Rentokil History

Professional, reliable and effective pest control – that has been the motto of Rentokil throughout its 80 year lifespan. Rentokil was established, from humble beginnings, in the UK in 1927. The high quality of service delivery and customer loyalty, combined with a highly skilled workforce, has enabled the company to spread its wings across the globe. Rentokil currently operates in 40 countries around the world, including South Africa.

The South African journey commenced some 40 years ago. Rentokil being one of the pioneers of professional pest control in South Africa, helped shape and develop this industry. As a household name, Rentokil prides itself in delivering highly effective solutions to our customers, without compromising quality and standards.

Rentokil, in the early days had just 1 office with some 25 staff members. Today, 40 years later, Rentokil expands its network country wide – in all major cities. Our people have grown to be in excess of 1000 operating from 32 branches around the country.

Rentokil recognized, as early as 1992, the need for organizational transformation.
Numerous initiatives were launched to address transformation policies. The success of these initiatives resulted in Rentokil positioning itself to include an equity partner.

2004: Kuhloba Consortium was selected as our BEE partners with a 25.1% equity.

2006: Rentokil Initial (Pty) Ltd had the largest re-structure in it’s history. The restructure was to streamline and have a focused approach in our different business divisions. The re-alignment of the divisions was further extended to divisional re-structure. Rentokil, which manages the pest control portfolio, has been re-aligned into different business streams:

  • Conventional Pest Control
  • Specialty Sector

Conventional Pest Control Business Unit – focuses on customers that want to improve their corporate image and build on their brand loyalty.

Specialty Sector Business Unit – focuses on the customers that need to adhere to HACCP or equivalents compliancy requirements

Our organizational structure allows our employees to understand our customers better and hence meet their business needs and demands.