Find a local pro you can trust.
Plumbers, roofers, septic, tree crews and more in your town. Call them yourself. No forms, no spam calls, no lead fees.
- Free to use
- No sign-up
- We never ask for your number
How it works
- 1Pick your townEvery U.S. town from 500 to 60,000 people has its own page.
- 2See local prosBusinesses must meet our standards before we list them. We check the license, the business and the phone.
- 3Tap to callYou call them. We never ask for your number, so no one calls you.
We check businesses before we list them. We never sell your number.
Contractor trouble is one of the top consumer complaints in the U.S. So we keep the bar high, label every listing honestly and put our promises in writing.
How a business gets listed
The owner applies. We check it against our 8 standards: a real business, a license where the state requires one, insurance for work on homes and a phone that gets answered.
Checked We checked this business and when.
Not verified A few older listings came from public sources. We show no street address on them. Owners can claim them or ask us to remove them.
Our promises
- Free listings stay free. Every existing free listing is grandfathered if pricing ever changes.
- Your data is not for sale. Not to advertisers, brokers or other contractors. It's in our Privacy Policy.
- Takedown in 2 business days. Email us and we remove a listing, no questions asked.
- Real people. We're Pithe Digital Group LLC in Oregon, and we answer our own email.
What we'll never do
- Sell your phone number to contractors who'll all call you.
- Charge a business every time someone taps “call.”
- Show fake or AI-written reviews.
- Hide good reviews unless a business buys ads.
- Track you with ad pixels or retargeting.
Why no star ratings yet? We're new, and we won't fake them. Fake reviews are illegal under the FTC's 2024 rule (16 CFR Part 465). Real reviews from checked customers will come as businesses build their record here.
We're a directory, not a contractor. You hire the pro directly, and your deal is with them. Read the fine print.
Recently listed local pros
Owner-submitted business profiles with direct phone numbers, hours and service areas.
Eight worries that come up before every hire — and how this book settles them.
We read hundreds of contractor-hiring complaints on Reddit, the BBB, and consumer-protection filings. The same fears show up over and over. Here are the eight biggest. The free guide answers each one.
"What if they keep raising the price?"
Surprise-cost complaints top the list every year. The guide shows the exact words to use to get a written quote (not an estimate), and the three lines every contract must include.
"What if I get scammed after a storm?"
Door-to-door roofers and "we're already in the neighborhood" pitches account for a huge share of contractor fraud. The guide lists 20 red flags and a one-page walk-away checklist.
"What if they take my deposit and disappear?"
Deposits over 50% are the biggest danger sign. The guide walks you through the standard 0–10%/10–30%/up-to-50% rule by job size — and what to do if they ask for more.
"How do I know they're licensed and insured?"
Every state has a free license-lookup site. Most people don't know they exist. The guide bookmarks them by trade and explains exactly what to ask for proof.
"Will my phone get spam-called?"
Some lead sites send your request to several contractors. The guide explains why a directory like ours is built differently — direct phone, no auction, no resold leads.
"Are the reviews real?"
The FTC made fake reviews illegal in 2024 — but they're still everywhere. The guide teaches the three signs of a real review and where to find them.
"What if they don't show up?"
No-shows are the #2 complaint in every trade. The guide gives you the one-line text to send the night before — and the script for when they ghost you.
"What if the work is bad and I'm stuck with it?"
Part 6 of the guide is a 5-step plan for getting work fixed: from polite email to state license board complaint to small-claims court.
Each worry is a chapter in the free guide below. No email needed.
The book we wish everyone had before they hired their last contractor.
Most people make their first big-ticket service hire — a roofer, a plumber, an HVAC pro — without a single piece of buying advice. Then it costs them.
We wrote a plain-language guide for our neighbors. 76 pages. 43 trades. The exact questions to ask, the prices that are fair, the contracts to sign, and the red flags that should send you walking. Written in plain English.
- The 25-question master list to bring on every call
- 20 red flags that mean walk away (one page, no fluff)
- One full page on each of the 43 trades we cover
- What's fair to pay, what's a scam, and what's just bad luck
- What to do if a job goes sideways — including small-claims court
Made for the towns the big platforms forgot. Free for residents. Free for honest pros.
How we stack up against the platforms you've probably tried.
All numbers below are publicly documented. Sources on request.
| What matters | Great Local Pros | Angi | Thumbtack | Bark | Yelp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cost to the business | $0 free / $49 flat /mo | $25–$120 / lead | $30–$50 / lead | Credits that expire | $300+ /mo ads |
| Your lead sold to others? | Never. One business, one call. | Yes, multiple | Several pros | Multiple | N/A (ads) |
| Customer must create account | No, never | Yes | Yes | Yes | Optional |
| Hides reviews if business won't pay | No | Paid placement sold | Ranking by algorithm | Not public | Filter can hide reviews |
| Truly local pros only | One page per town | 60+ mile match | Wide radius | Often national | City-wide |
| Auto-renewing contract / exit fee | Cancel any time, no fee | Auto-renew | Weekly lead budget | Prepaid credits | Monthly ad budget |
| Does the website for you | $995 one-time, done-for-you | No | No | No | No |
Pricing and policies of other platforms change often and vary by market — check each platform's current terms. Our model stays simple: free listings, flat optional pricing, no per-lead fees.
Run a local service business? Get listed free.
You get your own page, a spot on the town and service pages you serve, and a followed link to your website. Customers call you directly. No lead fees and no contracts. Premium is optional at $49 a month for featured placement, photos and a lead form.
What is Great Local Pros?
Great Local Pros (greatlocalpros.com) is a free online directory of local service businesses in the United States. It has a page for every U.S. town of 500 to 60,000 people — more than 13,700 towns in 49 states — organized into 43 service categories such as plumbers, electricians, HVAC, roofers, landscapers, house cleaners and tutors. Residents search by town, then call or email a business directly. There are no accounts, no lead fees, and visitors' phone numbers are never sold.
Local businesses can add a free business profile with their contact details, hours, services, service area and a link to their website. Each profile is a public page built to be found on Google and in AI answers. Businesses outside our town pages — including larger cities — can still list a free profile; see the local pros directory.
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49 states covered. Pick yours to see the towns we serve.