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New St. Petersburg, FL Businesses 3,550 businesses with an office in St. Petersburg, from state records and their own websites. Every fact shows its source and date. Home Services 478 · Real Estate & Property 444 · Restaurants & Food 330 · Beauty & Personal Care 316 · Religious & Community 310 Updated October 2026 →

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Does a 5-Star Rating Mean a Licensed Plumber? I Checked 115 Plumber Listings Around St. Petersburg

Five stars don't show a license. Of 39 plumber listings rated 5.0 around St. Petersburg, I found an active Florida license for 22. How to check for free.

Serhii Ksonzenko · October 30, 2026

Is That "Local" Plumber Really Local? How to Spot a Middleman

Some St. Petersburg plumber listings lead to middlemen, a few on old plumbers' web addresses. 8 checks to spot one and verify a plumber in Florida.

Serhii Ksonzenko · October 29, 2026

What St. Petersburg Plumbers Charge in 2026, According to Their Own Websites

What St. Petersburg plumbers charge, from their own websites: service call fees, drain cleaning specials, water heater prices and what to ask first.

Serhii Ksonzenko · October 28, 2026

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How we rank plumbers

What counts for a plumber

We check 12 things about every business, from public records and its own website. Points out of 100:

State license20
Clean record12
Years in business12
Customer protection10
Price transparency9
Availability8
Trade qualifications6
Services match6
Claims match records6
Permitted work6
Written guarantee5

Version 3.0, October 12, 2026. Not counted yet: Customer experience. Every factor, its source and how a business can improve: Factors and weights.

What we promise

Factors and weightsEvery factor and its weight is listed, with the current version.
Sources and datesEvery section of a listing names its source, with the date we checked the state records and captured the website.
How a score adds upEvery factor, weight and formula is public on the methodology pages.
CorrectionsAny business can ask us to fix a factual error, free of charge.
Change logWhen the method changes, we record what changed and why.

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