# The Plumber List ## About Independent plumbing professional directory. Not a referral service or lead-generation platform. We aggregate publicly available business information to help consumers find and compare local plumbers. ## Data Fields Tracked Per Listing - Business name, address, phone, website URL - Service categories (23 taxonomy tags) - Operating hours - Service areas - Claimed/owner-verified status - Website health status (valid, unreachable, third-party, etc.) - Data enrichment date - Review count and aggregate rating (from native reviews) ## How Listings Are Verified Listings go through multiple quality gates: 1. Import gate — business name validation, ZIP/state mismatch detection, non-business pattern suppression 2. Website validation — HEAD check, third-party domain detection, domain auto-generation heuristic 3. Post-publish QA — 404 slug detection, junk/scraped address detection, zero-result service filter identification 4. Enrichment — services mapped from website scrape, address parsing, hours detection Automated checks flag or suppress listings that fail quality rules. Manual review is applied where automated checks cannot determine listing validity. ## Freshness / Last Checked Each listing tracks a last_enriched_at timestamp. Enrichment runs hourly via cron. Freshness labels: - Recent: Enriched within 30 days - Aging: Enriched 30-90 days ago - Stale: Enriched over 90 days ago - Not yet enriched: No enrichment run completed Website health checks are re-run during enrichment cycles. Address, phone, and service data are checked on initial import and updated via regular enrichment scans. ## Claim / Edit Policy Business owners may claim their listing by verifying ownership (email domain match + phone match for auto-approval, or manual review for other cases). Claimed listings display a "Claimed" badge. Edits to claimed listings require owner approval via the claim verification process. To claim a listing: https://theplumberlist.com/plumber/{ID}/claim To report an error: Suggest an Edit link on each listing profile page. ## Review Policy Native reviews require author name, rating (1-5), and review text. All reviews are moderated before display. We comply with FTC guidelines on endorsements. We do not generate, incentivize, or fabricate reviews. Detection patterns: - Multiple reviews from same IP within 24 hours are flagged - Reviews containing promotional URLs are rejected - Reviews on unclaimed listings are held for manual moderation ## States - Alabama: https://theplumberlist.com/plumbers/al/ - Alaska: https://theplumberlist.com/plumbers/ak/ - Arizona: https://theplumberlist.com/plumbers/az/ - Arkansas: https://theplumberlist.com/plumbers/ar/ - California: https://theplumberlist.com/plumbers/ca/ - Colorado: https://theplumberlist.com/plumbers/co/ - Connecticut: https://theplumberlist.com/plumbers/ct/ - Delaware: https://theplumberlist.com/plumbers/de/ - Florida: https://theplumberlist.com/plumbers/fl/ - Georgia: https://theplumberlist.com/plumbers/ga/ - Hawaii: https://theplumberlist.com/plumbers/hi/ - Idaho: https://theplumberlist.com/plumbers/id/ - Illinois: https://theplumberlist.com/plumbers/il/ - Indiana: https://theplumberlist.com/plumbers/in/ - Iowa: https://theplumberlist.com/plumbers/ia/ - Kansas: https://theplumberlist.com/plumbers/ks/ - Kentucky: https://theplumberlist.com/plumbers/ky/ - Louisiana: https://theplumberlist.com/plumbers/la/ - Maine: https://theplumberlist.com/plumbers/me/ - Maryland: https://theplumberlist.com/plumbers/md/ - Massachusetts: https://theplumberlist.com/plumbers/ma/ - Michigan: https://theplumberlist.com/plumbers/mi/ - Minnesota: https://theplumberlist.com/plumbers/mn/ - Mississippi: https://theplumberlist.com/plumbers/ms/ - Missouri: https://theplumberlist.com/plumbers/mo/ - Montana: https://theplumberlist.com/plumbers/mt/ - Nebraska: https://theplumberlist.com/plumbers/ne/ - Nevada: https://theplumberlist.com/plumbers/nv/ - New Hampshire: https://theplumberlist.com/plumbers/nh/ - New Jersey: https://theplumberlist.com/plumbers/nj/ - New Mexico: https://theplumberlist.com/plumbers/nm/ - New York: https://theplumberlist.com/plumbers/ny/ - North Carolina: https://theplumberlist.com/plumbers/nc/ - North Dakota: https://theplumberlist.com/plumbers/nd/ - Ohio: https://theplumberlist.com/plumbers/oh/ - Oklahoma: https://theplumberlist.com/plumbers/ok/ - Oregon: https://theplumberlist.com/plumbers/or/ - Pennsylvania: https://theplumberlist.com/plumbers/pa/ - Rhode Island: https://theplumberlist.com/plumbers/ri/ - South Carolina: https://theplumberlist.com/plumbers/sc/ - South Dakota: https://theplumberlist.com/plumbers/sd/ - Tennessee: https://theplumberlist.com/plumbers/tn/ - Texas: https://theplumberlist.com/plumbers/tx/ - Utah: https://theplumberlist.com/plumbers/ut/ - Vermont: https://theplumberlist.com/plumbers/vt/ - Virginia: https://theplumberlist.com/plumbers/va/ - Washington: https://theplumberlist.com/plumbers/wa/ - West Virginia: https://theplumberlist.com/plumbers/wv/ - Wisconsin: https://theplumberlist.com/plumbers/wi/ - Wyoming: https://theplumberlist.com/plumbers/wy/ ## Sitemaps - Sitemap index: https://theplumberlist.com/sitemap.xml - Alabama sitemap: https://theplumberlist.com/sitemap-al.xml - Alaska sitemap: https://theplumberlist.com/sitemap-ak.xml - Arizona sitemap: https://theplumberlist.com/sitemap-az.xml - Arkansas sitemap: https://theplumberlist.com/sitemap-ar.xml - California sitemap: https://theplumberlist.com/sitemap-ca.xml - Colorado sitemap: https://theplumberlist.com/sitemap-co.xml - Connecticut sitemap: https://theplumberlist.com/sitemap-ct.xml - Delaware sitemap: https://theplumberlist.com/sitemap-de.xml - Florida sitemap: https://theplumberlist.com/sitemap-fl.xml - Georgia sitemap: https://theplumberlist.com/sitemap-ga.xml - Hawaii sitemap: https://theplumberlist.com/sitemap-hi.xml - Idaho sitemap: https://theplumberlist.com/sitemap-id.xml - Illinois sitemap: https://theplumberlist.com/sitemap-il.xml - Indiana sitemap: https://theplumberlist.com/sitemap-in.xml - Iowa sitemap: https://theplumberlist.com/sitemap-ia.xml - Kansas sitemap: https://theplumberlist.com/sitemap-ks.xml - Kentucky sitemap: https://theplumberlist.com/sitemap-ky.xml - Louisiana sitemap: https://theplumberlist.com/sitemap-la.xml - Maine sitemap: https://theplumberlist.com/sitemap-me.xml - Maryland sitemap: https://theplumberlist.com/sitemap-md.xml - Massachusetts sitemap: https://theplumberlist.com/sitemap-ma.xml - Michigan sitemap: https://theplumberlist.com/sitemap-mi.xml - Minnesota sitemap: https://theplumberlist.com/sitemap-mn.xml - Mississippi sitemap: https://theplumberlist.com/sitemap-ms.xml - Missouri sitemap: https://theplumberlist.com/sitemap-mo.xml - Montana sitemap: https://theplumberlist.com/sitemap-mt.xml - Nebraska sitemap: https://theplumberlist.com/sitemap-ne.xml - Nevada sitemap: https://theplumberlist.com/sitemap-nv.xml - New Hampshire sitemap: https://theplumberlist.com/sitemap-nh.xml - New Jersey sitemap: https://theplumberlist.com/sitemap-nj.xml - New Mexico sitemap: https://theplumberlist.com/sitemap-nm.xml - New York sitemap: https://theplumberlist.com/sitemap-ny.xml - North Carolina sitemap: https://theplumberlist.com/sitemap-nc.xml - North Dakota sitemap: https://theplumberlist.com/sitemap-nd.xml - Ohio sitemap: https://theplumberlist.com/sitemap-oh.xml - Oklahoma sitemap: https://theplumberlist.com/sitemap-ok.xml - Oregon sitemap: https://theplumberlist.com/sitemap-or.xml - Pennsylvania sitemap: https://theplumberlist.com/sitemap-pa.xml - Rhode Island sitemap: https://theplumberlist.com/sitemap-ri.xml - South Carolina sitemap: https://theplumberlist.com/sitemap-sc.xml - South Dakota sitemap: https://theplumberlist.com/sitemap-sd.xml - Tennessee sitemap: https://theplumberlist.com/sitemap-tn.xml - Texas sitemap: https://theplumberlist.com/sitemap-tx.xml - Utah sitemap: https://theplumberlist.com/sitemap-ut.xml - Vermont sitemap: https://theplumberlist.com/sitemap-vt.xml - Virginia sitemap: https://theplumberlist.com/sitemap-va.xml - Washington sitemap: https://theplumberlist.com/sitemap-wa.xml - West Virginia sitemap: https://theplumberlist.com/sitemap-wv.xml - Wisconsin sitemap: https://theplumberlist.com/sitemap-wi.xml - Wyoming sitemap: https://theplumberlist.com/sitemap-wy.xml ## Contact For data corrections, listing claims, or questions: contact@theplumberlist.com (placeholder — configure in config.php)