Anticimex, a global pest control company, announced on September 29 that it has acquired Environmental Pest Management LLC (EPM), a pest control company based in Columbus, Ohio, and established in 2003. The acquisition marks Anticimex’s entry into the Midwest pest control market. EPM will continue to operate under the EPM brand.
The asset.
EPM is owned by Jason Carpenter and his family. On its website, the company describes itself as family-owned and operated, with an established service base in Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana, and says more than 80% of its business is dedicated to property management clients. The site also lists EPM as a PCT Top 100 company and describes PestGenius, its proprietary cloud platform that gives property managers unit-level treatment history with technician notes, photos, and video. EPM also offers residential pest control and wildlife removal in Central Ohio.
“Anticimex and EPM have similar core values which is why we felt Anticimex was the right partner to continue growing the business in this new exciting chapter of the EPM journey,” Carpenter said.
The buyer.
Anticimex operates in 22 countries with 12,000 employees and reported total revenues of SEK 17.1 billion in 2025. It serves commercial and residential customers and positions its business around preventive pest control, including its digital SMART offering. The company has been controlled since 2021 by EQT Future, EQT’s longer-hold fund.
Sean Steves, President of Anticimex North America, said the Midwest “has been an attractive market to Anticimex since Anticimex entered North America” and called the partnership with the Carpenter family “a great cultural fit.” Paul Giannamore and Franco Villanueva-Meyer of The Potomac Company acted as exclusive financial advisors to EPM.
A Midwest entry through an established local brand.
Anticimex is entering a new U.S. region by acquiring an operator with more than two decades in its market, and EPM keeps its name. The release describes the deal as strengthening Anticimex’s position in North America.
The announcement came one day after Coalesce Capital’s growth investment in ClearDefense Pest Control, the Raleigh-based residential pest platform with 27 locations across 16 states. In that deal, ClearDefense’s founders and management kept a meaningful equity stake and continue to lead the company. In this one, a global strategic acquired a family-owned regional operator.
What it means.
For pest control owners in Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, and neighboring states, Anticimex now has a Columbus base and a stated interest in the Midwest market. EPM brought a book weighted toward property management accounts, along with its own reporting software. Owners with a similar mix should be ready to show how their property-manager contracts are structured, how concentrated those accounts are, and how service is documented for each client.
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