Itchy welts in a row along your arm, rusty dots on a pillowcase or a tiny flat bug near the headboard are the usual first clues of bed bugs. Our licensed technicians inspect and treat Westlake houses, Serramonte apartments, in-law rooms behind Top of the Hill garages and homes near the Cow Palace. Ring our team, or use the short form, for a free bed bug control quote.
Daly City homes use 2 residential ZIP codes. 94014 covers the eastern half of town: Top of the Hill at the San Francisco line, Crocker, Hillside, Bayshore near the Cow Palace and the blocks around the Daly City BART station. The town of Colma also uses 94014, though it has its own government. 94015 covers the western half: Westlake, Serramonte, St. Francis Heights, the coastal bluffs near Mussel Rock and the unincorporated Broadmoor neighborhood. ZIPs 94016 and 94017 are post office box ZIPs with no homes, so they have no pages of their own.
Bed Bug Treatment From Mussel Rock to the Cow Palace
Bed Bug Control Services in Daly City
Nearly every Daly City job begins with an inspection. Flea bites, mosquito bites and carpet beetle larvae can look a lot like bed bug trouble, and we want proof before anyone spends money. Once we know where the bugs are, we match a method, or a mix of methods, to the house, the rooms and the people living there.
Bed Bug InspectionOur licensed technician confirms bed bugs and lists each room and furniture piece where we find them.Learn more 
K9 Bed Bug InspectionA scent-trained dog sniffs out live bed bugs and eggs hidden in furniture, trim and wall gaps.Learn more 
Bed Bug Heat TreatmentWe raise room temperatures past what bed bugs and eggs can survive, usually in one day.Learn more 
Chemical Bed Bug TreatmentProfessional products placed where bed bugs hide, with return visits for bugs that hatch later.Learn more 
Bed Bug FumigationWe tent the structure and release a gas that reaches every wall void and stored item.Learn more 
Bed Bug Steam TreatmentVery hot, low-moisture steam kills bed bugs and eggs on contact in mattresses and upholstered furniture.Learn more Why Foggers Fail in Daly City Homes
A fogger drifts onto open floors and tabletops, but bed bugs rest deep in box spring corners, bed rail screws and the gaps behind baseboards. Many also shrug off the pyrethroids found in store products, so the case keeps going while the family thinks it is handled.
Eggs a single female bed bug can lay in her lifetime.
Source: Virginia Tech Cooperative ExtensionFrom egg to a breeding adult at room temperature, so a small problem grows fast.
Source: Virginia Tech Cooperative ExtensionStore-bought foggers tested by Ohio State researchers had little or no effect on bed bugs.
Source: Journal of Economic Entomology, 2012Why Bed Bugs Turn Up in Daly City
Bed bugs travel on people and their things: suitcases, purses, gym bags, secondhand mattresses and bags of laundry. They need a sleeping person nearby, not a dirty room, so a spotless house can still get them.
Daly City had 104,901 residents in the 2020 Census, packed into about 7.6 square miles, which makes it one of the most crowded cities on the Peninsula. Homes average about 3.3 people, and roughly 46% of occupied homes are rented. Many homes hold grandparents, grown children or relatives staying for months, and about a third of residents are of Filipino descent, one of the largest Filipino American communities in the country. Daly City station is the last stop on BART's Green and Blue lines, and shoppers fill Serramonte Center and Westlake Shopping Center, so bags and furniture move in and out of homes all the time.
Westlake Doelger Homes and Ground-Floor In-Law Rooms
Builder Henry Doelger started Westlake in the late 1940s, and its rows of stucco houses inspired Malvina Reynolds' 1962 song "Little Boxes." In 94015 the 1940s are the most common decade built, and in 94014 the 1960s and 1940s lead. A typical house in either ZIP has its living space above a street-level garage, and over the years many owners added a bedroom, a family room or a full in-law unit on that lower floor.
- Two floors, one laundry. Bedding from the downstairs room and the upstairs bedrooms often goes through the same washer and the same hampers, which gives bugs an easy ride between floors. We inspect both levels and the laundry area.
- Rooms rented to a tenant. A lower unit with its own entry is still a rental, so AB 551 applies. The owner and the tenant should each know what we find in writing.
- Garage storage. Spare mattresses and old furniture often wait in the garage, so we check there too.
Fog, Cool Rooms and Big Households
Summer in Daly City is often gray and cool, and the temperature rarely tops 75°F even in August. That has 2 effects on a bed bug job. First, indoor rooms are kept warm for people, so bugs stay active all year. Second, heat treatment in a cool house needs more heaters and probes, since cold corners and packed closets warm last.
- With 4 or 5 people in a home, more beds and couches are in nightly use. We list every sleeping spot, including sofa beds and air mattresses for visiting family.
- Before relatives fly home or another guest arrives, ask us to check the guest bed and the luggage area, so bugs do not move on with the bags.
From Your Call to a Bug-Free Daly City Home
Same 4 steps for a Bayshore flat or a Westlake house.
- 01You call
Tell us your ZIP, the type of home and what you found. The quote costs nothing.
- 02We inspect
Our technician checks both floors, every bed and seating area, and brings a scent dog when signs are faint.
- 03Written quote
You get the method, a prep checklist and the full price on paper before we set a date.
- 04We treat and recheck
We treat each confirmed spot and return later to make sure the bugs are gone.
6 Bed Bug Signs to Look for in Daly City
Bites alone do not prove much. These clues point to bed bugs.
Red, itchy marks in a line or tight group, often on arms, neck or legs.
Black or brown dots on mattress piping, sheet corners and box spring fabric.
Light tan, see-through skins left behind as nymphs grow.
Rice-shaped eggs about 1 millimeter long tucked in seams and cracks.
Flat and oval, reddish brown and close to apple-seed size.
A sweetish, stale smell in a bedroom with many bugs.
Daly City Areas We Cover
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Daly City Service Area Map
Our technicians cover Daly City from the Westlake Palisades and the cliffs above Thornton Beach, across Interstate 280 and Serramonte, to Mission Street at Top of the Hill and the Bayshore blocks below San Bruno Mountain.
Nearby Cities We Cover
We also treat homes across northern San Mateo County and the Peninsula, including San Francisco, South San Francisco, San Bruno, Millbrae, Burlingame and San Mateo.
- Brisbane4 mi
- South San Francisco4 mi
- San Bruno5 mi
- Pacifica5 mi
- San Francisco7 mi
- Millbrae7 mi
- Burlingame9 mi
- Montara10 mi
- Alameda12 mi
- Moss Beach12 mi
- Sausalito12 mi
- El Granada12 mi
Daly City Renters and Bed Bug Law
AB 551, found in California Civil Code 1954.600 to 1954.605, sets bed bug rules for rentals across the state. It applies to an apartment near Serramonte, a lower-floor unit in a Westlake house, a rented room in a Crocker home and a rental in unincorporated Broadmoor.
- Landlords must give tenants a written bed bug notice.
- A landlord cannot show, rent or lease a unit they know has bed bugs.
- After a licensed pest control operator inspects, the landlord must share the findings with affected tenants within 2 business days.
- Tenants who report bed bugs are protected from retaliation.
The statewide Tenant Protection Act also covers many Daly City rentals. If you want to know whether a city rule adds anything for your unit, ask Daly City's housing staff. Report bugs to your landlord by dated text or email the same day you find them.
What Bed Bug Treatment Costs in Daly City
Your price depends on the number of rooms with bugs, the size of the house and the method we use. For a rough idea, Angi's 2026 US averages put a visual inspection at $65 to $200, a K9 search at $300 to $600 and treatment at $200 to $400 per room, with whole-home jobs often running $1,500 to $6,200. After we inspect, the written quote we hand you is the number that counts.
Daly City Bed Bug FAQ
Which Daly City ZIP codes do you cover?
Both residential ZIP codes. 94014 is the east side, with Top of the Hill, Crocker, Hillside, Bayshore and the BART station area. 94015 is the west side, with Westlake, Serramonte, St. Francis Heights and unincorporated Broadmoor. Colma shares 94014 but is its own town, and Pacifica, Brisbane and South San Francisco are separate cities.
Our Westlake house has a bedroom behind the garage. Does that room need checking too?
Yes. Many Doelger-era homes have a ground-floor room or in-law unit beside the garage, and someone often sleeps there. We inspect every room used for sleep, upstairs and down, because bugs move between floors along stairs, laundry and shared bedding.
Does the cold, foggy weather here slow bed bugs down?
Not much. Bed bugs live indoors next to people, and a heated bedroom stays warm enough for them all year. Cool, damp summers do not stop a case, and outdoor heat in Daly City never gets close to the levels that kill them.
I rent a room in a family home. Who pays for treatment?
If you have a rental agreement, AB 551 applies, and in most California rentals the landlord arranges and pays for treatment after a licensed pest control operator inspects. Tell the owner in writing as soon as you see signs, so the whole house can be checked together.
How much does bed bug treatment cost in Daly City?
It depends on how many rooms have bugs, the size of the home and the method. Angi 2026 US averages show about $65 to $200 for a visual inspection, $300 to $600 for a K9 search and $200 to $400 per treated room. Our written quote after the inspection gives your real price.
How your call is handled: Bed Bug Control CA is a licensed California bed bug service. We book an inspection at your Daly City home at a time that suits you. We quote in writing, then treat once you say yes.