The pest control industry’s own figures paint a stark picture. JG Pest Control has handled an average of ten bedbug callouts daily so far in 2026, with summer demand up 25 per cent from the previous year.
Managing director James Gale said: “London is the hotspot. In inner London, more than a quarter of our jobs are for bedbugs, against about one in ten elsewhere.”
Rentokil has seen bedbug enquiries from commercial clients such as hotels climb by more than 40 per cent over the past two years.
Nightshift Pest Control, which serves housing providers, universities, hotels and hospitals overnight across England, reported bedbug callouts rising by nearly 50 per cent this year compared with the same period in 2025.
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