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:
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:
- Philadelphia
- New York
- Cleveland-Akron (Canton)
- Los Angeles
- Dallas – Ft. Worth
- Atlanta
- Houston
- Washington, D.C (Hagerstown)
- San Francisco – Oak – San Jose
- Indianapolis
- Dayton
- Columbus
- Chicago
- Cincinnati
- Pittsburgh
- Denver
- Detroit
- Boston (Manchester)
- Oklahoma City
- Baltimore
- Memphis
- Nashville
- St. Louis
- Little Rock – Pine Bluff
- Kansas City
- Tampa – St. Petersburg (Sarasota)
- Charleston – Huntington
- Lexington
- Tulsa
- Orlando – Daytona Beach – Melbourne
- Louisville
- San Diego
- Sacramento – Stockton – Modesto
- Fort Smith – Fayetteville – Springfield – Rogers
- Richmond – Petersburg
- Wichita – Hutchinson
- Miami – Ft. Lauderdale
- Birmingham
- Paducah – Cape Girardeau – Harrisburg
- Toledo
- Shreveport
- Harrisburg – Lancaster – Lebanon – York
- Hartford & New Haven
- Omaha
- Tyler – Longview
- Champaign & Springfield-Decatur
- Salisbury
- Roanoke – Lynchburg
- Palm Springs
- 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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