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Know exactly who
you're hiring, before you sign.

Contractor Compare runs the heavy background research for you: license, insurance, lawsuits, reviews, and years in business, scored on one transparent number. Days of digging, done in minutes.

Free analyses every month · no card to start · real records, never fabricated

Every analysis pulls from the record, not opinion
State contractor license board Secretary of State registry Public civil court records Google · BBB · BuildZoom · Angi reviews Transparent risk scoring engine
How it works

Three steps between you and a contractor you can trust.

STEP 01

Search your area

Enter your project and location. See real registered contractors and live Google business profiles nearby, vetted pros ranked first.

STEP 02

Run the risk analysis

One click sweeps the license board, corporate registry, court records, and every review platform, then computes a single transparent risk index.

STEP 03

Compare and hire

Line up your top choices side by side with the full breakdown, save every report to your account, then book, call, or request a quote in one tap.


For homeowners

Stop guessing. Hire from a place of knowing.

The research a diligent buyer would spend a weekend on, delivered as a clean report you can actually read, and keep.

  • Free risk analyses every month, auto-refilled. No card to get started.
  • Every report is saved to your account and free to reopen any time.
  • Compare contractors side by side with a full score breakdown before you commit.
  • See the whole picture: license, insurance, lawsuits, reviews, and years in business, then book or call from the report.
Side-by-side compare
CONTRACTOR A
Example Roofing
12
LOW RISK
✓ Licensed & insured
✓ No lawsuits
✓ 14 yrs · 4.8★
CONTRACTOR B
Sample Exteriors
71
HIGH RISK
✕ License unverified
✕ 2 open lawsuits
· 2 yrs · 3.1★

The same question, answered the same way, every time.


The score, in the open

A transparent number, not a black box.

Every contractor starts from their real review score, then earns a penalty only for a genuine risk signal. A clean result adds nothing. Finding no lawsuits is treated as a good thing, never as missing data.

State licenseVerified with the state board, or flagged if not
+0 / +25
Verified insurance on fileReal GL / WC documents held with us
+0 / +25
Civil court recordsOnly a real, cited lawsuit adds risk
+0 / penalty
Years in businessLongevity lowers risk; unverifiable raises it
+0 / +25
Reviews (base score)Averaged across every platform we find
base

You see the same math the score does.

No hidden weighting, no pay-to-win ratings, no mystery stars. Each factor shows its status and the exact points it added, so you can trust the number and check the work.

No lawsuits found is a green flag. Where other tools leave a blank and let you assume the worst, we count a clean record as exactly that, clean.


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  • Verified reviews from real, contract-signed homeowners, plus a secure vault for your documents.

Pricing

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Questions

Good to know.

How long does an analysis take? +
Minutes. The engine sweeps the state license board, corporate registry, civil court records, and every major review platform in parallel, then computes the score, all while you watch the sources check off in real time.
Is it really free for homeowners? +
Yes. You get a set of full risk analyses every month at no cost, no card required, and they auto-refill. Every report you run is saved to your account and free to reopen forever. If you need more in a month than your free allowance covers, you can go unlimited monthly or yearly. Your current allowance is always shown in the app.
What does the risk score actually mean? +
It is a transparent, additive index. A contractor starts from their real review score, then earns points only for genuine risk signals, an unverified license, no insurance on file, a cited lawsuit, too few years in business. A clean result adds nothing, so a lower number means lower risk, and you can see exactly which factor contributed what. Finding no lawsuits counts as a positive, never as missing data.
I'm a contractor. What do I get for going Verified? +
The gold Verified Pro badge, top ranking above unverified listings in local search, direct homeowner leads in real time, calls and bookings straight from your listing, verified reviews from contract-signed customers, and a secure vault for your license and insurance documents.

Hire the right contractor.
Every single time.

Run the heavy research in minutes, protect yourself from the shady operators, and hire with total confidence.