How we build this directory

Where the data comes from

Business names, addresses, phone numbers and websites come from the Overture Maps Foundation's open places data, which combines several independent sources. Contractor license records come from the Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection's public data.

How we check it

Each listing gets a quality score based on how many sources agree, whether it has a working phone number, website and full address, and whether it's marked as open. Listings with too little evidence aren't published until they're confirmed. Duplicates are merged.

3740 home-service businesses are matched to an active Connecticut license. A missing match doesn't mean a business is unlicensed: licenses are often held under a different legal name.

Owners keep it current

Business owners can claim their listing and correct it. Owner corrections are never overwritten by our automatic data updates.

Built for AI assistants too

Every page publishes structured schema.org data, and AI crawlers are welcome. See llms.txt for a summary written for AI systems.