9 Best Termite Control Services in Singapore (October 2026)

Most termite damage here comes from subterranean termites. They nest in soil or a hidden void and reach timber through mud tubes about the width of a pencil. Drywood termites are the other common type. They live inside the wood they eat, need no soil, and often arrive in a door or cabinet that was already infested.

The signs worth knowing:

• Mud tubes running up a wall, a skirting board, a pipe or the back of a cabinet. That's subterranean termites.
• Hollow-sounding timber. Tap a door frame. If it sounds papery, or a screwdriver sinks in, the inside has been eaten.
• Swarmers after rain. Winged termites (alates) fly out around dusk after a downpour and shed their wings, so a pile of wings on a windowsill means a mature colony is close. If they turn out to be flying ants, my ant control guide is the one you want.
• Frass. Tiny hard pellets, like coarse sand, under a door or shelf. That's drywood termites clearing out their galleries.

Spraying what you can see fails because those termites are just workers out foraging, and the colony behind them can run to hundreds of thousands. Spray the mud tube and you break one trail. The colony opens another somewhere harder to find, and stays away from the exact spot where a bait station should go. Termite Specialist's site puts it bluntly: please don't spray.

What does work:

• Inspection first. A thermal camera or radar device such as Termatrac finds activity behind walls and built-ins without hacking them open, and identifies the species. That decides everything else.
• Baiting. A slow-acting bait that stops termites moulting, carried home by workers until the colony collapses. It takes weeks to months, targets the colony itself, and works only on subterranean termites.
• Direct or corrective treatment. Dust or foam pushed into active galleries and mud tubes. For drywood termites, this, heat treatment or replacing the infested piece is the answer.
• Soil treatment. A chemical barrier: termiticide injected into the soil around and under the building through holes drilled along the perimeter. Firms here quote about five years of protection.
• Pre-construction treatment. On a new build or landed rebuild, the soil is treated before the slab is poured, sometimes with stainless steel mesh around pipe penetrations. It's the cheapest moment to protect a house.

There's now a Singapore Standard behind this way of working. SS 721:2025, the code of practice for pest management services, was drawn up by a working group co-led by NEA and the Singapore Pest Management Association, and termites are among the pests it covers. Its principles are prevention first, a risk assessment before treatment, chemicals only where needed, and continuous monitoring.

HDB flats. Height doesn't protect you. Subterranean termites travel up inside walls, service ducts and pipe sleeves, and drywood termites come in with infested furniture or carpentry. Kitchen cabinets, door frames and built-in wardrobes are the usual spots. With no soil to treat, the job is normally above-ground baiting plus dust or foam, with a technician back every week or two. If the activity comes from common property such as a corridor planter or roof garden, tell your town council too.

Condos. Inside your unit it's the same job. The difference is the grounds: the soil, planters and trees around the block are common property, so if termites come up from below, the MCST's contractor has to treat the source.

Landed homes. Every method is on the table here, and most of the money goes here. You have a whole perimeter, often timber roof trusses, and garden trees or stumps that can host colonies. Expect a choice between in-ground bait stations around the perimeter, a corrective soil treatment drilled along the walls, or both. If you're rebuilding, put pre-construction soil treatment in the builder's scope. My renovation contractors guide can help you find someone to coordinate it.

Few firms publish termite prices, because the quote depends on the species, the spread and the property. These are typical ranges, built from published prices (Rentokil's list, October 2026) and reported quotes. Use them to sanity-check a quote.

Species and warranty move a quote more than floor area. Drywood work is local to one piece of timber; subterranean work is about the whole colony. And a five- to seven-year soil warranty costs more than a one-off spot job, and covers far more. For a sense of where a full landed job sits, Rentokil's anti-termite promotion this year applied only to jobs of S$4,500 and up.

If you're looking to hire a termite company in Singapore, this is how I'd narrow the field.

1. On NEA's register. NEA's rules for the vector control industry say only companies registered as vector control operators can be engaged for vector control work, with licensed technicians. Termites fall outside the legal definition of a vector, but any firm that also does general pest work has to be registered, so this is the best licence check you have. Look the company up on NEA's list of registered vector control operators. All nine here are on the edition dated 30 September 2026.
2. An inspection before a price. A termite quote over the phone is a guess. I want someone to come out, identify the species and find the source.
3. A method that matches the species. Baiting for subterranean termites. Local treatment, heat or new timber for drywood. A firm offering to bait drywood termites doesn't know which ones you have.
4. The follow-up schedule in writing. Baiting needs a visit every one to two weeks while the colony feeds. Ask how many visits the price covers.
5. A warranty with the terms spelled out. How long, whole house or treated spots only, and whether retreatment is free. Warranties on this list run from about a year to ten.
6. Reviews from termite jobs. A 4.9 might be built on cockroach jobs. Search the reviews for the word termite.

A red flag for me is a technician who sprays the mud tubes on the first visit and calls it done.

I started with the companies that keep coming up for termite work in Singapore, then read each one's termite pages: which baiting system, whether it treats soil, how it inspects, how often it returns and what warranty it publishes. I checked every company against NEA's register and took Google ratings and review counts from their Google Business listings in October 2026. Termite-focused firms, and firms that publish their methods in detail, ranked higher. A few with very thin reviews, or with claims I couldn't square with their company records, didn't make it.

Ratings move and prices change, so check the latest before you book.

Termite treatment in Singapore typically costs S$500 to S$1,500 for a localised job in an HDB flat or condo, from S$700 a year for a baiting programme, and from S$1,600 for soil treatment around a landed house, going by Rentokil's published starting prices. Several firms inspect for free and quote after.

A termite baiting system is better for killing an active subterranean colony, because workers carry the bait home and the whole colony dies, usually within 4 to 12 weeks, longer for a big colony. Soil treatment is better as a barrier, protecting a landed house for about five years. Many landed homes use both: bait first, then a barrier.

The Control of Vectors and Pesticides Act defines a vector as an insect or rodent that can carry or cause disease in people, which termites don't. But almost every termite firm also does general pest control, and for that it must be registered with NEA as a vector control operator. Check NEA's register before you book.

Rentokil's own HDB and condo guidance says upper floors aren't safe, because subterranean termites travel up through mud tubes inside walls, service ducts and pipe sleeves. Drywood termites arrive in infested furniture, doors or carpentry on any floor. In a flat, treatment is usually above-ground baiting and dusting, since there's no soil to treat.

Termite baiting usually takes 4 to 12 weeks with visits every 7 to 14 days, according to Termite Specialist, and Origin plans for three to six months on a big colony. Spot treatment for drywood termites takes a visit or two. Soil treatment is drilled and injected in about a day, then protects for around five years.

No. Termite Specialist, for one, tells customers outright not to spray or touch them. Spraying kills the termites in view, scatters the colony to new spots and stops them feeding where a bait station would go, which makes the job longer and dearer. Take photos, leave the mud tubes intact and book an inspection.