We use public records to help you make a shortlist. They show what a contractor has filed and where they have worked in Pittsburgh. They can't tell you whether someone will be right for your home.
The City of Pittsburgh licenses general contractors and electrical and HVAC tradespeople (Permits, Licenses & Inspections), and Pennsylvania requires home improvement contractors to register with the Attorney General.
28% of the 1,101 firms on the Pittsburgh permit file match an active license in the City of Pittsburgh's contractor and trade license files. Our match can miss a firm that files under another name, so a missing match is a reason to check, not a finding.
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The middle value recorded on this contractor's matching permits. It's a permit value, not a quote or the final price. Ask for a written estimate.
Matching Pittsburgh permits in the most recent year of our data. It shows recent recorded activity here, not every job the company did.
For contractors with at least 5 permits a year or more old, the share that reached completion. A permit can stay open because of paperwork or timing, so this isn't a workmanship grade.
An estimate of how quickly their permits are completed, based on permit status and age, compared with other Pittsburgh contractors in the trade. Shown for firms with 20+ permits.
Matched by name against the City of Pittsburgh's contractor and trade license files. Name matching can miss a license, so always check the number yourself.
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.
Pittsburgh specifics: Since mid-2024 the city files most residential building permits without a contractor name, so remodel and new-home rankings mostly reflect earlier work. Plumbing permits are issued by the county, so they aren't here. Home values are on the county's old 2012 base.
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