American Mosquito Control Association

What American Mosquito Control Association does

The American Mosquito Control Association (AMCA) is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) scientific and educational membership association founded in 1935 (originally as the Eastern Association of Mosquito Control Workers, renamed AMCA in 1944) and headquartered in Sacramento, California. It serves roughly 1,600 members — primarily field technicians, entomologists, program administrators, and researchers working in mosquito and vector control — across nine U.S. geographic regions plus an International Region. Core offerings are publications (the peer-reviewed Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association (JAMCA), the bi-weekly AMCA Newsletter, and the operational Wing Beats magazine), the annual meeting, a webinar-based training center, advocacy on federal pesticide and vector policy, a research fund, and a member-only directory and career center.

AMCA is fundamentally an association, not a technology vendor. Its underlying "platform" is a member-based knowledge and advocacy network rather than a software stack; there are no APIs, SDKs, or proprietary AI components. Revenue is generated across four streams: recurring membership dues from eight categories of members, event registration and Bronze-to-Platinum sponsorships at the annual meeting, advertising in publications and on mosquito.org ($900–$4,000 listed rates), and grants/advertising through JAMCA's open-access distribution with Allen Press. Pricing is publicly disclosed for sponsorship tiers but not for individual membership dues.

Customers/members are concentrated in the public sector — governmental mosquito control districts, state agencies, and public health agencies — supplemented by industry/corporate members (pesticide manufacturers, equipment suppliers) and student members. AMCA maintains strategic engagements with the EPA (PESP Champion designation since 2004, FIFRA and ESA advocacy) and the CDC (co-sponsorship of vector-borne disease conferences), and partners with state and regional mosquito control associations to co-host the annual meeting each year.

Name

American Mosquito Control Association

Legal name

American Mosquito Control Association

Website

https://mosquito.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1935

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The American Mosquito Control Association is a nonprofit professional membership association founded in 1935 that serves over 1,600 mosquito and vector control professionals across nine U.S. regions and internationally through peer-reviewed publications, training webinars, an annual meeting, advocacy, and a research fund.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Professional Association Services

NAICS

Professional Organizations (81392), Business Associations (813910)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Association & Society Conference Management (Nonprofit, Professional Bodies) (THAHACAA)

Keywords

• Mosquito control
• Vector control
• Public health entomology
• Pest management
• Mosquito surveillance

Headquarters

HQ city

Sacramento

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Membership Dues: Annual membership dues from regular members, international members, student members, sustaining members, life members, emeritus members, and affiliate members provide recurring revenue to fund AMCA operations and programs.
2. Event Registration and Sponsorships: Revenue from annual meeting registrations, webinar sponsorships, and exhibition booth fees. Sponsorship tiers range from Bronze to Platinum levels with varying visibility benefits.
3. Publication and Advertising: Revenue from advertising in the Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association (JAMCA), AMCA Newsletter, Wing Beats magazine, and website sponsorships.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

AMCA is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) scientific and educational organization that supports the mosquito control profession through peer-reviewed publications, training, webinars, an annual meeting, advocacy, and a research fund. It serves mosquito control professionals, public health officials, and researchers with membership-based access to its resources across nine regional chapters.

Product overview

The American Mosquito Control Association (AMCA) is a professional membership organization founded in 1935, not a product company. Its offerings consist primarily of publications, educational programs, advocacy, and professional development resources for mosquito control professionals. The core publications include the Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association (JAMCA), the bi-weekly AMCA Newsletter, and the Wing Beats operational magazine. The organization also provides a Training Center with webinars, mosquito biology and control information resources, an Annual Meeting conference, public relations tools for members, and a Research Fund grant program. Together, these resources serve the mosquito control professional community through education, knowledge sharing, and industry advancement.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association (JAMCA) Peer-reviewed scientific journal publishing research on mosquito biology, surveillance, and control, aimed at entomologists, researchers, and mosquito control professionals.
• AMCA Newsletter Periodic association newsletter delivering news, policy updates, and technical information to AMCA members.
• Wing Beats Trade publication of the AMCA covering practical mosquito control topics, field techniques, and industry news for practitioners.
• AMCA Annual Meeting Annual conference bringing together mosquito control professionals, researchers, and public health officials for presentations, training, exhibits, and networking.
• Webinars and Training Programs Continuing education webinars and training sessions covering mosquito surveillance, control techniques, and public health practices for members and practitioners.
• AMCA Research Fund Funded research initiative supporting scientific studies on mosquito biology and control methods, with grants awarded to researchers in the field.
• AMCA Advocacy Program Federal and state advocacy efforts representing the mosquito control profession in policy discussions, funding decisions, and regulatory matters.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 1,600 members served through publications, resources, and networking
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Med-X, Inc.minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 23 March 2026Med-X showcased its Nature-Cide botanical pest control product line at AMCA's 92nd Annual Meeting in Portland, Oregon. The Nature-Cide line uses proprietary blends of botanical essential oils including clove, cottonseed, cedar, and cinnamon, with Nature-Cide Pest Management X2 Plus being OMRI listed.
• Allen PresscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAMCA uses Allen Press to publish the Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association (JAMCA) in an online open access format beginning with Volume 34.
• State and Regional Mosquito Control AssociationscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAMCA holds annual meetings in conjunction with state or regional associations around the country. Regional associations include those across nine designated regions covering all U.S. states.
• EPA (Environmental Protection Agency)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAMCA maintains active engagement with EPA on matters including FIFRA regulations, pesticide policies, and the Pesticide Environmental Stewardship Program (PESP). AMCA was designated a PESP Champion for demonstrating outstanding effort in risk reduction.
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAMCA and CDC co-sponsored the conference 'West Nile Virus: Ten Years Later' and collaborate on training courses and emergency response coordination for mosquito-borne disease outbreaks.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves12 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• American Chemical Society: Large scientific professional society operating a comparable publications-plus-meetings-plus-advocacy model; relevant as a structural analog for how AMCA could scale content and membership monetization.
• American Public Health Association: Broad-based public health professional association with a much larger membership and policy footprint; intersects with AMCA on vector-borne disease advocacy but does not specialize in mosquito control.
• American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene: Larger professional society focused on tropical and vector-borne diseases; overlaps with AMCA's public-health mission and competes for the same research-publication and conference audience, but with a broader disease scope.

Others

• National Association of County and City Health Officials: Represents local health departments that operate many mosquito control programs; AMCA's governmental agency members are often embedded in NACCHO-member organizations, making it an adjacent ecosystem participant.
• Society for Epidemiologic Research: Professional society for epidemiologists; overlapping audience in vector-borne disease surveillance research and competes indirectly for conference and journal contributions from AMCA's research-oriented members.

Direct peers

• Entomological Society of America: Largest professional society for entomologists globally, with overlapping member base (medical/veterinary entomology) and similar publication-and-meeting model — a close scientific-society peer of AMCA.
• Society for Vector Ecology: International professional society focused on the biology, ecology, and control of vectors including mosquitoes; very similar membership-and-publications model and overlapping professional audience to AMCA.

Regional players

• International Pest Control Magazine / Pest Management Professional: Trade publications serving the broader pest management industry; not a direct peer to AMCA but an adjacent media channel that overlaps with AMCA's industry/corporate members and competes for advertising attention from mosquito-control product vendors.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/AMCAmosquito
• Facebookfacebook.com/AMCAmosquito
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/amcamosquito
• Instagraminstagram.com/amcamosquito

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Funding overview

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