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About ServiceHubNearby

Built for the people who get the job done

ServiceHubNearby is a free directory of local businesses: plumbers and electricians, mechanics and dentists, salons, cafés and everyone in between. Look them up by city and neighbourhood, see how customers rate them, and contact them directly. We rank on the work people actually got, not on who paid.

How we rank: measured, not bought

Star ratings on their own reward businesses with hardly any reviews: two 5-star ratings would beat hundreds of 4.7s. So each business starts as if it had 10 ratings of 3.5 stars, and its real reviews move it from there. The more people who rate a business, the more their rating counts.

4.66for 4.7 stars from 300 reviews

3.75for 5.0 stars from just 2 reviews

A business with no reviews yet stays at the 3.5-star starting point. Ties go to the one with more reviews. Money never comes into it.

We only publish a list once a city has at least 5 businesses in that trade, and a neighbourhood list once it has 3.

Review rules

Reviews only help if they're honest, so each one is checked against these before it goes live.

  1. Been there yourselfWrite about businesses you've actually used, and about what happened to you.
  2. Stay on the jobThe work, the price, the people. Leave out unrelated arguments.
  3. Be civil, even when it went wrongNo threats, insults, harassment or hate.
  4. Keep it privateNo phone numbers, home addresses or full names of staff or other customers.
  5. No reviewing yourselfOwners and staff can't review their own business, or a rival's.
  6. Nothing in returnNo reviews for discounts, gifts or money, and businesses mustn't offer them.

We take down reviews that break these rules, but not reviews that are simply unhappy, and nobody can pay us to remove one.

Get in touch

hello@servicehubnearby.com