How the records work in Bernalillo County (unincorporated)

About the ranking: The score combines how much of this exact work a contractor has on record, how often their older permits reached completion (where we can measure it), how well their usual job size matches your budget, how recently they've been active, and how much of their work is near you. A measure we can't calculate is left out rather than guessed, and a thin record pulls the score toward the middle. A contractor whose matched license has a problem is listed after everyone else. You set the weights with the sliders on every list.

Bernalillo County (unincorporated) specifics: These are County permits for unincorporated Bernalillo County only: the South Valley, North Valley, West Mesa and East Mountains (Tijeras, Sandia Park, Cedar Crest, Edgewood), plus the trade permits the County issues for the Village of Los Ranchos. The City of Albuquerque issues its own permits and has its own separate Albuquerque pages; many county homes still use an Albuquerque mailing address. The County records a completion date on only about half of its closed electrical, plumbing, mechanical and roofing permits, and a closed permit isn't always a passed final, so no contractor shows a speed score and completion is adjusted for permit age. Electrical, plumbing and heating and cooling permits carry no job value (the County charges them by fixture) and re-roofs almost never do, so a typical cost is shown only for new homes, additions, garages and outbuildings, remodels, solar and pools. Solar companies are ranked under Solar only, not also as electricians. Owner-builder permits name no licensed business and aren't ranked. New Mexico's Construction Industries Division publishes no free bulk license file, so license status isn't shown. Locations are by ZIP code. Some firms appear under two spellings.