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If you’ve been following our blog for a long time, you may notice that we’ve offered an annual (well, ALMOST annual LOL) post of “The U.S. Cities With The Most Bedbugs” for each particular year:

• 2024
• 2023
• 2022 – I didn’t post one. No idea why. Bad Sharon!
• 2021
• 2020

However a funny thing happened in 2025 – Orkin didn’t post their “Most Bedbugs” list. And this was an annual list they’d been posting since at least 2014! I looked everywhere and could not find it. That’s how we wound up posting The Cities With The Most Mosquitoes for this year, because Orkin did, at least, release that.

But as I was perusing the internet the other day, lo and behold, I found an answer to the 2025 bedbug question…Terminix releases a list, too.

Established in Memphis, TN, in 1927, Terminix, of course, is one of the largest pest control companies in the world. They operate in 47 U.S. states, as well as 70+ countries around the world (their international growth began in Europe in 1994 and occurred via acquisition of smaller companies in individual countries).

Anyway, Terminix has been releasing their own list of cities with the most bedbugs since at least 2010. They use service data from over 300 Terminix office branches across the country, and then list the 50 with the highest number of bedbug control service calls.

Worse since the pandemic

Remember when we mused if COVID-19 would be the death of bedbugs because the little critters wouldn’t have as many places to thrive if their “meals” (read: us) weren’t in hotels and other surprising places where they tended to hang out? Yeah, that didn’t happen.

In fact, Eric Braun, a Technical Service Manager at Terminix, suggested the country’s bedbug problem has only gotten worse. “We have seen a consistent increase in bed bug control service performed since the ‘new normal’ post-COVID-19 pandemic.”

Great. [/sarcasm]

The Top 50

So anyway, here are the top 50 cities with bedbugs this year, according to Terminix:

1. Philadelphia
2. New York
3. Cleveland-Akron (Canton)
4. Los Angeles
5. Dallas – Ft. Worth
6. Atlanta
7. Houston
8. Washington, D.C (Hagerstown)
9. San Francisco – Oak – San Jose
10. Indianapolis
11. Dayton
12. Columbus
13. Chicago
14. Cincinnati
15. Pittsburgh
16. Denver
17. Detroit
18. Boston (Manchester)
19. Oklahoma City
20. Baltimore
21. Memphis
22. Nashville
23. St. Louis
24. Little Rock – Pine Bluff
25. Kansas City
26. Tampa – St. Petersburg (Sarasota)
27. Charleston – Huntington
28. Lexington
29. Tulsa
30. Orlando – Daytona Beach – Melbourne
31. Louisville
32. San Diego
33. Sacramento – Stockton – Modesto
34. Fort Smith – Fayetteville – Springfield – Rogers
35. Richmond – Petersburg
36. Wichita – Hutchinson
37. Miami – Ft. Lauderdale
38. Birmingham
39. Paducah – Cape Girardeau – Harrisburg
40. Toledo
41. Shreveport
42. Harrisburg – Lancaster – Lebanon – York
43. Hartford & New Haven
44. Omaha
45. Tyler – Longview
46. Champaign & Springfield-Decatur
47. Salisbury
48. Roanoke – Lynchburg
49. Palm Springs
50. Montgomery (Selma)

We hadn’t looked at their list until this year, so we personally can’t compare their lists to previous years. But Terminix says:

Philadelphia takes the top spot for the second year in a row, while New York and Cleveland—Akron both climb higher into the top five, reflecting continued struggles with these persistent pests. When looking at which states appear the most, Ohio, Texas, Florida, California, and Pennsylvania dominate, suggesting regional trends in infestations are likely tied to climate, housing trends, and travel hubs.

More info

You can learn more about bedbugs, including:

• Signs of bedbugs
• Where to look for bedbugs in your hotel or rental
• How to avoid bringing bedbugs home with you
• What to do if you brought bedbugs home with you

on this page of Terminix’s website.

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