Editorial Standards — How Eaveline Sources and Verifies Listings

This page explains exactly how listings on eaveline.com are sourced, verified, and maintained. It also explains how a business owner can claim, correct, or remove a listing, and why no business has ever paid for placement on this site.

Where listing data comes from

Every business listed on eaveline originates from public records, not scraped social profiles or paid lead networks. Primary sources include:

• Secretary of State business registries. Each U.S. state publishes a register of active corporations, LLCs, and sole proprietorships. These filings give us the legal business name, formation date, and registered address.
• Municipal and county licensing rolls. Where a roofing business is required to hold a city or county trade license, those rolls confirm the business is currently operating in good standing in that jurisdiction.
• Public phone directories and Google Business Profiles. These supply the customer-facing phone number that homeowners actually need to reach the business.

I do not buy lead lists, scrape closed databases, or pull from broker networks. If a record is not publicly verifiable, it does not get listed.

How a listing gets verified

Before publication, every business is run through a short verification pass:

• The business name and address are cross-checked against at least one official registry record.
• The phone number is confirmed as reachable and tied to the business name (no shared call-center numbers, no lead-broker forwarders).
• The service category is matched to the business's actual work — a roofing contractor does not get filed under roofing just because they share a parent company, for example.
• Obviously closed or unreachable businesses are excluded.

I do not independently verify each business's state roofing license, insurance coverage, bonding status, or workmanship history. That verification is the homeowner's responsibility before hiring. Each listing page reminds you to verify license and insurance through your state's licensing board before signing a contract or letting anyone start work.

How listings are ordered

eaveline does not sell placement. Inside a city or service category, listings are ordered editorially — usually alphabetical, occasionally weighted by service-area breadth or category fit. No business pays to rank higher. No business pays to appear at all. There are no "sponsored," "featured," "preferred," or "premium" tiers.

Claiming or editing a listing

A business owner who wants to correct an error, add a logo or photos, or claim their listing should send the request via the contact form with the following:

• The exact business name as it appears on the site
• The city and state of the listing
• The change requested (corrected phone, updated service area, new categories, photo upload, ownership confirmation, etc.)
• A reply-to address tied to the business's primary domain or licensing record so I can confirm the requester is actually associated with the business

Confirmed claim requests are usually processed within a few business days. There is no charge to claim a listing or to make a routine correction.

Removing a listing

Any business owner who wants their listing removed from eaveline can request removal through the same contact form. Removal requests are honored without argument and without fee. I aim to remove confirmed listings within five business days. I will also remove listings where the business has clearly closed, where the phone number is unreachable for an extended period, or where a credible complaint indicates the listing is misleading or fraudulent.

No pay-for-placement, ever

This is the bright line of the site: eaveline does not accept payment in exchange for being listed, for ranking, for category placement, or for removal of a competitor's listing. If anyone ever offers, the answer is no, and the offer goes into a public ledger of attempted bribes that I will publish if it ever stops being a hypothetical.

Corrections and accuracy

Public-record data is imperfect. Phone numbers change, businesses move, categories shift. If you spot something wrong — on your own business or anyone else's — the contact form is the right channel. Corrections are usually applied within a few days.

Last updated: June 19, 2026.