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title: About Local Standard: Who We Are and How We Work
url: https://localstandardlist.com/about/
updated: 2026-10-29
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[**Local Standard** Published standards for local trades](https://localstandardlist.com/)

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In force: **LOCAL STANDARD Edition 2027** Register updated October 29, 2026 [How we make money](https://localstandardlist.com/how-we-make-money/)

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# About Local Standard

A small, independent publisher of standards for local trades, part of a network of local directories.

Last updated October 29, 2026 · [How assessment works](https://localstandardlist.com/assessment/)

## What we do

Local Standard publishes short, versioned requirements for local trades and lists the businesses that meet them. Verification sites ask whether a business's details are accurate. We ask a narrower question that matters when you're about to sign: does this business meet a published list of requirements?

## Principles

- **Public rules.** Every requirement and change is published, with an edition.
- **Checkable, not opinion.** Requirements are met or not met from records and tests. We don't rate taste or value.
- **Dated.** Every check carries the date it was run.
- **Payment never decides.** Fees fund assessments; passing requires meeting every requirement.
- **Corrections in the open.** Changes to a published status are noted with the date.

## Independence

### Requirements

Drafted and published before they are applied. A new edition is announced before it takes effect.

### Results

Decided from the checks alone. Nobody selling profiles or quote requests can change a result.

### Lists

A to Z, with paid enhanced profiles labelled on every listing.

[How assessment works](https://localstandardlist.com/assessment/) · [How we make money](https://localstandardlist.com/how-we-make-money/) · [Contact us](https://localstandardlist.com/contact/)

## Pass or fail, never paid

A business meets the standard only if it meets every published requirement on the date of its record. Payment does not buy a pass. [How we make money](https://localstandardlist.com/how-we-make-money/)

## No rankings

Businesses that meet a standard are listed A to Z. We don't rank them against each other, and nobody can pay to move up a list. Paid enhanced profiles are labelled.

## Something wrong?

Homeowners can report a problem with a listed business, and businesses can ask for a result to be re-checked. [Corrections](https://localstandardlist.com/corrections/) · [Contact](https://localstandardlist.com/contact/)

**Local Standard**

Local businesses that meet a clear, published standard. Every requirement, edition and check date is on the record.

## Find

- [All registers](https://localstandardlist.com/)

## Process

- [How assessment works](https://localstandardlist.com/assessment/)
- [Corrections](https://localstandardlist.com/corrections/)
- [Apply for assessment](https://localstandardlist.com/claim/)
- [Request quotes](https://localstandardlist.com/quote/)

## About

- [About Local Standard](https://localstandardlist.com/about/)
- [How we make money](https://localstandardlist.com/how-we-make-money/)
- [Contact](https://localstandardlist.com/contact/)

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