Enterprise Exterminating

Elbert Smith's personal pest control journey began in his youth. Still a teen, his interest in pest control was peaked by a visit from a local exterminator to his family home. He wanted to learn more and this inspired him to take a course in Entomology, the scientific study of insects, at the University of Pennsylvania. He went out and bought some equipment, learned about the various pest control products and went to work servicing homes locally in his neighborhood.



In fact, his fist customer was his mother, who proudly paid him to do his very first job right in their very own home. In the very beginning, he rode his bike and took public transportation from job to job. As his business grew, he bought a Volkswagen " bug", which enabled him to service a wider area. As the business grew even more, he purchased his first truck and expanded into servicing businesses as well as homes. Today, he has a fleet of trucks, half a dozen service technicians and an office manager to assist him in day-to-day operations. His office is located in the Germantown section of Philadelphia, which serves as his base of operations.