We use public records to help you make a shortlist. They show what a contractor has filed and where they have worked in Somerville. They can't tell you whether someone will be right for your home.
Massachusetts licenses electricians, plumbers and gas fitters, requires a Construction Supervisor License for most building work and Home Improvement Contractor registration for most jobs on existing homes.
We don't hold the licensing board's file for Somerville, so we don't show license status for the 2,691 firms on the permit file. Check each one yourself.
Ask the contractor for the license number and look it up at Massachusetts license lookup. How to check a contractor's license in Massachusetts →
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 Somerville 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 closed. A permit can stay open because of paperwork or timing, so this isn't a workmanship grade.
How long their permits take from issue to close, using the city's dates, compared with other Somerville contractors in the trade. Shown for firms with 10+ permits.
Not shown yet for Somerville — see the note below.
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.
Somerville specifics: Plumbing and gas fitting permits record no job cost, so no typical cost is shown for them. Many roofing, insulation and new-home permits are never formally closed, so no speed is shown in those trades. Massachusetts publishes no bulk license list, so license status isn't shown.
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