Pest Management Professional, April 2014
ANT Management GUIDE 2014 1 branch 82 Less than 250000 54 250000 to 499999 21 500000 to 999999 6 1 million to 4999999 11 5 million or more 8 Small bugs PMPs 2014 Ant Management Survey reveals Argentine fire and acrobat ants are generating more inspection treatment business and more PMPs are topping 1 million in annual ant management revenue Survey Analysis by Marty Whitford t Publisher Editorial Director M illion dollar baby Thats what ants represent to more and more pest management professionals PMPs In Pest Management Professionals PMPs 2014 Ant Management Survey more than twice as many PMPs reported topping the 1 million mark in annual ant management revenue than did in last years survey Helping PMPs accomplish this feat were the usual suspects carpenter odorous house pavement crazy Pharaoh little black and yellow large ants as well as burgeoning Argentine fire and acrobat ants These small bugs represent big money to PMPs In our survey 8 reported 2013 ant management revenue of 1 million or more Another 8 reaped between 250000 and 999999 from ant management work last year PMPs Top 10 Ant Species By Jobs Generated in 2013 were 1 Carpenter ants retained 2012 throne 2 Argentine ants up three spots 3 Odorous house ants down one spot 4 Fire ants up four spots 5 Acrobat ants up one spot 6 Little black ants down two spots 7 Pavement ants down four spots 8 Crazy ants down one spot 9 Pharaoh ants unchanged and 10 Yellow large Citronella ants Note For other trends check out the accompanying infographics based on our 2014 Ant Management Survey ANT 2014 Continued on page AM14 Respondent Demographics NUMBER OF BRANCHES including headquarters NUMBER OF TECHS Four or fewer techs 70 Two to four branches 11 Five to nine branches 5 10 or more branches 2 Five to nine techs 19 10 or more techs 11 2013 TOTAL REVENUE BIGMONEY AM12 April 2014 Pest Management Professional www mypmp net
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