Able Pest Control Service

Call Able about a wasp nest and you tend to get a person on the phone. A Mansfield homeowner writing in 2021 said they had reached out to six exterminators and Ryan was the only one who picked up — then came out the next day, took down the yellow jacket nest, and showed the family the hive and the queen before he left. Able Pest Control Service works out of Brockton and has since 1987. The company says it is family owned and operated, and its Better Business Bureau page lists it as a partnership run by Joe Giammatteo. It covers Southeastern Massachusetts — by its own account Brockton, Dorchester, Quincy, Braintree, Plymouth and New Bedford — handling insects, rodents and wildlife exclusion for homes and businesses, and names the National and New England Pest Management Associations among its affiliations. The written history runs from 2021 to 2026 and is nearly all praise: 22 reviews behind a 4.8-star Google average across 38 ratings, and an A+ grade on BBB, though the company is not BBB accredited. Ryan comes up by name again and again, with Mike and Leo named too. A customer in 2024 with yellowjackets under the deck and coming in behind the electric meter said he fixed both spots and then checked the attic and garage for the next problem. On a mouse job that same year another customer described every room, the basement and the crawl space checked, then a walk around the outside of the house that turned up two ways in, both sealed. Customers writing in 2022, 2024 and 2025 each mention a six-month guarantee that came with the treatment. The one complaint is about exactly that exclusion work. In February 2026 a customer said the technician laid an adhesive trap pad over a mouse hole instead of sealing it and told them they could seal it themselves, on the reasoning that mice keep away from that surface. They did not agree, and they did not recommend the company. For stinging insects, mice or a recurring ant problem south of Boston, this is a small outfit where the person who answers is often the person who shows up. Settle up front whether sealing entry points is part of the visit or a separate line, and ask what the six-month guarantee covers before the technician leaves.