Pest control in Tampa
Hillsborough County extended a State of Local Emergency over dengue fever, its Mosquito Operations page said on 10/22/2026, and the Mosquito Management Services team can't process routine mosquito requests until normal operations resume. That's the unit that covers Tampa addresses. Its main line is (813) 635-5400, spray notices go out through HCFLAlert, and a spraying map shows every treatment from the last 28 days. The Department of Health's week 41 report gave Hillsborough an alert, counting cases up to October 17, 2026.
Locally acquired dengue: 346 cases this year. Another 18 were travel-associated. Sentinel chickens there had turned up 3 EEE and 24 West Nile results by then. These are case and sample counts, not a forecast. Hillsborough's health department fields environmental public health questions at 813-307-8059. The county program keeps 30 traps, runs sentinel chickens for encephalitis viruses and inspects more than 30,000 larval sites a year. It treats by truck, helicopter or plane.
Its FAQ has a section on dengue and the Aedes mosquitoes that spread it. Owners live in 50.3% of Tampa's occupied homes, and 1985 is the ACS median year built. Neither the city nor the county licenses pest control companies. That license comes from FDACS, and a local business tax receipt can only follow it.
What pest control costs near Tampa
Because no one has sent us a quote from Tampa, 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 Tampa
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 Tampa
Sources for Tampa
- Mosquito Operations - Hillsborough County Read Oct 29, 2026.
- Mosquito Management Program - Hillsborough County Read Oct 28, 2026.
- Hillsborough County: Mosquito Operations FAQs Read Oct 28, 2026.
- Florida DOH Arbovirus Surveillance, Week 41 (2026-10-11 to 2026-10-17) Read Oct 29, 2026.
- Florida Department of Health in Hillsborough County: Environmental Public Health Read Oct 24, 2026.
- Florida Statutes 2026 ss. 482.071, 482.211, 482.242 Read Oct 28, 2026.
- ACS 5-year B25003 Tenure Read Oct 28, 2026.
- ACS 5-year B25035 Median Year Structure Built Read Oct 28, 2026.