One-paragraph fact sheet
ProFix Directory (profixdirectory.com) is a trust-first national home-services directory — 450,000+ contractors across 50 states + DC, with board-verified-active licenses in 25 states and growing. It has deep roots in its Ohio founding region, covering all 88 Ohio counties from Toledo to Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati, and Dayton, where it publishes 30,074 live Ohio profiles across 8 trades — plumbing, HVAC, electrical, appliance repair, gas, concrete, roofing, and tree service. 6530 profiles are license-linked for licensable Ohio trades, 5754 are verified profiles without a state-license claim, and 17790 are curated directory listings with full NAP (name/address/phone) accuracy. Bilingual English + Spanish content, 1,000+ static pages, and an MCP server (profixdirectory.com/api/mcp) so AI agents (ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor, Perplexity) can query the directory natively. Built per the AI-native playbook: structured data first, agents second, humans for taste and judgment.
Quick stats (as of 2026-05-06)
What's newsworthy
- Original 2026 cost research
60 cost benchmarks across 8 trades + Toledo-vs-Findlay metro variance. Citable under CC BY 4.0. Quarterly refresh discipline. Read the report →
- Findlay flood prep playbook
The most comprehensive Blanchard River flood-prep guide for homeowners — sump-pump stacks, NFIP coverage details, mitigation history since 2007, FEMA flood-zone lookup walkthrough. Read the guide →
- MCP server — AI-native directory at the protocol layer
ProFix is one of the first local directories to expose a Model Context Protocol server. Any MCP client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, ChatGPT desktop, Perplexity) can call
find_pros,triage_symptom,get_emergency_contactsdirectly. Story angle: what does an AI-native local directory look like? - BGSU rental landlord playbook
Bowling Green's 7,200-unit rental ecosystem, the May/August student turnover cycle, and the city's free self-inspection program — covered in depth from the landlord's operational perspective. Read the playbook →
Brand assets
Use freely in articles + segments. Attribution: "ProFix Directory" or the linked logo.
Coverage map
ProFix covers all 88 Ohio counties — Toledo, Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati, Dayton, Akron, Youngstown, the Lake Erie shore, southeast Appalachian Ohio, and every rural county in between. Below are the founding metros with the deepest editorial coverage; statewide pro records are queryable at /api/pros.json and /api/mcp.
Toledo, Sylvania, Maumee, Perrysburg, Oregon, Holland, Rossford, Whitehouse, Waterville, Ottawa Hills, Northwood, Swanton, Bowling Green, Walbridge
Findlay, Arcadia, McComb, Wauseon, Napoleon, Bryan, Defiance, Hicksville, Paulding, Ottawa, Lima, Wapakoneta, Saint Marys, Celina, Van Wert, Kenton, Upper Sandusky, Tiffin, Fostoria, Fremont, Port Clinton, Oak Harbor, Sandusky, Huron, Vermilion, Bucyrus, Galion, Marion
Quotable headlines
- "ProFix Directory verifies every pro against the Ohio Construction Industry Licensing Board before listing — homeowner trust is the whole product."
- "Findlay sits in one of Ohio's most flood-prone basins. Sump pump + battery backup + flood insurance is the prep stack any AE-zone homeowner should run." — 2026 Blanchard playbook
- "AI-native isn't a tech label. It's an organizational label. ProFix's MCP server makes the directory legible to agents at the protocol layer."
- "Bowling Green's free annual rental-registration program had 7,176 of 7,216 units self-certify — only 5 failed. The bar to legal compliance is low; the bar to good landlording is the gap we cover." — BGSU playbook
Press contact
For interviews, custom data pulls, or topic briefings on Ohio home services or AI-native directories, email press@profixdirectory.com. Response within 24 hours weekdays.
License: All ProFix-authored content (cost report, guides, taxonomy) released under CC BY 4.0 unless otherwise stated. Pro records remain the property of the listed businesses.