Richard F. was our technician today. He did an amazing job! Covered the entire property. Cleaning spider webs first, then spaying the entire property using pet and eco-friendly products. He was friendly, polite and most importantly knowledge about his business. I would highly recommend him and Cork's Pest Control. read more

My inlaws use this company for pest control. They have for years. I'm the last few years, the techs show up every 4 to 6 months, and they do a quick spray and leave. My inlaws are billed monthly for these services that don't get done. They don't get credited, just a date that the next service will be done, and that's only if they call and say that they haven't seen a technician recently. The service schedule is on a monthly rotation, and already paid for. The value to using this service is low. I recommend Aptive as a reliable and accountable pest control service. They text when they are on their way and when they have finished, and tell you when you will see them next. read more

Corky's was charging my blind stepmother $160 a month for a 2 bed/1 bath house. That's elder abuse.

We paid for a monthly service then they continued to take our money but no longer came! Then they said they changed the service to come when we called with a problem. Now we have ants, called to have them come out and they booked 2 weeks out. Then they didn't come and when called they said their technician was over booked so they scheduled to come out 2 weeks later! Horrible! The ants will carry us away by then! But they still take our money! Thieves! read more

DO NOT use this company. Worst customer service ever. They bind you to a contract with a cancellation penalty fee. They take your money every month. They never give a time they are coming. I had two back to back "No Shows" and when I called, they gave no excuse, just automatically rescheduled. Customer service was rude when I tried to cancel. read more

Read your agreement very carefully when you sign up with Corky's. You might think you are signing up for a short-term issue, but not told you are signing a long-term agreement. I asked to cancel the service and was told I had signed a one-year contract. The company has been taken over by a multi-national corporation who's only interest is squeezing every dollar then can from customers. I will NEVER use Corky's againg. read more

It's with a heavy heart I have terminated 20 years of service with Corkys. In the last year there has been an untenable change in service. A once great company has failed. I provided patience and understanding but they have failed consistently. I have been on a monthly contract for gopher/ground squirrel control for 20 years. The battle has been hard fought. But they have failed. The most recent egregious customer service failure is when a technicians solution to an active gopher hole was to put a rock over it. Reached out to Nancy, the office manger with no response, no returned calls. Silence! Additionally, technicians would arrive on property apply minimum effort for service then sit in their vehicle on their iphone. The company GPS shows on property twenty minutes but they only really worked 5 or 10 at most. This company is going down hill because private equity investors have bought the company and are picking it apart OR they have instituted a DEI hiring policy and have filled senior leadership positions with persons who have zero experience in pest control and leading people. Truly sad to end twenty years of faithful service in such a manner. I am truly heartbroken, Respectfully submitted. . read more

Oscar was quite nice and informative. Took him 2.5hours to do the localized treatment and minor wood repair. $1,400!!!! Over $500 per hour. I'm sure you can do better on value for your dollar with someone else. This should have been a $500 - $600 job. They had also done the inspection for the sellers of our house and boy did they leave some stuff out that just a few month's later they are saying needs to done. I think they were bent to their minimal recommendations by the sellers. Get your own inspection if sellers have used Corky's. read more

Interesting and not totally positive experience. We had rats and mice in our attic. They did an "exclusion" service and put traps and sensors in the attic but seemed more interested in getting us on their monthly subscription service. Communications lacking: they put some "rodent sensors" in the attic but we called them several times after hearing noises above at night; we never got a call from Corky's saying that their sensors had picked up movement. Then, this last week we got a new clothes washer and dryer because the 13yo dryer wasn't drying clothes. Well, the new dryer wasn't drying the clothes either and reported D80 and D90 error codes (exhaust duct blocked 80 or 90% respectively. Apparently during the "exclusion" service, contrary to the building code, they'd put some metal mesh across the dryer vent on the roof. The mesh was covered with lint, blocking the exhaust. I'm sorry but I can't recommend Corky's. read more

Corky's was great for many years and we were very satisfied but they evidently changed hands or had a reorganization. We did not see them for several months or see evidence they had been here. They changed our service from 6 wks to 3 mo, raised price significantly, and wanted a year's payment which they demanded very aggressively. read more

I am in Oceanside, CA and hired Corky's to get rid of my gophers and they were a complete and utter - joke. When I called and alerted them that there were gophers, they would set a trap - but no one ever came back to check to see if they caught the gopher. I still have a trap with a flag that hasn't been checked for several months. I called them several times to give them a chance to fix their problems - but to no avail. Don't even think about these guys if you have a gopher problem... Randy C. read more

"I am writing this to warn everyone about the shady way Corky's operate . After receiving a scheduled service notification for Friday, the company failed to show up. When I contacted customer service, they insisted the technician had already visited so by law they can't schedule service at my home anytime soon . I have timestamped video evidence showing no one arrived. It is very concerning that a company would falsify service records. I am currently seeking a resolution and patiently waiting for the manager to call me back. They used to be good but something has changed, maybe a new ownership or different manager. I guess it's time to look for another company. read more

My wife and I were out of town when a Corky's employee tried to beak into our home. Our security camera caught him in the act. No cars in the driveway and he went to the front door, did not knock but tried the doorknob which was locked. He then started peering through windows when no one answered the door. He then walk around the house a few time before leaving. Corky's said he was looking to see if we need help. BS. The company is a joke. read more

Would not recommend. Made an appointment for someone to come for an estimate at 3:00; I purposely made it for this time because I would be off work by then. Got a text saying my tech would be at the location at 10! I called to ask why this change happened and she said that was the only time available. It wasn't convenient but I was able to take off and meet up. Once he got there we signed a contract and agreed upon a date to start the work two weeks later. On the date we were supposed to meet, no one showed up and the day came and went. I called the office and found out the paperwork had never been processed! The guy on the phone said he would expedite it and another two weeks later I still haven't gotten a call back!! Don't waste your time. Seems like they're not interested in actual work. read more

This used to be a good company but something has changed over the past year and I will be canceling my service after 5 years. I used to not have bugs, but now I have spiders, ants, and other bugs I can't name. I was hoping things would get better but they haven't. read more

DO NOT use this company. I have spent more time managing their lack of service than they spend managing their business. I have been waiting since December for a pest respray since it was raining when they did it in the beginning of December. I followed up with them in December and they said they would schedule it. It has yet to be done. I got a $73 bill for gopher service yesterday and I didn't even know they came. I checked my video feed and the technician was here for 13.5 minutes. He spent 7 minutes of that sitting in his truck and literally 38 SECONDS spreading granules on one small spot on our side walkway for $73. We have almost a acre of land and tons of gophers and he only looked halfway down our side yard. The remainder of the time was spent walking to and from his truck. (Note I have asked them to use traps.) I sent an email to the billing department with my security camera discovery and they forwarded it to the Branch Manager Raul who had his supervisor Miguel call me yesterday. We set an appointment for 9AM for the supervisor to come out today to correct the situation. It's almost 3:30PM and the supervisor has not come out. I have called twice and no one will help. I wasted my day waiting for him. So far, our dogs have caught two gophers and Corky's hasn't got any since they took over from the previous Pro Pacific Company. At least Pro Pacific caught 1 gopher. Same experiences as Kayo H and Steve U! read more

We had a past due balance - I believe Corky's lost our billing info because it worked fine for 5+ years and now they claim they have no billing info. Anyway, their monthly statements don't communicate any past due balance, just the new charges for the month - so we didn't know they had a billing issue until seven months went by. They claim its normal for companies not to communicate past due balances with their customers. Communication is key in successful relationships, sounds like Corky's hasn't learned that yet read more

didn't even want to leave a 1 star. Stayed with CORKYS because I had an awesome technician. Their customer service, billing, and communication within, has been terrible for years and keeps getting worse. read more

Well , no surprise. I have been a customer for over 5 years also on a monthly gopher treatment contract. Before the company changed hands it was all good. Now the last two years, well, read the reviews. I called and told them I had a gopher working. guy came out , did nothing and spread some deterrent around, supposed to come back today and treat the gopher at 8 30 . No show, I called the office. no one there. hours are 8 to 2 on satureday. it is now 9 40 still now one taking calls. I;m done read more

Didnt listen to instructions, Has not returned my calls (3), Sends employee who doesn't like to communicate.

To sum it all up real quick is to say from the top down, these people just don't care. Sprayed for ants and there was little to no impact. Called a 3-4 days later and was told to wait for everything to work. Called after another 3-4 days and they said they do a follow up visit. Never showed. Called and asked for a supervisor, twice, and was denied access to the supervisor. Extraordinarily rude and callous. Do not, under any circumstances give these people a chance. You are throwing your money away. read more

DO NOT hire Corky's! They had me signed a contract for six months for $525.00 to place four bate boxes around my house. In the meantime under the house there are rat droppings and they told me that this would have an extra fee. I tried to cancel the services that I only signed up for a month ago and they said that they can only cancel if I pay $199.00. This company is a complete joke. I will have to go back to Orkin, the only reason I did not go with them was because the tech sent a report and he never even got out of the vehicle (I was watching him while I sat in the living room), even at that I would recommend Orkin over Corky's, at least they placed traps under my house and did not charge nearly as much as Corky's. When I hire Orkin in the future I will just make sure to have the tech knock on my door so I can make sure he does his job. read more

We have been using Corkys for years for rats and gophers. Years ago they used to be so much better. Nowadays it's a hot mess! When the gopher issue was resolved I told them we didnt need that portion any more but they said if we cancel and the problem comes back it would be more expensive to restart. To appease us they said they will still come out and make sure "everything was fine" and they wouldnt charge us. Yeah right. Long story short we told them today to stop the gopher service. Only keep the rats because everybody in EC knows there are rats everywhere. And we have fruit trees. Corkys does NOT tell you (at least nowadays) when they are coming like they used to years ago. We always used to know date & time when the tech was coming. Now days I get a text usually the day before that someone is coming and never what time of the day. Well we have dogs and we need to know when someone is coming & what time so we can leave the dogs inside while they are here. I'm not always home. And their billing is a joke! I'm billed every month for like 3 months and then I wont see a bill for a month and suddenly I'm emailed a new bill The next month all over again. I dont know who the hell does their billing system but it's HORRIBLE!! When I talk to someone they always tell me its their billing system and blah blah blah. And just today when I had to tell them to cancel the gopher system the agent said by the way you're rat service rate is also going up this month! Say what?? Why didnt you tell me the rates are going up again?? I said what happened to advising the customer IN WRITING that there is a rate increase coming In advance?? Agent played dumb and said "oh nobody told you? and I said NO and this isnt the first time you guys have raised our rate without telling me. So FYI...ALWAYS review your bill with them. We're so frustrated with them we are now going to start looking for a different rat company who can stick to a rate, timeframe when they are coming here, etc... read more

Terrible customer service. I had 2 no-show appointments in August. Recently the technician showed up at my house at 7am with a 15-minute text notice. It's very difficult to reach anyone by phone. I would not recommend them. read more

I had Corky's our for pest control service on 8/22/2025. Was very happy with the technician until I found brown stains on my windows. Never had this issue since I clean my windows regularly. Supervisor Anthony Medina said not Corky's responibility since their pesticides are clear. If I had never called them in the first place I would not have damage to my windows. If you do work at a customers house it is your responsiblitly to clean up after the job is done. Don't trust Corky's to do work at your house. read more

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BEWARE. Corky's Pest Control charges $69 monthly and only comes to your home once every four months. That is $276 per visit. They are the worst Pest Control Business in San Diego. Don't let them tell you that if you have ants they will be right out. I waited four days before they came. Please listen to what I am saying. I got took, I am trying to save you from what happened to me. Pat Mallory read more

Just the same " your call is important to us" obfuscation. I had an appointment for 8 to 10 in the morning and at 10 o'clock no calls or other indication that the technician was going to arrive. Customer Service at Cory's that I called said they would pass on the information. Useless operation. read more

This place is terrible. We called because we thought we had rats. They sent a guy right away who didn't have time to do an inspection but put out boxes. We paid for a 3 month service, $35 a month plus initial set up. They then charged double that. For weeks, we could never get them to do the inspection we paid for. They don't call back. They just text you that they'll be over in 20 min but we're not home! When cancelling, they charged us $200 and said we signed a year contract. What a scam for nothing. I feel like an idiot that I did not read any reviews before I got this service! So now that you are, definitely do not get scammed. read more

These guys bought our previous service and everything went downhill. They don't show, don't communicate, send imaginary invoices for things, raise prices with no notice or reason, the list goes on. Stay far far away!! read more

I don't know what happened to Corky's, but their business and their customer service has declined steeply. I have had them for over ten years with no problems. This year they don't seem to be able to get their act together. They text/email that I have an appointment, then don't show. They blame their system. I was told by one rep that they have 300,000 clients, so I guess I'm just supposed to deal with their inability to function as a company. When I've called to sort things out, they are not kind and unhelpful. Save yourself the frustration and find another company... one that values their customers. read more

We contracted Corkys to do fumigation for our house and in the contract we add additional cost for the roof in case of breakage of the tiles! It's been two months now and they haven't repaired the roof! I tried contacting the company many times but they ghosted me and my husband! read more

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Corky's of the past is no more. We used Corky's years ago and decided to use them again. Horrible experience. Sales guy offered a Termatrac service where they scan the structure for termites, a heat treatment in the attic, and a localized poison treatment. The scanning was never performed, the service guys seemed confused and said they didn't do that service. I called the office and reported it, and confirmed that they did not complete the service as per the quote. The area manager Rosa called to set-up the service, I sent a text with possible dates, no answer. Another call a few weeks later, Rosa would call me back, still no reply. Now, they placed a lien on my house for an incomplete service. Rosa still won't call me back. This is not because I am unable to pay a $2700 bill, this is because I wanted the job to be completed as per the quote. There are a lot of termite places to choose from. Choose wisely. read more

Elizabeth is the worst person to deal with when the system updated last year April 2025 as she told me this company lost my information and didn't try to bill me for the rest of the year. I contacted them in January 2026 showed her an email where I updated all my billing information in 11-2023 so they were able to bill me until that 4-25 update, but she couldn't admit that Corkys made a mistake even when I sent her the email showing she had all my info and had been auto billing my card on file. It was so frustrating just talking to her. I have read other reviews where people complained about billing. Again the worst ever she has no business being in billing dealing customers. read more

I've experienced consistently poor service from them! Appointments are often no-show or canceled the same day without notice. This is completely unacceptable. We've been long-time customers, originally grandfathered into a plan and now they pre-bill monthly and are more costly with worse service. They are nice on the phone but that does not help! read more

I have never posted a review before but feel prospective Corky's customers need to be warned. Some background ... My wife and I believed we had a family of rats in the crawlspace under our house. We have 2 dogs, a dog door, and a fenced-in yard. My wife and I both work from home and are on frequent work calls. We called Corky's and agreed to an initial inspection and service for the rat problem plus 3 months of monthly service. The technician came and set out rat traps in the yard but would not go under the house (I have been under the house many times and it's perfectly fine). We called multiple times to try and schedule the inspection and each time the Corky's representative was surprised to find out the inspection had not happened. ~6 weeks later the inspector finally came and believed we had raccoons not rats. We were told Corky's does not handle raccoons. The monthly technician never gave us more than a 20 minute warning that he was about to arrive. We constantly texted and called to inform Corky's that we need more lead time to make sure we were home, the dogs were secure, and the gate was open. Those requests were all acknowledged and then ignored. My wife spent an hour on the phone to discontinue the service. Then we were told that there is a $200 cancellation fee if you cancel before 1 year. We had only agreed to the 3 months. Ultimately we were left with racoons and rat traps for rats that didn't exist. $600 for a service that provided absolutely nothing but one headache after another. Corky's is closer to a scam than a legitimate business. Dishonest and incompetent. read more

"Please remain on the line until this call is no longer important to you" Nothing but the runaround ever since Pro Pacific merged, or was bought out by Corkeys. I don't have the energy to write everything down that they did that was wrong & apparently, management doesn't have the time to listen. I was on hold for well over an hour I finally hung up. Look at the other one star reviews and go with another company that understands what customer service is all about, or take your chances with these idiots. read more

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I have been a long term customer of Corkey's for many years and have always been happy with their monthly service. Now, since they only come out quarterly but continue to charge $56.15 monthly, I cancelled their service. I don't feel like I'm getting my money's. read more

You got a 1 and it doesn't mean you're the best it means you're number one. Had mice you came out charged $125 left a box and a trap and haven't seen them since. We'll come pick your shit up and get out. I took care of my problem myself. It's been about two months now. Don't use them read more

We had Corky's for over 25 years, and I used to always refer people to them. For approximately 23 of those years, Corky's was great. They came every six weeks, we were billed every six weeks (PER SERVICE) a reasonable price. Then suddenly, a couple years ago they increased our bill approximately $11 without notice. I let it go considering they had never increased the price before and I understood everything costs more nowadays. But then after a few more months, our bill increased another $11 again without notice. After a little more time, we were notified that they were changing our service. They now would only come every three months and start billing us monthly - and it was kind of expensive I thought - $67/PER MONTH and they only came quarterly??? I called them once to complain because we have a Ring camera and the guy who came DID NOT EVEN GO IN OUR BACKYARD. He just sprayed in the front a little and left. We started getting earwigs in our home in just about every room constantly. So I called Corky's and they said they would send someone out "at no charge" since we were on their maintenance plan. They were supposed to come out on a Monday from 3-5pm. That Monday morning they called and left a voicemail saying the technician called in sick so no one would be coming that day but they "took the liberty to reschedule an appointment" for the upcoming Saturday between 8am-12pm. I stayed home that entire time on Saturday and no one showed up and no one called. I called them and left a voicemail to let them know no one showed up and they needed to 1) refund me a portion of my bill for wasting my time and 2) reschedule again. Monday and Tuesday came and went and I got no phone call back. I tried going to their website and sending them a message through their "contact us" section. I got no response. So Wednesday I called to cancel my service. The guy said I had to speak to someone in the "retention department." I told him I didn't want to speak to anyone else, just cancel my service. He refused stating it was policy and he had to follow protocol to have me speak to someone else and said he would have a supervisor call me back. I refused and said that I needed to speak with someone right then to cancel my service, that I was not going to wait for someone to call me back, so he put me on hold and someone else came on the line, very apologetic and basically confirmed with me that I wanted to cancel my service. She confirmed it was canceled and I even received an email confirmation same day that our service had been canceled. But THEN two days later on Friday, I get an email from Corky's with a subject line "We are coming to see you" and the body of the email says that someone is scheduled to come to our house the next day on Saturday! "If you have any questions, please contact us..." Well, by the time I see the email on Friday and call, their "customer service" is closed so I leave another voicemail telling them my service has been canceled and to not send anyone to my house. How ridiculous is this!!! So now it's Saturday and no one has showed up yet but who knows. They sure don't seem to know what's going on. I ended up finding another company with many positive reviews where they come out every other month and only bill us per service and it averages out to be approximately $25/month less than what Corky's was charging us. And they have been very communicative and they showed up when they said they would. I don't know what's going on with Corky's but they are not reliable anymore and they are very expensive. I would recommend you look elsewhere for your pest control needs. read more

They charged my credit card 3 times for one service for my condo & claim they only charged me once! I have the statement as proof and will get this fixed. Also, they claimed if we saw any additional pests within a few weeks of the service they would return. NOT TRUE! $300 dollars, we still have a few bugs & they claim that the person who came to our home must have misunderstood . Never again! read more