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Lone Star Termite & Pest OP-4109
Family-owned Resi + Comm + Termite SBA filed · 18 May Hiring +18 / 90d Watched by 12 firms
PestBrief Score · A−
84 / 100
Methodology v 0.47 30 percentile · Texas
Revenue · est.
$8.9M
+22.1% YoY
EBITDA · est.
$1.6M
+14% margin 18%
Trucks · DOT
41
+5 90d
Customers · est.
14,200
~stable 90d
Revenue history
201420162018202020222024
Activity · 12 months
SBA 7(a) loan filed SBA
$2.4M with First Liberty Bank · purpose: "real estate acquisition." Locations added to company site: 2 new northeast Houston yards. filing #TX-2026-00471
18 May 2026
Hiring spike crossed +1σ Hiring
Open postings 18 active vs trailing-12 avg of 6. Mix: 11 field techs, 4 sales, 3 office.
04 May 2026
Fleet expansion
DOT registrations 36 → 41 trucks. Two trucks Ford F-250 (new), three F-150 (used).
21 Apr 2026
Website redesign
New site launched · added commercial-services landing page · added "About the founder" page detailing succession plan.
12 Mar 2026
License renewed Regulatory
TX TDA pesticide-business license renewed for 2026 (commercial structural).
28 Feb 2026
Officer change · Secretary of State
VP Operations Maria Costa added as registered officer (previously Director of Ops since 2019).
15 Jan 2026
Annual survey returned
Operator confirmed: $8.9M revenue, 41 trucks, 18% EBITDA margin, no current outside capital, "open to conversations with the right partner in 18–24 months."
04 Jan 2026
Operations
Service mix
Resi 68 · Com 28 · Term 4
Route density
HighA
FSM platform
FieldRoutesB
Payments
Stripe + ACHB
Telematics
SamsaraB
Customer base
~14,200B
License states
TX, LA
Hazmat endorsement
14 of 41 trucks
Chemical preference
BASF (Termidor SC)C
Avg ticket · resi
$92 / visitC
Tech stack
FieldRoutes
Stripe
Samsara
HubSpot
QuickBooks
WordPress
Locations · 3 · adding 2
HQ · Main yardHouston, TX since 2004
Sugar Land branchSugar Land, TX since 2014
Beaumont branchBeaumont, TX since 2021
Spring (NE Houston) ·opening — Q3 2026 filed · 18 May
Kingwood ·opening — Q3 2026 filed · 18 May
Snapshot
Lone Star Termite & Pest is a family-owned Houston-area operator founded in 2004 by Joel Hidalgo (62). The company serves the greater Houston metro with a mix of residential (68%), commercial (28%), and termite (4%) work. As of May 2026, the company holds licenses in TX and LA, runs 41 trucks across three yards, and is actively expanding into northeast Houston via SBA-financed acquisition.
Legal entity
LSTP Holdings LLC
Headquarters
Houston, TX
Founder
Joel Hidalgo (62)
Tenure
22 yrs
Ownership
Family · 100%
Outside capital
None
Succession
VP Ops CostaB
Open to sale
18–24 moA
People · key
JH 22 yr
Joel Hidalgo Founder · CEO
Founded 2004 · age 62
MC 7 yr
Maria Costa VP Ops
Added as registered officer · Jan 2026
DH 9 yr
Daniel Hidalgo
Director of Sales · founder's son
RB 5 yr
Roberta Brewer
Controller
Similar operators
| Big Bend Pest Solutions | 92% | $5.4M |
| Gulf Coast Pest Co | 88% | $4.6M |
| Permian Basin Pest | 81% | $3.8M |
| Cypress Termite & Co | 74% | $3.4M |
| Pecos Valley Pest | 71% | $5.7M |
Sources
TX TDA pesticide registry
DOT motor carrier
SBA filings
TX Sec of State
Annual operator survey
Operator website crawl
Job postings (Indeed / LinkedIn)
Tech stack fingerprint
Aerial fleet-yard count
Team notes
Kate Hidalgo · 18 May 2026 11:42 am
Met Joel at the TPCA conference in Feb. He confirmed he'd consider structured liquidity in ~18 mo if Maria stays on. Worth a follow-up given the SBA filing.
James Park · 04 May 2026 3:08 pm
Hiring spike correlates with the two new northeast Houston yards. Suggests organic — not roll-up — expansion. Adjust thesis.