What The Trades Record is, and is not
A public record of state-licensed trades contractors, one metro at a time, kept by a company that says who it is.
Where the records come from
Virginia Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation (DPOR), public regulant lists. We download the regulant lists every 5 days, keep the fields the Board publishes (license number, class, specialties, certification and expiration dates, city), and add only what a firm publishes about itself: its phone number and website. Every page shows the date of the list it was built from.
What we never do
- Sell leads or pass a homeowner's request to more than one firm. Contact goes to the firm's own number.
- Charge for a listing, a seal, or a position. There is no paid tier.
- Rank, score or feature anyone. Pages are alphabetical.
- Publish reviews or ratings.
- Text a business, or call it with an automated or AI voice, unless it has asked us to. If someone from the desk calls you and you say no, we take you off the list for good.
Who operates it
Execution Partner LLC, Richmond, Virginia. We build marketing and measurement systems for owner-operated trades businesses. The record is our way of introducing ourselves honestly: a firm that claims its record may get one note from us with its one-page read, and can decline anything further with one reply. Reach the desk at desk@thetradesrecord.com.
Corrections
A wrong phone, a closed business, a changed name: send a correction. License facts come from the Board's list; if the Board's record is wrong, the fix has to be made there and we pick it up at the next refresh.