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Qualified Remodeler Top 500 — fifteen years of national recognition
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Qualified Remodeler Top 500 — fifteen years of national recognition

John Chando · 3 min read

Fifteen years on the Qualified Remodeler Top 500 list. A national recognition we've been honored to carry — and a thank-you to the Jersey Shore community that made it possible.

JJC Inc. has been named to the Qualified Remodeler Top 500 list fifteen times — a national recognition we’ve been honored to carry across decades on this stretch of the New Jersey Shore.

The Top 500 list is published annually by Qualified Remodeler magazine. Selection is based on a defined set of criteria: installed remodeling dollar volume, total years in business, industry association membership, industry certification, industry awards, and community service. The magazine receives over 50,000 applications from contractors across the country each year, and the editorial staff narrows the field to the 500 firms representing the strongest combination of those measures across all 50 states.

Qualified Remodeler Top 500 2018 award graphic featuring JJC Inc.

A brief history of the recognition

We were first named to the Top 500 in the late 1990s and have appeared on the list fifteen times since.

A few of the moments worth marking:

  • 2013 — our 10th time on the list. The recognition came in the year following Hurricane Sandy, with our crews fully engaged in rebuilding and remodeling damaged homes up and down the shore. The selection that year felt particularly meaningful given the moment.
  • 2014 — our 11th appearance, and our highest-ever placement on the list at #174. Qualified Remodeler’s analysis that year highlighted “excellent business acumen, a commitment to customer service, insightful sales techniques, and strong customer loyalty” as the common attributes of the top-ranked firms.
  • 2018 — our 15th time on the list. A milestone we’re particularly grateful for.
Qualified Remodeler Top 500 2014 award showing JJC Inc. ranked #174
2014 — our highest placement at #174 on the national list.

What we share with the rest of the Top 500

The patterns Qualified Remodeler identifies among the Top 500 line up closely with how we think about the work. The typical Top 500 firm has been in business for roughly 25 years and operating from the same location for roughly 24 — these are stable, established companies that have weathered multiple economic cycles in the remodeling industry. We’ve now been operating from the Mantoloking office for decades, and from Normandy Beach before that, with the same family ownership from day one.

JJC Inc. team and project photo on the 2013 Top 500 announcement

The thank-you that matters

What the awards represent is hard to put on a graphic. Every selection — every year — reflects the trust thousands of homeowners on the Jersey Shore have placed in our team across decades of custom waterfront work, post-storm rebuilds, additions, and whole-house remodels. We could not have earned the recognition without you.

If you’re considering a custom home, a major addition, or a whole-house remodel anywhere from Brielle to Seaside Park, we’d be glad to talk. Get in touch. The same team that earned a spot on this list for fifteen years is the team that would handle your project.

Normandy Beach custom home project by JJC Inc.
A representative Normandy Beach custom home — the kind of work the recognition has been built on.

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