Joe Watrin started Granite Pest Control in 1980. Today, the company has grown to include his wife Kathy, and Technicians Tom, Adam and Lance. They are all committed to serving their clients with the most up to date and researched products available in their industry. Joe and Kathy have continued their education by attending extension classes at Perdue University and conferences put on by the National Pest Management Association. Kathy, who has been a licensed Master Technician since 1983 and past President and current board member of the Minnesota Pest Management Association, runs the office. Joe, Tom, Adam and Lance, do the field and technical work. Our industry is constantly changing as the needs of our clients change. We enjoy the challenge and our work.

After being in business for over thirty years, the guiding principles that Joe started his business with, are still the same today - that you, the customer is the most important part of our business. Being a family owned business, we feel we are more in tune to the customer’s wants and needs. We do not have the layers of corporate when you work with us; it’s one phone call and each technician is able to offer you the full service type of work you deserve. You do not first talk to a call screener then a professional sales person before your work is passed on to someone who does not know what was said from the beginning.