How we verify
Every number on this site comes from public records or from our own analysis of Google reviews. Here’s exactly where each one comes from, and the rules we use.
1. Licenses: matched to Texas state records
Mold assessment and mold remediation are licensed in Texas by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR). We use TDLR’s license records, as of October 2, 2026, to find every current mold assessment and remediation company license in the five metro areas we cover — 529 company licenses in all.
We then matched license holders to Google business listings. Where a match is verified, we build a profile (253 so far). Where we couldn’t verify a match, we still list the business — name, license number, expiry date and city — under “Also licensed” on each city page (256 businesses).
Each profile shows the license number, type, status and expiry date, and the name on the license. The status is worked out when the site is built: a license past its expiry date shows as expired, and one expiring within 60 days is flagged so you can check it’s been renewed. Licenses change, so check before you hire: TDLR license search.
What we don’t say. If we can’t match a business to a current Texas mold license, we say “no matching Texas license found” — nothing more. A missing match can have innocent causes, such as a business trading under a different name from the one on its license.
2. “Registered in Texas since”
The year shown is the earliest Texas Secretary of State charter date we found for the licensed business entity, from Texas Comptroller franchise tax records. A business may have operated earlier under another entity, so treat it as a minimum. “Texas charter date not found” means we couldn’t match the license holder to a charter record — for example a sole proprietor or an out-of-state entity. It isn’t a sign that anything is wrong.
3. Reviews: analyzed, not just averaged
We collected each profiled company’s Google reviews on October 3, 2026. Only reviews about mold work — mold remediation or mold inspection — count toward a profile’s numbers: 1,676 reviews in all. Reviews about water-damage or fire jobs are shown separately as context and never counted as mold. Each mold review was then coded into themes — for example “finds the moisture source”, “clear communication” or “surprise charges”.
Reviews were categorized with AI assistance against a fixed written codebook. Every excerpt is copied verbatim from the review, except that dollar amounts are replaced with [amount].
- Strengths appear on a profile only when at least 3 reviews mention them. The count is always shown.
- Watch-outs appear only when at least 3 reviews raise the same issue and those reviews make up at least 10% of that company’s reviews about mold work — so one bad week doesn’t define a busy company.
- Mold specialists are companies where at least half of the reviews we coded are about mold work. Where fewer than half are, the profile says so.
Badges are based on Google reviews we analyzed. They describe what reviewers said. They are not our opinion of the company’s work, and we haven’t inspected any company’s work ourselves.
Review excerpts are short quotes from public Google reviews, shown with the star rating and the month. Critical reviews are included where we found them. Google star ratings and review counts are shown as Google displayed them when we collected them.
4. Which profiles search engines see
We only ask search engines to index a company profile when there’s enough mold-specific evidence on it: at least 5 reviews about mold work, with mold making up at least 30% of the reviews we coded. Other profiles stay on the site for visitors but are marked noindex. The same goes for a metro area with fewer than 10 profiled companies: its pages stay up, but aren’t indexed until there’s more to show.
5. The law
Every statute we quote is checked word-for-word against the official text on the Texas Legislature’s website, and each quote links to its source:
6. Order on the page
Listings show mold specialists first, then companies with more reviews about mold work analyzed. On inspection pages, independent inspectors come before companies that also hold a remediation license. The order follows these rules and nothing else. You can re-sort by Google rating, number of mold reviews or years registered.
7. Who we are, and mistakes
We’re an independent directory, not a mold company — more about us.
If something is wrong — a license, a phone number, a business that has closed — tell us here. We check every request against the same sources.