How we rank firms in Tbilisi
Every firm is read on its own website, and every bank, insurer, insurance broker and audit firm on its regulator's register as well. A firm's rank follows how well it does on the checks below.
Five checks for every firm
An active service
The firm runs a live website of its own that offers this service to clients in Tbilisi. Banks, insurers, insurance brokers and audit firms must also appear on their regulator's register, kept by the National Bank of Georgia, the Insurance State Supervision Service or SARAS.
Track record
How long the firm has done this work in Tbilisi, who does it, and the clients, cases or projects it names publicly. Years of practice in the service itself count for more than the age of the company.
Independent ratings
Where a firm is rated on a platform such as Clutch, Trustpilot or Bookimed, its card shows the score with the review count and the platform it came from. A score without both stays off the card.
Published prices
A firm that publishes what it charges ranks above a firm of similar standing that quotes only on request. Published prices show on the card as a lari tier of one to three ₾ signs.
Quarterly re-check
Each quarter every list is checked again against the firms' own pages, and the regulated firms against their registers. Firms move, merge and change owners, so every place is earned again at each review.
What each part of a list tells you
Rank is an order
Rank one did best on the checks. Every firm below it passed them as well.
Badges name a fit
Rank one is best overall. Ranks two to four each name the client they suit best.
The date is the last check
The updated date on a list is the day every firm on it was last checked.
Bullets are evidence
Each line under a firm is a fact you can open yourself: a price, a licence, a year or a client.
Questions about the method
How does a firm get on a list?
Research starts from public registers, professional directories, review platforms and searches in English and Russian. A firm suggested on WhatsApp joins the next check of its list and is checked the same way as every firm already on it.
What happens when a firm's details change?
Send the list and the detail on WhatsApp. We confirm the change on the firm's own website, correct the card and re-date the list.
How are the Best for badges chosen?
Ranks two to four each name the client the firm suits best, for example people who need a particular language, a budget or a speciality. The badge is picked from what the card shows: the services, prices and languages the firm publishes.
Is the Russian version the same list?
Yes. Each Russian list carries the same firms in the same order as its English list, with the same prices, contacts and facts, written in Russian.
Found a detail that has changed?
Send the list and the line on WhatsApp. We confirm it on the firm's own website before the list changes.