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What is Best Pick Reports?

Best Pick Reports is your free resource for finding top-quality home service providers in your local area. Best Pick Reports, which is published by EBSCO Research, features companies that have received an A-rating from more than 100 customer reviews. In addition to listing reputable companies, Best Pick Reports also provides educational articles and consumer tips on a variety of home service and repair topics.

What is a Best Pick?

Best Pick companies are those that have excelled in our consumer research and elected to participate in the Best Pick Program. In addition to having more than 100 reviews and an overall A-grade, Best Pick companies also carry proper insurance and professional licenses, honor contracts made with homeowners and suppliers, and sign the Best Pick Company Pledge.

Why should I trust Best Pick Reports?

Our researchers have spoken directly with your neighbors to find out their honest opinions of dozens of home service providers. We don’t accept company references or self-initiated reviews. We only count the research that we do ourselves.

We also never allow companies to buy their way into our report. We do not sell advertising space or good ratings. Inclusion in the report is by invitation alone, and that invitation is extended only if a company has met our strict qualifying criteria.

Our qualification process for Best Picks doesn’t end with their first participation in the report. It is ongoing. We conduct new research on our Best Picks every year, because we want to make sure they’re continuing to deliver the quality of work that made us take notice of them in the first place.

  • Independent Research
    Best Pick Reports is published by an independent research firm.
  • 410,000 + Reviews
    Our research staff has conducted thousands of interviews since 1997.
  • Insurance
    All companies are required to maintain proper insurance and professional licenses.
  • Valuable Info & User Tips
    Report includes valuable educational information & user tips.
  • Invitation Only
    Eligibility is based on more than 100 reviews; companies cannot buy in.
  • What is a Best Pick?
    It’s a quality measure indicating that a company has proved itself to be among the very best.

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K. Hasson


Your book is actually how I found our contractor. I called a company that was recommended by your publication. I found it really helpful, to be honest. I'm a new homeowner, and so it was a little daunting to know where to start. To have real people saying, 'This was good,' or, 'We recommend these people,' was a nice place to start. I didn't actually know anybody that had the same home service issues that I did, so it was great to have a place to start. I definitely use your publication. Excellent job.

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