certified for turf and ornamental has no business in your bedroom.
Status is active, not lapsed
Some state databases exclude cancelled licenses from results entirely, so a revoked company returns the same empty result as a typo. If you get nothing, phone the agency before assuming you mistyped.
Complaint and enforcement history
Where a state publishes disciplinary actions they are usually on the board site rather than inside the license search.
Link last confirmed: . State license portals migrate often and licenses lapse daily — treat anything older than a few months as a starting point, not an answer.
Always confirm on the state's own site. This page points at the official database; it does not mirror or cache license records. Status changes daily and only the issuing agency is authoritative.