$1.5-1.6M revenue, ~$400K+ SDE Pest control company, central Ontario Canada
May 06, 2026
by an intermediary from University of Applied Sciences in Vienna, Austria
Pest control company in central Ontario, Canada, founder-owned, in business since###-###-#### Twenty-seven years of continuous operation under the same owner. Sole owner with spouse holding non-voting minority shares. Seven W-2 employees, no family on payroll besides the owner couple. Service mix covers general pest, termite, mosquito and tick control, and wildlife removal under Ontario Ministry of Environment and Climate Change licensing. Client base is 95 percent residential and 5 percent commercial across central Ontario including Peterborough, Kawartha Lakes, Haliburton, Bancroft, Port Hope, and Cobourg areas.
The good. Seventy to seventy-five percent of the customer base is on recurring maintenance programs, providing a stable contractual base. Revenue last year ran in the one and a half to one point six million dollar range, with the owner projecting one point seven million this year. Revenue has grown every year since founding except for a COVID-related dip in###-###-#### Owner couple takes approximately four hundred thousand dollars in combined annual salary plus vehicle and other discretionary perks, indicating real underlying SDE that will surface through normal owner add-back analysis. Owner is fifty-five, retirement-motivated, and has rejected two prior unsolicited offers in the past year because the price was not right. Owner is willing to stay through transition for the right structure. The owner personally owns the operating building, which is held outside the business — real estate is available as a separate transaction or can stay with the owner.
The to-verify. EBITDA figure is pending — owner committed to providing it after consultation with his accountant within the week of qualification, but had not produced the number on the qualification call itself. Real SDE will need confirmation through tax returns and books, but combined owner comp of roughly four hundred thousand on one and a half million revenue suggests SDE in the four hundred to six hundred thousand range pending add-back analysis. Owner has indicated an asking price of approximately two point two million Canadian to walk away within twelve months, which would put the multiple in the three and a half to five times SDE range — within fair market for a recurring-base pest control business of this size.
Fit profile. Best for a Canadian pest control roll-up platform looking to add a quality central Ontario footprint, a self-funded searcher with pest control or services operating experience and Canadian operating capacity, or a strategic acquirer adding regional density in Ontario. Owner is not in a hurry — his retirement target is four years out — so the buyer who wins will be the one who shows up at the right number with a structure that lets him exit cleanly within twelve months for the right price or grow into the transition over a longer horizon.
CT Acquisitions is engaged on the buy side and expects to be compensated through a finder agreement with the eventual buyer. Engagement is exclusive on our side. If interested, reach me at redacted
in Toronto, ON, Canada
in Toronto, ON, Canada