This page documents exactly how companies are ordered on 10Firms category pages. We publish it so that listed companies and buyers can both audit our reasoning.
A company's position within a category is derived from the following signals:
| Signal | Weight | What it measures |
|---|---|---|
| Verified review rating | 40% | Mean star rating across identity-verified reviews. |
| Review volume and recency | 20% | How many verified reviews exist and how recent they are. Older reviews decay in weight. |
| Category relevance | 20% | Share of the company's declared service mix that falls in this category. A generalist ranks lower than a specialist here. |
| Profile completeness | 10% | Whether pricing, team size, locations, languages, and portfolio data are supplied and current. |
| Verification status | 10% | Whether the listing has been claimed and ownership confirmed by our team. |
Sponsored placements, where they appear, are visually labelled and sit outside the ranked list. They never displace an organically ranked result.
In a small number of cases our editorial team manually adjusts a position — for example when a company has recently changed ownership, exited a service line, or is the subject of an unresolved dispute. Overrides are logged internally and applied conservatively.
If you believe your company is misranked or your category relevance is recorded incorrectly, contact us with the specifics. We will re-examine the underlying data and respond with what we found — including when we conclude the ranking was correct.
See also our trust and verification page and about 10Firms.