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18,000
18,000 -- data points analyzed for home services companies (2026)
Applause's inaugural Top 10 Awards analysis examined more than 18,000 data points across nearly 3,000 home services companies.
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18,000
Unit
Count
Data Vintage
2026
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Sample Size
3,000
Evidence Quality
B
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95
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Applause
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Tier A
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home services companies: 18,000 data points analyzed. Source: Applause (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/applause-awards-analysis-scale
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/applause-awards-analysis-scale" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>18,000</strong> -- data points analyzed for home services companies<br><small>Source: Applause (2026) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/applause-awards-analysis-scale" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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