Commercial painting in Concord is a service that has grown in demand significantly. Along with the demand comes the increasing number of painting service companies and contractors. And they seem to be everywhere. So where will you exactly find them?

Well, there are many ways on where to find commercial painters. Before, people had to rely solely on the Yellow Pages where they could find the names and the phone numbers of service companies and contractors, including painting contractors.

Nowadays though, we have a lot more options than ever. Aside from the traditional Yellow Pages tome, there is also an online Yellow Pages where you can look for them by browsing comfortably from your laptop, smartphone or tablet. On the Yellow Pages’ website, just type in the appropriate key words such as “commercial painters” and “California.” Press the Enter key, and Yellow Pages will lead you to results that lists commercial painting contractors all over California. The entries that are marked “YP Preferred” means that the Yellow Pages highly recommend this certain establishment. If you see any painting contractor with the “YP Preferred” badge, then you should consider checking it out. If you’re interested only in hiring local commercial painters, you should type in the city or town that you live in, in your Yellow Pages search.

Yelp is similar to Yellow Pages in a way. It’s also a good place to find competent and reliable painters in California. Yelp is a local search website where you can find several establishments and businesses including painting contractors, along with their street addresses, contact details, customer reviews and ratings.

There are still traditional forms of advertising media such as those in television, radio, print, films, direct mail, posters, billboards and in transit. On any of them, you may chance upon names of the painting contractors, as well as their contact information such as telephone numbers, toll-free numbers, websites, e-mail addresses and/or social media accounts.

You can also ask your friends, neighbors, relatives and colleagues if they knew any competent commercial painter working somewhere in your area. If they knew, they may probably show you the finished work of the painters they have worked with in the past. They may even enthusiastically recommend these painters to you and provide you with their contact details. If that happens, this is a very good indication that this painter is, at least, worth your consideration.

As you are preparing your shortlist of prospective candidates, look up at their websites. Check out their vision, history, list of services, blog articles, news updates, gallery, customer feedback and a lot more. Most contractors have social media accounts too, so do not also forget to check them out as well. If the contractors provide regular and updated information to their followers through their website and social media accounts, the better.

It doesn’t end here. Once you have your shortlist of preferred candidates done, invite them and talk to them. It’s required – it helps to know why they deserve to be hired. You should ask them the following questions such as:

• How long have you been into the commercial painting business?
• Are you licensed? If you are licensed, can you please provide me your valid license number?
• Are you insured? If you are insured, do you have a general liability insurance and worker’s compensation insurance?
• Do you employ your own workers, or do you subcontract? (Go for the contractor who employs own workers)
• Can you give me a list of your references? (Reputable contractors give a list of their references)
• What kinds of paints and materials do you use?
• Should I be concerned of your employees once they work at the site?
• Do your employees regularly undergo a safety program?
• What’s your warranty?

If any of the candidates provide you with satisfactory answers, then that contractor is almost a shoo-in for the job.

Accessibility is also an issue – you much prefer contractors who operate near the place of your establishment. But being able to fulfill your requirements and specifications as well as compliance to industry standards are still some of the most important things that you should consider when looking for commercial painting in Concord contractors.