Ratings, services and a phone number for every pool builder in South Carolina.
What a featured listing costs · from $29 a month
Blue Haven Pools & Spas builds pools from North Charleston and says its team has more than 20 years of experience. Its work includes inground pools, gunite pools, spas…
Based in Greenwood, Buck Stove, Pool & Spa has worked in the area since 2003. The company takes on vinyl liner pools, spas, remodels and resurfacing, pool decks and pavers and…
Based in Irmo, Contemporary Pool Works, LLC builds pools with a team that cites 30-plus years in the trade. Its website lists inground pools, gunite pools, spas, remodels and…
SunSouth Carolinas is a pool builder based in Fort Mill. Its website lists fiberglass pools, spas, outdoor kitchens, pool decks and pavers and commercial pools. Its website shows…
Based in Columbia, Jack Oliver's Pool Spa & Patio has worked in the area since 2006. Its work includes gunite pools, vinyl liner pools, spas, remodels and resurfacing and…
Aquatica Pools & Spas builds pools in North Charleston and across Charleston County. The company takes on gunite pools, spas, remodels and resurfacing, pool decks and pavers…
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Every listing begins as a Google Maps record filed under swimming pool contractor, or a business with a builder's name.
South Carolina businesses that are open and have at least one review stay. Duplicates are merged.
Supply stores and other trades are left out. A site that confirms pool building gets the listing marked and sorted higher, and companies that mainly clean or repair pools stay listed, because many of them also build.
No website to read means "not enough info" on the listing, never a guess. Licenses and insurance are not verified.
Every listing starts from a Google Maps record filed under swimming pool contractor, or a business with a builder's name. We keep South Carolina businesses that are open and have at least one review, and we merge duplicates.
Then we read each business's own website. Where the site shows a supply store or an unrelated trade, the listing is left out. Where the site confirms it builds pools, the listing says so and sorts higher on its city page. Companies that mainly clean or repair pools stay listed, because many of them also build. Where there is no site to read, the listing says "not enough info" instead of guessing.
We do not verify licenses or insurance. When a listing says a business states a contractor license, that is what its website says. South Carolina requires a state license for residential pool work once a job reaches the state cost threshold, so look the license up with the state before you sign.
Owners can claim a listing to correct details or add photos. A person checks every claim. Published by Cornell Publishing.
Start with the paperwork, not the design. A 3D rendering shows what a company can draw. It doesn't show who is responsible for the permit, who wires the equipment, or what the quote leaves out. These six checks put the paperwork first, and each one is a question you can ask on the first call.
Since May 2023, South Carolina has required a state license to build, service or repair a residential pool once the job reaches the state cost threshold. The license is either a General Contractor license with the Swimming Pools classification, from the Contractor's Licensing Board, or a Residential Builder license, from the Residential Builders Commission. Ask for the number and look it up on the Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation website before anything else.
Check that the company name on the license matches the name on your contract and that the license is active. The temporary pool licenses the state issued in 2023 all expired on June 30, 2024, so an old certificate proves nothing. Ask too who does the electrical and plumbing work on the job, and for those license numbers.
The company that signs your contract should pull the building permit. Be careful if a builder asks you to pull it yourself as the homeowner: the owner then answers to the building department for the inspections, and the builder's name may not appear anywhere on the permit. Permit rules are local, and outside city limits the county is usually the office to call. Builders working in two of the state's busier markets are listed on the Myrtle Beach and Columbia pages.
Two quotes are only comparable when each one lists what is included, what is not, the payment schedule by milestone and how a change order is priced. Make sure every builder is quoting the same pool type and interior finish. Ask for the insurance certificates and the warranty terms in writing at the same time, part by part: structure, workmanship, equipment and finish.
Barrier rules are enforced locally, so ask your building department which ones apply. Greenville and Horry counties, for example, use the barrier section of the International Swimming Pool and Spa Code: a barrier at least 48 inches high, gates that open away from the pool and close and latch on their own, and alarms on doors that open toward the pool where the house wall is part of the barrier. In both counties the barrier has to be in place before the final pool inspection, and the owner signs an affidavit taking responsibility for it. Ask each builder whether the price covers the barrier your property needs. This is where quotes quietly differ.
Before any digging, SC811 has to be notified at least three working days ahead, not counting the day of the request, weekends or holidays, so the utilities can mark their lines. Private lines are not marked, so ask who finds those. The ground changes across the state, from clay and buried rock in the Upstate to sand in the Midlands and a high water table near the coast, so ask how the shell and deck are built for your lot. Ask how the company protects an open site during hurricane season, which runs from June 1 to November 30. Then call two or three recent customers nearby and ask how the job ran against the contract.
Every listing starts from a public Google Maps record. We keep South Carolina businesses that are open and have reviews, read each one's own website, and leave out supply stores and other trades. Companies that mainly clean or repair pools stay listed, because many of them also build. Owners can claim a listing to correct details or add photos.
No. A basic listing is free and stays free. Businesses can pay for a featured position, a best-of placement or a premium listing, and those are marked as such wherever they appear.
It means the business's website did not say, or there was no website to read. It does not mean no. Call the business and ask.
We do not check licenses. South Carolina requires a General Contractor license with the Swimming Pools classification, or a Residential Builder license, to build, service or repair a residential pool once the job reaches the state cost threshold. Ask for the license number and look it up with the South Carolina Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation before you hire anyone.
Paid featured and best-of positions come first and are marked. After that come businesses whose own website confirms they build pools, then everyone else. Inside each group the order is by rating and number of reviews.
