Orkin: Atlanta now ranks No. 29 for bed bugs |

(ATLANTA BUSINESS CHRONICLE) -- Sleep tighter tonight, Atlanta. Your bed bug situation improved in the past year.

Atlanta moved down eight spots to No. 29 on Orkin's annual top 50 Bed Bug Cities List.

Orkin is a unit of Atlanta-based Rollins, Inc. (NYSE: ROL), which said it had a 33 percent increase in bed bug business in 2012.

"This list shows that bed bugs continue to be a problem throughout the U.S.," said Orkin Entomologist and Technical Services Director Ron Harrison, in a statement. "Based on the diversity of cities on the list, we all need to be very cautious when we travel - whether it be business or pleasure, or to visit family, friends or vacation. We need to be vigilant wherever we are and take the proper precaution."

The Top 50 Bed Bugs Cities:

1. Chicago
2. Detroit
3. Los Angeles
4. Denver
5. Cincinnati
6. Columbus, Ohio
7. Washington, D.C.
8. Cleveland
9. Dallas
10. New York
11. Dayton, Ohio
12. Richmond, Va.
13. Seattle
14. San Francisco/Oakland
15. Raleigh, N.C.
16. Indianapolis
17. Omaha, Neb.
18. Houston
19. Milwaukee
20. Baltimore
21. Syracuse, N.Y.
22. Boston
23. Colorado Springs, Colo.
24. Lexington, Ky.
25. Miami
26. Hartford, Conn.
27. Knoxville, Tenn.
28. Buffalo, N.Y.
29. ATLANTA
30. Louisville, Ky.
31. Charleston, W. Va.
32. San Diego
33. Cedar Rapids, Iowa
34. Minneapolis
35. Phoenix
36. Pittsburgh
37. Honolulu
38. Grand Junction, Colo.
39. Grand Rapids, Mich.
40. Nashville, Tenn.
41. Lincoln, Neb.
42. Albany, N.Y.
43. Charlotte, N.C.
44. Tampa, Fla.
45. Sacramento, Calif.
46. Las Vegas
47. Greenville, S.C.
48. Champaign, Ill.
49. Portland, Ore.
50. Sioux City, Iowa

(Article written by Jacques Couret)