Pipeline
Markets in capture, queued and planned
One vertical at a time, up to three cities at launch, Canada first. A market enters the pipeline only when a regulator or licensing body publishes a list the index can use as its universe; a vertical without one runs as a labelled editorial pilot.
Updated with every reading · Long-term care homes are outside scope in every vertical (methodology, section 8)
| Vertical | Geography | Universe source | Status | Next step |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home builders | Greater Toronto, Ontario | HCRA Ontario Builder Directory (carries Tarion warranty data): GTA licensees with at least 100 homes in 10 years; 277 eligible | Provisional reading · November 2026 | Human check of builder-name matching, then the final reading. Next window to be announced on the ranking page |
| Retirement homes | Ontario | RHRA Retirement Home Register, licensed homes only; long-term care excluded; 437 operators | In capture · November 2026 · pending sign-off | First reading captured 6–8 November 2026; founder recused (methodology §8); no consumer badge for the first two readings |
| Immigration consultants | Canada | CICC public register: firms with two or more licensed consultants; 517 firms | In capture · November 2026 | First reading captured 6–8 November 2026 |
| Banks | Canada | OSFI list of regulated banks: the 35 offering personal banking directly | In capture · November 2026 | First reading captured 6–8 November 2026 |
| Grocery | Greater Toronto, Ontario | Constructed list of 37 banners (editorial pilot) | In capture · November 2026 | First reading captured 6–8 November 2026 |
| Hotels | Greater Toronto, Ontario | AGCO liquor licence data and the brands' property lists; 239 hotels (editorial pilot) | In capture · November 2026 | First reading 7–9 November 2026 |
| Health and wellness brands | Canada | Health Canada licensed natural health products database: 155 brands | Queued | First reading not yet scheduled |
| Financial advisor firms | Ontario | Registered dealer and adviser firms serving Ontario retail clients | Queued | Universe in preparation |
| Home builders | Ottawa · Hamilton, Ontario | HCRA Ontario Builder Directory, filtered by municipality | Queued | Universe export and prompt localisation |
| Retirement homes | British Columbia | Assisted Living Registry plus licensed residential-care dataset, labelled by care type | Planned | Universe rule review |
| Plaintiff personal injury firms | Selected US states | State bar licensee lists plus a published practice-description filter | Editorial pilot | State-by-state badge wording review before any badge is issued |
| Licensed HVAC contractors | Ontario · British Columbia | TSSA / Technical Safety BC active licences | Parked | Not scheduled |
By country: Canada · United States · Status as of 6 November 2026.
How a market enters the pipeline
- A regulator or licensing body publishes a list of eligible businesses that can be exported with a date. Minimum eligible universe: 20.
- The prompt set (16 scored questions and one branded question) is localised to the geography (place names and buyer phrasing), reviewed, and frozen for the vertical.
- A responsible analyst is named and declares any interest in a listed business.
- A full capture runs under the published protocol; the first reading publishes with the universe file, exclusions and the prompt set.
Suggest a market or a universe source: press and research contact. Agencies and dealerships have been assessed and are not scheduled; they lack a licensing universe that meets the rule above. Grocery and hotels run as editorial pilots on constructed lists, labelled as such.