Business phone system for exterminating and pest control services in Mississippi

Exterminating and pest control services in Mississippi by the numbers

County Business Patterns counts 191 establishments in Mississippi classified as Exterminating and Pest Control Services (NAICS 561710) for 2023. They employed 1,323 people in mid-March and reported $63.0 million in annual payroll. That is the 26th highest count among the 51 states and DC with published figures. Exterminating and pest control services make up 0.32% of the 60,465 business establishments in the state.

Per 100,000 residents (2024 estimate) Mississippi has 6.5 exterminating and pest control services, 33.5% above the national rate of 4.9. The average establishment has 6.9 employees against 8.4 nationally. Payroll per employee is $47,586, 11.0% below the U.S. figure of $53,466.

Exterminating and pest control services by metro area in Mississippi

Census published pest control company counts for 16 metro or micropolitan areas that include part of Mississippi. The largest is Memphis, TN-MS-AR, with 80 establishments (a multi-state area; its count covers every state it spans). Single-state metro and micropolitan areas account for 76% of the statewide total; the rest are outside any published area or in areas Census suppressed.

Team sizes at exterminating and pest control services in Mississippi

52.4% of Mississippi's exterminating and pest control services with employees had fewer than five people in March 2023, compared with 56.9% nationally. 74.3% had fewer than ten. That is the size of team where a missed call usually means nobody was free, not that nobody was on staff.

Calls a pest control company in Mississippi has to catch

Pest problems feel urgent to the caller, and people usually hire the first company that answers. Routes, follow-up treatments and recurring plans also generate steady scheduling calls. That holds for exterminating and pest control services in Mississippi as much as anywhere.

Calls a pest control company in Mississippi might handle in a typical week include:

• A restaurant calls about a pest issue before an inspection.
• A real estate agent calls about a termite inspection.
• A customer calls to reschedule a quarterly treatment.

After-hours calls

Evening calls about urgent infestations are common.

Callata voicemail is transcribed and triaged for urgency, and business-hours routing decides where calls go once you close.

What a phone system costs a pest control company in Mississippi

Exterminating and pest control services in Mississippi average 6.9 employees, so the comparison uses a 7-person team. Per-seat business phone plans bill every one of those people. At month-to-month list prices checked September 28, 2026, 7 users on RingCentral RingEX Core cost $210.00 a month and 7 on Ooma Office Pro cost $174.65. On Callata the same 7 people cost $139.00 a month, less than either per-seat plan.

The annual difference against RingCentral's monthly list price comes to $852. Some vendors discount annual contracts; the table shows month-to-month prices.

Area codes in Mississippi

Mississippi has 5 geographic area codes in service according to NANPA. You can choose local numbers in the area codes your customers know, subject to carrier inventory, or port your current number for free.

How Callata works for exterminating and pest control services in Mississippi

Callata is a business phone system priced at $99 a month with 5 users included, then $20 per additional user. Callata Office includes up to 3 local business numbers, unlimited inbound calling, 1,500 pooled outbound US and Canada minutes per user each month, a browser softphone that can also ring your cell, voicemail with transcription, call recording with AI summaries, business-hours routing and E911 on every number.

If you already have a number in Mississippi, porting it to Callata is free. Texting from a local number requires a one-time carrier registration (10DLC, $49), and the numbers available in any area code depend on carrier inventory when you choose them.

Optional AI agents (receptionist, sales, support or scheduler) can answer calls after hours or when nobody picks up, take messages, text, email and transfer to your team. They are billed from prepaid AI minutes at $0.25 per minute, identify themselves as AI, and may only place outbound calls to people who consented, between 8am and 9pm.