Verification
How plumbing companies will be checked
No plumbing company is signed up with HyrePlumber yet, so none has been checked. Before any introduction, we plan to check license status with the issuing board, company registration and the service area. Insurance, after-hours coverage and reviews are not part of the process yet. A check is not an endorsement.
A promise this site is held to. HyrePlumber will not call any plumbing company trusted, vetted, approved, certified or recommended unless we have actually established it. If you find one of those words used about a company here, it is a mistake. Tell us and we will fix it.
Which checks are planned, and which are not built?
We publish no company profiles or ratings, because we cannot yet stand behind any. This is the process we are building instead. It starts in state and city records, not in a company’s description of itself.
| Check | Status |
|---|---|
| License status with the issuing state board or city, matched to the company name | Before any introduction |
| Company registration with the state, from public records | Before any introduction |
| Service area and the kinds of plumbing work the company does | Before any introduction |
| Insurance certificates confirmed with the carrier | Not built yet |
| After-hours coverage confirmed, not just advertised | Not built yet |
| Homeowner reviews collected under a published policy | Not built yet |
“Before any introduction” means the check will run before we put a homeowner in touch with that company. No company has passed it, because none is signed up.
Why is a plumbing license harder to check than it sounds?
There is no national plumbing license and no national register. Who licenses plumbing, and whom, depends on the state. Three states show how far apart the rules sit (state sources read August 16, 2026; the Pennsylvania page again on September 29, 2026):
- Pennsylvania: no state license. The PA Department of Labor and Industry says the state has no licensing requirement for most construction contractors. Plumbers are licensed by some municipalities, such as Philadelphia.
- Wisconsin: people, not companies. Wis. Stat. 145.06 issues plumbing licenses only to individuals, never to a firm. The credential to check is the master plumber in charge.
- Ohio: homes are local. The state contractor licensing law (Ohio Revised Code 4740.01) leaves out one- to three-family homes. A residential plumber’s credential, where there is one, is local.
- Your state: ask locally. Your city or county building department can tell you which license applies to work on your house, and who issues it.
So “licensed” is only a useful answer once you know which credential, from which authority, for which kind of work.
What does each check mean?
License status, with the issuing board
We will go to the board or city that issued the license, not to the number on a van. Where the license belongs to a person, as in Wisconsin, we will check the named plumber in charge. Where nobody licenses the work, there is nothing to check, and we will not use “verified” as decoration.
Company registration
That the trading name matches a business registered with the state. This catches a name on a van that matches nothing you could ever complain to. It catches nothing else.
Service area and type of work
Which areas and which kinds of work the company takes on. A drain-clearing company is not automatically the right call for a gas line or a repipe.
Insurance confirmed with the carrier: not yet
General liability and workers’ compensation, confirmed by the insurer, not by a PDF from the company. Until we check it, ask for the certificate yourself and confirm it with the carrier named on it.
After-hours coverage: not yet
Whether a company answers at night with its own plumbers or an answering service. We do not confirm it, so we make no claim about it, and we publish no response times.
Reviews: not yet
Reviews are only evidence when you know how they were gathered. We have no published policy for collecting them, so we carry no reviews and no ratings.
Is verification the same as endorsement?
No. The two are easy to blur. A checked license becomes a “vetted pro”. A vetted pro becomes a recommendation. A recommendation becomes an implied guarantee of the work. Each step is small, and the last one is false.
A check tells you a company is real and allowed to do the work. It does not tell you the diagnosis is right, or that the new pipe was pressure tested. A written scope does that. See what plumbing work costs for what a complete quote contains.
Why do checks go out of date?
A license can lapse, be suspended or be reinstated. Insurance can be canceled mid-term. Companies change name, owner and service area. A check is true on the day it is made, so we will date every check, and we ask you to confirm what matters at the point you sign.
What will HyrePlumber never do?
- Publish a ranking. Not paid, not editorial, not a “top ten”. A ranking implies a comparison we have not made.
- Invent anything. No made-up company, review, award or credential, not even as an example.
- Say a company is licensed or insured. We tell you how to confirm it with the board and the carrier instead.
- Let money change a judgment. When introductions start paying us, that is disclosed, and it stays out of the copy.
What should you check yourself before you sign?
- The right license, with the board. Check the number with the state board or city that issued it, and match it to the company or plumber in charge.
- Insurance, with the insurer. Liability and workers’ compensation certificates, confirmed with the carrier and in force on your job dates.
- A written diagnosis. What is wrong and how the plumber found out, before any price is agreed.
- A written scope. Pipe material, fittings, the pressure test and who patches the wall.
- Who pulls the permit. Ask your building department whether the job needs one, and whose name goes on it.
The long version is choosing a plumber. How HyrePlumber works explains what happens to your details, and the lead quality standard sets the rules for them.