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Ratman
Commercial

Commercial rodent control, done properly.

Ratman is built around commercial premises — the venues where rodents are a food safety, audit and reputation issue, not just a nuisance.

Rodent problems in commercial venues follow patterns — deliveries, waste, drainage and shared voids create pressure a generic pest control round rarely resolves. Ratman is built for those environments.

What makes it commercial-grade

  • Mechanical-first control — snap traps and multi-catch stations placed on evidence, not bait scattered on hope.
  • Documented monitoring — logs that suit food safety audits and internal QA.
  • Proofing built in — every program identifies and closes the entry points behind the problem.
  • Discreet attendance — visits scheduled around service, deliveries and trading hours, made in unmarked vehicles with no Ratman branding or pest control signage.

Many restaurants, cafés, takeaways, bars and commercial premises prefer pest control to remain as discreet as possible. Every Ratman visit is made in an unmarked vehicle — no signage on the street, no signage at the loading dock.

Approach

Why mechanical trapping

Commercial venues need programs that survive audits and avoid secondary risks. Rodenticide baits do neither well.

Mechanical trapping

  • Kills confirmed and recovered — no rodents dying in walls
  • No rodenticide residue near food, prep or stock
  • Clear activity logs for audits and QA records
  • No secondary poisoning risk to pets or wildlife
  • Effective on populations that have learned to avoid bait

Rodenticide-only programs

  • Rodents die in inaccessible voids — odour and flies
  • Bait residue risk near food
  • Counts bait consumption, not catches
  • Ongoing secondary poisoning risk
  • Doesn't fix the entry points

For food-handling premises, mechanical trapping with monitoring and proofing is the defensible program.

Who we work with

Built for commercial premises

For venues where a rodent sighting is a business problem, not just a nuisance.

Empty commercial kitchen after service — stainless benches, hood and prep line
Back of house
From commercial kitchens to loading docks — Ratman knows the rooms rodents actually use.

Restaurants

Discreet monitoring for front and back of house.

Cafés

Small-venue programs that fit tight kitchens.

Pubs & bars

Late-hour attendance around cellars, bins and beer gardens.

Commercial kitchens

Audit-ready trapping for high-throughput sites.

Food manufacturers

Programs designed around HACCP-style controls.

Warehouses

Dock, pallet and rack-aware monitoring at scale.

Commercial buildings

Base building and tenancy programs across mixed-use sites.

Service corridor and loading dock behind a commercial venue — the environments Ratman inspects
Loading dock · Sydney
Where rodent activity actually lives.
The Method

Inspect. Trap. Monitor. Proof.

Evidence-based mechanical control and long-term prevention — not chemical treatment.

  1. 01

    Inspect

    Identify activity, entry points and risk factors on site.

  2. 02

    Trap

    Commercial-grade mechanical trapping on activity routes.

  3. 03

    Monitor

    Scheduled servicing with audit-ready logs.

  4. 04

    Proof

    Seal the gaps and entry points that caused the problem.

Commercial emergency response

Rodent sighting before service?

If a sighting or audit issue can't wait, tell us the venue and we'll respond.

Request a site assessment