PHD in Customer Care
Professional • Honest • Dependable
1850+ Reviews
4.9 Rating
Serving the Entire Midlands of South Carolina
PHD in Customer Care
PHD in Customer Care
Professional • Honest • Dependable
1850+ Reviews
4.9 Rating
Serving the Entire Midlands of South Carolina
PHD in Customer Care
Modern Exterminating has protected South Carolina homes and businesses since 1955. Our Columbia branch covers Sumter County with recurring pest plans, termite work, mosquito programs and wildlife service, backed by technicians who know the area.
Sumter sits in the same hot, humid belt as the rest of the Midlands, which means pest pressure here runs most of the year rather than a few weeks of it. Our Sumter pest control work starts by finding where the problem begins, not just treating what you can see.
Every visit follows an Integrated Pest Management approach. We identify the species, trace the entry points and the conditions feeding it, then treat and advise. Residential or commercial, one-time or recurring, the service is the same and so is the standard behind every technician who performs it.
From recurring pest control and termite protection to wildlife, moisture, mosquito, and commercial programs, Modern builds practical solutions around your property. Integrated Pest Management guides our service-first approach.
Inspections, baiting systems, pre-construction treatment, and CL100 / WDO support.
Recurring and one-time protection for common household pests with an IPM-first approach.
Trapping, removal, exclusion, and damage repair for common South Carolina wildlife.
Every visit includes the same core steps, built to solve the problem instead of masking it for a few days.
A technician walks the property inside and out, checks the crawl space or slab, and looks for the conditions letting pests in rather than only the pests themselves.
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Species matters. A treatment that clears odorous house ants does nothing for fire ants, so we confirm what you have and build the plan around it.
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Targeted treatment where the activity is, with bait stations, exclusion work or exterior applications chosen to fit the property and the pest.
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Recurring plans include scheduled return visits. If something comes back between visits within a reasonable time, we come back at no extra charge.
Our Columbia branch covers Sumter County, including Sumter, Dalzell, Mayesville, Pinewood and the acreage properties in between.
Sumter is one stop on a service area reaching fifty miles out from downtown Columbia. If you sit closer to one of these, start there instead.
Years of Local Service
local & Family-Owned Since 1955
Modern Exterminating has been the longest-standing, local and family-owned pest control company serving the area since 1955. Now in its third generation, the company runs by a simple standard, a PHD in customer care: professional, honest, and dependable, on every visit.
Sumter County mixes town lots with real acreage, and the pest mix follows. Rodents head indoors as soon as night temperatures drop, usually through gaps you would not think twice about: a dryer vent, a gap under a garage door, a crawl space vent screen that rusted through.
Larger wildlife is a separate problem with separate rules, and we run a full wildlife removal division alongside pest and termite. Bats, squirrels, raccoons, opossums, skunks, snakes, moles, and voles are all handled in-house, with exclusion work so the animal cannot come back the same way. Note that wildlife inspections carry a fee, unlike termite.
South Carolina is prime termite country, and Sumter County is no exception. Subterranean colonies work out of sight, entering through soil contact, foundation cracks, and wood touching the ground. By the time most homeowners notice mud tubes or discarded wings along a windowsill, the colony has already been feeding for a while. That is why we treat termite work as a scheduled item rather than a reaction, and why termite monitoring is built into our recurring plans.
Termite inspections are free. Book one before you list or buy a property, before any addition or slab work, and once a year otherwise. If the property is changing hands, we also provide CL-100 wood-destroying insect reports for South Carolina closings. Pre-construction termite treatment is available for new builds, residential and commercial, which most companies in this market will not take on. See our termite control page for the full picture.
Spring brings termite swarms and ant trails indoors. Summer is mosquitoes, fire ants and stinging insects, and it is the stretch when outdoor treatments earn their keep. Autumn turns into rodent season as the first cool nights push mice and rats toward the warm side of your walls.
Winter is quieter outside but not inside, where cockroaches, bed bugs and silverfish carry on regardless of the weather. A recurring plan exists so you are not solving each of those from scratch.
It depends on the property, the pest, and whether you want a one-time treatment or a recurring plan. Our ModernCare plans start at $38 a month, and the pricing is published, so you can see what you are getting before you call. For anything outside a standard plan, we will give you a free estimate.
For most general pest control and for termite inspections, no. For interior work, you do need to be there to let the technician in. We give you an arrival window and call on the way, so you are not waiting around all day.
We use low-toxicity products, and they are virtually odorless. For most treatments, you can stay home. Flea, bed bug, and spider treatments are the exception and need the house empty for two to four hours. Children come back in two to three hours, pets go to an untreated room or outside until everything is dry, and fish tanks get covered.
Yes, termite inspections are free. Bed bug and wildlife inspections carry a fee, and we will tell you what that is before we schedule anything. We would rather be straight with you up front than surprise you at the door.
Same-day appointments and services are available, and a morning call gives you the best chance of one. Our offices run Monday to Friday, 7:00 AM to 5:00 PM. We do not run a 24-hour emergency line, because nobody is on call overnight and we would rather say so than promise it.
