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Find the right pro before the problem gets expensive.

Verified contractors across 51 jurisdictions. 600,998 pros vetted from public records — license-linked, one-tap calling, no lead-form trap, no paid placement.

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  • 0 active licenses in 0 states
  • Real permit-based costs
  • No lead-reselling
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How ProFix is different
51 jurisdictions live · 600,998 pros vetted from public records
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24/7 emergency plumbers, HVAC, gas & electric — answering tonight. (Currently 63°F in Toledo.)
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By the numbers · computed live
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pros vetted from public records
600,936
states board-license-verified
0
real cost index metros
50
original computed studies
41
Quick answers

ProFix Directory FAQ

Is ProFix Directory free?

Yes. Homeowners can search contractor listings, compare profiles, use verification links, read cost data, and use ProFix tools without paying or submitting a lead form.

How does ProFix verify contractors?

ProFix starts with public records and shows source trails on profiles. Where state-board checks are wired, ProFix has verified 0 contractor licenses active against official boards across 0 states.

How much do home services cost?

The Real Cost Index summarizes public building-permit declared values as medians, ranges, and year-over-year trends. Permit values are not final invoices, but they are a public-record cost signal instead of a survey guess.

What areas does ProFix cover?

ProFix has live state hubs in 51 U.S. jurisdictions and currently shows 600,998 vetted pros nationally, with deeper Ohio county and metro coverage.

How is this different from Angi/HomeAdvisor?

ProFix emphasizes public-record license links, state-board active checks where available, permit-based cost data, no paid placement, and no lead-form wall for core directory access.

All 51 launched jurisdictions

Verified contractors, coast to coast.

Sorted by gold-tier pro count. Tap any state to open its directory hub with license-linked pros, top cities, and the rotating spotlight.

See full coverage map →
Today's national spotlight

5 verified pros, rotating daily.

Drawn deterministically from every launched jurisdiction's verified-pro pool. Same picks across all visitors today; a fresh window tomorrow.

Browse by state →
Fall · September 2026

What to handle this month

Seasonal home-maintenance priorities for September, and the verified pro to call for each.

  • Electrical panel — pre-heating-season check

    Toledo old-housing-stock panels (Federal Pacific, Zinsco) should be replaced regardless of age. If you have one and haven't yet: now is the lowest-demand month for electricians, you'll get the best price.

    Find a electrician →Cost guide
  • Furnace tune-up — book NOW for October

    Toledo first frost averages October 15. Furnace tune-ups in September are $89–$129; once cold weather hits and emergency calls flood, prices jump to $129–$169 with 1–2 week wait times. Book by Sept 30.

    Find a hvac technician →Cost guide
  • Columbia Gas rebate window — high-efficiency upgrades

    Columbia Gas of Ohio has historically offered around $300–$600 on 95%+ AFUE furnaces and $50–$300 on Energy Star water heaters — verify the current rebate and eligibility with Columbia Gas before installing, since amounts change every program year. If you're on a 12+ year-old gas appliance, this is the cheapest year to upgrade.

    Find a hvac technician →
See the full seasonal calendar →
Browse by trade

Pick the trade. See who's available.

Live count, cities covered, and 24/7 emergency availability on every trade card.

How to use this directory

Three steps to the right contractor.

From "something's broken" to a number on your phone — without getting trapped in a lead form or sorted by who paid the most.

  1. 01

    Start with the trade

    Use the big entry points for plumbing, HVAC, electrical, tree, roofing, and more instead of hunting through thin city pages.

  2. 02

    Read the proof inline

    Trust tiers, public review signals, service tags, and evidence pages keep the source trail close to the decision.

  3. 03

    Move when you are ready

    Call, compare, verify, or report a stale listing. The directory should help you decide, not trap you in a lead form.

🏗️ Proof of work, not just stars

We rank contractors by verified building permits, not reviews you can buy.

Other directories show you star ratings (game-able) and "verified" badges (mostly self-attested). ProFix publishes permit-pull leaderboards sourced from county building departments — the unfakeable proof that a contractor actually does the work they claim. Per-trade, per-county, refreshed nightly.

See the permit leaderboards →Top Ohio plumbers →Open dataset (JSON)
Free homeowner tools

Useful before you ever place a call.

The home-services directory should not just be a list of names. It should help you figure out the job, the urgency, and the right next step.

Talk to ProFix

Voice-first triage for homeowners who would rather speak than type.

Open tool →
What’s wrong?

Symptom triage that narrows the problem before you start calling around.

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Real Cost Index

What home projects actually cost — medians and year-over-year trends from real public building permits, not surveys.

Open tool →
Verified spotlight · September 2026

Buckeye Electric Co.

Electricians · Sylvania, OH · 14 years in business

Picked this month for license verification, review depth, and years in business. A different pro will be featured next month.

See profile →Evidence page →
Featured listings

Contractors to call right now

A sample of active listings across trades. Open any profile to check its license status and public-permit history before you call — not just a star rating.

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Ohio homeowner briefings

Local risks that change which pro you need.

Snow, storms, flooding, lead lines — region-specific situations and the trades that handle them.

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Ohio deep-coverage

All 88 Ohio counties. Every major metro.

ProFix Directory was born in Ohio — Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati, Dayton, Toledo, Findlay, and the rural southeast. We now extend the same trust framing to 50 more jurisdictions.

Cleveland metro
28 cities covered
Columbus metro
23 cities covered
Cincinnati metro
12 cities covered
Dayton metro
14 cities covered
Toledo metro
14 cities covered
Findlay metro
28 cities covered
Browse by Ohio county →Northwest Ohio hub →See the national map →
National coverage at a glance

51 jurisdictions live · 600,998 verified pros.

White cells are states we have not launched yet. Darker green = denser verified-pro coverage.

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Explore ProFix

Four entry points. Pick the one that matches you.

ProFix Directory ships more than just contractor listings. There's a tailored door for homeowners, developers and AI agents, journalists and researchers, and Spanish speakers — every one of them opens onto the same trust framing.

Recent research

Original ProFix research, citable.

Long-form analyses grounded in the open Ohio dataset. CC-BY-4.0 — quote freely with attribution.

All research →
Live stats

Every number is reproducible from the open dataset.

ProFix publishes the math behind every claim. Each figure below is computed at build time from the committed dataset and the public registries — and is mirrored at /api/metrics.json under CC-BY-4.0.

5
Verified Ohio contractors
0%
License-linked (Ohio)
76
Public APIs
41
Research articles
Full stats dashboard →Open data →About the data →LLM + AI discovery →

Plus 39 per-trade buyer's guides, 162 Ohio cost guides, 1585 bilingual glossary terms, and 19 named public data sources.

All 37 trades

Every home-services trade ProFix covers.

Each per-trade hub aggregates verified contractors, the permit-pull leaderboard, the buyer's guide where one exists, the Ohio license framing, and the Spanish mirror.

Trades index →
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