Pennsylvania Ranks First for Commercial Rodent Activity
Rentokil's 2025 report places Pennsylvania at the top of its national commercial rodent rankings, ahead of Wisconsin and California.
Updated on Nov. 3, 2026 in Commercial
Rentokil ranked Pennsylvania first nationally for commercial rodent activity in 2025 in its Commercial State of the Rodent Report, which placed Wisconsin second, followed by California, New York, and Maryland. The rankings are based on nearly 650,000 pest-control service visits.
Why it matters
The rankings give Pennsylvania businesses and property managers a comparative benchmark for commercial rodent pressure in 2025. Rentokil notes the results do not necessarily reflect rodent prevalence across all commercial properties in each state.
The ranking is based on rodent counts at U.S. commercial properties serviced by Rentokil from January to December 2025, excluding Alaska, Hawaii, and Washington, D.C. Washington, Ohio, Oregon, and Texas entered the top 10 for the first time.
The players
Rentokil
Rentokil is a global pest-control company that publishes commercial pest activity reports drawn from its service visits.
The details
Rentokil's analysis placed Wisconsin second, followed by California, New York, and Maryland, with Washington, Illinois, Ohio, Oregon, and Texas completing the top 10. The report cites changing climate conditions and urban waste-management practices as factors affecting rodent activity.
Timeline
January to December 2025: period of rodent counts underlying the rankings.
2024: baseline year for comparing new commercial rodent services.
2025: year Pennsylvania ranked first for commercial rodent activity.
Market Landscape
The report extends Rentokil's Commercial State of the Rodent Report by naming Pennsylvania first and adding Washington, Ohio, Oregon, and Texas as new entrants to the top 10. The rankings reflect a commercial pest-control market that Rentokil uses to highlight its own connected monitoring products.
Commercial property managers in Pennsylvania can review sealing and monitoring options to address rodent entry points. Rentokil states that its connected PestConnect system can resolve rodent activity up to twice as quickly as monthly inspections, a claim based on UK sites.
The takeaway
Commercial properties with regular rodent monitoring and entry-point sealing are better positioned to respond quickly to activity. Rentokil's rankings serve as a comparative signal rather than a measure of prevalence across all properties.
Further reading
Explore more on commercial real estate in Pennsylvania for property management context.
Source note: This article includes information reported by MyChesCo.
