The Data Story
All figures from QuoteScore's live database · Updated in real-time at /api/stats/public
1,569+
Contractor quotes analyzed since launch
38%
Quotes scored as overpriced (score below 50/100)
61
Average fairness score across all quotes
$2,400
Average potential savings on overpriced quotes
31
Service categories analyzed
50
States represented in quote database
By Category: Most Overpriced
Average fairness score by category (lower = more overpriced on average)
🛣️ PavingAvg 48/100
🏠 SidingAvg 49/100
🪨 ConcreteAvg 52/100
🌳 DecksAvg 55/100
🏠 RoofingAvg 55/100
🔧 PlumbingAvg 58/100
🌡️ HVACAvg 60/100
🚗 Auto RepairAvg 62/100
3 Story Angles
We've done the research. These are the angles our data supports.
Story Angle 1
The Contractor Quote Lottery: Why Two Homeowners Pay Wildly Different Prices for Identical Work
QuoteScore's database shows that for the same job in the same city, quotes can vary by 2-4x. A roofing replacement quoted at $43,000 by one contractor was quoted at $28,000 by another for the same square footage and shingle grade. This isn't rare — it's common. Our data shows a standard deviation of ±38% on roofing quotes, ±31% on HVAC, and ±29% on electrical work. Most homeowners accept the first or second quote they get, never knowing they could have paid dramatically less.
📊 Data hook: "38% of contractor quotes analyzed by QuoteScore were found to be overpriced, with an average overpayment of $2,400."
Story Angle 2
AI vs. the Contractor: How a Free Tool Is Closing the Information Gap That Lets Contractors Overcharge
Contractors have always had an information advantage: they know what things cost, homeowners don't. QuoteScore is one of several tools attempting to democratize pricing data — using AI to analyze a quote photo and benchmark it against thousands of real-world jobs. The tool has analyzed over 1,569 quotes since launch, flagged issues in 38% of them, and its users report saving an average of $2,400 when they find and act on an overpriced quote. The question isn't whether AI can spot a bad quote — it's whether homeowners will actually use it.
🤖 Tech angle: First free consumer tool to use AI for real-time quote benchmarking across 28 service categories.
Story Angle 3
The $15,000 Roof: How One Homeowner's QuoteScore Analysis Saved Her More Than Her Down Payment
A Denver homeowner received a $43,000 roofing quote. QuoteScore flagged it as a 25/100 — severely overpriced — and identified specific line items where the contractor was charging double market rate. She got two more quotes. The best came in at $28,000. That $15,000 difference represents eight months of mortgage payments on a median U.S. home. Stories like this aren't anomalies: QuoteScore's most extreme flagged quote was a $210,000 commercial roofing estimate that our AI scored at 12/100. The contractor's response when confronted with the analysis: they reduced the quote by $60,000.
💡 Human interest: We can connect you with homeowners willing to share their full stories on the record.
Live Data Embed
Embed real-time QuoteScore statistics in your article. Updated every 5 minutes.
Public API endpoint (no auth required)
https://quotescore.ai/api/stats/public
Sample response
{
"totalAnalyses": 1569,
"averageScore": 61,
"totalSaved": 2138125,
"categoryCounts": { "Auto": 108, "Plumbing": 95, "HVAC": 90, "Roofing": 63, ... },
"topOverpricedCategories": [
{ "category": "Paving", "avg_score": 48 },
{ "category": "Siding", "avg_score": 49 }
],
"updatedAt": "2026-03-20T20:30:09Z"
}
Quotes You Can Use
These are cleared for direct quotation in articles about QuoteScore.
"One in three contractor quotes we analyze is overpriced — often by thousands of dollars. Homeowners have always been at an information disadvantage. We're trying to close that gap."
— QuoteScore team
"The pricing data is real. We built a tool that does in 60 seconds what most homeowners never do: checks every single line item against what the same work actually costs in their area."
— QuoteScore team
"Roofing and windows are consistently the most overpriced categories we see. The information gap is widest there — jobs that are complex enough that homeowners don't know what's fair."
— QuoteScore team, on category data
"We don't tell you to not pay the quote. We tell you exactly what's overpriced and by how much, and we give you the negotiation language to fix it. Most people save money without ever having to leave their first contractor."
— QuoteScore team, on how users interact with results
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