Aptive Environmental is not officially a Mormon company in sense of being owned by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, but it has strong cultural ties to Mormon community due to its origins in Utah and founders. Aptive was founded in 2015 in Provo, Utah, which is heavily LDS, by Vess Pearson and David Flanigan, who are members of LDS Church, and many of its early employees, sales reps, and leadership were returned LDS missionaries who used door-to-door sales skills learned on missions. The company is known for hiring many BYU students and LDS missionaries for its summer door-to-door sales program, which is common among Utah-based pest control companies like Aptive, Vivint, and others. This has led to perception that Aptive is a Mormon company culturally, though it is not owned or operated by the church, does not have religious requirements for customers, and serves customers of all backgrounds. Its business model of door-to-door sales is similar to other Utah companies that leverage LDS missionary experience. The company itself does not market itself as religious and its services are secular pest control. So while it has Mormon founders and many Mormon employees, it is not an official church company, but culturally tied to Utah LDS community.
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