Pest Control and Exterminators in Hollywood, Los Angeles

Census estimates for ZIP codes 90028 and 90038 count about 32,300 households, and roughly 30,600 of them rent. Only about 2,200 of the 38,500 homes are detached houses. Most people live in apartment buildings, and many are large. Some 12,400 homes sit in buildings with 50 or more units, and close to 10,000 more in buildings with 20 to 49.

In buildings that size, a pest problem rarely belongs to one apartment. German cockroaches follow plumbing chases from kitchen to kitchen, and bed bugs travel along wiring and under doors. A treatment holds when the owner or manager lets us check the units around the one that called. Tenants can book with us directly. California Civil Code 1941.1 counts freedom from rodents and vermin among the basic conditions of a habitable rental, so we keep both sides informed. [1] [2]

Hollywood's housing comes in layers. The city's SurveyLA report explains that large colonies of bungalow courts went up in the 1920s within blocks of the studios. Hollywood still has a substantial number of them, most altered over the decades. Census estimates date about one home in four in 90028 and 90038 to 1939 or earlier.

At the other end, roughly 5,000 homes in 90028 were built in 2010 or later, more than a fifth of that ZIP code. Each era has its weak spots. Century-old courts tend to have worn screens, gaps around old pipes and trim that has pulled away from the stucco. Newer buildings concentrate trash rooms, parking garages and long shared corridors, where rodents and cockroaches can move out of sight. [5] [1] [2]

In 2017 the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce counted 3,926 hotel rooms in 51 Hollywood properties, after three new hotels added more than 500 rooms that year. Los Angeles County Public Health notes that bed bugs are a recurring problem in hotels and motels serving tourists, and that travelers can carry them home in luggage.

A busy hotel district does not make a building dirty; it means more suitcases come and go. For residents, the useful habits are simple. Check luggage after a trip and look over secondhand furniture before it comes inside. Report bites early, because a small infestation is far easier to clear than one that has spread between units. [6] [7]

Hollywood's restaurants and bars are inspected by Los Angeles County Public Health, and a vermin infestation is one of the findings that closes a business on the spot. It happened at least three times here in 2026. Inspectors closed an arcade restaurant on Hollywood Boulevard on March 26, a bar on July 30 and a fast-casual restaurant on Sunset Boulevard on September 16.

The bar and the Sunset Boulevard restaurant reopened within two days, after the repairs and passing follow-up inspection the county requires. For food businesses we schedule visits before opening or after close. We use products labeled for food-handling areas, such as gel baits and insect growth regulators, and keep a written log ready for the inspector who sets the DPH letter grade. [9] [10] [11]

Above the flats, the city's survey describes streets that follow the Cahuenga Pass and canyons such as Beachwood, Laurel and Nichols. We keep hillside ZIP 90068 out of the flatland figures on this page because its housing is so different. About 44% of households own, 43% of homes are detached houses and the median home dates to 1958.

Griffith Park adds more than 4,210 acres of chaparral, sage scrub and oak woodland, according to the city's parks department. Hillside homes are likely to see roof rats coming in from dense plants and trees, plus coyotes, raccoons and opossums passing through. PesPro handles the rodents and insects. For wild animals, the City of Los Angeles sends residents to LA Animal Services, which gives on-site advice on keeping them out. [5] [3] [12] [15] [14]

The Greater Los Angeles County Vector Control District reports West Nile results by community. Its tables show positive mosquito samples in the Hollywood Hills in 2022, 2023, 2025 and 2026, and three in Griffith Park in 2026, the first detected July 30. Next door in Los Feliz, the district counted six positives in 2026.

The state lists both invasive Aedes mosquitoes, day biters that breed in small containers, as present in the City of Los Angeles as a whole. PesPro does not provide mosquito control; report standing water or heavy biting to the district at 562-944-9656 or GLAmosquito.org.

Flea-borne typhus is a county-wide concern. Public Health counted a record 220 cases in 2025 and 109 more by late September 2026, including an outbreak in Wilshire Center, south of Hollywood. No public report ties cases to Hollywood itself. The fleas ride on rats, stray cats and opossums, so keeping rodents out of buildings and treating pets all year both help. [22] [21] [20] [19] [24] [23] [25] [26]

About half of the residents of 90028 and 90038 speak a language other than English at home. Spanish leads with about 18,600 speakers, and roughly 9,000 of them speak English less than very well. Our technicians explain findings, quotes and prep steps in English or Spanish.

Another 3,100 residents speak what the Census groups as other Indo-European languages, a category that includes Armenian and Persian. Our website can be read in both, as well as Korean, Tagalog and Chinese. Visits and phone calls are in English or Spanish. [1] [2] [4]