We are a small independent team that got tired of watching homeowners pick a flooring installer off a directory that sells the top spot. So we built the opposite of that, for one trade, in one region, properly.
Search for a flooring installer in Greater Vancouver and you get the same thing: a directory with nine hundred listings, ranked by who paid, wrapped in language that implies they were vetted. Nobody has time to call nine hundred companies. So people pick from the top three, and the top three are an advertising product.
Top5 Install does the part nobody wants to do. We go through every flooring installer serving Greater Vancouver, check the things that actually predict a good job, and cut it down to five businesses we would be comfortable recommending to family. Then we publish exactly why each one made it, so you can disagree with us if you want to.
No installer pays for editorial placement. Every ranking is built on public, checkable evidence. Every list says when it was last verified. Corrections get made on the page. If we cannot verify a claim, we do not print it.
We are starting with flooring in Greater Vancouver. Other trades and cities will follow once we can cover them to the same standard. We would rather publish one list we can stand behind than twenty we cannot.
Greater Vancouver is the market we know best, which is why it is the one we publish. Our five cover the core of the metro between them, and coverage in the outer areas varies by installer, so we say who can reach you rather than guessing.
There is nothing to buy. If you run a flooring business serving Greater Vancouver and you think you belong on the list, send us your business name, service area and licence details and we will add you to the review queue. We check the same things for you as for everyone else.