As people prepare for summer vacation, a top pest-control company is revealing the U.S. cities where you’re likely to encounter bedbugs. Bedbugs are small insects that feed on blood and live near humans or animals, favoring places we sleep or rest, such as beds, couches and nearby furniture.
Bed Bug Cities List
Chicago once again topped the list of Orkin’s 2026 Bed Bug Cities List, retaining the pest control and extermination company’s number one ranking as America’s city where it performed the most bedbug treatments. Los Angeles, Detroit, Cleveland and Indianapolis rounded out the top five this year.
Popular tourist hot spots Tampa and Myrtle Beach experienced increased bedbug activity, Orkin reported. Many cities where bedbug activity has been the worst in the last year are also some of the country’s most popular travel destinations and are expected to welcome large numbers of visitors for major concerts, festivals and sporting events throughout the summer and beyond.
Experts recommend inspecting mattress seams, upholstered furniture and behind headboards for bedbugs while traveling. They also suggest using a sticky lint roller on clothing, upholstery and the bottoms of shoes to help detect hitchhiking bed bugs.
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