Pest Control Company Acquisition & SBA Underwriting Financial Model (Excel + Google Sheets)
Originally published: 17/07/2026 20:24
Publication number: ELQ-12105-1
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Pest Control Company Acquisition & SBA Underwriting Financial Model (Excel + Google Sheets)

Underwrite a pest-control route book the way an SBA lender will: recurring-vs-one-time quality + route density + owner-operator replacement. True-vs-naive DSCR.

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A lender-ready acquisition model for buying an independent single-branch pest-control company with an SBA 7(a) loan. Revenue is built from the recurring subscription route book - accounts times average annual value across residential and commercial - plus one-time and termite work, with a route-density block (stops per tech per day, revenue per tech) that shows whether the routes are actually deliverable.

The differentiator is a dual honesty layer a broker's sheet skips. First, recurring-vs-one-time quality: the one-time and termite revenue is lumpy and does not deserve the multiple the sticky recurring book earns, so SDE is split and each part is valued at its own multiple - the overpay on treating one-time like recurring is shown explicitly (about $147k). Second, owner-operator replacement: the owner usually runs a route or sells, so a buyer must re-hire that role, deducted to reach Adjusted EBITDA. The model shows the TRUE DSCR (1.39x) right next to the NAIVE broker-style DSCR (2.41x).

It structures a 3-part SBA 7(a) capital stack, runs the lender's DSCR gate with a recurring-earnings coverage line (about 213%), and prices the sector's number-one risk - customer churn - in an explicit attrition down-case DSCR of 0.83x. Includes a 3-way profile toggle, a 5-year P&L, Returns & Exit, a Dashboard with a DSCR bankability grid, and a PDF guide. Honest by design: SDE 30%, Adjusted EBITDA 18%, no IRR headlined. Machine-verified with 67 automated checks across three engines. Works in Excel and Google Sheets - no macros.

This Best Practice includes
10-sheet Excel workbook (START HERE, Setup Inputs, Revenue & Route Density, SDE & Valuation, Sources & Uses, P&L 5-Year, DSCR & Debt, Returns & Exit, Dashboard, Benchmarks & Sources) plus a PDF user guide and a README.

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Underwrite a pest-control acquisition to an SBA lender's standard: value the recurring route book and the one-time work separately, size the SBA 7(a) stack and the TRUE DSCR after owner-operator replacement.

You are a searcher, ETA buyer or PE add-on evaluating an independent pest-control acquisition and need a lender-ready underwrite of the recurring route book.

You need an operating or startup forecast for a pest-control company you already run, or a multi-branch roll-up model.


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