BBB unites with Porch to offer ratings, accreditation status

Published 9:01 pm Sunday, February 15, 2015

The Better Business Bureau is joining forces with a new and innovative company to offer consumers information about home improvement and maintenance professionals.

Homeowners can now find BBB information, including ratings and accreditation status, for millions of professionals on Porch.com. Porch will display BBB information on home construction, maintenance and repair companies, and the information is updated and refreshed daily. Consumers who wish to see more details can click through to read the entire BBB Business Review, representatives said.



Porch is the first website and mobile app in the home services space to offer nationwide integration of BBB ratings and accreditation status.

“We are on a mission to make Porch the place you go to find the best and most trusted home improvement and maintenance professionals,” Matt Ehrlichman, chief executive officer and chairman of Porch, said in a prepared statement. “Partnering with BBB is a natural fit for us, since consumers have been relying on BBB for more than 100 years to help them find businesses they can trust. By putting BBB accreditation and ratings front and center across our website and mobile experiences, we can offer homeowners additional confidence in selecting a home services professional.”

BBB is pleased to partner with an innovative company like Porch, Mary E. Power, president and chief executive officer of the Council of Better Business Bureaus, said.

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“They have based their business model on trust, transparency and collaborative information, and they share BBB’s commitment to building trust between consumers and businesses,” she said. “BBB’s information on Porch’s sites will allow customers to get more detail prior to hiring home professionals.”

The agreement gives Porch six months of exclusive access to BBB accreditation and ratings for the home improvement and maintenance industry for use on Porch’s website and mobile app.

The company has matched more than 3.2 million Porch profile pages to BBB Business Reviews, and is displaying the BBB accreditation status in its search results along with the BBB rating. For more, visit bbb.org/porch-pro.