How it works

Where the data comes from

Public Google reviews of barbers in the Phoenix area. We read the review text, find the first names reviewers use for the person who served them, and check each name against a list of common first names so that shop names, brands and the reviewer's own name are not counted. A sample of every batch is checked by hand.

The ranking rule

One reviewer naming one person in a 4- or 5-star review is one positive mention. People are ordered by positive mentions, then by total mentions, then alphabetically. That is the whole rule. Claiming a page, paying for extras, or buying a sponsored slot changes nothing about the order, and sponsored slots, when they exist, sit outside the list and are labelled.

What it does not mean

Most-mentioned is not the same as best. Senior staff and owners get named more because they have served more people for longer. A newer barber with three glowing mentions may be as good as one with thirty. Read the quotes; that is why they are there.

Accuracy and corrections

Name matching is automated and about 9 in 10 hits are right on our checks. Wrong shop, wrong person, a pet or a brand that slipped through, a barber who has moved: tell us and we fix it, with the change noted on the page. We publish counts and short quotes, never full reviews, and link to the source listing.

What claiming adds

Your booking link and contact on the page, an email every time a new review names you, a monthly count and badge you can use elsewhere, and the enquiries that arrive through the page. US$19 a month at launch, no contract, cancel any time. Claim your page.

Who runs this

Bell Acres Ventures, Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada. We are not affiliated with Google or any listed business. Contact: bellacresventures@gmail.com.