Free Great Local Pros listing puts your business in front of folks in your town who already need what you do. No per-lead fees. No accounts. No spam. The flat-rate, small-town alternative to Angi, Thumbtack, Bark, and HomeAdvisor.
If you've been on Angi, HomeAdvisor, Thumbtack, or Bark, you already know how the bleed works. Here's it on paper:
| Angi · 8 leads @ ~$60 avg (real range: $25–$120) | $480 |
| Thumbtack · 6 leads @ ~$40 avg (sold to up to 15 pros each) | $240 |
| Bark · credit pack (credits expire ~12 mo, no refunds) | $200 |
| Houzz Pro · monthly minimum | $249 |
| Industry average spend on per-lead platforms | $300–$1,000+ /mo |
| Great Local Pros · flat Premium | $49 / month |
And that's before the worst part: on Thumbtack, your $40 lead is the same lead sold to up to 15 other contractors. On Angi, leads come from a national pool with people who may have submitted a form three months ago. On Bark, your credits silently expire and there's an active federal lawsuit alleging fake leads. You're not buying leads — you're renting an auction seat.
Pick whichever fits where you are right now. You can always upgrade later. No card on file for the free tier.
No card. No trial. We email a verification link, you click, you're live in 24–48 hrs.
Only 1 Premium slot per category per town. First claim wins.
About 27–35% of small contractors and trades businesses still don't have a website. Most don't have time to wrestle with Wix templates or pay a designer $5,000. So we built this.
No contracts. Cancel hosting anytime; you keep the site files.
For context: a typical local-services web design quote runs $2,500–$8,000. A "freelance Fiverr" template site runs $300–$800 and looks like one. Ours is professionally written, professionally designed, and built by people who only work with small local service businesses.
Two minutes. We'll email you a confirmation link, then publish your listing within 24–48 hours.
Name, category, town, phone, and contact form. Indexed on Google. Free for life.
Real numbers, real terms, real lawsuits. All publicly documented; sources on request.
| What matters to a small contractor | Great Local Pros | Angi | Thumbtack | Bark | Houzz Pro |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monthly cost | $0 / $49 flat | $300–$1,000+ | $240–$600+ | Credit packs | $249–$700 |
| Per-lead charges | Never | $25–$120 each | $30–$50 each | Credits expire | Bundled |
| Your lead shared with | Just you | Multiple pros | Up to 15 pros | Multiple buyers | Per market |
| Refunds on bad leads | N/A · no per-lead | Disputed, often denied | Credits only | Active lawsuit | Disputed |
| Contract | Cancel any time | Auto-renew | Auto-renew | Credits non-refundable | 4-mo exit fee |
| Built for your town size | Towns under 60k | Big metros | Big metros | Major cities | Designers + remodels |
| You own the customer | Yes — direct phone | No — relationship gated | No — chat in-app | No — chat in-app | No — chat in-app |
| Built-in $995 website | Yes | No | No | No | Add-on, $$$ |
We launched this directory to be the small-town alternative to Angi and Thumbtack. To make that real, we need the first 500 paying pros across the country — folks who join now and help us prove the model. In exchange, your $49/mo founder rate is locked in for as long as your listing stays active. Standard rate goes up to $79/mo. No surprise increases, no "loyalty pricing" tricks. The math just stops working if we don't reserve something for the people who showed up first.
$30+ per lead adds up fast — and on Thumbtack the same lead is sold to 15 of you. Flat fee, no auction, no exceptions.
Customers contact you directly through your phone number. No app sits in the middle taking a cut or scoring you.
Other directories push you national. We list you by the town you actually serve. One Premium slot per category per town.
Change your hours, add photos, swap your phone number in seconds. Not three forms and a 48-hour ticket.
Cancel any time from the email we send you. No retention department. No "4-month cancellation fee" (looking at you, Houzz).
$49/mo for life if you join in our launch window. After 500 paying pros, standard rate moves to $79/mo. The early-bird discount stays with you.
Real responses, usually same business day. No offshore tier-1 script. info@greatlocalpros.com — try it.
If you don't have a website, the $995 package gets you a professional one in 5–7 days. Built by people who only work on local-service sites.