The homeowner promise
You should be able to research a contractor before anyone gets your phone number. ProFix keeps the directory free, shows the source trail on profiles, and gives you direct contact choices instead of forcing every search through a resale form.
Free to use
Homeowners can search, compare, read source evidence, and use cost data without paying.
No lead-reselling
We do not sell your name, phone, or email to multiple contractors as shared lead inventory.
Direct contact
Profiles keep one-tap call and website paths visible so you decide who to contact and when.
Public license boards first. Clear labels everywhere else.
ProFix builds contractor listings from public state-license-board data and official lookup paths. The strongest label is verified-active: a live overlay has matched the contractor to an official board record with active status. Today that covers 382,870 contractor licenses across 25 states.
Where a board overlay is not wired yet, ProFix does not pretend the same verification happened. The page points to the source, shows what is known, and asks the homeowner to confirm the live board record before hiring.
Permit activity is a separate proof-of-work signal. Where public permit feeds are matched to a contractor, ProFix can label recent permit activity and expose permit leaderboards; where coverage is missing, the page treats that as missing data rather than a negative claim.
Permit-based cost ranges, not survey guesses.
The ProFix Real Cost Index is computed from 3,411,397 real public building permits across 50 metros in 31 states. It publishes 432 benchmarks only when enough permit filings support a median and middle-50% range.
This is deliberately labeled as permit declared value, not a contractor's invoice. It is a real public-record signal, but it can understate final homeowner price when a jurisdiction excludes labor, markup, or change orders from the declared value.
Moderated first-party reviews and native bilingual pages.
ProFix reviews are first-party homeowner submissions. They land in a moderation queue, pass anti-abuse checks, and publish only after human approval. Moderation is not a sentiment filter: negative reviews can publish when they are real, relevant, and safe to show.
The directory is built in English and Spanish, not translated as an afterthought. Key homeowner flows, trust explanations, data pages, and state surfaces have Spanish mirrors so bilingual households can verify before calling.
Open feeds, MCP, OpenAPI, and a Hugging Face dataset.
ProFix publishes machine-readable data surfaces so researchers, journalists, developers, and AI agents can inspect the directory without scraping pages. Public REST feeds, OpenAPI, MCP output, JSON-LD graphs, and the Hugging Face dataset are documented on the developer and open-data pages.
Revenue is labeled. Homeowner info is not inventory.
ProFix can earn money through contractor claims, clearly labeled featured or sponsored placements, display ads, and affiliate links where they appear. Those revenue surfaces are disclosed where a homeowner sees them. They are not a license to invent credentials, hide source evidence, or resell homeowner contact details to multiple contractors.
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Does ProFix sell my information?
No. ProFix Directory is free for homeowners and does not sell homeowner contact information to multiple contractors. You can browse profiles, verify evidence, and use one-tap direct contact without submitting a lead form.
How is this different from lead-gen directory sites?
A common lead-reseller pattern is to turn one homeowner inquiry into a paid lead that can be routed to contractors. ProFix is built as a public-record directory first: listings, license evidence, permit signals, cost data, and contact paths are visible before you call.
How does ProFix verify contractors?
ProFix starts with public state-license-board data and official lookup paths. The live board overlays currently show 382,870 verified-active contractor licenses across 25 states. Where a live overlay is not wired yet, ProFix labels the source and points homeowners to the official board instead of overstating verification.
Where does ProFix cost data come from?
The Real Cost Index is computed from 3,411,397 real public building permits. ProFix reports medians and middle-50% ranges only where enough permit records support the benchmark. Permit declared values are not final invoices, so the page labels that limitation.