Rollins, Inc.

Rollins, Inc.
Type	Public
Traded as	NYSE: ROL; S&P 500 component;
Industry	Pest control
Founded	1948; (as Rollins Broadcasting)
Headquarters	Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Key people	Randall Rollins, Chairman; Gary Rollins, CEO
Revenue	US$1,822 million (2018)
Owner	Rollins family (55.6%, controlling)
Number of employees	13,000 (January 2018)
Subsidiaries	Orkin; Western Pest Services
Website	www.rollins.com

Rollins, Inc. is a North American consumer and commercial services company. Through its wholly owned subsidiaries, Orkin, Inc., PCO Services (now Orkin Canada),^[3] HomeTeam Pest Defense, Western Pest Services, Industrial Fumigant Company, TruTech, Critter Control, Crane, Waltham, OPC Services, PermaTreat, Northwest Exterminating, McCall Service and Clark Pest Control,^[4] as well UK subsidiaries Safeguard Pest Control, Guardian Pest Control, Ames, and Kestrel, with Australian subsidiaries Allpest, Scientific Pest Control, Murray Pest Control and Statewide Pest Control, and Singapore subsidiary Aardwolf Pestkare, the company provides pest control services and protection against termite damage, rodents and insects to over 2 million customers in the US, Canada, Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, the Middle East and Asia from over 500 locations.

Ford Ranger extended cab outfitted as an Orkin vehicle

History[]

The company started as Rollins Broadcasting in 1948, founded by John W. Rollins and his brother, O. Wayne Rollins. The company, originally financed in large part by John Rollins' auto dealerships, began as Rollins Broadcasting when the brothers purchased a 1460 WRAD, an AM radio station based in the rural town of Radford, Virginia. The company grew to include other radio stations, a television station, Orkin, Inc., Western Pest Services,^[5] The Industrial Fumigant Company, a trucking concern (later sold to Penske Truck Leasing), a hazardous waste disposal service, an oil services business, and a cable television company. In 1984 the company spun off its oil services business, RPC, Inc. (NYSE: RES) to shareholders.^[6]

Gary Rollins, son of O. Wayne Rollins, has been the CEO since July 24, 2001.^[7]

References[]

^ 2018 SEC Form 10-K
^ 2019 Proxy statement
^ Reporter, a Wall Street Journal Staff (October 4, 1999). "Rollins Unit Agrees to Buy Canadian Pest-Control Firm". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved October 7, 2021.
^ "Rollins Acquires Second Clark Pest Control Business". PCT - Pest Control Technology. Retrieved October 7, 2021.
^ News, Bloomberg (March 9, 2004). "COMPANY NEWS; PARENT OF ORKIN TO BUY SMALLER PEST CONTROL BUSINESS". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved October 7, 2021.
^ "Company History". www.rpc.net. Retrieved June 22, 2019.
^ "Executive Profile* Gary W. Rollins". Bloomberg. Retrieved August 27, 2015.

External links[]

Official website
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[1] 2018 SEC Form 10-K

[2] 2019 Proxy statement

[3] Reporter, a Wall Street Journal Staff (October 4, 1999). "Rollins Unit Agrees to Buy Canadian Pest-Control Firm". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved October 7, 2021.

[4] "Rollins Acquires Second Clark Pest Control Business". PCT - Pest Control Technology. Retrieved October 7, 2021.

[5] News, Bloomberg (March 9, 2004). "COMPANY NEWS; PARENT OF ORKIN TO BUY SMALLER PEST CONTROL BUSINESS". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved October 7, 2021.

[6] "Company History". www.rpc.net. Retrieved June 22, 2019.

[Bloomberg-7] "Executive Profile* Gary W. Rollins". Bloomberg. Retrieved August 27, 2015.

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