# Roofing vs Garage Doors — Apify Comparison (2026-08-13)

Same metro, same method, same 300-listing batch size. Results diverge sharply by trade.

| Metric | Garage doors | Roofing |
|---|---|---|
| Listings scraped | 300 | 300 |
| No-website count | ~37 | ~clean 7 |
| Spam ratio | ~95% of no-website | 0% |
| Genuine prospects | 1 | 7 |
| Verdict | Dead without hand-verify | Viable |

## Why the difference
Roofing listings on Google Maps are dominated by real family operators (Vargas Brothers, Mike & Sons, Blomquist, Salazar). Garage doors listings are heavily spammed by national lead-gen brokers running fake local listings.

## Decision rule
Always test a new trade with a 300-listing batch before committing to it as a primary source. If the no-website segment is mostly spam, pivot to Source B (Facebook groups, Nextdoor, Yelp, Secretary of State filings).