Vermont Stops Use of ‘Angi Certified Pro’ Marketing Term

Online platform Angi, formerly known as Angi’s List, has settled with Vermont’s attorney general over concerns about misleading marketing on its online platform, which connects consumers with more than 300 Vermont contractors or service professionals.

Attorney General Charity Clark said Angi has agreed to stop using the marketing term “Angi Certified Pro” and to pay the state $100,000.

Officials said that prior to 2025, Angi advertised participating Vermont residential contractors on its platform as “certified pros.” Vermont, however, does not have a “certification” process for contractors, and instead requires registration only under Title 26, which includes the state’s residential contractor registration requirements.

Officials said that Angi itself does not have a certification process and cannot confer, or vouch for, credentials of contractors using its platform.

“It’s vitally important that consumers are not misled by marketing terms that imply confidence or credentials that contractors do not have,” said Clark.

Angi must contact all Vermont residential contractors in its system to alert them to their obligations to register with the Vermont Secretary of State’s Office of Professional Regulation pursuant to Title 26.