Updated October 2026
License your home service company's data to AI buyers
The Information headlined data labeling startups "paying HVAC companies $150,000" for data. The article is paywalled, so its terms are unconfirmed.1
Ask any service manager where the business really lives and they will point at the dispatch board. A homeowner calls about no heat, the CSR books the call and writes down the symptoms, the dispatcher picks the tech with the right truck stock, the tech diagnoses, quotes good-better-best options on a tablet, and the office follows up on the estimate nobody signed. Ten years of that is a record of trade diagnosis and selling that no textbook holds.
AI buyers have started to notice. Nyne names service histories, estimates, jobs and dispatch. The Information reported HVAC companies being paid for data, and Polyshares publishes a solar company license. The office staff who write all of this score high on O*NET's email scale even where the crews in the field do not.
This hub is for owners of HVAC, plumbing, roofing, electrical and solar companies with ten or more employees: the people searching what their shop is worth before they sell it. It shows what is in a service company's systems that buyers ask for, how the four trades differ, which buyers take a shop your size, and the homeowner and call-recording questions to settle before any record is licensed.
Worth
What a shop's data may be worth
Set for a typical shop, 35 staff and 10 years of records. Move the sliders to match yours. Our estimate, not an offer.
Buyers
Which buyers want this data
Buyers whose own published rules fit HVAC, plumbing, roofing and solar contractors. We can introduce you to the ones we work with.
Featured partners
micro1
Asks for SOPs, playbooks and CRM metadata; a shop's call scripts, flat-rate book and membership process fit that list.11
- $100K to $2M+, micro1 says8
Watch out for: Says it removes personal details only "when relevant", so ask exactly how.12
Polyshares
Names construction, buys call recordings, CRM and ERP exports, and has published a solar company license.13,14,6
- $100K to $2M+, Polyshares says9
- None, Polyshares says15
- An offer in 1 to 2 weeks, then paid in 30 to 60 days16
Watch out for: Exclusive by default, and every deal it lists is exclusive with no end date.17,18
Pewter
Takes US firms with 20+ full-time staff and 3+ years of records, a floor many established service shops clear.23
Watch out for: Its site was registered in October 2026 and names no people.26,27
Everyone else we reviewed
By score, with full reviews. We have no referral agreement with these companies, so we do not link out to them.
Who wants this
Do buyers want HVAC, plumbing, roofing and solar contractors?
No buyer publishes prices by industry, but their own intake forms show which industries they rate higher.
- Troveo puts construction and trades in its second of four demand tiers: "Your industry carries above-average buyer demand."28
- Polyshares takes hvac, plumbing and electrical, without marking it premium.29
- VMS, a broker, gives construction standard weight when it estimates value.30
Which buyers take a shop your size
Shown for 35 staff, a typical shop. Ask whether contractors and part-time staff count.
micro1
Polyshares
No headcount rule; the length and texture of the record matter more33
Mode
20+ full-time US office staff (accounting firms 10+, law firms 6+)34
Pewter
20+ staff and 3+ years3
Grepped
No headcount minimum stated35
Ventra
30+ US employees and 3+ years of records36
Mercor
None stated37
Troveo
No minimum stated; its estimator starts at 2038
Nyne
20+ US W-2 employees and 3+ years39
Endless
Roughly 30+ employees40
Supersoniq
50+ employees and 5+ years41
What buyers value
What in a shop's records buyers value
What buyers look for in your records, and what to talk through with your buyer before anything leaves your systems.
| Data | Where it lives | Why a buyer values it | Raise with the buyer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Job history and tech notes | ServiceTitan, Housecall Pro, Jobber | Symptom, diagnosis, repair and parts used on every call, often across years at the same address. | Homeowner names, addresses and gate codes in the notes. |
| Estimates and option sheets | Field service platform, pricebook | How a tech presents repair against replace, and which option the customer chose. | Nothing specific |
| Dispatch and scheduling records | Dispatch board, calendars | Which tech went where and why, including the reshuffles when a call runs long. | Technician GPS and personal details. |
| CSR call recordings and booking notes | Phone system, call tracking | The first conversation: how a problem is described by a homeowner and turned into a booked job. | Whether every caller was told the call was recorded. |
| Membership and maintenance agreement records | Field service platform, CRM | Renewals, tune-up visits and the upsells that follow them, a full customer lifecycle in one place. | Nothing specific |
| Training binders and call scripts | Shared drive, LMS | The shop's own method, clearly owned by the company, and the first item on micro1's list. | Nothing specific |
Software
Software HVAC, plumbing, roofing and solar contractors run on
Process
How it works with each buyer
In each buyer's own words. Where a buyer publishes nothing, we say so.
micro1
- Internal docs, SOPs and playbooks, knowledge bases, project management workflows, internal comms, templates, CRM and workflow metadata, task histories11
- 30 to 200 employees32
- $100K-$2M+ per data package; over $1M for unique data8
- PII removed "when relevant"12
- The company keeps ownership of its data and reviews samples before release42
- Not published
Polyshares
Selling or closing
Selling or closing your shop? License its data first
Owners of HVAC, plumbing and roofing shops search what their business is worth long before they list it. A data license is a separate asset from the customer list and the trucks. Pewter takes operating, winding-down and closed companies with 20+ people now or at peak. If you plan to sell, ask each licensing company whether the license can close before the sale and whether the acquirer must be told.2,3
FAQ
Home service contractors: questions, answered
No buyer in our sources names ServiceTitan, Housecall Pro or Jobber. Nyne names the record types those tools hold: jobs, dispatch, estimates and service histories. Ask each buyer whether it takes a platform export or wants a direct connection.19
Every business is different, so this one is best talked through with the buyer you're working with. Their team goes over it with you before anything is signed.
Every business is different, so this one is best talked through with the buyer you're working with. Their team goes over it with you before anything is signed.
Before you sign
Questions to talk through with your buyer
Every business is different, so these are best talked through with the buyer you're working with. Their team goes over them with you before anything is signed.
Questions for this kind of business
- How are homeowner names, addresses, access codes and photos removed before release?
- Were callers told calls were recorded, and does that cover licensing the audio?
- Can the license be excluded from, or disclosed in, a later sale of the shop?
- How do CCPA, GDPR, UK GDPR and state privacy laws apply, and is de-identified data still personal information?
- Do customer, vendor or platform contracts, NDAs or API terms restrict this?
- How does a license affect a sale of the business: reps and warranties, change of control, earnouts, exclusivity?
Questions for any buyer
- Is the license exclusive, and for how long?
- Can you sublicense the data, and to whom?
- Which AI labs will receive it, and will you tell us?
- How long do you keep it, and how is it deleted?
- What is your liability cap, and who indemnifies whom?
- Will the contract ban re-identification of people in the data?
- Who removes personal data, by what method, and do we approve it first?
Proof
Deals in this kind of business
- Polyshares lists a $275,000 license for a solar company on its track record page. This is Polyshares' own claim; it names no company or size.6