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ATLANTA – Atlanta-based Orkin ranked the cities where its exterminators performed the most bed bug treatments, and its home market was in the top 20.
According to Orkin, Atlanta was ranked 16th based on Orkin’s residential and commercial bed bug treatments from December 1, 2021 to November 30, 2022. Atlanta was two places below last year’s ranking.
Chicago topped the list for the third straight year, followed by New York City and Philadelphia in second and third place. Cleveland and Charlotte are up the most year-over-year.
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Here is Orkin’s full ranking:
Worst US cities for bed bugs, ranked by Orkin
- Chicago
- New York (+1)
- Philly (-1)
- Cleveland-Akron, OH (+4)
- Los Angeles (+7)
- Detroit (-2)
- Indianapolis (-1)
- Baltimore (-3)
- Washington, D.C. (-2)
- Columbus, Ohio (-1)
- Champaign, IL (+2)
- Grand Rapids, Michigan (-1)
- Cincinnati (-3)
- Charlotte (+1)
- Denver (+2)
- Atlanta (-2)
- Dallas-Ft. value (-1)
- Pittsburgh (+2)
- Charleston, West Virginia (+3)
- Raleigh Durham (+4)
- Flint, MI (+2)
- San Francisco (-3)
- Norfolk, VA (+2)
- Greenville, SC (-3)
- Saint Louis (-7)
- Richmond, Va
- Youngstown (+10)
- South Bend, IN (+5)
- Buffalo, New York (-1)
- Knoxville (-1)
- Cedar Rapids, IA (-1)
- Omaha, New Zealand (-5)
- Nashville (+1)
- Dayton, Ohio (-2)
- feet Wayne, IN (+1)
- Harrisburg (+6)
- Davenport (-2)
- Toledo (-7)
- Seattle (+5)
- Milwaukee (-2)
- Tampa (-1)
- Lansing, MI (+6)
- Greensboro, NC
- Houston (-3)
- Miami (-6)
- Lexington, Kentucky (+1)
- Orlando (-1)
- Peoria (-3)
- Louisville, Kentucky (-3)
- Lincoln, Ne
FOX TV Digital contributed to this report.
