Pest control in Holland
Ottawa County has two human West Nile cases in MDHHS's report of October 16, 2026, one of the few counties outside southeast Michigan and Kent with a count in this year's report. Holland sits in Ottawa and Allegan counties, so which county health office answers for your address depends on the street. Neither an Ottawa nor an Allegan County mosquito or tick page is one we can cite, and we can point to no spraying program in either county.
Holland's population is 34,266, its median home value is $235,800 and 63.6 percent of homes were built before 1980 (Census ACS 2023). The city is in the western Lower Peninsula, where MDHHS says blacklegged ticks are established, and the agency says they are active whenever it is above 40 degrees Fahrenheit. Ask your county health department, not a pest company, about local tick risk, and send a tick to MDHHS for identification.
A company serving Holland may be coming from a long way off: Jenison is 16.6 miles away, Allendale 16.7, Grandville 19.8, Grand Haven 20.7 and Wyoming 21.6. Ask if the technician's travel is in the price and if a return visit is included. MDARD licenses applicators and businesses, and MCL 324.8328 keeps city rules from duplicating the state's.
The wider area: Ottawa and Muskegon counties
The lakeshore is where MDHHS says infected blacklegged ticks were first confirmed in the Lower Peninsula, in 2002 along the west coast, and where they are now established. MDHHS counts two human West Nile cases in Ottawa County as of October 16, 2026. If a company treats yards for ticks or mosquitoes, ask what it bases the plan on, because the county-level pages we can cite are thin. Each city page says what we can cite for its own county.
What pest control costs near Holland
We have collected no quotes for Holland, so there is no price for the city itself. The statewide estimates are on each service page, and the Michigan page lists them with what pest control workers are paid (the Michigan median in BLS data for May 2025 is $21.38 an hour, which is pay, not price) and the state fees companies pay to be licensed. How we estimate costs.
Licensing and rules for pest control in Holland
Pest control has no city permit. MDARD licenses the company and its applicators statewide, and under MCL 324.8328 a city cannot add its own applicator license, though it may still regulate posting and notification. Ask any company for its MDARD business license number and the applicator's name, and call MDARD at 800-292-3939 with questions or complaints.
Pest control jobs in Holland
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Sources for Holland
- U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 five-year estimates (tables B01003, B25034, B25077) Read Oct 19, 2026.
- MDHHS: Arbovirus Weekly Summary, Michigan 2026 Read Oct 19, 2026.
- MDHHS: Emerging and Zoonotic Disease Surveillance Summary 2023 Read Oct 19, 2026.
- MDHHS Emerging Diseases: Lyme Disease Read Oct 19, 2026.
- MDHHS MiTracking: Ticks Read Oct 19, 2026.
- MCL 324.8328 (Michigan Legislature) Read Oct 19, 2026.