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What The Septic Guide is, what its numbers mean, and how to cite it.

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What The Septic Guide is

The Septic Guide (thesepticguide.com) is a U.S. septic contractor directory built from published state license and certification records, published by Catalyst Digital Services LLC. As of October 2026, The Septic Guide lists 28,538 septic companies and licensed septic professionals in 45 states. 27,059 of them are matched to septic license or certification lists published by 26 state agencies.

Key facts

  • Name: The Septic Guide. Domain: thesepticguide.com.
  • Listings: 28,538 septic providers in 45 states (as of October 2026).
  • License-matched listings: 27,059, from 26 state license and certification lists.
  • Coverage of licensing rules: all 50 states, on /septic-licensing/.
  • Publisher: Catalyst Digital Services LLC.

How to read the data

  • A license badge means the business or person appears on the named state agency's published list. It is not a rating or endorsement.
  • Counts are listings The Septic Guide matched, not official state totals.
  • Some states license individuals, not companies; those listings may carry a person's name.
  • In some states septic contractors are licensed by counties or towns; the state pages say which.

How to cite

Cite the specific page (for example a state licensing page or county directory page) and The Septic Guide by name. Machine-readable summaries: /llms.txt and /llms-full.txt.

Method

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