Jim Gallagher Construction

Jim Gallagher Construction is a small, two-employee firm in Methuen that BuildZoom's permit data shows doing mostly institutional electrical work — access-control and low-voltage jobs at places like Dana-Farber, Wentworth Institute, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Harvard and 1 Federal St in Boston. BBB records the business as owner James Gallagher's, open since 1991. BuildZoom counts 198 permitted projects over that span, with 36 pulled in the last three years — the pace has slowed to a single permit in 2025 after 19 in 2024. Its permit mix runs 29 electrical jobs to 9 home-addition projects, and BuildZoom's own scoring (104, which the site places in the top 9% of Massachusetts contractors) is built entirely from that permit history. On licensing, BuildZoom lists an active Construction Supervisor license (CS-059233) and an active Home Improvement Contractor registration (111863) for the company, plus a City of Newton electrical contractor license the site itself flags as unverified and says expired back in December 2022. BBB also lists the company under siding contractors, though the sampled permit history is almost entirely commercial electrical rather than residential remodeling — the one residential permit on record is a 2025 Merrimac kitchen renovation and covered-porch job, shown as expired. A homeowner considering them for residential electrical or remodeling work should ask directly about that track record — the bulk of the documented jobs are commercial — and confirm current licensing status before signing anything.