How Home Pros Insider chooses and ranks companies

The same rules apply to every company in every study, including clients of Home Pros Insider's owner.

1. Who is considered

Companies that serve the city for that trade, found through Google Maps, the companies' own websites and major directories. A company must have a working phone number and a verifiable business presence to be considered.

2. What is scored

Each trade page lists its criteria. For every trade they cover: verified contact details, Google review rating read together with review volume, years in business (only when stated publicly), published warranty or guarantee terms, emergency or after-hours availability, and licensing, insurance and certifications where they are stated and checkable.

3. Sources and dates

Every point about a company links to the page it came from and shows the date it was checked. Points older than 200 days are re-checked before a study is updated. Figures are written exactly as the source states them.

4. Ranking

Each company gets a score from the criteria. The ranking follows the scores. Client status is a disclosure label only and is never a scoring input. Every entry gets about the same depth of coverage.

5. Minimums

A study compares at least three companies, and every company has at least two sourced points. A study that doesn't meet these rules can't be published; the publishing system refuses it.

6. Corrections

Errors are fixed and logged publicly on the corrections page and on the study itself.