PestLog was born from 8 years of frustration with paperwork, lost logs, and overpriced software that did everything except what mattered.
Founder, PestLog
I spent 8 years as a pest control technician. Started right out of high school, got my license, learned the trade. The work was good. I liked being outside, solving problems, seeing results. What I didn't like? The paperwork.
Every company I worked for had a different system. Clipboards in the truck. Spiral notebooks. Those carbon-copy forms that smudged in the rain. At one place, we used an iPad app that was supposed to make everything easier. It cost the owner $180 a month and still didn't export reports in the format the state wanted.
Then came the audit. Spring of 2022. EPA inspector showed up unannounced, asked to see chemical application logs for the past two years. My boss scrambled. Pulled files from three different filing cabinets. Some logs were missing. Others were illegible. A few had coffee stains that covered critical information.
The result? $12,000 in fines.
Not because we used the wrong chemicals. Not because we violated safety protocols. Because we couldn't produce complete records.
That's when I realized: this isn't a pest control problem. It's a paperwork problem. And nobody was solving it.
After that audit, I started talking to other techs. Same story everywhere. Guys getting hit with fines because a log slipped under the truck seat. Companies paying $200+ a month for scheduling software when all they really needed was a way to document chemical applications that the EPA would actually accept.
I spent six months learning to code. Built the first version of PestLog nights and weekends. Showed it to my old boss and he was my first customer. Then his buddy in the next county signed up. Then another operator two states over.
PestLog does one thing: it makes sure you never lose another log, never waste time reformatting reports, and never risk a fine because you can't find your paperwork. That's it. No CRM. No scheduling. No invoicing. Just EPA compliance that actually works.
If you've ever scrambled to find a log during an inspection, or spent hours manually filling out state forms, or watched a colleague get fined for something that wasn't their fault, this is for you.
Make EPA compliance so simple that pest control operators can focus on what they do best: protecting homes and businesses from pests. No more lost paperwork. No more last-minute audit panic. Just clean, audit-ready logs—every time.
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