Dearth Of Skilled Personnel Among Key Challenges Faced By The Global Pest Control Service Market

The present scenario in the global pest control market

According to our research analysts, the growing trend towards urbanization, especially in emerging economies, is a key factor behind the growth of the pest control market. Though the Americas will continue to hold a major share of the global pest control market, the demand for these services will witness a rise in the APAC and EMEA region as well. Several countries in Asia and Africa have come up with new food safety and hygiene legislations, which requires them to control pests on regular intervals.

The emergence of digital pest control services is yet another trend in the global pest control services market. From the traditional methods, vendors have moved on to more sophisticated means to not only curb the effect of pests and termites but also towards bringing down the environmental impact of their services. For instance, Anticimex – a major vendor in the global pest control market – uses high-tech digital traps, sensors, and cameras to monitor and control rodent activity. With stringent regulations into effect, it only makes that vendors switch to digital methods for rodent prevention.

What are the challenges faced by vendors of pest control services?

It might sound ironic, but the same regulations that mandate residents and organizations to comply with pest control norms also pose some hindrance to service providers. Regulations like REACH and the Biocidal Products Regulation in Europe are designed to ensure that products used for pest control cause minimal damage to food, wildlife, humans, and the environment. This clause calls for increased investments from the manufacturers, which, in turn, increases the overall cost of the pest control services.

Along with the better quality of chemicals used in the pest control process, regulations also mandate the use of skilled and certified personnel. Lack of certified personnel means the service providers have to invest further in training their staff. Altogether the implementation stringent regulation like certified personnel has only increased the capital expenses for most vendors. Rather they have only added an element of volatility in the already competitive pest control services market. And even if some of the major vendors in the market have successfully overcome challenges in pricing and personnel etraining, the trend towards DIY pest control products is another pain point, which needs to be addressed. DIY – do it yourself – pest control products are usually chemical free or made from organic products. Being organic it obviously does not have any major ill-effects on humans and environment. Due to this reason, DIY pest control products are a major ‘hit’ among the residential customers.

Our reports suggest that in the next five years, the global pest control services market will grow at a CAGR of 6%. So, in spite of the challenges that the industry is facing, it will be safe to conclude that vendors will improve their products to meet the regulations as well as stand the competition from DIY products.

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