9 Best Painters Near Stem, NC Ranked by Chooz Score

At the time of our analysis, Zarazua Painting carried a Chooz Score of 91.6%. The company is Latino-owned and women-owned, based in Durham, North Carolina, and serving Chapel Hill, Raleigh, Cary, and other communities across the Triangle. It is accredited with the Better Business Bureau and registered as NC Business Entity No. 1056288. Customers name Juan Zarazua as the owner.

Across its review profiles, the company held over 650 Google reviews with a 5.0-star rating, along with 4.5 stars on Yelp across over 40 reviews and 96% recommended on Facebook across over 25 reviews. A 5.0-star average across more than 650 Google reviews is uncommon at that volume, and the Yelp and Facebook figures sit only slightly below it.

At the time of our analysis, Garcia’s Painting & Repair carried a Chooz Score of 87.4%. The Durham-based company is registered in North Carolina as Business Entity No. 2116044 and has served the Triangle for more than a decade. It is led by owner Lucas Garcia, who works on site with his crew and his son on residential and light commercial projects across Durham, Raleigh, Cary, and Chapel Hill.

The company held over 50 Google reviews with a 5.0-star rating, along with 84% recommended on Facebook across five reviews and a single 5.0-star Angi review. A straight 5.0 across more than fifty Google reviews is uncommon, and the smaller Facebook and Angi profiles point the same way.

At the time of our analysis, Dr. Lopez Painting LLC held over 70 Google reviews with a 5.0-star rating, the platform that carries essentially its entire published review history. Its Yelp, Facebook, and Angi listings exist but show no reviews yet. Ratings this uniform are uncommon, though here they rest on a single platform rather than across several independent ones.

The company earned a Chooz Score of 86.8%. It has operated as a Durham painting contractor for over a decade, has been Accredited with the Better Business Bureau since 2023, and is registered in North Carolina as NC Business Entity No. 2614637. The business is family-owned and led by Delmar Lopez, serving Durham and the surrounding Triangle communities including Raleigh, Cary, and Apex.

At the time we analyzed CertaPro Painters of North Raleigh, NC, the company held over 250 Google reviews with a 4.8-star rating, along with 2.8 stars on Yelp across over 20 reviews and 74% recommended on Facebook across 9 reviews. The Google profile holds most of the reviews and the highest rating, while the smaller Yelp and Facebook profiles run lower.

The company earned a Chooz Score of 86.2%. It has operated in Raleigh for about a decade as a locally owned CertaPro franchise run by Kirt and Sheri Storch, and holds North Carolina License No. 59109. Its service area covers North Raleigh and the surrounding Wake County communities.

At the time we analyzed CertaPro Painters of Durham, NC, the company held over 200 Google reviews with a 4.8-star rating, along with 5.0 stars on Yelp across 7 reviews and 100% recommended on Facebook across 6 reviews. A 4.8 across a Google profile this size reads as a strong record with a small number of critical reviews in the mix, while the Yelp and Facebook samples are too small to carry much weight on their own.

The company earned a Chooz Score of 84.5%. Its website states the business is insured and warranties its work, and two reviewers describe the crew coming back to redo a job until they were satisfied. It has operated as a Durham painting contractor for 19 years as a locally owned, veteran-owned franchise of the national CertaPro Painters brand, run by owner Kevin Dougherty from Page Road in Durham. Its service area covers Durham, Chapel Hill, Cary, Raleigh, Hillsborough, and the surrounding Triangle towns.