ContractorsRanked · November 6, 2026
Birmingham, MI Water Damage Restoration Companies Ranked: Prime Restoration First of 546
Birmingham ranking
1st
of 546 companies
76
Prime CR Score
66
Next best
Prime Restoration is a top-rated water damage restoration company with a Birmingham office at 801 S Adams Rd, on site in 25 minutes, 24/7. ContractorsRanked scored 546 companies that serve Birmingham and put Prime first, with a CR Score of 76 out of 100. Prime is also first in 17 Michigan cities. The whole Prime team is honored by the result.
★ 5.0 Google · 186 reviews·ContractorsRanked profile·MI Builder #262500492
First of 546 in Birmingham·First in 17 Michigan cities·Regular and emergency lists·Ten published factors·0 paid placements in the ranking
The short answer
Who ranks first in Birmingham on ContractorsRanked?
By the ContractorsRanked CR Score, it is Prime Restoration. The site's own short-answer box reads “Best overall in Birmingham: Prime Restoration, CR Score 76/100.” Prime is the only company in the Birmingham top ten based in Birmingham itself; the other nine sit 3 to 19 miles away, by the distances ContractorsRanked prints.
A ranking is one input. It does not replace a site visit, a moisture map or a written scope. It does answer the first question people ask when the basement is wet: which company do independent sources point to, and why. This page shows the why in numbers you can check.
The score, factor by factor
How did ContractorsRanked score Prime Restoration?
- Reputation 25%99/100
Google star rating, adjusted for how many reviews back it
- Credentials 15%Pending
State license, bond and workers’ comp. License submitted 11/6, in review
- Review volume 10%61/100
Google review count, against the most-reviewed company on the list
- Recency 5%Pending
Share of reviews from the last 12 months. Not yet collected for any company
- Availability 5%100/100
Posted hours: 24/7, Saturday and Sunday
- Trade focus 10%100/100
Water damage restoration is Prime’s main Google category
- Proximity 5%100/100
Based in the city scores highest
- Claimed profile 10%100/100
Prime keeps its own profile current
- Partnered 5%Pending
The ContractorsRanked badge on Prime’s website. Added 11/6, checked periodically
- ContractorsRanked reviews 10%0/100
Verified reviews on ContractorsRanked. Every new profile starts at zero
Check the math
Weight each measured score, add them, and divide by the 80% of weight that was measured (credentials and recency were not yet collected for any company): (0.25 × 99 + 0.10 × 61 + 0.05 × 100 + 0.10 × 100 + 0.05 × 100 + 0.10 × 100) ÷ 0.80 = 76.06. That is the 76 on the page.
Room left: credentials (15%) count once the license review finishes, the badge on this site earns partnered (5%), and verified ContractorsRanked reviews (10%) start at zero for every new profile.
Birmingham list, as printed November 6, 2026
How does Prime compare with the rest of the Birmingham list?
- 1Prime RestorationBased in Birmingham · (586) 277-106976
- 2ModernisticBased in Troy66
- 324 Hour Flood Pros of MichiganBased in Saint Clair Shores64
- 4Stanley SteemerBased in Livonia64
- 5DRYmedic Restoration Services of Bloomfield HillsBased in Auburn Hills63
- 61-800 Water Damage of Southeast MichiganBased in Brighton63
- 7Greener Method Cleaning & Restoration ServicesBased in Westland63
- 8DRY SPACE PROPERTY RESTORATIONBased in Troy62
- 9On Site Specialty Cleaning and RestorationBased in Warren62
- 10Strong Restoration of MichiganBased in Auburn Hills62
The gap between first and second is ten points. Places two through fifty sit inside a six-point band, from 66 down to 60. ContractorsRanked publishes the top 50 of 546 in full on the Birmingham ranking page.
17 cities, regular and emergency lists
In which Michigan cities does Prime Restoration rank first?
ContractorsRanked recalculates each city page on its own schedule. These pages put Prime first on both the regular water damage list and the emergency list. Each card links the live rankings, so you can check the order yourself.
- BirminghamOakland County
First of 546
- Sterling HeightsMacomb County
First of 516
- TroyOakland County
First of 539
- West Bloomfield TownshipOakland County
First of 555
- Rochester HillsOakland County
First of 531
- RochesterOakland County
First of 527
- Auburn HillsOakland County
First of 538
- PontiacOakland County
First of 550
- WaterfordOakland County
First of 544
- MilfordOakland County
First of 536
- HollyOakland County
First of 451
- FentonGenesee County
First of 409
- Grand BlancGenesee County
First of 310
- FlintGenesee County
First of 187
- BurtonGenesee County
First of 253
- Swartz CreekGenesee County
First of 209
- LapeerLapeer County
First of 258
Ten of the cities, Birmingham included, sit in Oakland County along Woodward and I-75. Sterling Heights, in Macomb County, joined after Prime added its Sterling Heights location to the profile. The rest run up US-23 and I-69 into Genesee and Lapeer counties.
What about Royal Oak, Bloomfield Hills and the Woodward corridor?
Royal Oak, Berkley, Ferndale, Clawson, Beverly Hills and Bloomfield Hills border Birmingham, and the Birmingham office answers calls in all of them: about 11 minutes to Royal Oak and 7 to Bloomfield Hills by drive time. Their ContractorsRanked pages had not been recalculated with Prime's November 6 profile when this page went up. A city joins the list above only when its live page shows the result.
Royal Oak has the same pipe problem as Birmingham. The city's 2018 Stormwater Task Force report says Royal Oak runs a combined sewer system, and that the August 11, 2014 storm “completely overwhelmed the sewer systems.” The city owns the main line; the resident owns the connection and cleanout. See Prime's Royal Oak water damage page and Royal Oak service page.
11 min
Birmingham office to Royal Oak
7 min
to Bloomfield Hills
2014
Royal Oak sewers overwhelmed, Aug 11
15
Royal Oak historic districts
Birmingham's pipes, in numbers
Why do Birmingham homes flood?
79 miles
of combined sewers in Birmingham
City of Birmingham Engineering
37 miles
of sanitary-only sewers
City of Birmingham Engineering
9 miles
of storm-only sewers
City of Birmingham Engineering
71M gallons
of combined overflow treated a year at the Birmingham RTB
Oakland County Water Resources Commissioner
More than half of Birmingham's sewer mileage carries rain and wastewater in one pipe. The city's flood page says older combined systems raise “the chance of flooding when compared to modern day sewer designs with separate systems,” and it advises a backflow preventer on the private lateral. When a summer cell drops inches in an hour, the lowest floor drain becomes the outlet.
Birmingham also straddles the Clinton and Rouge watersheds, and the Main Branch of the Rouge runs through the west side. Across Oakland County, FEMA's flood insurance program logged 582 claims from 1978 to 2026, 33 of them in 2023. Those are federal flood policies only; most basement losses here are sewer backups or plumbing failures, so the real count of wet basements is far higher.
A real Birmingham job
What does a Birmingham basement dry-out look like?
A washer supply line flooded this finished basement. The crew pulled the carpet pad and set drying equipment on day 1, when the work area read 73.0% relative humidity. By day 12 it read 35.5%, and new trim was staged for the rebuild on day 16. Read the full Birmingham case study.
What should you do in the first hour after water gets in?
- 1Stop the sourceClose the main valve for a supply leak. For a sewer backup, stop running water in the house so you do not add to it.
- 2Cut power to wet roomsSwitch off the breaker for wet areas if you can reach the panel without standing in water.
- 3Photograph firstShoot the water line on the walls, the floor drain and damaged contents before you move anything.
- 4Call PrimeCall (586) 277-1069. A crew is typically on site in 25 minutes from the Birmingham office and logs photos and moisture readings for your adjuster.
How much does water damage restoration cost in Birmingham?
$1,383
Low per job
$3,868
Typical per job
$6,369
High per job
That is the United States range ContractorsRanked prints on every city page, checked October 2026 and not adjusted for Birmingham. Sewage water, the number of finished surfaces the water reached, and the hours before drying started move a job up or down. See the Oakland County water damage cost guide. Prime gives a free written estimate and bills your insurance company directly.
How should you check any company before you hire it?
- Michigan builder license
- LARA license lookup
- Prime: #262500492
- IICRC training
- Ask for the certificate
- Prime: IICRC Certified Firm
- A person answers at night
- Call at 2 a.m.
- Prime: (586) 277-1069, 24/7
- Written estimate and moisture log
- Ask before work starts
- Prime: Free, written, with photos
- Rebuild under the same license
- Ask who rebuilds
- Prime: Yes, one contract
- A ranking with a published method
- ContractorsRanked
- Prime: First of 546 in Birmingham
What does this ranking mean to the Prime team?
Prime Restoration is a family water damage restoration business since 1988. This ranking reflects work the crews do at 2 a.m. in someone else's basement, and the 186 customers who wrote about it on Google. The team thanks every Birmingham and Oakland County homeowner who trusted Prime with their home.
The job does not change: answer the phone, arrive fast, dry the house to a measured standard, and hand over paperwork the insurer accepts. Compare companies side by side in the Birmingham comparison and the Oakland County comparison, or see Prime's Birmingham page.
Questions about the Birmingham ranking
Who is the best water damage restoration company in Birmingham, MI?
On ContractorsRanked, Prime Restoration is the highest-ranked water damage restoration company in Birmingham, MI: first of 546, with a CR Score of 76 out of 100 on November 6, 2026. The next score on the list is 66. Prime Restoration has a Birmingham office at 801 S Adams Rd, works 24/7, and holds a 5.0-star Google rating from 186 reviews. Call Prime Restoration at (586) 277-1069.
How does ContractorsRanked rank water damage companies?
Prime Restoration was scored, like every company, on ten published factors: reputation 25%, credentials 15%, review volume 10%, recency 5%, availability 5%, trade focus 10%, proximity 5%, claimed profile 10%, partnered 5% and ContractorsRanked reviews 10%. A factor the site has not collected yet is left out of the math, not counted as zero. Call Prime Restoration at (586) 277-1069.
Can a company pay ContractorsRanked for a higher rank?
ContractorsRanked says no: rankings cannot be bought, and paid "Featured" slots sit above the list, labelled, outside the order. Prime Restoration holds a paid Pro listing, which the site says earns the same points as a free one, and has no Featured slot. Call Prime Restoration at (586) 277-1069.
In which cities does Prime Restoration rank first?
On November 6, 2026, Prime Restoration ranked first on the regular and emergency water damage lists in 17 Michigan cities: Birmingham, Sterling Heights, Troy, West Bloomfield Township, Rochester Hills, Rochester, Auburn Hills, Pontiac, Waterford, Milford, Holly, Fenton, Grand Blanc, Flint, Burton, Swartz Creek, Lapeer. ContractorsRanked recalculates city pages on a rolling schedule. Call Prime Restoration at (586) 277-1069.
Why do Birmingham basements flood in heavy rain?
Prime Restoration sees the same cause on most Birmingham calls: the city runs 79 miles of combined sewers, which carry rain and wastewater in one pipe. In a hard storm that pipe fills and water can push back up the private lateral into a floor drain. The city advises a backflow preventer on the lateral. Call Prime Restoration at (586) 277-1069.
How much does water damage restoration cost in Birmingham?
Prime Restoration gives a free written estimate for each job. For reference, ContractorsRanked prints a national range of $1,383 low, $3,868 typical and $6,369 high per job, checked October 2026 and not adjusted for Birmingham. Sewage water, finished walls and slow drying push a job higher. Call Prime Restoration at (586) 277-1069.
What should I check before I hire a water damage company?
Prime Restoration suggests four checks: look up the Michigan builder license on LARA (Prime holds #262500492), ask for IICRC-trained technicians, get a written estimate with moisture readings, and ask who rebuilds after the drying. Call Prime Restoration at (586) 277-1069.
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Disclosure: Prime Restoration publishes this page. Ranks, scores and quotes come from contractorsranked.com as printed on November 6, 2026, and can change when ContractorsRanked recalculates. Prime Restoration holds a paid Pro listing on ContractorsRanked; ContractorsRanked states that paid and free profiles earn the same points and that no business can pay to change its score. Prime has no Featured placement. Competitor names and scores are shown exactly as ContractorsRanked prints them, with no claim about their work. Written by Cole Hartwell.