Our History

The Group’s transformation from a European multi-service company to a global pest control company was achieved through a strategic shift, involving the divestment of non-core business activities and a re-focusing on its recurring pest control offering. Strong growth, digitalization, and expansion in existing and new markets through around 300+ value-enhancing acquisitions also contributed to this transformation. For example, in 2013, the Group acquired the local pest control businesses of ISS in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Spain, and Switzerland.

In January 2016, the Group expanded its operations into Asia through the acquisition of SITA Pest Control & Fumigation Service in Singapore. In July 2016, the Group entered the North American market through the acquisition of Bug Doctor, American Pest and GreenStar Termite & Pest Control in the United States.

In 2017, the Group entered the Malaysian market through the acquisition of DC Hygiene, further expanding its operations in Asia, and also acquired the remaining 80 percent of WiseCon. Through its acquisition of WiseCon, the Group established the Anticimex Innovation Center in Helsinge, Denmark, a research and development and digital innovation pest control hub, which is responsible for the development of new digitally-enabled SMART solutions. Further, the Group expanded its operations in the North American market with the acquisition of Viking Termite & Pest Control with operations in New Jersey, Modern Pest Services with operations in Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont, and Mid-Atlantic Pest Services with operations in Delaware, Maryland and Pennsylvania.

In 2018, the Group entered France through the acquisition of Danton, and further expanded in the North American market through the acquisition of Turner Pest Control with operations in Florida, and Killingsworth Environmental of the Carolinas with operations in North Carolina.

In 2019, Anticimex expanded further in the North American market by acquiring Waynes Pest Control with operations throughout Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee, and JP McHale Pest Management in New York State. During the fourth quarter of 2020, the Group completed its first acquisitions in Arizona, California and Colorado in the United States.

In May 2021, the Group entered its 20th country, Colombia, with the acquisition of Palmera Junior.

By 2022, the Group made a big step by entering the UK, with the acquisition of Pestokill, one of the largest players in the country.

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