About YardQuote

Who runs YardQuote?

YardQuote is built and edited by Yevhenii Kuznietsov, a Toronto-based search and local-marketing specialist. He brings 11 years of SEO experience across more than 500 websites, works as a data analyst, and co-founded a GTA home-improvement company, so he sees the contractor side of this market as well as the search side. He built YardQuote's ranking method and reviews every dataset before it is published.

What does YardQuote do?

YardQuote does two things. First, it ranks yard-service companies across the Greater Toronto Area by verified Google reviews plus verification checks, so you can compare real pros instead of ad placements. Second, it matches homeowners with up to 3 exclusive local quotes through a free form. We currently track 1,091 businesses in 7 categories, from full landscape builds to seasonal snow contracts.

How does YardQuote make money without selling rankings?

YardQuote is free for homeowners because contractors pay for the quote requests we send them, and later for clearly labelled featured placements and ads. That revenue is kept separate from the rankings on purpose. A company can buy leads or an ad slot, but it can never buy a higher rank. Keeping those two things apart is the whole point, because a directory you cannot trust is worthless.

What are YardQuote's editorial standards?

YardQuote follows four rules on every page. Rankings are never for sale, review data comes only from public Google Maps profiles, market pricing is always attributed to a named source, and any homeowner or business owner can request a correction. Those standards are what let us claim these 1,091 listings are ranked on merit.

• No pay-to-rank

  Placement comes from a transparent, published formula. Paid leads and featured slots are labelled and kept out of the ranking.

• Verified review data

  Every rating and review count is public Google Maps data. We do not write, buy or edit reviews.

• Named pricing sources

  Cost figures cite the specific GTA contractor or authority they came from, so you can check them yourself.

• Open corrections

  Spot something wrong? Email hello@yardquote.ca and we fix or remove it, usually within 2 business days.

What is in the YardQuote dataset?

The July 2026 YardQuote dataset holds 1,091 GTA yard businesses spread across 7 categories and 55 mapped areas. The average Google rating is 4.7 stars across 986 rated companies, with a median of 28 reviews per business, and 67.8% of them hold a rating of 4.8 stars or higher. We map each company to a Toronto neighbourhood, borough or GTA city so results reflect who serves your street.

How do I reach the YardQuote team?

YardQuote is small and responsive. For corrections, business-owner requests, media or partnership questions, email hello@yardquote.ca. We reply to most messages within 2 business days. You can also read our full contact options and correction process on the contact page.