California contractors doing jobs of $1,000 or more must hold a CSLB license.
60% of the 3,649 firms on the San Diego permit file match an active license in the California Contractors State License Board master file. Our match can miss a firm that files under another name, so a missing match is a reason to check, not a finding.
Ask the contractor for the license number and look it up at CSLB license check. How to check a contractor's license in California →
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 San Diego 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 were completed or closed. A permit can stay open because of paperwork or timing, so this isn't a workmanship grade.
How long their permits take to close, using the city's dates, compared with other San Diego contractors in the trade. Shown for firms with 10+ permits.
Matched by name against the California Contractors State License Board master file. 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.
San Diego specifics: Most electrical, plumbing and HVAC work is filed under one combined no-plan permit, so it's ranked as one trade. Job values exist only on building permits. Permit runners, designers and owner-builders are left out.
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