How we verify installers
Every shop listed was confirmed by a person before it went live. The method and the date are printed on its listing, so you never have to take our word for it.
Verified by a person
A shop is listed only after one of us confirms three things: it exists at the address, it installs the service it is listed for, and it answers the number shown. We do it one of these ways, and the stamp on the listing says which:
- Verified by phone
- We called the listed number and spoke to the shop about the services it installs.
- Verified via a brand program
- The shop appears in a film or coating manufacturer's own installer locator. Certifications on a listing are confirmed the same way, never on the shop's say-so; anything we could not confirm is marked owner-stated.
- Verified via website
- The shop's own website lists the address, the phone number and the service.
- Verified by the owner
- The owner claimed the listing with a one-time code sent to the listed phone or to an address at the shop's own domain. Owner-managed listings carry a second chip.
We never list a business from scraped maps data, review sites or copied directories, and we do not publish reviews or ratings of any kind. Run a shop we have not found yet? Request a listing and a person will verify it the same way.
Sponsored placement: why is this here?
Lists run by distance from the area center and nothing else. The one exception is a single sponsored placement at the top of an area's list, held by a shop that pays for the position. It is marked with a gray hatch stripe, the word Sponsored, and the line "pays for position, not verification".
Paying never changes verification: a sponsored shop passed the same checks as every other listing, and a shop cannot buy a verification it did not earn. There is no second paid slot, no paid ranking and no paid badge.
Owner-managed
When an owner claims a listing, they can add photos, hours, brands, a description and starting prices. That content is theirs: we label it as entered by the owner and do not review it for accuracy. Claiming does not move a shop up the list.
Your details
A quote request goes only to the shops you named before sending, up to three, and to nobody else. We keep a copy for 90 days so you can report a shop that did not respond or misused your details, then delete it. We never sell or share leads.
Something wrong on a listing? Email [email protected] and a person will check it.