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title: "Belleville News-Democrat: Childhood Friends Establish Mosquito Extermination Franchise"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/572adc54-7be2-4d95-ae4a-1bb2f9a976b9
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/belleville-news-democrat-childhood-friends-establish-mosquito-extermination-franchise-1668
category: "Lawn & pest"
industry: "Home Services"
segment: "Lawn & pest"
published: 2015-05-19T21:16:12.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T22:34:27.455Z
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# Belleville News-Democrat: Childhood Friends Establish Mosquito Extermination Franchise

**TL;DR:** Childhood friends Chad Mueller and Ed Rust are establishing a Mosquito Joe franchise in Belleville, Ill., offering mosquito spray and treatment services. The friends plan to make the franchise their full-time career in the future, with a goal of expanding to 7-10 vehicles.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2015-05-19. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/belleville-news-democrat-childhood-friends-establish-mosquito-extermination-franchise-1668).*

## Story

Mosquito Joe, a mosquito spray and treatment service, is set to open up shop in Belleville, Ill. The new Mosquito Joe will be part of the life-long journey of two friends Chad Mueller and Ed Rust, who met in Belleville in the first grade.“We both started looking at franchising through the years as an idea.

I had started looking at up-and-coming franchises and real necessity franchises. I wanted to do something that would give back to the community as a business and came across Mosquito Joe,” Rust told the Belleville News-Democrat. After bringing up the idea to Mueller, the two decided this was the franchise for them.

They both enjoyed that there are no contracts involved and that they are able to provide customer service to their community. The two friends currently work in medical sales for different companies, but hope to have Mosquito Joe be their full-time career in the future.“We are hoping that down the road at some point in time that this will be our full-time position.

We have one truck today, and I would like to have seven to 10 vehicles out on the road in the future,” Mueller told the Belleville News-Democrat. The two friends will be opening their Mosquito Joe franchise on June 1 and will be focusing their efforts on the community that they were both born and raised in. Click here to read the original story.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- franchise growth (topic)
- Home Services (sector)
- Mosquito Joe (company)
- community service (topic)
- small business (topic)
- Belleville (location)
- franchise establishment (topic)
- mosquito extermination (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/belleville-news-democrat-childhood-friends-establish-mosquito-extermination-franchise-1668). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/572adc54-7be2-4d95-ae4a-1bb2f9a976b9).