How are you building your local contractor lists?

Question

I’ve been looking into how home service companies and marketing teams find new opportunities.

A lot of people are using Google Maps to research local markets, but the challenge is usually:

Finding the right businesses in a specific area
Keeping contact information organized
Identifying companies with growth opportunities

For example:

“HVAC companies in Texas”

You can quickly build a list with:

Business name
Website
Phone number
Email
Address
Reviews & ratings
Business category

This can be useful for:

Local SEO research
Market analysis
Competitor research
Sales outreach

I’m testing different ways to collect and structure local business data and would love to hear how others in the home service space are doing this.

Curious:

How do you currently find and research local contractors in your market?

hugehomepros · Answer

For me, I've just built it over time. I keep a recommended vendor list for my team to work off of. I usually start by reaching out because I need something. If they are bad at communicating, then I don't do anything with them. If they communicate well I'll give them a shot at how the job or referral went. If I referred them, I follow up with the person I referred them to and see how it went. After that I'll add them to my vendor list. I've found having really solid folks around you can strengthen your brand but just like finding employees, you have to slow roll it to maintain your reputation.&nbsp;

anthonysalazar · Answer

I've had much more success going to my local chamber of commerce and other networking meetings, building relationships with contractors/businesses that my ideal customer would also use and offer them a referral partnership, access to my customer list, my newsletter, anything and everything I can to serve THEM before asking if they can help me. The more you give, the more you get.

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How are you building your local contractor lists?

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