How this site works
Where our facts come from, who is listed, what each field means, and how a business can fix or remove its listing.
Sources and refresh dates
| Source | What we use | How often | Data as of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colorado DORA license data (public domain) | Electrical contractor registrations: business name, mailing city, license number, status, first issued, expiry, and DORA's lookup link | Weekly | Nov 7, 2026 |
| Colorado Secretary of State business entities (public domain) | Entity status and formation date, only for exact name matches (229 of 387 businesses) | Weekly | Nov 8, 2026 |
| Correction form | Fixes, contact details and service answers from the business itself | As received | None yet |
Coming later: counts of residential electrical permits from the public monthly reports of PPRBD (Pikes Peak Regional Building Department), shown only when we're sure the permit holder is the same business, and never with homeowner addresses or permit numbers.
We don't use Google Maps, Yelp or BBB data, and we don't show ratings or reviews. DORA offers its data for research and doesn't guarantee it, so every listing links to DORA's own lookup to check.
Who is listed
- Included: every Colorado electrical contractor registration (DORA license type "EC") with a mailing ZIP code in El Paso or Teller County and a DORA status of "Active" or "Active - With Conditions". Today that is 387 businesses.
- Not included: registrations DORA shows as expired, revoked, suspended, surrendered, cancelled, or "Need Master Hire - Cannot Practice".
- People are not listed. Master electricians, journeymen and residential wiremen hold personal licenses; we list only contractor businesses.
- We don't yet know who does homes. Many registered contractors work mostly on commercial buildings, signs or fire alarms. We list everyone by the same rule until we have permit data.
- Town is the business's mailing city on its state registration, not the area it serves.
- Search engines: a profile page is shown to search engines only when it has more than the bare public-record facts (confirmed permit counts, or at least 3 service answers). For now every profile is set to "noindex".
What each field means
- "DORA shows: {status} · expiry on record: {date}"
- DORA's own words, copied exactly. We don't relabel them. Colorado electrical registrations expire on September 30 every three years. A registration can still show "Active" with a past expiry date while a renewal is processed; we say so next to the date. Check DORA for the current status.
- "This state registration first issued {year}"
- When DORA first issued this contractor registration. It isn't the same as years of experience.
- "Colorado Secretary of State shows: {status}, formed {date}"
- The business entity's status in the state's records, copied exactly ("Good Standing", "Delinquent" when a state filing is overdue, and so on). Shown only when the name on the DORA registration matches exactly one Secretary of State record based in El Paso or Teller County. Otherwise we leave it blank rather than guess.
- "Check license history on DORA"
- Every profile has the same link to DORA's record, where any public discipline appears. We don't summarize it.
- "Contact this business"
- The state records have no phone numbers or websites, so every listing gets the same two links: a web search for the business name and city, and DORA's lookup. Any business can send us its phone and website through the correction form; we'd show them for that business in the same place and style as everyone else's.
We never show street addresses, people's names, ratings or reviews.
Why the order changes
The list is shuffled at random each time the page loads: one even shuffle, nothing weighted, the same for every business. Without JavaScript the list shows in A–Z order. You can also sort A–Z or by the year the state registration was first issued. Neither the shuffle nor any sort uses anything except the published facts on the page. No score, no "#1", nothing highlighted. It is not a ranking, and the order can never be bought.
Fair listings
Listings are free. Every listed business gets the same facts, the same links and the same chance of showing first. Any business can send its phone, website and services through the correction form at no cost.
The site's owner also provides business software to some electricians, who may appear in the list. They are listed by the same rules as everyone else.
Homeowner tools
Our planned tools (panel check, panel upgrade cost, "do I need a permit?") are being checked by licensed electricians before they go live. They will give estimates only, never wiring instructions.
Corrections and removal
- Every profile has a link: "Is this your business? Correct or remove this listing". It opens the correction form.
- We reply within 2 business days and fix or hide the field within 5 business days.
- DORA and Secretary of State facts are corrected at the source (DORA or the Secretary of State); we link to them and pull the data again every week. If we matched something wrongly, we fix it at once.
- Any business can ask to be removed completely, or to show license facts only. We do it and log it. It doesn't affect anyone else's listing.
- Legal complaints go to the site owner the same day. We take the item down first, then review it.