Spartan Pools & Spas LLC
✓ Licensed ✓ 29 permits
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Ranked by license standing, permit history, review score, and profile completeness — 6 contractors tracked in Sarasota. No paid placements.
Sarasota is currently home to 6 pool contractors in our directory — well above the statewide average of roughly 2.5 contractors per Florida city. Contractors here have racked up an average of 63 customer reviews apiece, somewhat below the statewide average of 85 — a reasonable proxy for how active and in-demand local pool builders are, since review volume tends to track real project volume over time.
100% of contractors serving Sarasota (6 of 6) currently hold an active Certified Pool Contractor (CPC) license on file with the Florida DBPR — roughly in line with the statewide rate of 90%. The rest may be unlicensed, expired, pending renewal, or simply not yet verified in our system, so confirming a contractor's license status directly with the state before signing anything is always worth the five minutes it takes. Building permit history is one of the more reliable signals of real, ongoing work: contractors serving Sarasota average roughly 175.8 permits each, somewhat below the statewide average of 235.9 per contractor — a stronger signal than a star badge on a homepage, which anyone can add regardless of whether it reflects real, permitted work. Of the permits with a recorded outcome on file, about 6% have reached final inspection for contractors here, well below the statewide finalization rate of 91% — one indicator (not a guarantee) of how reliably local projects get carried through to a signed-off finish.
Across the customer reviews we've indexed for pool builders serving Sarasota, the most frequently repeated praise themes are recommend, crew, professional. Patterns like these, repeated across many independent reviews from different platforms, tend to be more trustworthy than any single five-star testimonial — look for the same few themes showing up again and again in a contractor's review history before you hire.
Before you hire a pool contractor anywhere in Florida, a few habits go a long way: verify the CPC or CBC license number directly on the DBPR's public license lookup, ask for the contractor's permit history (or pull it yourself from the county building department), read a mix of recent and older reviews rather than just the top-rated ones, and get at least two or three quotes in writing before committing. Florida's pool construction industry has real regulatory teeth — licensing boards and county permitting offices — and using that public data is the fastest way to separate an established, accountable builder from someone who just built a nice-looking website.
“I had a great experience with Spartan Pools. They handled my entire project — pool, pavers, and cage — and everything was done professionally from start to finish. Lance was a true gentleman and a pleasure to work with. The whole team is knowledgeable, responsive, and delivers high-quality work. They installed my pool in 2025…”
“Another company installed our pool 3 years ago. After years of lack of response; failed attempts to get our waterfall and lights working from the start, we gave up. After the hurricane and all the clean up, we saw signs on Siesta Key for Family Pools and decided to give a new pool company a…”
“Want to give Brent a 5-Star review for his efforts yesterday to resolve an auto-fill system issue my pool was experiencing. This polite, courteous, and highly knowledgeable young man identified and fixed the problem very quickly. He next washed my marble tile decking and contacted the decking supervisor to level a few sunken tiles. He…”
“Fox designed and built our backyard pool in 2018. At that time they did not have a monthly pool service option so I had to hire other companies none of which provided consistent quality service. A year or so ago when valves in our filter system kept malfunctioning I called Fox to beg for help.…”
“None of the designs lived up to expectations. Use anyone else but this place”