Find & Compare Handyman Services in Your Area!

A handyman takes on the small jobs that are too minor for a specialist but too fiddly to keep putting off: patching drywall, hanging shelves and TVs, swapping a faucet or light fixture, fixing a sticking door, caulking a tub, assembling furniture, repairing a fence board. People land on this page with a list of odd jobs that has grown long enough to need a single visit from someone with tools and a truck.

Most states do not license handymen as such, but many cap the dollar value or type of work an unlicensed person may do, and electrical, plumbing and gas work usually require a licensed trade regardless of size. Ask what the handyman will and will not take on, whether they carry liability insurance, and whether they charge by the hour, by the half-day, or per task; a minimum charge is common, so batch your list. For anything involving a panel or a circuit, go to electricians, and for work behind the walls on supply or drain lines, call plumbers.

The handyman businesses on this page wrote their own listings, and a person reviewed each before publication. If you do small repairs for a living, apply to get listed — free, and it takes a few minutes.