Is the business real?
Registration, age and status, and whether the people behind it trail dissolved companies.
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The Rogue Contractor Check.
Check a contractor's name before you call. We search the public evidence we hold: reviews, source presence, company details, and risk signals, so you can spot a rogue contractor before you hire one.
Try “Brown Architects”
What one check covers
What the check reads
We match the name against the public evidence we hold for this contractor, then flag profile strength and risk signals. It's built for the moment before you call, shortlist, or ask for a quote, and it keeps thin or missing evidence visible instead of hiding it behind a single score.
Are the badges real?
California CSLB, Washington State L&I, NYC Dept of Buildings, EPA Lead-Safe and other schemes, checked against the official registers, not the logos on the van.
Does the story agree?
The same reputation across Porch, BuildZoom, Better Business Bureau and other named review sources, with suspicious review bursts flagged.
What does the business history show?
Business history and status from named public sources, plus the trail the name leaves.
They want a large cash deposit, with no written quote and no paper trail.
The company was registered last month, or the people behind it trail dissolved firms.
They pressure you to decide today and won’t put the quote in writing.
Common checks
Run it on a name you have
Run the checker on a known contractor name, company name, or the trading name printed on a quote.