Can you believe we are celebrating our 51st birthday here at All-American Pest Control?! Since 1961 we have been providing Nashville and Middle Tennessee families with safe and effective pest control solutions, on time and with a smile. To celebrate 51 fantastic years we decided to share with you 51 fun facts about us!
51. Our 51st Birthday is November 12th
50. The name All-American was chosen so that our company would appear near the front of the yellow pages
49. We have customers that have been with us since the first month we started, November 1961
48. We had 13 employees in 1962– 10 were sales people
47. Gas was $.29 per gallon when we started our company
46. Our offices have been in Donelson TN for the entire 51 years
45. We’ve moved offices 3 times
44. During the Nashville Flood, everything around us was under water– we were on an island
43. Three of our four office team are left handed
42. The same three office team members have 1 child, a son, born in September
41. We have a mural of Nashville painted in our office (we love our hometown)
40. We have a painting of a roach sitting on a comfy chair reading a Dr. Suess book in our conference room (it’s a cute roach)
39. We heat homes up to 140 degrees to kill bed bugs
38. We are the only pest control company to offer this kind of heat treatments
37. We have over 8000 customers
36. The Hermitage, Andrew Jackson’s Home, is one of our oldest customers
35. We provide termite protection for several families in the Amish community (we love buying peanut brittle when we go visit)
34. We open over 100,000 Sentricon® Stations each year
33. We help DowAgrosciences in field testing new versions of The Sentricon System
32. The Sentricon System is the only green termite protection option
31. Erin serves as the President of the HBA Green Building Council
30. Our longest current employee has been with us for 17 years.
29. Our longest employee retired after 38 years and then worked part-time for 5 years after retirement
28. We’ve hired 3 past youth ministers (and married one)
27. One of our techs was a sniper in the Marines for 11 years
26. We have three techs that have already retired from other careers
25. Our hiring process includes 2 hours of problem solving and testing
24. We have three Davids, two Matts and at one time three Erins
23. One of our employees has a Masters in Entomology (the study of bugs)
22. Two members of the third generation work in the business full-time
21. The fourth generation is 3 years old and 6 months old
20. We have 6 Sprinter Vans
19. We spend around $6500 each month on gas
18. We have almost 400 Facebook Likes (we need more– like us here!)
17. We love a good SEC rivalry
16. SEC teams represented include Tennessee, South Carolina, Vanderbilt, Florida, LSU and Alabama
15. We even have an Oklahoma Sooner fan
14. We have a 50 person training room upstairs
13. We were the first company in TN to offer Perimeter Pest Control
12. Our pest control service covers you for over 47 different pests
11. Over 40% of our customers live in Williamson County
10. In 1978, we worked in negative 17 degrees– In 2012, we worked in 109 degrees
9. We’ve been endorsed by Dave Ramsey for 3 years
8. Al just received a Life Time Achievement Award from the pest control industry
7. Erin was recognized as a top 40 under 40 Leader in the pest control industry
6. We have earned the Angie’s List Super Service Award 2 years in a row
5. We have maintained an A+ Rating with the BBB for over 40 years
4. We hired 4 new employees this year
3. We visit over 144 homes each and every day
2. We are ridiculously passionate about showing up on-time when we said we would be there!
1. Every single customer is important to us!
For all of your pest control needs in Nashville and Middle Tennessee, please contact us at All-American Pest Control today!