Pest control in Kendall
For Kendall, a census-designated place, mosquito control is a Miami-Dade County service run by Solid Waste Management. Service requests go through the 311 Contact Center to its inspectors. The county's undated program description counts over 160 surveillance traps and lists larviciding and truck spraying, with planes used on adults when necessary. Miami-Dade's alert status held in the state's week 41 report, through October 17, 2026. It counted nine locally acquired dengue cases.
FDACS ties responsibility to a named person. A pest control location gets no business license without a certified operator in charge, a full-time employee whose principal duty is supervising the work in person, and one operator can't be in charge at more than one of a company's locations. For a home sale, a wood-destroying organism inspection has to be done by a licensee or a representative qualified for the work.
Each report names the licensee and the inspection date; the company files a copy for 3 years or longer. In Kendall, 56.5% of homes on the census line predate 1980, and 54.5% of units are from 1950 to 1979. Kendall's median year built is 1978 in ACS figures. About 62.2% of homes are owner-occupied, valued at a median $567,900, and the census counts 78,527 residents.
What pest control costs near Kendall
Because no one has sent us a quote from Kendall, there's no price for the city itself. The Florida page lists the estimates with what pest control workers are paid ($22.15 an hour in the BLS wage data, which is pay, not price) and the state license fees. How we estimate costs.
Licensing and rules for pest control in Kendall
Florida cities don't license pest control companies. FDACS licenses the business at each location, its certified operator and its employees, and state law reserves pest control and pesticide rules to the state, though a city or county may require a local business tax receipt, which needs the FDACS license first. Ask for the company's FDACS license number before anyone treats the house.
Pest control jobs in Kendall
Sources for Kendall
- Mosquito Control Fact Sheet Read Oct 24, 2026.
- Florida Department of Health, Florida Arbovirus Surveillance Week 41 Read Oct 29, 2026.
- Florida Statutes 2026 (Online Sunshine), chapter 482 Pest Control, page header "The 2026 Florida Statutes", ss. 482.021, 482.111, 482.152 Read Oct 28, 2026.
- US Census Bureau, ACS 2023 5-year (B01003, B25034, B25077) Read Oct 19, 2026.
- ACS 5-year B25034 Year Structure Built Read Oct 28, 2026.
- ACS 5-year B25003 Tenure Read Oct 28, 2026.
- ACS 5-year B25077 Median Value (owner-occupied units) Read Oct 28, 2026.
- ACS 5-year B25035 Median Year Structure Built Read Oct 28, 2026.