Twenty Five Years in This Trade, Sixteen of Them on Our Own
Mission Pest Management is a family company based in Locust Grove, serving Atlanta and the counties south and east of it. Michael Pope started in this industry in 2001 and has owned this company since 2010.
From the Inside of a Big Company to the Outside
Michael got into pest control in 2001. After a few years in the field he moved into management and spent eight years overseeing technicians across territory in Georgia, Alabama, and Tennessee. He learned how a large company works from the inside, including the parts he did not want to repeat.
In 2010 he left and started his own company with nine years of experience behind him. Sixteen years later, that is still what this is. A small family operation that does the work, rather than a company that manages people who do the work.
We Could Be Bigger. We Are Choosing Not To Be.
There is a version of this business with fifteen trucks, borrowed money, and a sales team. We know how to do that. We watched it up close.
What happens in that version is that the person who answers your phone has never seen your house, the technician changes every visit, and everybody has a quota. Right now private equity firms are buying up pest companies across this metro and following exactly that playbook.
We are not going to be that. Two of Michael's sons work here, including Tanner. The rest of the crew are people this family has known for most of their lives. Everyone who walks into your home is somebody we know personally, and nobody here is working a commission target.
It limits how big we can get. We are fine with that.
In the trade
Started 2001. Mission Pest Management founded 2010. Twenty five years total, sixteen on his own.
Four Things You Can Count On
We tell you the truth, including when it costs us
Roughly once a week we are the second or third company somebody has called. By then the money has been spent and there is nothing left to sell, so all we can do is solve it. That is a fine way to work.
We are licensed for both sides
The Department of Agriculture regulates pest and termite work through the Structural Pest Control Commission. The Department of Natural Resources regulates wildlife, and issues that license to a person rather than a company. Michael holds both.
We fix the cause, not the symptom
Anyone can spray. Finding the entry point and sealing it is the part that ends the problem, and it is the part most companies skip.
We will send you elsewhere if that is the right answer
Michael has been in this trade for twenty five years and knows most of the good people in it. If we are not the right company for your job, we will hand you a name we trust.
Why We Are Called Mission
The name is not decoration. A portion of what this company earns supports mission work overseas, funding people doing hard things in places most of us will never see.
We do not bring it up on the phone and we are not asking you to care about it. But you asked, or you scrolled this far, so now you know.
250 Five Star Reviews and No Advertising
We have never spent a dollar on advertising. Every customer we have came from someone telling somebody else, or from finding our reviews.
“I didn’t end up needing Michael Pope’s pest control services, but I still wanted to leave a review because he was incredibly helpful. He took the time to talk through it with me, offering advice and options without any pressure to book a service call.”
“They are ethical, timely, responsive and professional. Upon inspection, they did not find any problems so they told me the facts rather than lying so they could get paid to do unnecessary work.”
“I found a snake skin in my attic and sent an email. Michael responded immediately, got more information, and gave me a solution to my issue without someone coming out. He gave me peace of mind without charging me a dime.”
Intown Atlanta, Henry County, and the Line Between Them
Most of our work is in South and East Atlanta and in Henry County, with regular days everywhere in between. If you are roughly between Griffin and Decatur, you are in our territory.
Intown Atlanta
South Metro and Henry County
Not on the list? Call anyway. Whether we can get to you depends on what you have going on, and we will tell you straight either way. If we cannot help, we will give you the name of someone we trust.
Tell Us What You Are Dealing With
Describe the problem and we will tell you what it likely is, what it takes to resolve, and what it costs. The phone call is free and nobody gets sent out to give you a number.