A free guide to hiring contractors in North County San DiegoLicense records read Oct 14, 2026 · How we list

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How we list contractors

Six written rules decide what you see. Hold us to them.

The rules we list by

  1. 01

    Listing is free

    Nobody pays to be listed, to go first or to move up; nothing here can be bought. We sell no leads and take no cut of any job. Call the business directly, or send a quote request and our team passes it to the business you picked.

  2. 02

    Owner-confirmed first, then A–Z

    Listings with a dated owner confirmation from the last 90 days come first; each group runs A–Z. Nothing else moves a listing: not money, outside ratings, a license record or a purchase from RSP.

  3. 03

    No ratings of our own

    We give no ratings, stars or “best of” labels. Google ratings, review counts, the newest Google reviews and the business’s replies show word for word, with the date and a link to Google; a reviewer’s surname is shortened. We never copy photos.

  4. 04

    Every fact shows its source

    Facts come from CSLB, city permit offices and each business’s Google Business Profile, each with its read date. None of them endorses Coastal SD Pros. Descriptions, services and tags are the business’s own words from Google, unchecked; you can request a change. We never fill a gap with a guess or show job prices until real local quotes back them.

  5. 05

    One recommendation a month

    The Front Door Report names one thing worth doing, or says nothing needs fixing; it never invents a problem to sell a fix. Claiming a listing is open now. The report isn’t being sent yet; when it is, it goes only to owners who agreed to email.

  6. 06

    RSP is our sister company

    Joshua Lyman runs Coastal SD Pros and Roscoe Site Pro, which sells contractors review requests and a phone-and-website system. It starts free (25 Google reviews in 14 days), then $97 a month for Reviews, $399 for the Booked Job System and $599 for BJS Pro. Buying from RSP never changes a listing’s place, labels or badges. On this site, RSP appears only on Pro Desk pages and in the Front Door Report, when it solves that month’s recommendation. Every RSP block, RSP client listing and the footer say so, and RSP links carry rel="sponsored" until legal review says otherwise.

Where the facts come from

The license picture
2,938listed businesses
1,384 active103 other matched statuses1,451 not yet matched

CSLB snapshot Oct 14

Every listing by its CSLB match. Follow a matched license to CSLB before you hire.

“Not yet matched” means we haven’t tied a license to that listing; it is not a finding about the business. Ask for its number.

Software builds the directory pages from these sources, and AI tools helped write the site’s text. Business facts come only from the sources.

Every source and its rules
Source
Used for
Rule
CSDP analytics
Views, call taps, website clicks
Counted as interactions, with bots filtered. Taps are not completed calls. Not running yet.
CSLB public data
License status, classification, bond, workers' comp
Linked to cslb.ca.gov with the read date (last read Oct 14, 2026).
Google Maps listing
Rating and review count, with the date observed
Facts and a link. No photos.
Google reviews
The newest reviews on each profile, up to ten, and the business’s public replies, word for word
Credited to Google with the reviewer’s first name and the date. A reviewer’s surname in a business reply is shortened too. No reviewer photos or profile links.
Google Business Profile
Categories, hours, listed services, the business's own description and the attributes it set (who owns it, service options), with the read date
The description is quoted and credited to the business, and CSDP does not check it.
Public business listing
Name, phone, website, listed cities
Captured Sep 30 and Oct 10, 2026. Outside reviews stay credited to their source.
Owner claim answers
Jobs, areas, estimate method, same-day, text-back
Labeled "owner claim" or "you reported" with the date, and re-confirmed every 90 days. The text-back answer is never public.
Yelp and Thumbtack profiles
The business's profiles there, shown in the Reviews section of its profile
Added by the owner after a claim. CSDP never searches other sites by name.
Google Places API (not connected)
Rating, total reviews, hours listed, website listed
An optional, credited live source panel. It isn’t connected, and provider setup is pending.
City permit records (San Diego, Carlsbad, Vista, San Marcos, Escondido)
Permit type, date, job value and area for permits matched to a licensed business
City open data and published permit reports, matched by name, or by license number where the city prints it. No street addresses.
Google Business Profile (owner-connected)
Their posts, photos and full review history
Needs the owner's authorization. Never combined across businesses.

Quote requests and your details

  • What we get The job, where and when, any photos, your name and phone, and your email if you give it. Your browser shrinks each photo first, removing its location data.
  • Where it goes It’s emailed to the Coastal SD Pros team, who pass it to the business you picked. This website doesn’t store or post it.
  • Who may contact you The business, and the Coastal SD Pros team, by call, text or email, about that request. Message and data rates may apply.
  • No lead sales We sell no leads and take no cut. Coastal SD Pros and Roscoe Site Pro are run by the same company.

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Tell us. We check public-record fields against the source record before anything changes.

CSLB license recordsread Oct 14, 2026
City permit recordsread Oct 3, 2026
Google Business Profilesread Oct 2, 2026