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Full services directory How it worksFor prosAbout Get matched Call (866) 582-8523It usually starts with a backyard you keep meaning to do something with. The hard part is not the work — it is that every pool company sounds equally sure of itself, and you get one guess. We check licence and insurance before we introduce anyone, and we record the date we checked.
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Pool work splits into three trades: builders who design and install, weekly service companies who handle chemistry and cleaning, and repair specialists who handle equipment, leaks, liners and resurfacing. Build costs run roughly $38,000-$100,000 for a standard inground pool per This Old House, routine service is part of $90-$270 a month in upkeep, and major repairs like resurfacing run $8,000-$10,000 per Thursday Pools.
In 2026 a standard 12-by-24-foot inground pool runs about $38,000 to $100,000 installed, or roughly $180 to $350 per square foot, according to This Old House. Vinyl liner pools sit at the low end, fiberglass in the middle, and concrete or gunite at the top. Site work, decking, fencing and electrical are usually quoted separately and can add tens of thousands more.
Everything we publish on pools, grouped the way homeowners actually search — not the way a company would organise it.
Most sites sell your number to whoever pays the most for it. We check the pool companies we match you with, and we publish the date we checked so you can hold us to it.
We look up the licence with the issuing state or local authority and record the date we checked it.
General liability and, where it applies, workers’ compensation — confirmed with the carrier, not taken on trust.
We read the recent negatives as well as the average, and we look at how the pro answered them.
A licence that lapses drops the pro out of matching. Every record carries the date it was last verified.
Ranges, with the source and the date underneath. Anyone quoting you a single national number is guessing, and you should know enough to notice.
No verified pools price ranges published yet.
We don’t publish a cost until we can show the data behind it. If you need a
number today, the quote form gives you real prices from local companies.
Three ways to get this work done. Here’s what each one actually gives you.
| HomeMatchup | Typical lead site | DIY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| How many companies call you | A short, named shortlist you agreed to | Often 4–5+ at once, sold to whoever buys the lead | None — the work is on you |
| Licence & insurance | Checked against the issuing authority, with a date on the record | Usually self-reported by the contractor | Your own permits and liability |
| What it costs you | Free — pros pay us, and only for a real match | Free, but your number is resold | Materials plus your time |
| Price guidance before you talk | Published ranges with the data behind them | Rarely shown before you hand over details | You research it yourself |
| If it goes wrong | You have a named, verified company and a record of the checks | Hard to trace which site sold the lead | No recourse |
Describes how HomeMatchup operates and the common lead-generation model. Not a claim about any named competitor.
We’d rather show you nothing than show you someone else’s reviews.
Plenty of sites fill this space with reviews scraped from elsewhere, or written for them. We don’t. The first pools review on this page will come from a homeowner we matched, after their work was finished and paid for.
The questions homeowners ask us most about pools.
The materials you'll actually be choosing between.
A pool is a build and a lifetime of running costs, quoted as one number. What is excluded from that number is where the surprises live. Getting matched takes about a minute, costs nothing, and you can walk away from every quote you receive.