GarageFix Finder
How we list and check businesses
GarageFix Finder lists 642 garage door repair pros in 163 cities across 25 states. This page explains where they come from, how they are ordered, and what we do and do not check. We update it when the rules change.
Where listings come from
- Most listings start from public business information: name, phone, website and city.
- Businesses can add a free listing or claim their existing one to correct it. A claim from an email address at the business's own website is confirmed automatically; others we confirm by reply.
- We remove a listing when the owner asks, when it turns out to be outside garage door repair, or when the business has closed. Email hello@garagefixfinder.com for corrections or removal.
How listings are ordered
- Featured listings come first and are always labeled Featured. Featured is paid: $19 a month after a free first month, month to month. There are at most 3 Featured spots per city and service.
- All other listings follow in alphabetical order. Nobody can pay to move up among them.
- City pages with fewer than 3 listings stay on the site but are kept out of search engines, so nobody lands on a near-empty page. 40 of our 163 cities currently meet that bar.
- Top Rated 2026 badges cannot be bought, and Featured status has no effect on them. The page explains how winners were picked.
How a request reaches a business
- Sending a request is free for homeowners. We share it only with pros listed for that city.
- If the homeowner sends it from one business's page, that business gets the request in full right away, at no charge.
- Featured pros in the city get every request in full, at no extra charge.
- Up to 3 other pros get a short preview without contact details and can unlock it for $29. Each business's first unlock is free. If the contact details turn out to be wrong, we refund the unlock.
- If nobody has picked a request up after 12 hours, we send it in full, free, to the pros who got the preview, and tell the homeowner who has it.
- When we have no working email for a business, its listing shows its phone number instead, so you can call it directly.
What we check, and what we do not
- Local address check. Fake "local" listings are a known problem in garage door repair, so we check three things for every listing with a website: whether the business's own website publishes a street address in the state it is listed in, whether its phone number has an area code from that state, and whether the same phone or website is listed for businesses in other cities here. 380 of 597 listings passed all three when we last checked, on November 12, 2026, and show "Local address checked". A listing that has not passed is not accused of anything; many honest businesses work from home and do not publish an address. We do not use Google data for this check.
- California contractor licenses. We compare every California listing with the Contractors State License Board's public license file. 39 of 72 California listings matched an active license by exact business name when we last checked, on November 12, 2026. Matched listings show the license number, the classifications that matter for this work, the licensed company and its expiry, with a link to the board's own record.
- Outside California, we do not yet check state licenses or certifications for listed businesses. Before hiring, ask for the license or certification number where your state requires one, proof of insurance, and a written quote.
- We do not vet, employ or guarantee any business, and we do not set prices. GarageFix Finder is a directory.
Questions or corrections: hello@garagefixfinder.com.