Massachusetts — check a licensed contractor (HIC)
Massachusetts requires Home Improvement Contractor registration for most residential work. Ask for the HIC number and check it before signing.
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There are 22 verified garage door firms listed in Boston, Massachusetts. Listings are compiled from public business records and checked against the Massachusetts — check a licensed contractor (HIC); each record shows the date it was last verified.
Information last verified: 7 November 2026. Dataset compiled 7 November 2026.
A firm is listed when it publishes a business address in the metro, advertises garage door repair or installation as a service, and can be checked against a state or city licence register. Lead-generation directories, call centres without a local address, and firms whose only presence is a paid listing are excluded.
Boston's triple-deckers and older neighbourhood garages were built for much smaller cars. Many openings are narrow, and the door sits close to a sidewalk or alley, so the installer has little room for a ladder. Salt air in coastal neighbourhoods attacks springs and hinges; a wash-down and coated hardware extend the service life.
Boston Inspectional Services handles building permits. A like-for-like replacement usually does not need one, but structural changes and new electrical work do. In older neighbourhoods the inspector may also ask about egress and fire separation, so keep the existing drawings if you have them.
The national range is from the site’s cost guide, checked November 2026. The local column applies the 1.18× metro factor and rounds to $5. It is a planning band, not a quote.
| Job | National range | Boston planning band | What it includes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Torsion spring replacement | $150–$400 | $175–$470 | Labour included; confirm one spring or a pair. |
| Cable repair | $150–$350 | $175–$415 | Per side; cable, drum and labour. |
| Opener installation | $300–$800 | $355–$945 | Belt, chain or screw drive; existing wiring assumed. |
| Panel replacement | $200–$600 | $235–$710 | Per section; colour and profile matching extra. |
| New door installed | $800–$4,000 | $945–$4,720 | Steel or insulated door, tracks, hardware, labour. |
| Emergency call-out | $250–$500 | $295–$590 | Same-day attendance; parts extra. |
Editorial metro labour-and-permit factor, not a measured price index. Applied to the national band and rounded to $5. The factor is not a measured local price index; it estimates labour and permit overhead. A quote that is far below the band usually has a smaller scope, not a better price.
Massachusetts requires Home Improvement Contractor registration for most residential work. Ask for the HIC number and check it before signing.
Open the official lookup →A like-for-like replacement usually does not need a building permit. Structural changes and new electrical work do; confirm with Inspectional Services before work starts.
Open the permit office →These links go to the official state or city page. The directory does not file permits and does not verify a contractor’s current insurance for you.
22 verified records. The order is the dataset order, not a ranking. Each card shows the date its record was last verified.
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Firms in Boston, MA are shown in the order supplied by the dataset, not by rating or payment. No placement is sold.
The directory starts from public business records: the firm’s own website, its published address and phone number, and the state or city licence register named above. A record is marked verified only when a person has checked the name, address, phone and licence against those sources and recorded the date. The place_id field is kept so a future rebuild can match the same entity without guessing.
The national cost band comes from the site’s cost guide. The metro factor is an editorial estimate, not a survey. No rating, review text, price or availability is invented for a verified page; where a public rating is shown it is attributed and dated.
If a record is wrong, the firm can ask for a correction or removal.Corrections: contact@garagedoorlabs.com. Read the fulllisting verification method.
22 verified garage door firms are listed in Boston, Massachusetts. 0 publish a website, and 22 records have been verified. The city page is generated only because the dataset contains at least one genuine listing record; a city with no record has no page.
The directory’s planning band for a torsion spring replacement is $175–$470. It is the national range ($150–$400, checked November 2026) multiplied by an editorial metro factor of 1.18 and rounded to $5. It is an estimate, not a local price survey, and not a quote. Get three written quotes for the same scope.
Massachusetts requires Home Improvement Contractor registration for most residential work. Ask for the HIC number and check it before signing. The official lookup is the Massachusetts — check a licensed contractor (HIC), linked on this page. A licence or registration number is a starting point, not a substitute for checking insurance and the scope of the work.
A like-for-like replacement usually does not need a building permit. Structural changes and new electrical work do; confirm with Inspectional Services before work starts. The permit office is the Boston Inspectional Services Department, linked on this page. If the contractor says no permit is needed, ask them to put the reason in writing.
The closest metros in this directory, by straight-line distance. Each link opens that city’s own cost, licence and permit page.
Installed ranges by job, and the five lines every quote should show.
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