Goose Masters

What Goose Masters does

Goose Masters, LLC is a Franklinville, North Carolina-based private company that provides humane Canada goose control using trained Border Collies across five regional branches in North Carolina and Northeast Florida. The service replaces chemical, lethal, or non-lethal deterrent approaches with on-site dog patrols that condition geese to avoid treated properties, with the company holding USDA Wildlife Services and U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service approvals and endorsements from the Humane Society and PETA.

The business serves a diverse set of outdoor-property customer segments including golf courses, corporate campuses, educational institutions, parks, airports, and agricultural/farm operations, with named customers spanning residential/HOA developments (e.g., Garden View, Mallard, Colonial) and other commercial accounts (e.g., Starmount, Liberty). Recurring site-visit contracts form the core revenue model, supplemented by specialty deployments such as the October 2019 Hawaii engagement to herd protected bird species off a customer property. A vertically integrated kennel breeding program, in place for over 60 years, supplies the Border Collies used in the service and is operated alongside the family's 40+ years of canine-based bird-control experience.

Goose Masters is family-owned by the Kuykendall family with no external funding disclosed in the available information. Its go-to-market is referral-driven and rooted in regulatory endorsements and word-of-mouth within property-management networks; service pricing and contract structure are not publicly disclosed, but the recurring-visits model implies a subscription-like revenue mechanics. The company has demonstrated geographic expansion (Triangle, NC in 2009 to five regions today) and vertical expansion (entering agriculture and airport segments), but the business remains a labor- and animal-intensive services operation with no software, AI, or significant technology platform component.

Name

Goose Masters

Legal name

Goose Masters, LLC

Website

https://goosemasters.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Goose Masters is a Franklinville, NC-based private company that uses trained Border Collies to humanely control Canada geese at golf courses, corporate campuses, parks, airports, schools, and farms across North Carolina and Northeast Florida.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Wildlife Control Services

NAICS

Hunting and Trapping (11421), Support Activities for Animal Production (115210)

akta.pro primary industry

Wildlife Control & Exclusion (IMAIAHAJ)

Keywords

• Wildlife management services
• Goose control services
• Border collie herding
• Humane wildlife deterrence
• Bird strike prevention

Headquarters

HQ city

Triangle (Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill area)

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Goose Control Services: Professional goose control services delivered using trained Border Collies and handlers. Services are provided on scheduled recurring visits to properties, tailored to each client's needs. The company offers customized service plans with frequency ranging from multiple times per week to multiple times per day depending on severity.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Goose Masters delivers professional Canada goose control and removal services using highly trained Border Collie "Goose Dogs" guided by expert dog handlers. Services are customized per property and include scheduled recurring visits (ranging from multiple times per week to multiple times per day) to humanely deter and relocate geese from private estates, golf courses, corporate campuses, schools, parks, airports, and residential communities.

Product overview

Goose Masters is a service company providing professional goose control services. Their primary offering is humane Canada goose removal using trained Border Collie 'Goose Dogs' and professional handlers. The company operates across five regional locations (Coastal, ENC, NE Florida, Triad, and Triangle) and serves diverse client types including private estates, homeowners associations, golf courses, parks, schools, universities, corporate properties, cemeteries, and airports. Their methodology relies on Border Collies to simulate predator presence and encourage geese to relocate, without harming the birds. No separate product modules, SaaS platforms, or software products are offered—the company operates exclusively as a service provider.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Goose Control Services

Quantifiable outcome

• Reduced groupings of 150+ geese to 0 geese on 7.5 acre property
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Kuykendall's Border ColliescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGoose Masters is owned by the Kuykendall family, who operate Kuykendall's Border Collies, a highly acclaimed kennel in central North Carolina that has been breeding, raising, and training Border Collies for over 60 years. This vertical integration ensures a consistent supply of expertly trained dogs with strong working bloodlines and predictable temperaments. The partnership allows direct oversight of the entire growth and training process, ensuring dogs are selected to meet specific goose control service needs.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Emerging players

• Wildlife Solutions: Niche wildlife removal and exclusion operator focused on humane, non-lethal solutions for residential and commercial clients. Adjacent competitor for nuisance-wildlife contracts.
• Hawkeye Bird and Animal Control: Regional nuisance bird and wildlife control provider using non-lethal methods (netting, spikes, deterrents). Comparable in mission and customer type, though uses different methods than Border Collie herding.

Broad incumbents

• Terminix: Major U.S. residential and commercial pest control brand. While not goose-specific, Terminix's commercial book and bundled offerings compete for the same property-management and HOA buyers Goose Masters targets.
• Rentokil Initial: Global pest control and hygiene services company with a North American wildlife management footprint. Operates in the same commercial and municipal accounts and could integrate goose-control offerings through acquisition or partnership.
• Critter Control: National wildlife and pest control franchise serving residential and commercial customers. Overlaps with Goose Masters on nuisance wildlife removal for the same enterprise and HOA buyer segments, but offers a much broader animal portfolio.
• Trutech Wildlife Service: Specialized wildlife removal and exclusion service operating nationally. Competes for similar property-manager and corporate clients on nuisance wildlife, though Trutech typically uses trapping/exclusion methods rather than dog-based herding.
• Orkin: Largest U.S. pest control provider; offers bird management programs as part of a broad commercial pest portfolio. Relevant incumbent that could bundle goose control into enterprise contracts Goose Masters currently serves directly.

Direct peers

• Geese Police: Direct competitor offering Border Collie-based Canada goose deterrence across multiple U.S. regions. Highly comparable service model, target customers (corporate, HOA, golf, airports), and recurring-visit commercial structure.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/goosemasterstriangle
• Instagraminstagram.com/goosemasterstriangle
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/goose-masters

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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