Florida-licensed plumbing contractor with three active Florida Certified Plumbing Contractor licenses (CFC057705, CFC057318, CFC057704 — five-digit numbers signaling decades-old DBPR tenure under multiple qualifying agents). Family-owned and operated since 1979, third-generation, headquartered at 1571 SW 3rd Street, Pompano Beach, FL 33069. BuildZoom score 116 — top 2% of 191,428 Florida licensed contractors. BBB A+ Accredited since September 7, 2022. 24-hour emergency service available; standard hours 7:30 AM – 5:00 PM.
Since 1979
3rd-generation family
3× CFC
Multi-qualifier depth
BBB A+
Accredited since 9/7/2022
1,975 · 4.9★
Google — largest sample
Most South Florida plumbers carry one Florida CFC license issued post-2000. John the Plumber carries three — CFC057705, CFC057318, and CFC057704 — five-digit numbers signaling decades-old DBPR tenure under multiple Krobatsch family qualifying agents. Layer on the BuildZoom score of 116 placing John in the top 2% of 191,428 Florida licensed contractors, BBB A+ Accredited since September 7, 2022, and 1,975 Google reviews at 4.9 stars (the largest absolute sample on Palm Build's directory), and you have the editorial reasons John the Plumber is the seventh shop on our list — and the oldest.
Founded in 1979 by John Krobatsch and now operated by the third generation of the Krobatsch family. The johntheplumberfl.com about page publishes 'Family owned & operated' and '45+ Years in Business,' and the homepage publishes the 'three generations' framing. Older than every other vendor on Palm Build's directory — Dee Maria (1981) was the previous heritage anchor. Multi-generational continuity is unique on the directory.
CFC057705, CFC057318, and CFC057704 are all listed as active per the BuildZoom contractor profile. The five-digit license numbering signals decades-old DBPR tenure dating to the late 1980s/early 1990s — every other vendor on Palm Build's directory carries seven-digit CFC numbers issued post-2000. Multiple active licenses also signal multiple qualifying agents on staff — depth no other plumbing partner on the directory has surfaced.
BuildZoom rates contractors based on license activity, customer reviews, and project history. The buildzoom.com profile places John the Plumber in the top 2% of 191,428 FL contractors with approximately 390 projects across the past 3 years (218 in 2025, 89 in 2024, 81 in 2023). No other vendor on Palm Build's directory carries the BuildZoom credential — it's a third-party trust signal unique to John the Plumber.
Per the research file and the BBB Pompano Beach profile, John the Plumber holds 1,975 Google reviews at 4.9 stars — approximately 2.4× the previous largest sample on Palm Build's directory (Flamingo's 813+). The volume is accumulated across 45+ years of Pompano Beach Broward County service since the 1979 founding.
BBB Pompano Beach profile (0633-30003734) confirms BBB Accredited Business status since September 7, 2022 with an A+ rating. John joins Borkat (accredited 2024) and F1 Plumbing (accredited 2022) as the three vendors on the directory with active BBB accreditation — distinct from the four 'rated, not accredited' vendors (Bergeron, Copperhead, Dee Maria, Flamingo).
Distinct from the high-Google-low-Yelp asymmetry every other plumbing vendor on the directory has surfaced (Flamingo 16×2.6 was the previous reference), John the Plumber's Yelp profile shows 4.2–4.3 stars across approximately 185–199 reviews. The customer base reaches Yelp users at scale, not just Google users — the Yelp visibility at scale is itself a positive trust signal.
Florida-licensed under three Certified Plumbing Contractor licenses — CFC057705, CFC057318, and CFC057704 — held under Krobatsch family qualifying agents. Five-digit license numbers signal multi-decade DBPR tenure dating to the late 1980s/early 1990s; every other vendor on Palm Build's directory carries seven-digit CFC numbers issued post-2000. Plus BuildZoom score 116 (top 2% of 191,428 Florida licensed contractors) and BBB A+ Accredited since September 7, 2022 — making John the third actively accredited vendor on the directory after Borkat and F1.
Credential 01
John the Plumber was founded in 1979 by John Krobatsch and is now operated by the third generation of the Krobatsch family. The johntheplumberfl.com about page publishes 'Family owned & operated' and '45+ Years in Business,' and the homepage publishes the 'three generations' framing. The 1979 founding makes John the Plumber older than every other vendor on Palm Build's directory — Dee Maria (1981) was the previous heritage anchor. The three-generation continuity is unique on the directory: no other vendor surfaces explicit multi-generational ownership.
Credential 02
Three Florida Certified Plumbing Contractor licenses are listed as active per the BuildZoom contractor profile: CFC057705, CFC057318, and CFC057704. The five-digit license numbering signals decades-old DBPR tenure — Bergeron (CFC1431119), Borkat (CFC1431119-class), Copperhead (CFC1432140), Dee Maria (CFC1023820), F1 (CFC1428612), and Flamingo (CFC1426338) all carry seven-digit CFC numbers issued post-2000. Multiple active licenses also signal multiple qualifying agents on staff — a depth-of-licensure signal no other vendor on Palm Build's directory carries. The historical record RF0036398 (Registered Plumbing Contractor — John Krobatsch DBA 'John the Plumber,' issued 10/01/1980, originally voided in 1989) confirms the family business's 1979/1980 founding era under the same Krobatsch family name.
Credential 03
BuildZoom rates licensed contractors based on license activity, customer reviews, and project history. The buildzoom.com/contractor/john-the-plumber-pompano-beach-fl profile lists a BuildZoom score of 116 placing John the Plumber in the top 2% of 191,428 Florida contractors. The contractor history shows approximately 390 projects across the past 3 years (218 in 2025, 89 in 2024, 81 in 2023), concentrated on plumbing (336 projects) and sewer-lateral work (20 projects). No other vendor on Palm Build's directory carries the BuildZoom credential — it's a third-party trust signal unique to John the Plumber and a citable distinction beyond Google reviews and BBB.
Credential 04
Better Business Bureau Pompano Beach profile (0633-30003734) rates John the Plumber A+ and confirms BBB Accredited Business status with accreditation since 9/7/2022 — making John the third vendor on Palm Build's directory with active BBB accreditation, joining Borkat (2024) and F1 (2022). 1,975 Google reviews at 4.9 stars is the largest absolute Google sample on the directory — approximately 2.4× the previous largest (Flamingo's 813+). Distinct from prior vendors, John the Plumber also carries 4.2–4.3 stars at ~190 reviews on Yelp — Yelp visibility at scale that no other plumbing vendor on the directory has surfaced.
Primary State Licenses
Held under John Krobatsch / Michael Krobatsch (multiple qualifying agents on staff). Issued by Florida DBPR. Verified through myfloridalicense.com — three active CFC licenses listed on the BuildZoom contractor profile (CFC057705, CFC057318, CFC057704). The five-digit license numbering signals multi-decade DBPR tenure dating to the late 1980s/early 1990s — distinct from every other vendor on Palm Build's directory which carries seven-digit CFC numbers issued post-2000. A historical DBPR record (RF0036398) listed John Krobatsch DBA 'John the Plumber' at the Pompano Beach address with original issuance dating to 10/01/1980, confirming the family business's 1979/1980 founding era..
FL CFC #1
CFC057705
Active · Krobatsch family qualifier
FL CFC #2
CFC057318
Active · Multi-qualifier depth
FL CFC #3
CFC057704
Active · 5-digit DBPR tenure
BuildZoom
Score 116
Top 2% · 191,428 FL contractors
Third-Generation President
John Krobatsch — DBPR continuous since 1979
Co-Leader
Michael Krobatsch
CFO of John the Plumber, Inc. Second-generation family business leader working alongside John on the third-generation transition — the multi-generational continuity is the editorial differentiator no other vendor on Palm Build's directory carries.
President & CFO — John the Plumber, Inc.
John Krobatsch is President of John the Plumber, Inc. and the third-generation owner of the family business that has served Pompano Beach and Broward County since 1979. Michael Krobatsch is CFO. The corporation was registered in Florida on December 23, 1987 (Sunbiz domestic profit corporation), but the business was founded in 1979 — pre-incorporation operation under the Krobatsch family name is reflected in the historical Florida DBPR record RF0036398 (Registered Plumbing Contractor — John Krobatsch DBA 'John the Plumber' at 510 SE 16th Ave Pompano Beach, originally issued 10/01/1980). The 1979 founding, the three-generation continuity, and the multiple active Florida CFC licenses (CFC057705, CFC057318, CFC057704) under Krobatsch family qualifying agents are the editorial differentiators no other vendor on Palm Build's directory carries. Where Bergeron is the Delray family heritage shop (1981 era), Dee Maria the 1981 West Palm Beach Old Florida gas-piping institution, Borkat the OSHA-disciplined Miami-Dade-through-Keys regional, Copperhead the veteran-owned 2022 northern-PBC upstart, F1 the Latina-owned Miami-Dade and Broward bilingual federally-credentialed plumber, and Flamingo the Rinnai-trained tankless and brand-name-backflow Treasure-Coast specialist, John the Plumber is the 1979 third-generation Pompano Beach Broward heritage shop with three active CFC licenses, BuildZoom top-2%-of-FL credential, and BBB Accreditation since 2022. The headcount published on the BBB Pompano Beach profile is approximately 20 employees — a stable mid-size shop scaled to handle the published service area without overextending. We surface the heritage, the three-generation framing, and the multi-CFC license depth honestly because the editorial value of John the Plumber is exactly that: a 1979-era family business with the institutional infrastructure (three CFCs, BBB Accreditation, BuildZoom top 2%, 1,975 Google reviews) that confirms the heritage is operating, not coasting.
The 1979 founding, the three-generation continuity, and the three active Florida CFC licenses under Krobatsch family qualifying agents are the editorial differentiators no other vendor on Palm Build's directory carries. We surface this heritage honestly because it is the editorial value: a 1979-era family business with the institutional infrastructure (three CFCs, BBB Accreditation since 2022, BuildZoom top 2%, 1,975 Google reviews) that confirms the heritage is operating, not coasting.
Founded
1979
John Krobatsch · 3rd-gen family
Pompano HQ
1571 SW 3rd St
Pompano Beach, FL 33069
Sunbiz Corp
Dec 23, 1987
John the Plumber, Inc. — pre-incorp 1979 founding under Krobatsch family
24/7 emergency dispatch, trenchless sewer line repair with video inspection, hydro jetting for severe drain blockages, slab leak detection in older Broward County homes, gas line installs across the multiple Florida CFC licenses, full-home repipes, water filtration, water heater work (tank and tankless), and the John the Plumber Club annual membership plan — here is the menu, drawn directly from johntheplumberfl.com's published service pages.
John the Plumber publishes 24-hour emergency service on the Contact Us page: 'Our 24-hour emergency services are available five days a week to provide the assistance you need, whenever you need it.' Active leak, no-water, sewer-backup, water-heater-failure, and gas-line dispatch across Broward County and partial Palm Beach County. The (954) 781-4823 main line handles both standard and emergency calls.
Sewer line repair and replacement is a published top-line service. The dedicated /plumbing-services/sewer-line-repair/ page surfaces trenchless sewer line repair as a 'minimally invasive option' that 'preserves your landscape,' plus sewer video inspection diagnostics, under-slab replacement, and precision excavation. The BuildZoom contractor history shows 20 sewer-lateral projects across the recent 3-year window, signaling sewer-line scope is regular work — not a once-a-year add-on.
Drain cleaning and hydro jetting are published top-line services per the homepage. The /plumbing-services/drain-clearing/ scope covers kitchen, bath, laundry-line, and main-line backups with mechanical augering and hydro jetting for severe blockages. The published FAQ recommends annual drain cleaning and 18–22 month sewer cleaning intervals — the kind of preventive-maintenance framing a homeowner can act on.
Tank and tankless water-heater repair, replacement, and installation are published as top-line services. Sizing guidance on the FAQ page: 30–40 gallon tanks for couples or small families with one bathroom, 50+ gallons for larger families with multiple bathrooms. Same-day install when the stocked unit is on the truck.
Slab leak detection and repair are published as a service category — specialty scope that requires precision detection equipment for leaks beneath concrete slab foundations common in 1970s-and-newer Broward County residential construction. Repair-side scope includes precision excavation and re-routing where slab access is restricted.
Pressurized supply-line leak location with acoustic and infrared detection equipment — published as a top-line service alongside the slab-leak specialty. Detection scope covers behind-wall, under-slab, and exterior supply-line scenarios.
Gas line installs, repairs, and additions are published as a service category — for stoves, fireplaces, water heaters, pool heaters, and outdoor kitchens. Gas-piping scope requires specific qualifying-agent licensure under Florida DBPR — held under multiple Krobatsch family CFC licenses.
Whole-home and partial repipes for older Broward County homes, including supply-line replacement when galvanized or polybutylene piping is present. Standard residential repipe scope alongside the new-build and renovation work surfacing on the BuildZoom permit history.
Whole-home water filtration system installation and maintenance — published as a service category on the johntheplumberfl.com services list. Treats Broward County municipal supply for hardness, chlorine, and sediment.
Standard residential plumbing scope — sump pump install and replacement, faucet repair and replacement, garbage disposal installation, and toilet repair. Published as separate top-line categories on the homepage. Same-visit completion for stocked parts.
Commercial scope for property managers, HOAs, and Broward County business owners — main supply piping, commercial-scale water heaters, recurring drain-cleaning programs, and emergency-line service. The BuildZoom permit history shows recurring commercial scope alongside the residential majority.
Annual membership plan at $199 per year. Benefits include: priority dispatch, an annual evaluation, no service fee on calls, and a 10% discount on service work. The membership-plan structure is published on the homepage under the 'John the Plumber Club' framing — the kind of recurring-customer infrastructure a 45-year heritage shop builds, not a one-and-done startup.
Financing partnership with Service Finance Company is published on the homepage. Used by homeowners financing larger-ticket scope: tankless water heater conversions, repipes, sewer-line replacement, and slab-leak repair scope where the bill exceeds typical service-call thresholds.
Specialty — Trenchless
The dedicated /plumbing-services/sewer-line-repair/ page surfaces trenchless sewer line repair as a 'minimally invasive option' that 'preserves your landscape,' plus sewer video inspection diagnostics, under-slab replacement, and precision excavation. The BuildZoom contractor history shows 20 sewer-lateral projects across the recent 3-year window — sewer-line scope is regular work, not a once-a-year add-on.
Membership Plan
The John the Plumber Club is published on the johntheplumberfl.com homepage at $199 per year. Benefits include: priority dispatch, an annual plumbing-system evaluation, no service fee on calls, and a 10% discount on service work. The recurring-customer infrastructure a 45-year heritage shop builds — for older Broward County homes where the annual evaluation surfaces small problems before they become emergencies.
John the Plumber anchors out of 1571 SW 3rd Street, Pompano Beach (the family HQ since 1979) and dispatches across the full Broward registry — 24 implemented cities — plus south Palm Beach County (Boca Raton, Delray Beach, Boynton Beach, Highland Beach). The Pompano Beach HQ slots between F1's Miami-Dade-and-Broward arc and Flamingo's WPB Treasure-Coast anchor. The Broward-overlap with Borkat and F1 is intentional: three distinct editorial profiles in the same dispatch zone, with John leading on heritage (1979), three-CFC depth, and the BuildZoom top-2% credential.
HQ at 1571 SW 3rd Street — primary dispatch zone since 1979.
Palm Build also serves Pompano Beach
Broward County core — short hop south of HQ.
Palm Build also serves Fort Lauderdale
North Broward coastal — adjacent to Pompano Beach.
Palm Build also serves Deerfield Beach
Southwest Broward — long-distance dispatch from Pompano HQ.
Palm Build also serves Miramar
West Broward residential — overlaps Copperhead and F1 arc.
Palm Build also serves Coral Springs
South Broward coastal — overlaps F1 arc.
Palm Build also serves Hollywood
Central Broward — regular Broward County dispatch.
Palm Build also serves Plantation
Southwest Broward — overlaps F1.
Palm Build also serves Pembroke Pines
North-central Broward — overlaps Copperhead and F1.
Palm Build also serves Coconut Creek
Northwest Broward — overlaps Copperhead and F1.
Palm Build also serves Parkland
Central-west Broward — Sawgrass corridor.
Palm Build also serves Sunrise
Central-east Broward — adjacent Fort Lauderdale.
Palm Build also serves Oakland Park
West Broward premium residential.
Palm Build also serves Weston
Central-west Broward residential.
Palm Build also serves Tamarac
Central Broward residential corridor.
Palm Build also serves Lauderdale Lakes
Central-west Broward — Nova Southeastern corridor.
Palm Build also serves Davie
North-central Broward residential.
Palm Build also serves Margate
Central Broward residential.
Palm Build also serves Lauderhill
North-central Broward residential.
Palm Build also serves North Lauderdale
South Broward coastal.
Palm Build also serves Dania Beach
South Broward coastal — adjacent Aventura.
Palm Build also serves Hallandale Beach
North Broward coastal — adjacent Pompano.
Palm Build also serves Lighthouse Point
Central-east Broward — adjacent Fort Lauderdale.
Palm Build also serves Wilton Manors
Southern edge of John’s published list — Miami-Dade border.
Palm Build also serves Aventura
South PBC — overlaps Copperhead, Bergeron, Flamingo.
Palm Build also serves Boca Raton
South PBC — overlaps Bergeron heritage shop, Flamingo.
Palm Build also serves Delray Beach
Mid-south PBC — overlaps Bergeron and Copperhead.
Palm Build also serves Boynton Beach
South PBC coastal — narrow residential strip.
Palm Build also serves Highland Beach
Terra Mar
Small Broward incorporated area — flagged in research file.
Sea Ranch Lakes
Small Broward coastal village — flagged in research file.
Cooper City
Smaller Broward incorporated area — not in registry yet.
Pembroke Park
Smaller Broward incorporated area — not in registry yet.
Lazy Lake
Smaller Broward village — not in registry yet.
West Park
Smaller Broward incorporated area — not in registry yet.
Note: John the Plumber publishes 29 Broward-area cities. The list above includes smaller Broward incorporated areas (Terra Mar, Sea Ranch Lakes, Cooper City, Pembroke Park, Lazy Lake, West Park) not yet in Palm Build's implemented-cities registry. Palm Build will surface direct cross-links once those slugs land.
Hours
Monday – Friday
7:30 AM – 5:00 PM
Saturday – Sunday: emergency line only
John the Plumber's reputation profile leads with raw Google volume — 1,975 reviews at 4.9 stars accumulated across 45+ years of Pompano Beach Broward County service since the 1979 founding, approximately 2.4× the previous largest sample on Palm Build's directory (Flamingo's 813+). The BBB Pompano Beach profile (0633-30003734) confirms BBB A+ Accredited Business status since September 7, 2022 — making John the third actively accredited vendor on the directory after Borkat and F1. And distinct from prior plumbing partners' high-Google-low-Yelp asymmetry, John's Yelp profile shows 4.2–4.3 stars across approximately 185–199 reviews — Yelp visibility at scale is itself a positive trust signal. BuildZoom score 116 places John in the top 2% of 191,428 Florida licensed contractors — a third-party trust signal no other vendor on the directory carries.
4.9
1975 reviews
BBB
A+
Accredited since 9/7/2022
Yelp
4.2
192 reviews
Angi
4.8
Pompano Beach profile
BuildZoom
116 score
Top 2% of 191,428 FL contractors
1,975 Google reviews at 4.9 stars — approximately 2.4× the previous largest sample on Palm Build's directory (Flamingo's 813+) and now the largest absolute Google review sample of any plumbing partner on our list. The volume is accumulated across 45+ years of Pompano Beach Broward County service since the 1979 founding — a heritage tenure no other vendor on the directory carries.
— Palm Build editorial signal
BuildZoom score 116 — top 2% of 191,428 Florida licensed contractors. BuildZoom rates contractors based on license activity, customer review volume, and project history; the contractor profile lists approximately 390 projects completed across the past 3 years (218 in 2025, 89 in 2024, 81 in 2023) with work concentrated on plumbing scope (336 projects) and sewer-lateral scope (20 projects). No other vendor on Palm Build's directory carries the BuildZoom credential — it's a third-party trust signal unique to John the Plumber.
— Palm Build editorial signal
BBB A+ Accredited since September 7, 2022 — the third vendor on Palm Build's directory with active BBB accreditation, joining Borkat (accredited 2024) and F1 Plumbing (accredited 2022). Distinct from the four 'A+ rated, not accredited' vendors (Bergeron, Copperhead, Dee Maria, Flamingo). Active accreditation is a stronger signal than rating alone — surfaced honestly per the Borkat/F1 precedents.
— Palm Build editorial signal
Yelp 4.2–4.3 stars across approximately 185–199 reviews — distinct from the high-Google-low-Yelp asymmetry every other plumbing vendor on the directory has surfaced. John the Plumber's customer base reaches Yelp users at scale, not just Google users — where prior vendors had a Yelp filter problem (Flamingo 16×2.6, Copperhead even sharper), John does not. The Yelp visibility at scale is itself a positive trust signal.
— Palm Build editorial signal
Angi 4.8 stars on the Pompano Beach company profile — confirming the cross-platform reputation profile holds outside of Google. The published 45+ Years in Business language and the third-generation framing are both surfaced on the johntheplumberfl.com homepage and about-us page.
— Palm Build editorial signal
Tank water heater installs in Broward County garages, trenchless sewer line repair work in Pompano Beach front yards, hydro-jet drain clearing in West Broward kitchens, acoustic and infrared leak-detection tools on cream-painted workbenches, commercial scope at Broward office-building mechanical rooms, and the navy-and-warm-red John the Plumber service van threading the Pompano Beach Broward dispatch corridors — the everyday work of a 1979-era three-generation family plumbing business.
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Tank water heater install — Broward County
Pulled from real Pompano Beach, Fort Lauderdale, and south-PBC search behavior — answered with what Palm Build verified during the vetting, including the heritage, three-CFC, BuildZoom, and BBB Accreditation questions a property manager actually asks.
Yes. John the Plumber was founded by John Krobatsch in 1979 and is now operated by the third generation of the Krobatsch family. The johntheplumberfl.com about page publishes 'Family owned & operated' and '45+ Years in Business,' and the homepage publishes the 'three generations' framing. The legal corporation John the Plumber, Inc. was registered with Florida Sunbiz on December 23, 1987 — the gap between founding and incorporation is normal for family trade businesses (the family operated under the Krobatsch family name pre-incorporation, reflected in the historical DBPR Registered Plumbing Contractor record RF0036398 issued 10/01/1980 to John Krobatsch DBA 'John the Plumber' at the original Pompano Beach address). The 1979 founding makes John the Plumber older than every other vendor on Palm Build's directory.
Multiple active CFC licenses signal multiple qualifying agents on staff — depth-of-licensure infrastructure that grows with the business over decades. CFC057705, CFC057318, and CFC057704 are all listed as active per the BuildZoom contractor profile. The five-digit license numbering also tells you something else: these licenses date to the late 1980s/early 1990s, when CFC numbers were still in the five-digit range. Every other vendor on Palm Build's directory (Bergeron, Borkat, Copperhead, Dee Maria, F1, Flamingo) carries seven-digit CFC numbers issued post-2000. No other vendor on Palm Build's directory carries the multi-CFC depth — a citable distinction tied directly to the 45+ year tenure.
BuildZoom is a third-party contractor rating platform that scores licensed contractors based on license activity, customer review volume, and permit/project history. A score of 116 places John the Plumber in the top 2% of 191,428 Florida licensed contractors. The contractor profile at buildzoom.com/contractor/john-the-plumber-pompano-beach-fl shows approximately 390 projects across the past 3 years (218 in 2025, 89 in 2024, 81 in 2023), concentrated on plumbing scope (336 projects) and sewer-lateral scope (20 projects). No other vendor on Palm Build's directory carries the BuildZoom credential — the score and percentile placement are a third-party trust signal beyond Google reviews and BBB accreditation.
Yes — Better Business Bureau Pompano Beach profile (0633-30003734) confirms BBB Accredited Business status since September 7, 2022 with an A+ rating. John the Plumber is the third actively accredited vendor on Palm Build's directory, joining Borkat (accredited 2024) and F1 Plumbing (accredited 2022). Active accreditation is a stronger signal than rating alone — distinct from the four 'A+ rated, not accredited' vendors on the directory (Bergeron, Copperhead, Dee Maria, Flamingo). Palm Build surfaces BBB status honestly per the prior-vendor convention.
Yes — John the Plumber publishes 24-hour emergency service on the Contact Us page: 'Our 24-hour emergency services are available five days a week to provide the assistance you need, whenever you need it.' Standard hours are Monday–Friday 7:30 AM to 5:00 PM, Saturday–Sunday closed for routine service. The (954) 781-4823 main line handles both standard and emergency calls. Coverage extends across Broward County (full registry: Pompano Beach, Fort Lauderdale, Deerfield Beach, Coral Springs, Hollywood, and twenty more cities) plus south-Palm-Beach-County reach (Boca Raton, Delray Beach, Boynton Beach, Highland Beach).
Yes — three active Florida Certified Plumbing Contractor licenses (CFC057705, CFC057318, CFC057704) per the BuildZoom contractor profile. The licenses are held under Krobatsch family qualifying agents — the multi-CFC structure signals multiple qualifying agents on staff, which is depth no other vendor on the directory carries. Insurance coverage and bonded status are not publicly published on johntheplumberfl.com — Palm Build recommends asking the Pompano Beach office at (954) 781-4823 for a current Certificate of Insurance before commercial-scope jobs. The historical DBPR record RF0036398 (issued 10/01/1980 to John Krobatsch DBA 'John the Plumber') confirms the family's 1979/1980 founding-era licensure.
The John the Plumber Club is an annual membership plan published on the johntheplumberfl.com homepage at $199 per year. Benefits include: priority dispatch, an annual plumbing-system evaluation, no service fee on calls, and a 10% discount on service work. The membership plan is the kind of recurring-customer infrastructure a 45-year heritage shop builds — not a one-and-done startup tool. For homeowners with older Broward County homes (slab-on-grade construction, galvanized supply lines, Atlantic-coast-corrosion exposure on outdoor fixtures), the annual evaluation surfaces small problems before they become emergencies.
Yes — financing through Service Finance Company is published on the johntheplumberfl.com homepage. Used by homeowners financing larger-ticket scope: tankless water heater conversions, whole-home repipes, sewer-line replacement, and slab-leak repair where the bill exceeds typical service-call thresholds. Specific APR, term length, and approval criteria depend on Service Finance Company's underwriting — call the Pompano Beach office at (954) 781-4823 to walk through current terms.
Yes — John the Plumber is the seventh plumber in our Trusted Vendors program and the only 1979-third-generation Pompano Beach Broward heritage shop on the directory. The Pompano Beach Broward HQ slots between F1's Miami-Dade-and-Broward arc and Flamingo's WPB Treasure-Coast anchor — when a water-restoration job in Pompano Beach, Fort Lauderdale, Coral Springs, Parkland, Coconut Creek, Boca Raton, Delray Beach, or twenty other Broward and south-PBC cities needs a permitted plumbing repair to fix the source of the loss, John the Plumber is the heritage shop with three CFC licenses, BuildZoom top-2% credential, and BBB Accreditation we recommend the homeowner call. The Broward-Borward overlap with Borkat and F1 across Miami-Dade-and-Broward is intentional — three distinct editorial profiles in the same dispatch zone, with John leading on heritage, three-CFC depth, and BuildZoom credential.
Call John the Plumber's office directly. They publish 24-hour emergency service on the Contact Us page, and the (954) 781-4823 main line handles both standard and emergency dispatch. Palm Build does not middle the call. We benefit nothing from your decision either way.
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