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Find the best in Southwest Florida

Air conditioning contractors, general contractors, plumbers, pool and spa contractors and roofers, reviewed on 5 checks and ranked. Ads are labeled. Nobody pays to rank.

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Free to read, and every list shows the evidence. How the score works

Every ranked business is matched to its Florida license record. 15 lists so far, 1009 businesses reviewed in Cape Coral, Fort Myers and Naples.

What we have checked so far

5 categories so far. A new one opens once we have checked the licenses behind it.

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Counties: Collier County · Lee County

One business from each list

One name from each of our 15 lists at the last check. Open a list to see everyone on it and what each one scored.

How we review

What our review measures

Public state records and what a business publishes about itself, matched by software and fact-checked as far as those sources allow. Star ratings are not part of it. Every input we use carries a date and a named source.

  • License, tied to the service and location 15
  • Discipline history 10
  • Entity age 5
  • Presence in the city 10
  • Website names its services and the cities it serves 5

See what each check is worth

Nobody can pay to rank

Ads sit outside the list in a box that says Advertisement. The ranking reads the scores and nothing else, so buying an ad cannot move anyone up.

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These businesses paid for this placement. They must meet our advertising eligibility rules, and payment does not affect the ranked list below.

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How a business gets reviewed

  1. Match the business to a Florida regulator record and confirm the license class.
  2. Check that the named license holder works at this location.
  3. Read the discipline file and record every final action with its case number.
  4. Place one scripted call during posted hours and write down what happened.
  5. Print the date we did all of it on the card.

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Our own data

We compiled these ourselves from the state files. Every business we could identify is in them.

For businesses

Correcting a fact and answering a finding are free, and they will stay free. See what a business can do here.