Ranking and Featured Placement Disclosure
Effective: October 15, 2026 · Version: launch-1.0
Rankings are not for sale. They are computed only from non-Google public records (Florida DBPR, FDACS, Sunbiz and DFS) shown with source links and "as of" dates. The full method, weights, freshness limits and match-confidence threshold are on the methodology page. Method fhn-rank-3.2 (October 2026) uses these weights out of 100: active Florida license 30; time in Florida, measured from the earliest license issue date or Sunbiz filing date and capped at 20 years, 25; workers' compensation coverage on file with Florida DFS 15; active Sunbiz registration 10; clean record, meaning no disciplinary final order in the last 5 fiscal years of DBPR Construction Industry Licensing Board discipline reports, 10; number of distinct active license classes 5; holding a statewide Certified license 5. Missing or non-applicable inputs count as half credit. A disciplinary record only means a company does not receive the clean-record credit; we never display it as a negative mark. Ties are ordered by the unrounded score, then alphabetically. Payment, membership, Featured placement, Google ratings and BBB grades are never inputs.
Featured placements are paid. They are labeled "Sponsor" (older placements may read "Featured · Sponsored"), appear in a separate box apart from the numbered ranking, and never change any rank, score or match result. Links in Featured placements use rel="sponsored".
Our conflict of interest. Stephens Quantum LLC also sells website services and AI readiness reports to businesses. Buying them has no effect on rankings. Our automated tests check that flipping every company's plan changes nothing.
Google data. Google ratings and review counts are never used to rank, score or match. They are shown live with Google attribution for context only and are not stored. BBB grades and marks are not copied; we link to the BBB profile.
Corrections. Every figure has a Dispute link. We acknowledge within 1 business day and resolve within 5 business days.
Sponsors are paid. City, trade and city-and-trade pages may show a box labeled "Sponsor". It is paid advertising, limited to a few spots per page, sold first come first served, shown apart from the numbered ranking, and never changes any rank, score or match result. Links in it use rel="sponsored". In state-licensed trades only companies with a verified active license can sponsor.
Paid email requests. When you send one request to several companies, you pick them from your own match results, which are ranked before anyone's payment status is looked at. Only companies that opt in to receive requests through us, and pay a flat fee for each verified request, can be picked. That fee never changes rankings or the order of your matches. We never sell your request to anyone you did not pick.