ATLANTA — As temperatures drop, Atlanta’s rodents are heading inside — and the city has a top-15 spot on a national list to prove it.
What’s happening: Pest control company Terminix ranked Atlanta number 12 on its annual Top 50 Most Rodent-Infested Cities report, released October 5. The list is based on where customers used rodent control services most in 2025, drawn from more than 300 Terminix branches nationwide.
The silver lining, sort of: Atlanta slipped two spots from last year’s ranking, meaning slightly fewer Atlanta residents called for rodent help in 2025 than the year before. Progress, technically…