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Review Sites Index · October 2026 edition

Best contractor review sites in 2026

2,136 AI answers about contractors cited 44 review sites. Grades.com collects reviews from 21 of them. Answers from the last 90 days (Aug 1 to Oct 30, 2026).

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  • 2,136 AI answers about contractors
  • 44 review sites cited for contractors
  • Grades.com collects reviews from 21 of them

Picks for contractors

  • Most cited by AI
    BBB

    45.6% of 2,136 AI answers about contractors

    The site AI assistants name most often when people ask about contractors.

    BBB guide
  • Most visited
    Facebook

    3.2B est. monthly organic visits

    The biggest audience of the sites cited for contractors (an estimate for the whole site).

    Facebook guide
  • Easiest to get reviews
    Angi

    25.6% of AI answers about contractors cite it

    Anyone can leave a review, you can send a direct review link, and its rules allow asking.

    Angi guide
  • Most replies from businesses
    Google Business Profile

    78% of reviews of contractors get a reply

    Businesses reply here more often than on the other sites cited, so customers expect an answer.

    Google Business Profile guide

Start with these three

The three most-cited review sites for contractors that Grades.com collects today.

Which review sites matter most for contractors?

By AI citation share, the top review sites for contractors are BBB (45.6%), Yelp (41.7%) and Angi (25.6%), out of 2,136 AI answers about contractors. 21 sites are cited in at least 20 of those answers.

Check mark = Grades.com collects reviews from this site. Others are measured only.collectednot collected

BBB: cited in 45.6% of 2,136 AI answers about contractors (974 answers). Collected by Grades.com.BBB45.6%Yelp: cited in 41.7% of 2,136 AI answers about contractors (890 answers). Collected by Grades.com.Yelp41.7%Angi: cited in 25.6% of 2,136 AI answers about contractors (547 answers). Collected by Grades.com.Angi25.6%HomeAdvisor: cited in 20.9% of 2,136 AI answers about contractors (446 answers). Not collected by Grades.com (measured only).HomeAdvisornot collected20.9%Google Business Profile: cited in 13.0% of 2,136 AI answers about contractors (278 answers). Collected by Grades.com.Google Business Profile13.0%Houzz: cited in 11.8% of 2,136 AI answers about contractors (253 answers). Collected by Grades.com.Houzz11.8%BuildZoom: cited in 10.6% of 2,136 AI answers about contractors (227 answers). Collected by Grades.com.BuildZoom10.6%Thumbtack: cited in 10.4% of 2,136 AI answers about contractors (223 answers). Collected by Grades.com.Thumbtack10.4%Nextdoor: cited in 10.0% of 2,136 AI answers about contractors (214 answers). Not collected by Grades.com (measured only).Nextdoornot collected10.0%Facebook: cited in 7.1% of 2,136 AI answers about contractors (152 answers). Collected by Grades.com.Facebook7.1%ChamberofCommerce.com: cited in 6.3% of 2,136 AI answers about contractors (135 answers). Not collected by Grades.com (measured only).ChamberofCommerce.comnot collected6.3%Indeed: cited in 5.9% of 2,136 AI answers about contractors (125 answers). Not collected by Grades.com (measured only).Indeednot collected5.9%BBB: cited in 45.6% of 2,136 AI answers about contractors (974 answers). Collected by Grades.com.BBB45.6%Yelp: cited in 41.7% of 2,136 AI answers about contractors (890 answers). Collected by Grades.com.Yelp41.7%Angi: cited in 25.6% of 2,136 AI answers about contractors (547 answers). Collected by Grades.com.Angi25.6%HomeAdvisor: cited in 20.9% of 2,136 AI answers about contractors (446 answers). Not collected by Grades.com (measured only).HomeAdvisornot collected20.9%Google Business Profile: cited in 13.0% of 2,136 AI answers about contractors (278 answers). Collected by Grades.com.Google Business Profile13.0%Houzz: cited in 11.8% of 2,136 AI answers about contractors (253 answers). Collected by Grades.com.Houzz11.8%BuildZoom: cited in 10.6% of 2,136 AI answers about contractors (227 answers). Collected by Grades.com.BuildZoom10.6%Thumbtack: cited in 10.4% of 2,136 AI answers about contractors (223 answers). Collected by Grades.com.Thumbtack10.4%Nextdoor: cited in 10.0% of 2,136 AI answers about contractors (214 answers). Not collected by Grades.com (measured only).Nextdoornot collected10.0%Facebook: cited in 7.1% of 2,136 AI answers about contractors (152 answers). Collected by Grades.com.Facebook7.1%ChamberofCommerce.com: cited in 6.3% of 2,136 AI answers about contractors (135 answers). Not collected by Grades.com (measured only).ChamberofCommerce.c…not collected6.3%Indeed: cited in 5.9% of 2,136 AI answers about contractors (125 answers). Not collected by Grades.com (measured only).Indeednot collected5.9%
Share of 2,136 AI answers about contractors (the last 90 days) that cite each site, ranked. 12 of the 21 sites cited in 20 or more answers; the other 9 are in the table.

Which review sites does each AI assistant cite for contractors?

ChatGPT cites BBB most (69% of its answers), Claude cites Yelp most (79% of its answers), Gemini cites BBB most (33% of its answers) and Perplexity cites Yelp most (67% of its answers). Each chart: the share of that assistant's answers about contractors that cite the site.

Check mark = Grades.com collects reviews from this site. Others are measured only.collectednot collected

ChatGPTn 539 answers
ChatGPT cites BBB in 68.7% of its answers about contractors.BBB69%ChatGPT cites Google Business Profile in 51.4% of its answers about contractors.Google Business Profile51%ChatGPT cites Angi in 34.1% of its answers about contractors.Angi34%ChatGPT cites HomeAdvisor in 25.4% of its answers about contractors.HomeAdvisornot collected25%ChatGPT cites Yelp in 22.1% of its answers about contractors.Yelp22%
Clauden 524 answers
Claude cites Yelp in 79.0% of its answers about contractors.Yelp79%Claude cites BBB in 40.3% of its answers about contractors.BBB40%Claude cites Angi in 34.4% of its answers about contractors.Angi34%Claude cites HomeAdvisor in 29.2% of its answers about contractors.HomeAdvisornot collected29%Claude cites Nextdoor in 28.6% of its answers about contractors.Nextdoornot collected29%
Geminin 539 answers
Gemini cites BBB in 33.0% of its answers about contractors.BBB33%Gemini cites Angi in 18.9% of its answers about contractors.Angi19%Gemini cites HomeAdvisor in 17.6% of its answers about contractors.HomeAdvisornot collected18%Gemini cites Thumbtack in 11.5% of its answers about contractors.Thumbtack12%Gemini cites Houzz in 10.9% of its answers about contractors.Houzz11%
Perplexityn 534 answers
Perplexity cites Yelp in 66.8% of its answers about contractors.Yelp67%Perplexity cites BBB in 40.3% of its answers about contractors.BBB40%Perplexity cites Thumbtack in 16.1% of its answers about contractors.Thumbtack16%Perplexity cites Angi in 15.2% of its answers about contractors.Angi15%Perplexity cites Houzz in 12.0% of its answers about contractors.Houzz12%

What this means for a contractor

BBB is the review site AI assistants cite most for contractors: 45.6% of 2,136 answers, ahead of Yelp (41.7%).

Google Business Profile is where most contractors already are: 100% of the 545 we checked have a profile there, and AI cites it in 13.0% of answers.

Yelp is cited in 41.7% of answers, yet only 16% of the contractors we checked have a profile there.

Yelp is cited in 41.7% of answers, but its rules do not allow asking customers for reviews: claim the profile and reply instead.

Facebook has the biggest audience of these sites: about 3.2B monthly visits (an estimate).

Where do contractors get reviews?

Of the contractors we checked, 100% have a Google Business Profile, 72% have a Facebook profile and 50% have a BBB profile (n = 545 businesses).

Check mark = Grades.com collects reviews from this site. Others are measured only.collectednot collected

Google Business Profile: 100% of the 545 contractors we checked have a profile (545). Typical rating 4.9 for contractors. Businesses reply to 78% of reviews of contractors.Google Business Profile100%n 545Facebook: 72% of the 545 contractors we checked have a profile (392). Typical rating 4.4 for contractors. Businesses reply to 0% of reviews of contractors.Facebook72%n 545BBB: 50% of the 545 contractors we checked have a profile (275). Typical rating 4.0 for contractors. Businesses reply to 16% of reviews of contractors.BBB50%n 545Yelp: 16% of the 545 contractors we checked have a profile (85). Typical rating 4.3 for contractors. Businesses reply to 10% of reviews across all industries.Yelp16%n 545Yellow Pages: 7% of the 545 contractors we checked have a profile (38). Typical rating 3.3 across all industries.Yellow Pages7%n 545Houzz: 6% of the 545 contractors we checked have a profile (31). Typical rating 4.9 for contractors.Houzz6%n 545Angi: 5% of the 545 contractors we checked have a profile (29). Typical rating 4.4 for contractors.Angi5%n 545BuildZoom: 5% of the 545 contractors we checked have a profile (29). Typical rating 3.7 for contractors.BuildZoom5%n 545Brownbook: 5% of the 545 contractors we checked have a profile (26).Brownbooknot collected5%n 545Trustpilot: 5% of the 545 contractors we checked have a profile (26). Typical rating 3.6 for contractors. Businesses reply to 29% of reviews of contractors.Trustpilot5%n 545Google Business Profile: 100% of the 545 contractors we checked have a profile (545). Typical rating 4.9 for contractors. Businesses reply to 78% of reviews of contractors.Google Business Profile100%Facebook: 72% of the 545 contractors we checked have a profile (392). Typical rating 4.4 for contractors. Businesses reply to 0% of reviews of contractors.Facebook72%BBB: 50% of the 545 contractors we checked have a profile (275). Typical rating 4.0 for contractors. Businesses reply to 16% of reviews of contractors.BBB50%Yelp: 16% of the 545 contractors we checked have a profile (85). Typical rating 4.3 for contractors. Businesses reply to 10% of reviews across all industries.Yelp16%Yellow Pages: 7% of the 545 contractors we checked have a profile (38). Typical rating 3.3 across all industries.Yellow Pages7%Houzz: 6% of the 545 contractors we checked have a profile (31). Typical rating 4.9 for contractors.Houzz6%Angi: 5% of the 545 contractors we checked have a profile (29). Typical rating 4.4 for contractors.Angi5%BuildZoom: 5% of the 545 contractors we checked have a profile (29). Typical rating 3.7 for contractors.BuildZoom5%Brownbook: 5% of the 545 contractors we checked have a profile (26).Brownbooknot collected5%Trustpilot: 5% of the 545 contractors we checked have a profile (26). Typical rating 3.6 for contractors. Businesses reply to 29% of reviews of contractors.Trustpilot5%
Share of the contractors we checked with a profile on each site, 0 to 100%. n = businesses checked.

The full ranking

See all 21 sites cited in 20 or more answers, in a table

Check mark = Grades.com collects reviews from this site. Others are measured only.

RankReview siteAI citation shareSite reachHas a profileGuide
1BBBCollected by Grades.combbb.org
45.6%
974 of 2,136		24.4MDR 9350%Guide to BBB →
2YelpCollected by Grades.comyelp.com
41.7%
890 of 2,136		1.3BDR 9416%Guide to Yelp →
3AngiCollected by Grades.comangi.com
25.6%
547 of 2,136		4.3MDR 905%Guide to Angi →
4HomeAdvisorhomeadvisor.comnot collected
20.9%
446 of 2,136		1.2MDR 913%Guide to HomeAdvisor →
5Google Business ProfileCollected by Grades.combusiness.google.com
13.0%
278 of 2,136		1.7BDR 100100%Guide to Google Business Profile →
6HouzzCollected by Grades.comhouzz.com
11.8%
253 of 2,136		9.3MDR 926%Guide to Houzz →
7BuildZoomCollected by Grades.combuildzoom.com
10.6%
227 of 2,136		320KDR 825%Guide to BuildZoom →
8ThumbtackCollected by Grades.comthumbtack.com
10.4%
223 of 2,136		10MDR 90<1%Guide to Thumbtack →
9Nextdoornextdoor.comnot collected
10.0%
214 of 2,136		16.2MDR 913%Guide to Nextdoor →
10FacebookCollected by Grades.comfacebook.com
7.1%
152 of 2,136		3.2BDR 10072%Guide to Facebook →
11ChamberofCommerce.comchamberofcommerce.comnot collected
6.3%
135 of 2,136		462KDR 842%Guide to ChamberofCommerce.com →
12Indeedindeed.comnot collected
5.9%
125 of 2,136		154Mn/aGuide to Indeed →
13Expertise.comexpertise.comnot collected
4.9%
105 of 2,136		235KDR 88n/aGuide to Expertise.com →
14TrustpilotCollected by Grades.comtrustpilot.com
4.6%
98 of 2,136		82.3MDR 945%Guide to Trustpilot →
14Yellow PagesCollected by Grades.comyellowpages.com
4.6%
98 of 2,136		41.7MDR 897%Guide to Yellow Pages →
16ProvenExpertprovenexpert.comnot collected
2.3%
49 of 2,136		31.1KDR 912%Guide to ProvenExpert →
17Mantamanta.comnot collected
2.0%
43 of 2,136		1MDR 863%Guide to Manta →
18Experience.comexperience.comnot collected
1.9%
41 of 2,136		200Kn/a
19ConsumerAffairsCollected by Grades.comconsumeraffairs.com
1.6%
35 of 2,136		2.6Mn/aGuide to ConsumerAffairs →
20GlassdoorCollected by Grades.comglassdoor.com
1.3%
28 of 2,136		17M1%Guide to Glassdoor →
21Benablebenable.comnot collected
1.2%
25 of 2,136		272KDR 762%Guide to Benable →
AI citation share: the share of the 2,136 AI answers about contractors that cite the site. Sites cited in fewer than 20 of these answers are left out.Has a profile: contractors we checked with a profile on the site. Collected = Grades.com pulls reviews from this site. Site reach: estimated monthly organic search visits to the site's domain (DataForSEO Labs, Ahrefs Domain Rating, October 2026).

Frequently asked questions

Which review site do AI assistants cite most for contractors?

BBB is cited in 45.6% of 2,136 AI answers about contractors, ahead of Yelp (41.7%) and Angi (25.6%).

Do contractors need Yelp?

Yelp ranks #2 of 21 for contractors: AI assistants cite it in 41.7% of 2,136 answers about contractors, against 43.4% of all answers. 16% of the contractors we checked have a profile there (n = 545). Grades.com collects Yelp reviews.

Which review sites does Grades.com collect for contractors?

Of the 44 review sites cited in AI answers about contractors, Grades.com collects reviews from 21, among them BBB, Yelp, Angi, Google Business Profile, Houzz and BuildZoom.

Which review site is easiest for contractors to get reviews on?

Of the review sites cited for contractors, Angi is the one cited most (25.6% of AI answers) whose own rules let anyone leave a review, let the business send a direct review link, and allow asking customers for reviews. Yelp does not allow asking.

What is AI citation share?

The share of AI answers that cite a review site. Here it is counted over 2,136 answers about contractors from ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity in the last 90 days: BBB is cited in 974 of them, a 45.6% share.

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About the numbers

  1. The three words this page uses: collected = Grades.com pulls reviews from the site (54 review sites in all); measured = every review site the AI answers cited, across all industries (109 sites); cited for contractors = the measured sites that appeared in at least one of the 2,136 answers about contractors (44 sites).
  2. Data window: Aug 1 to Oct 30, 2026 (90 days), October 2026 edition, data as of October 30, 2026.
  3. AI citation share: answers citing the site divided by the 2,136 AI answers about contractors (businesses in the "Contractors & Home Improvement" category of the Grades.com directory), from ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity. The chart and the table rank the sites cited in 20 or more of these answers. Search-result and help pages on a review site are not counted.
  4. Has a profile: the share of the contractors we checked with a profile on the site (n = businesses checked).
  5. Picks: most cited by AI = highest citation share; easiest to get reviews = the site cited most whose own rules let anyone review, let the business send a direct review link and allow asking (from its guide; never Yelp, which does not allow asking); most replies from businesses = highest share of reviews with a business reply, among contractors, shown with at least 100 reviews checked. A pick the data cannot support is left out.
  6. Start with these three: the sites cited most for contractors that Grades.com collects, one per site Grades.com connects. A site that shows another site's reviews is covered by connecting that site.
  7. Site reach: estimated monthly organic search visits to the site's domain (DataForSEO Labs, Ahrefs Domain Rating, October 2026); an estimate for the whole domain, not a figure published by the site, and the same in every industry.

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