About | HomeCrowd

Our story

Built for locals.
By locals.

One simple idea – buy local, grow local, support your community – now growing suburb by suburb, right across Australia.

How it started

Every suburb deserves a directory it can trust.

It started in a single neighbourhood. Our founder had lived there for years and knew the local businesses inside out – the great ones and the not-so-great ones – but whenever friends and neighbours asked for a recommendation, there was nowhere good to point them.

Google showed ads. Facebook groups were a mess of noise. Word of mouth got lost in the comments. So we built something better – a curated local directory where every listing is rated 4★+ on Google and verified before it goes live.

The neighbourhood loved it. And that’s when the bigger idea landed: every suburb in Australia has exactly this problem. Every suburb deserves a HomeCrowd.

4★+

Google rating required to be listed

$20

Per month – tremendous value

190+

Suburbs live across Australia

100%

Locally verified businesses

How businesses get listed

How a business earns its spot.

No shortcuts, no random listings. There’s one simple bar – and a couple of ways a great local business lands on our radar.

Rated 4★+ on Google

The business has earned its reputation. We verify the Google rating and get them listed in their suburb’s directory within 24 hours of joining.

Recommended by a local

A neighbour puts a great local business forward. If they’re rated 4★+ on Google, we reach out and invite them onto the directory – mentioning who recommended them. A warm introduction beats any cold call.

What we believe

Buy local. Grow local.
Support your suburb.

We built this because local businesses deserve better than being buried under ads and algorithms.

Local first, always

Every dollar spent locally stays in your community. We exist to make it easier to choose local over chains.

Verified, not random

Every listing is rated 4★+ on Google. No randoms, no guesswork – just businesses locals actually rate.

Community identity matters

Your suburb isn’t the next one over. Each has its own character and its own local favourites – its directory should feel that way too.

Quality is the only entry

Paying can’t buy your way in – only a 4★+ Google rating earns a spot. Featured members support the platform and appear first, but every listing here has earned its place.

Local knowledge is the whole point.

We don’t just pull names off a map. Every suburb’s directory reflects what locals actually know – which café is worth the queue, which electrician turns up when they say they will, which photographer makes you look your best.

That local knowledge is what makes HomeCrowd different from every other directory. And we’re building it the same way everywhere – suburb by suburb, right across Australia.

Find a business →

“This isn’t run by some faceless company in a tower on the other side of the country. It’s built locally, suburb by suburb, by people who actually care which businesses earn a spot.”

The HomeCrowd teamyour suburb. your home. your crowd.

Buy local. Grow local.

Find trusted businesses in your suburb, put a great local business forward, or see if your own qualifies to be listed alongside the best in your community.

Find a business → Recommend a business

Built for locals.By locals.