Stride Pest Control has been named the Best Pest Control Service in Round Rock in the 2026 Best of Round Rock Awards, finishing in first place with the most votes in the pest management and extermination category for the second year in a row.
-- ROUND ROCK, Texas - Stride Pest Control has been named the Best Pest Control Service in Round Rock in the 2026 Best of Round Rock Awards, finishing in first place in the category for the second consecutive year. Stride Pest Control provides same day pest control service in Round Rock Texas for ants, spiders, mosquitoes, bed bugs, termites, rodents, cockroaches and much more. The win follows the company's first-place finish in the 2025 awards and comes in a year when participation in the program grew significantly.
The Best of Round Rock Awards are organized by Round the Rock, a local digital resource that has connected residents with events, activities, local businesses, and nonprofits for 14 years. The program is run in partnership with the Round Rock Chamber of Commerce and the City of Round Rock's Shop the Rock initiative. Winners are chosen entirely by public vote, with no panel of judges and no fees to participate. Residents nominate the businesses they use and then vote, and the results are based on the vote totals alone.
This year, more than 21,000 residents cast more than 61,000 votes across more than 1,100 local businesses and organizations in 197 categories. By comparison, the 2025 program drew 50,000 votes across 191 categories and 943 businesses. Stride Pest Control placed first in the Best Round Rock Pest Control Service category both years.
Stride's first win came in the 12th annual Best of Round Rock Awards, announced on November 5, 2025. That same year, the company also received a Platinum Award in the Round Rock Community Votes program, the highest recognition tier in that program. From its Round Rock office on Chisholm Trail Road, the team handles ants, scorpions, spiders, roaches, termites, mosquitoes, rodents, bed bugs, and fleas, ticks, and chiggers for homeowners and businesses throughout the area.
"Round Rock is where we started this company, so hearing from this community two years in a row means a great deal to all of us," said Tyson Kearns, Owner and CEO of Stride Pest Control. "Nobody can buy this award. People had to take the time to vote for us, and a lot of them did. That says more about our service members and our office team than anything we could say ourselves. We are grateful to every customer who voted, and we plan to keep earning it."
Kearns founded Stride in Round Rock in 2013 after relocating his family from the Rocky Mountains to Central Texas, where his wife grew up. Before launching Stride, he spent nine years at Preventive Pest Control, working as a technician, in management, and as Chief Marketing Officer. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Information Technology from Brigham Young University. The company has since grown from a one-person operation into a team of more than 20 employees serving homes and businesses across Central Texas, including Round Rock, Austin, and San Antonio.
Stride Pest Control is QualityPro certified through the Foundation for Professional Pest Management, the accreditation program endorsed by the National Pest Management Association. QualityPro certification requires background checks on all employees, a drug-free workplace policy, a passing score on the QualityPro exam for every customer-facing employee, and adherence to standards that exceed state and federal requirements. The company also holds GreenPro certification for its reduced-risk Integrated Pest Management approach.
The Round Rock team includes technicians licensed by the Texas Department of Agriculture, along with Certified Applicators, the highest level of state certification. Office manager Michael Honeycutt holds the Associate Certified Entomologist (ACE) credential from the Entomological Society of America. Stride is an active member of the Texas Pest Control Association, the National Pest Management Association, the Round Rock Chamber of Commerce, and the Cedar Park Chamber of Commerce, and has attended Pest World, the National Pest Management Association's annual conference, each year from 2023 through 2025.
The company's service model is built around long-term relationships rather than one-time visits. Stride offers free inspections, same-day service for calls received before 3 PM, free re-services between scheduled treatments, and maintenance plans that include unlimited re-services. Customers sign service agreements rather than contracts. Every service visit follows the company's "Stride Forward" Integrated Pest Management process: inspection, identification, recommendation, treatment, and ongoing evaluation, with non-chemical methods such as exclusion and trapping prioritized whenever they will solve the problem.
"Our service members are the reason we won," Kearns said. "They are the ones in the attics and backyards every day, finding out how pests are getting in and fixing the problem the right way. This award is theirs. We also want to congratulate every business recognized this year. Round Rock has a lot of local companies that care about doing good work, and we are proud to be one of them."
Full results for the 2026 Best of Round Rock Awards are available at https://www.bestofroundrocktx.com, and the official announcement can be found at https://roundtherocktx.com/best-of-round-rock.
Stride Pest Control has a perfect 5 Star rating with 400 reviews on Google is a family-owned pest control company in Round Rock, Texas, in 2013. Its mission is to provide the best possible pest control service in the nicest possible way. The company serves homes and businesses across Central Texas, with locations in Round Rock, Austin, and San Antonio, and offers general pest control, termite control, rodent control, mosquito control, bed bug control, and flea, tick, and chigger control. Stride is QualityPro and GreenPro certified and was voted Best Pest Control in the Best of Round Rock Awards in both 2025 and 2026.
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Organization: Stride Pest Control (Round Rock)
Address: 1311 Chisholm Trail Rd Suite 404B, Round Rock, Texas 78681, United States
Phone: +1-512-254-8185
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