Nationwide ownership record · independent owners anywhere can apply

Same name. New owner. Nobody told you.

Look up any contractor before you call: who owns them, who they answer to, and whether anyone local still runs it. Always free.

2,195 brands owned by investor groups or corporations · 371 investor-backed · 286 owners documented · see the full record
Ownership always disclosed
Always free for homeowners
Verified independents, clearly marked
Hidden ownership exposed

Real entries from the record. They change as the record does.

Why This Exists

It started with a furnace.
It always starts with a furnace.

It's January. Your heat stops working. You call the first company on Google. A technician arrives, goes downstairs, comes back with a tablet. Three options. Good. Better. Best. He mentions financing. He says the price is only good until he leaves. You sign.

What you didn't know: that company was acquired by outside investors 18 months ago. The technician was running a closing script. The local owner sold and moved to Florida. There was no warning label on the truck.

She deserved to know. So do you.
Parity gives you the information: who owns the company, what others paid, who to trust, before you ever make the call.
See who's hiding their ownership →

Built by someone who helped write the playbook and decided homeowners deserved better.

How It Works

Use it before the emergency.

Works best when you're calm and in control, not when someone is already in your home with a tablet and a closing script.

1
Check who owns the company
Search the Ownership Record before you call anyone. If the company was bought by outside investors, it's on the list. Takes 10 seconds. Could save you thousands.
2
Find a verified independent
Owners marked Parity Verified have been checked by us: they own and run the company, with no investors behind it. Other listings come from public information and say Not yet verified. Meet the owner on their page before you call: a 30-second video or a photo, the one thing a corporate chain cannot fake.
3
Tip us off if you find one hiding
Know a local company that was sold but still trades under its old name? Submit a tip. We verify and publish. Every submission makes the next homeowner harder to fool.
Who You'll Find Here

Owner-operated.
Owner-accountable.

The kind of business where you'll meet the person who owns it. That's the standard.

Parity Verified
Varsity Home Service
Bobby Bellini · Bohemia, NY · Est. 1965 · 3rd Generation
“My father founded Varsity with a simple dream: to lead by example and demonstrate the value of honest, hands-on work.”
HVACPlumbing✓ Make-it-right guaranteeBest of LI - Multiple Years60+ Years Family Owned
Call (631) 567-4600 Meet the owner →
The ownership map

Local doesn't mean locally owned.

Of the 2,195 investor-owned companies on the record, we have read the websites of 1,986 so far, and 8 in 10 of those don’t name their owner on their home or about page. Tap your state to see the ones Parity has documented there, and who owns each. Every company links to its page, with sources. How we check.

See which groups own the most →
Investor-owned companies by state

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Alabama 41Arizona 73Arkansas 10California 111Colorado 46Connecticut 33Delaware 11Florida 206Georgia 103Idaho 25Illinois 56Indiana 46Iowa 16Kansas 21Kentucky 38Louisiana 13Maine 7Maryland 51Massachusetts 47Michigan 56Minnesota 38Mississippi 12Missouri 35Nebraska 11Nevada 26New Hampshire 18New Jersey 59New Mexico 7New York 61North Carolina 95Ohio 89Oklahoma 25Oregon 30Pennsylvania 88Rhode Island 7South Carolina 33Tennessee 51Texas 176Utah 34Vermont 10Virginia 54Washington 59West Virginia 5Wisconsin 41
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Own a contracting business?Parity Verified is free for independents. Your face on your page, license checked, calls come straight to your business.For contractors → Want a heads-up?One email when a company near you is sold to outside investors. Nothing else.Get alerts →