We believe local markets deserve the same rigor as capital markets.
Ownlisted is an independent research organization studying the local economy. This page explains why we exist, what we publish, and how we work.
“The directories are the raw signal. The research is the product.”
Capital markets are documented, indexed, analyzed, and audited. Local-services markets aren't — even though they move roughly a trillion dollars a year in the United States. A homeowner looking for a contractor, a patient choosing a clinic, a family hiring a lawyer: each depends on a market nobody is measuring.
Ownlisted exists to fix that. We catalog every practice, contractor, and credentialed professional we can identify; we keep the data current; and we publish the research that catalog makes possible.
The directories are the raw signal. The research is the product.
Research
Long-form, chart-first studies of specific local-services markets — published as standalone articles with downloadable datasets.
Directories
A growing network of category directories, each focused on a single trade or practice area. Every listing is tracked, every rating is sourced, every number is checked.
Data
Press-kit-ready statistics, raw CSV datasets, and a journalist portal for data requests. Free to cite with attribution.
Francis Po
Founder
Francis founded Ownlisted in 2026 after a decade building data products for marketplaces and publishers. He writes most of the research personally and edits every piece before publish.
Ownlisted Research — the institutional byline — credits the wider editorial team contributing to each study. Named authorship is a policy, not a preference: every chart and every number names the person who produced it.
- 2026 · Q1
Founded
Francis Po starts Ownlisted to build the research layer he couldn't find — independent data on the local-services markets operating in every US city.
- 2026 · Q2
Network scale
Fonteum tracks 26,417 healthcare-confirmed providers across 6 federal public-record sources — focused on healthcare provider data per doctrine v1.6.
- 2026 · Q2
First research wave
Fonteum Research publishes the first wave of healthcare studies: dermatology access density, chiropractor supply by state, plus 18 specialty supply studies via the §182 factory.
- Next
Census-grade coverage
Expand to every state licensing board, publish quarterly market reports, open the data via a credentialed journalist API.
Ownlisted Research operates independently. We accept no sponsorship of research content. Directory listings are maintained separately from research output — no business can buy its way into a study's findings, and no finding is ever softened to protect a listing relationship.
Paid directory features — when we offer them — are disclosed on the listing page. Research is free to read, cite, and redistribute with attribution and a link.
- Team and masthead →
Named contributors plus the role-based profiles for editorial and data leadership.
- Methodology →
How figures are sourced, refreshed, and checked. Versioned and dated.
- Editorial policy →
Independence, sourcing, conflicts of interest, corrections, retractions.
- Data provenance →
Field-by-field source register for the indexed listing dataset.
- Research hub →
Published studies, upcoming research, citation guidance.
- Corrections log →
Every accepted correction, dated and named.
- Network directories →
The 40 vertical directories Ownlisted operates.
- Press & media →
Inquiries, founder bio, factsheet, logo kit.
Each city directory below ranks the local providers indexed in our dataset against the methodology described above. Same data, different lens.
Compliance posture
We don’t sell ranking and don’t accept payment to move a provider up the list. For final hire decisions, verify licensing, insurance, and references directly with the applicable licensing or credentialing body.
No bulk-licensing source family is currently ingested for this vertical. Hire-time checking still routes through the body named above.