Authority Network America Providers

The Authority Network America providers provider network catalogs vetted home service providers across the United States, organized by trade category and geographic market. Each entry reflects a provider that has passed defined eligibility checkpoints covering licensure, insurance status, and service history. The providers serve homeowners, property managers, and real estate professionals who require structured, reliable access to qualified contractors across dozens of residential service trades.

What each provider covers

A provider within the Authority Network America provider network represents a single service provider entity — whether a sole proprietor, licensed trade contractor, or multi-trade firm — that operates within at least 1 verified service category and holds a current state-issued license relevant to that trade. Each provider is built around 5 core data points:

1. Trade category — The primary classification drawn from the Authority Network America home services categories taxonomy, which spans trades including roofing, plumbing, electrical, HVAC, landscaping, pest control, flooring, painting, remodeling, foundation and structural work, solar and energy systems, and accessibility and ADA services.
2. Licensure status — The license type, issuing state board, and license number where state disclosure rules apply. Trades governed by mandatory state licensing — including electrical, plumbing, and HVAC — carry fuller documentation than trades regulated at the county or municipal level.
3. Insurance and bonding confirmation — Verification that the provider carries active general liability coverage and, where trade-specific statutes require it, a surety bond. The Authority Network America insurance and bonding requirements page documents the minimum thresholds by category.
4. Service geography — The counties, metro areas, or states where the provider actively operates, distinguishing between primary and secondary service zones.
5. Credential and vetting tier — An indicator of whether the provider passed baseline eligibility screening only or also completed the full quality benchmark review described in the homeowner service provider vetting standards.

Providers do not function as endorsements or performance guarantees. The distinction matters because a provider confirms verifiable credentials at the time of review — it does not adjudicate contractor quality on individual jobs.

Geographic distribution

Provider density across the provider network reflects the uneven distribution of licensed contractor populations across U.S. markets. States with larger residential construction volumes — including California, Texas, Florida, and New York — carry higher provider counts than rural or lower-population states. The national scope covers all 50 states, but a homeowner in a rural market may encounter fewer verified providers per trade than a homeowner in a major metropolitan area.

The provider network organizes geographic coverage at three levels:

• National providers — Multi-state firms or franchise networks operating across 10 or more states, addressed in detail on the national vs. local service providers reference page.
• Regional providers — Contractors operating across a defined multi-state corridor or within a single large state's major metros.
• Local providers — Single-market contractors whose license and insurance coverage is confined to 1 state or a defined county cluster.

This three-tier geographic structure allows a user to filter providers based on project scope. A single-family repair project typically draws on local providers. A property management portfolio spanning multiple states requires engagement with regional or national contractor networks. The emergency home services providers apply their own geographic logic — coverage density for emergency trades such as water mitigation and electrical restoration is mapped separately because response-time geography differs from standard service-area boundaries.

How to read an entry

Each provider entry follows a structured format. The header line displays the provider's legal business name, primary trade category, and state of primary licensure. The body of the entry presents the 5 data fields described above in a consistent sequence.

Two entry types appear in the network and are visually differentiated:

Standard providers reflect providers that have completed baseline eligibility screening — license confirmation, insurance verification, and absence of active disciplinary actions with the relevant state contractor board at the time of review.

Benchmark-reviewed providers reflect providers that have additionally completed the quality review layer documented under Authority Network America contractor credentialing, which includes complaint resolution history, permit pull rates for structural trades, and third-party review consistency scoring.

A reader comparing 2 roofing contractors in the same metro area should note whether one holds a benchmark-reviewed designation and the other holds only a standard provider — the credential level signals the depth of the review process, not necessarily the contractor's performance on any specific project.

Providers flagged with a specialty notation — such as ADA compliance, solar system installation, or new construction — indicate that the provider has documented credentials specific to that scope. These specialty flags are governed by the criteria on the Authority Network America accessibility and ADA services and Authority Network America new construction services pages respectively.

What providers include and exclude

Included:

Excluded:

The exclusion of unverified operators is not a judgment of their service quality — it reflects the provider network's function as a credentialed-provider reference rather than a general contractor search index. Homeowners seeking providers outside the verified trades or in markets with low provider density should consult the Authority Network America provider network purpose and scope page for guidance on how the network's coverage boundaries are defined and how the provider inventory is maintained over time.