ServiceGraph
The Founder BriefVol. I  ·  No. 01

Hiring the wrong agency can burn $10K and six months of runway.

ServiceGraph helps you find a service partner you can actually trust.

Describe what you need in plain English. We search 118,000+ US service firms.

I.

How founders get burned

Best-fit agency is hard to find.

01
After months of paying them, I can't see what they've actually done. Rankings are the same, traffic is flat, and every report they sent me was just screenshots from Google Analytics with no real explanation.
r/smallbusinessWasted ~12 months
02
I hired an agency that promised better results. They seemed professional at first but I soon realized I was just one of many clients. My project wasn't a priority for them. After wasting so much time and money, I went back to my original developer.
r/startups· ↑484Lost $50K · 18 months
03
After going through literally 5 CPAs in 5 years, I finally found a phenomenal one who saved my partners and I literally $72k by catching an error on my prior year returns. Why tf did it take 5 mediocre ones to get here?
r/EntrepreneurBurned through 5 CPAs in 5 years

Almost every one of these is preventable — with better vetting before you sign, and better evaluation once you have.

II.

Why the search fails

The tools you reach for aren't built for this.

Google

Ten SEO-optimised listicles, written by the agencies themselves.

Every result on the first page paid, ranked itself, or sells the answer you're looking for.

ChatGPT

ChatGPT

Five confident names. Some hallucinated, some pulled from the same Google top ten.

Either the model invents firms, or it parrots the same SEO-optimised listicles.

Clutch
GoodFirms
DesignRush

Agency directories

The reviews are real. The ranking is bought.

Useful for reading what past clients said. Useless for ordering — placement reflects ad spend, not fit.

III.

ServiceGraph approach

Real structured data.From the open web.No paid placement.

118,000+

US service firms classified across many facets. Every one has a structured profile you can filter on.

Search results page showing the full ranked list of firms with facet filters in the sidebar
01

The whole catalog

See every match, not a top ten.

Google and ChatGPT show you ten names. We show you every firm that fits — ranked, filterable, the long tail included.

02

Plain English in

No complex filters.

Type what you need. ServiceGraph turns it into a structured query against the catalog. Edit the translated filter if you want; ignore it if you don't.

Input bar with a plain-English ask above, and the translated structured filter shown below
Artur, ServiceGraph founder
On ServiceGraph, the buyer is not the product.
Artur Briugeman, Founder
03

Objective ranking

No sponsored slots, ever.

No firm can buy a higher position. Order comes from public-web signals and how well a firm matches your ask. Nothing on this page was paid for.

04

One click deeper

Firm profile, employees, reviews, in-one-place.

Every firm has a structured page: services, addresses, contact, social, third-party ratings, employees on LinkedIn, case studies. Vet without ten browser tabs.

Dossier · № atlasstrategy.examplePreview
A
Atlas Strategy Group
New York, NY · Founded 2014
Strategy
I.Contacts
(212) 555-0142
hello@atlasstrategy.example
200 Park Ave, New York
linkedin.com/company
II.Reviews
4.7· 213 reviews · 4 sources
CG2TBin
Aggregate ↑
IV.Team
MM. ChenManaging Partner
JJ. OkaforPartner — Strategy
RR. KuznetsovDirector — Ops
and 14 more on LinkedIn ↗
V.Clients
Vandelay Industries
SaaSFortune 500
Cut COGS 18% post-merger
“Sharpest team we've worked with on integration sequencing.”
— D. Reyes, COO
05

What they've actually done

Case studies.Testimonials.Named clients.

Extracted from every firm's site. Classified by industry and outcome. Linking to actual customer.

So you can filter by who they've actually served — and reference-check them.

735,000+

Documented engagements

06

Pricing pre-filter

Spot the budget mismatch before the call.

We extract every pricing signal we can find on the web, so you could set your expectations right.

Firm card showing extracted pricing range with source attribution (website / review aggregator / AI overview)
Side panel listing employees and past-client contacts with LinkedIn links
07

People, for reference checks

LinkedIn links for the team. And for their past clients.

Every firm with a discoverable team page gets resolved to LinkedIn profiles. So do the named clients in their case studies — so you can reach someone who's actually worked with them.

Get started

Start looking for a trusted partner.

Free to browse. Sign in with email to unlock contact details, full team names, and source URLs.

Pricing

Clear pricing. No subscription.

Pay as you go

TIER · 01
$1/ credit
  • 20 free credits on signup
  • 1 credit = 1 full company profile (contact, team, case studies, sources)
  • Search and browse — always free
  • No subscription, no commitment, no auto-renew
Sign up — start with 20 free credits

Why we charge a buyer, not the seller.

  • No paid placement. Ever.

    No firm can buy a better ranking, a verified badge, or a featured slot. The order you see is the order we'd recommend to ourselves.

  • You are not the product.

    We don't resell your searches, hand your contact to vendors, or run ads. Your queries stay yours.

  • Aligned with buyer success.

    We win when you are satisfied, come back later, and bring friends. We lose otherwise.

FAQ

Honest answers.

Where does the data come from?
The open web — firm websites, public business listings, third-party data providers.
Can a firm pay for higher placement?
No. No paid tier, no sponsored slots, no “verified” badge for sale.
How fresh is it?
Rolling refresh on a monthly cadence. Defunct firms get dropped.
How is this different from Google or ChatGPT?
Google sells you placement. ChatGPT invents names. ServiceGraph is structured data with provenance — every firm exists, every signal is sourced.
What are the red flags when picking an agency?
No team page, no LinkedIn for named team members, traffic-only KPIs in case studies, a website not touched in three years.
US only?
For now. Other regions on the roadmap once US ranking quality stabilises.
Is there an API?
Yes — see the AI agents page or the API docs. Same data, structured JSON, free tier.