Every trade card above opens a list of every contractor who pulled that kind of permit in the City of Ames, October 2023 through September 2026: 448 firm listings across 7 kinds of work and 5,518 permits in all. Each row shows how many permits the firm filed, how many the city closed out, its usual filed job value and, where the state keeps one, whether its license matches. Names link to the firm's own page with its permits.
The busiest trades on the Ames record are HVAC (1,733 permits from 50 firms), water heater (1,578 permits from 49 firms), electrical (798 permits from 76 firms). The smallest file is new home, with 163 permits from 21 firms, so its lists are short and each firm's record is thin.
Before you call anyone, see what jobs usually cost here, from the values filed on the permits: deck & porch cost, remodel & repair cost, new home cost.
Nobody at our end ranks anyone. You move five sliders: does exactly this work (how many permits of this kind the firm filed), finishes the job (where the file records it, the share of its permits that passed a final inspection), fits my job & budget (how close its usual job is to yours), busy lately (permits in the last 12 months) and works near me (permits near your ZIP code). Each firm gets a 0–100 fit score from those weights and the list re-sorts as you drag. A short record counts for less, and a license problem puts a firm at the bottom whatever its score. No one can pay to be listed or moved up.
Looking for one company? All Ames firms A–Z. Want the totals? Ames permit statistics.