Small red bites after a night in your own bed, black specks on the fitted sheet or a flat brown bug walking along the headboard usually mean bed bugs. Our licensed technicians inspect and treat downtown apartments near Courthouse Square, 1940s houses around Woodside Road, hillside homes in Emerald Hills and condos in Redwood Shores. Call our team or send the short form for a free bed bug control quote.
Redwood City mail goes to 4 residential ZIP codes. 94061 is the south and west side, with Farm Hills, Woodside Plaza, Roosevelt and Cañada College. 94062 runs up the western hills through Eagle Hill and Edgewood and also serves unincorporated Emerald Hills and Palomar Park, plus some Woodside edges. 94063 holds Downtown, the Caltrain station, the county government center, the Port of Redwood City and unincorporated North Fair Oaks. 94065 is Redwood Shores, the lagoon community east of Highway 101. ZIP 94059 is a post office box ZIP with no homes, and 94064 is a unique ZIP, so neither gets its own page.
Bed Bug Treatment From the Bay Lagoons to the Emerald Hills
Bed Bug Control Services in Redwood City
We start almost every Redwood City job with an inspection. Spider bites, flea bites and carpet beetle larvae all get mistaken for bed bugs, and the plan only makes sense once we know the insect and how many rooms it has reached. After that, we suggest one method or a mix that fits the building.
Bed Bug InspectionOur licensed technician confirms the pest and lists every room and furniture piece with bed bug activity.Learn more 
K9 Bed Bug InspectionA scent-trained dog finds live bed bugs and eggs hidden in furniture, trim and wall gaps.Learn more 
Bed Bug Heat TreatmentWe heat rooms above what bed bugs and eggs can survive, usually in a single 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 everything stored inside.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 Store Sprays Let Redwood City Renters Down
Over-the-counter sprays and foggers coat open surfaces, while bed bugs sit tucked inside mattress piping, bed frame joints and outlet boxes. Many of them also resist the pyrethroids those products rely on.
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 Redwood City
Bed bugs ride in on luggage, backpacks, used furniture and laundry, and they settle wherever people sleep. A case has nothing to do with how tidy a home is.
Redwood City had 84,292 residents in the 2020 Census, and about 53% of its occupied homes are rented. As the San Mateo County seat, it draws jurors, county staff and visitors downtown every weekday. Oracle, Stanford Health Care, Box, Electronic Arts and other large employers bring in workers who fly often, and every Caltrain service stops at the station on James Avenue. Cañada College students, new hires moving into furnished units and families hosting relatives from abroad all add to the flow of bags and furniture.
New Downtown Apartment Buildings and Older North Fair Oaks Homes
ZIP 94063 shows two very different kinds of rental housing side by side. Census data put the 2000s as the most common decade built there, which matches the mid-rise apartment buildings that went up around Downtown and near the Caltrain tracks. Close by, many homes in Centennial, Friendly Acres and unincorporated North Fair Oaks date from the 1940s and 1950s, often with a back unit or a converted garage. About 70% of households in 94063 rent.
- Mid-rise buildings. Bugs can move along shared hallways, trash rooms and the wall cavities that carry plumbing. We ask management to check neighboring units, not only the one that called.
- Older houses with back units. Several people may sleep on one lot in separate rooms. We inspect every sleeping space on the property so nothing is missed.
Redwood Shores Condos, Townhomes and Lagoon Homes
Redwood Shores was built in the 1960s and later on filled marshland that was once salt ponds, and much of its housing went up in the 1970s and 1980s. Townhome rows, condo buildings and apartments line the lagoons, and many are run by homeowner associations. That means shared walls, shared laundry rooms and HOA rules about who arranges and pays for pest work.
- Tell your HOA or property manager in writing as soon as you confirm bugs, so attached units can be checked in the same week.
- If you travel for work, unpack on a hard floor and run travel clothes through a hot dryer before they go in the closet.
What Happens After You Call Us in Redwood City
Our process is the same in a Redwood Shores condo or an Emerald Hills house.
- 01You call
Give us your Redwood City ZIP code, the kind of home and what you have seen. The quote is free.
- 02We inspect
A technician checks each bed, couch and nearby room, and brings a scent dog when the signs are hard to find.
- 03Written quote
You get the method, the prep steps and the total price in writing before any date is set.
- 04We treat and recheck
We treat every confirmed hiding spot, then come back to make sure the bugs are gone.
6 Signs of Bed Bugs in a Redwood City Home
Bites can come from many things. These are the signs that point to bed bugs.
Itchy bumps grouped in a line or small patch on exposed skin.
Black or rust specks on sheet hems, mattress tags and box spring fabric.
Hollow, see-through shells shed by growing nymphs.
Pale, rice-shaped eggs about 1 millimeter long in seams and cracks.
Flat, oval, rust-brown bugs about the size of an apple seed.
A sweet, musty odor in rooms with heavy activity.
Redwood City Areas We Cover
Choose your ZIP code to read about its neighborhoods, its homes and the bed bug calls we see there.
Redwood City Service Area Map
Our team works from the Redwood Shores lagoons and Bair Island on the bay, past the Port and Downtown, along El Camino Real and Woodside Road, and up into the oak hills of Emerald Hills near Interstate 280.
Nearby Cities We Cover
Our technicians also treat homes across San Mateo County and the Midpeninsula, including San Carlos, Atherton, Menlo Park, Belmont, San Mateo and Palo Alto.
- San Carlos2 mi
- Atherton3 mi
- Menlo Park4 mi
- Belmont4 mi
- Stanford5 mi
- San Mateo6 mi
- Palo Alto7 mi
- Portola Valley8 mi
- Burlingame10 mi
- Mountain View11 mi
- Los Altos11 mi
- Half Moon Bay11 mi
Renting in Redwood City: Your Bed Bug Rights
AB 551, written into California Civil Code 1954.600 to 1954.605, sets bed bug rules for every rental in the state. It covers a downtown apartment, a Redwood Shores condo you lease, a room in a Farm Hills house and a unit in North Fair Oaks or Emerald Hills, even though those last two are outside city limits.
- 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.
Most rentals are also covered by the statewide Tenant Protection Act. Redwood City's Housing Services team can tell you about any added city rules for your unit. Report bugs to your landlord by dated email or text right away.
What Bed Bug Treatment Costs in Redwood City
The cost of a Redwood City job comes down to the size of the home, the number of rooms with bugs and the method used. As a guide, Angi's 2026 US averages show $65 to $200 for a visual inspection, $300 to $600 for a K9 search and $200 to $400 for each treated room, with whole-home jobs often between $1,500 and $6,200. The written quote we give after the inspection is your actual price.
Redwood City Bed Bug FAQ
Which Redwood City ZIP codes do you treat?
We work in all 4 residential Redwood City ZIP codes: 94061 (Farm Hills, Woodside Plaza, Roosevelt and the Cañada College area), 94062 (Eagle Hill, Edgewood, Emerald Hills and Palomar Park), 94063 (Downtown, the Caltrain station, the Port and North Fair Oaks) and 94065 (Redwood Shores). Atherton, San Carlos and Menlo Park have their own pages on our site.
I live in North Fair Oaks or Emerald Hills with a Redwood City address. Is that inside the city?
No. North Fair Oaks and Emerald Lake Hills are unincorporated parts of San Mateo County that use Redwood City mailing addresses. We treat homes there the same way, and the statewide AB 551 bed bug rules cover rentals there too. City ordinances apply only inside Redwood City limits.
I rent in one of the new apartment buildings downtown. Who pays for treatment?
In most California rentals the landlord arranges and pays for bed bug treatment after a licensed pest control operator inspects. Tell the building office in writing the day you see signs. In a mid-rise we usually ask management to let us check the units on each side and above and below yours.
Our Redwood Shores townhome shares walls with 2 neighbors. Do we need to treat theirs too?
Often, yes. Bed bugs can travel through shared walls, plumbing runs and garage gaps. We inspect your unit first, then suggest that the HOA or the owners next door book a check, so the treatment covers every unit that has bugs.
How much does bed bug treatment cost in Redwood City?
Cost depends on the home size, how many rooms have bugs and the method. Angi 2026 US averages list about $65 to $200 for a visual inspection, $300 to $600 for a K9 search and $200 to $400 per room for treatment. Your written quote after our inspection is the real number.
How your call is handled: Bed Bug Control CA runs its own bed bug inspections and treatments. A licensed technician comes out to your Redwood City address to look for signs. You get a written quote before any treatment.