{
  "name": "Brevard Home Services Guide",
  "canonical_origin": "https://brevardhomeservicesguide.com",
  "description": "A free directory of home-service businesses in Brevard County, Florida, also known as Florida's Space Coast. Listings are compiled from public sources.",
  "geographic_scope": {
    "county": "Brevard County",
    "state": "Florida",
    "country": "US",
    "also_known_as": [
      "Space Coast",
      "Florida's Space Coast"
    ],
    "supported_locations": [
      "Cape Canaveral",
      "Cocoa",
      "Cocoa Beach",
      "Cocoa West",
      "Grant-Valkaria",
      "Indialantic",
      "Indian Harbour Beach",
      "June Park",
      "Malabar",
      "Melbourne",
      "Melbourne Beach",
      "Melbourne Village",
      "Merritt Island",
      "Micco",
      "Mims",
      "North Merritt Island",
      "Palm Bay",
      "Palm Shores",
      "Patrick Space Force Base",
      "Port St. John",
      "Rockledge",
      "Satellite Beach",
      "Scottsmoor",
      "Sharpes",
      "South Patrick Shores",
      "Titusville",
      "Tropical Park",
      "Viera",
      "West Canaveral Groves",
      "West Melbourne"
    ],
    "supported_location_count": 30,
    "municipalities_represented": [
      "Cocoa",
      "Cocoa Beach",
      "Indian Harbour Beach",
      "Malabar",
      "Melbourne",
      "Melbourne Beach",
      "Merritt Island",
      "Palm Bay",
      "Rockledge",
      "Satellite Beach",
      "Titusville",
      "West Melbourne"
    ],
    "vocabulary_source": "US Census Bureau: places intersecting Brevard County (FIPS 12009) per the 2020 Census Block Assignment File.",
    "location_semantics": "A supported location is recognised whether or not it currently has published businesses. Zero matches in a supported location is genuine zero coverage; only a place outside this vocabulary is an unrecognised location."
  },
  "api_version": "1.0.0",
  "schema_version": "1.2.0",
  "generated": "2026-09-14",
  "dataset_last_verified": "2026-09-14",
  "publishable_record_count": 160,
  "categories_represented": 24,
  "municipalities_represented": 12,
  "supported_locations": 30,
  "verification": {
    "methodology": "A listing is published only when its name, phone and location agree across two independent public sources. Sources used include the business's own website, its Google Business Profile, Florida state licence records, and corporate filings. A single source is not sufficient.",
    "statuses": {
      "Publicly Verified": "Details were checked against two independent public sources on the stated date. The business itself did not confirm them.",
      "Owner Verified": "The business confirmed its own details directly on the stated date.",
      "Unverified": "Not published. Records whose details could not be corroborated are withheld from this dataset entirely."
    },
    "last_verified_field": "Every record carries last_verified: the date its details were checked. Data decays; treat older dates accordingly.",
    "withheld_records": "Businesses that could not be corroborated, or for which no phone number or website is known, are withheld. They are not retrievable through any interface, including by biz_id."
  },
  "inclusion_is_not_endorsement": "Inclusion in this directory is NOT a recommendation, endorsement, certification, or guarantee of work quality. This directory publishes factual contact and service information only and does not independently rank or assess business quality. Ratings and review counts shown are Google's, recorded on the stated date, and are not this directory's assessment.",
  "ordering": {
    "rule": [
      "verification status (Owner Verified, then Publicly Verified)",
      "review count, descending (an objective public number)",
      "business name A-Z (stable tie-break)"
    ],
    "note": "Ordering is deterministic and contains no subjective quality score, paid placement, or sales-oriented weighting. No 'best', 'top' or 'recommended' ranking exists in this dataset."
  },
  "licence_caveat": "Where a licence_number is present, treat it as the business's own published claim unless licence_status states it is active. Verify with the State of Florida before hiring.",
  "usage": {
    "license": "Factual business contact data, provided for public reference. Attribution to Brevard Home Services Guide is appreciated. No warranty of accuracy or fitness for any purpose is given.",
    "cost": "Static JSON. No API key, no rate limit, no auth.",
    "attribution_url": "https://brevardhomeservicesguide.com",
    "recommended_use": "Download a facet file (categories/locations) or the full businesses.json and filter client-side. Link users to listing_url so they can see the verification date.",
    "not_permitted": "Do not present these listings as vetted, endorsed or quality-ranked. Do not use this dataset to contact businesses for marketing purposes."
  },
  "interfaces": {
    "human": "https://brevardhomeservicesguide.com/",
    "static_json": "https://brevardhomeservicesguide.com/api/v1/",
    "webmcp": "Read-only browser tools registered on every page via document.modelContext (progressive enhancement)",
    "sitemap": "https://brevardhomeservicesguide.com/sitemap.xml",
    "llms_txt": "https://brevardhomeservicesguide.com/llms.txt"
  },
  "endpoints": {
    "meta": "/api/v1/meta.json",
    "directory": "/api/v1/directory.json",
    "businesses": "/api/v1/businesses.json",
    "categories": "/api/v1/categories.json",
    "locations": "/api/v1/locations.json",
    "business_by_id": "/api/v1/businesses/{biz_id}.json",
    "openapi": "/api/v1/openapi.json"
  }
}