Essex Electric Services Corporation

Essex Electric Services Corporation keeps a very low public profile, and that is the first thing to weigh before calling. BBB lists the company at 26 Bixby Ave in Middleton under its Home Builders category, records a business start of 1 January 2007 and 19 years in business, puts the headcount at 10, and names John Capitumini as owner. The company is not BBB accredited, and BBB issues no grade at all — its page says it does not have enough information to rate the business. Google carries a single five-star rating, which is a number rather than a history. The one other outside reference is a LinkedIn profile listing a licensed electrician and foreman role at the company. That reference and the company's name both point at electrical work, while BBB files it under home building. Sort that out on the phone: ask which trades the company actually performs, ask for its Massachusetts electrical licence number and check it against the state registry yourself, and ask for two recent local jobs you can follow up on. For a company this quiet, references do the work that a review history would otherwise do.