Chris Stott.

I'm Chris Stott, founder of Seven Marketing — a UK SEO, PPC and web development agency running Next.js sites for fifteen-plus active clients. GetPPF is a niche-site play under the agency's automotive commitment, built because the UK paint protection market is dominated by broker directories, lead-resale sites and SEO-thin listings that exist to sell the buyer onward rather than help them choose. I'm not a PPF installer. I run this as an independent editor and researcher, sitting on the buyer's side of the table and treating brand claims, warranties and pricing as things to verify rather than repeat.

Background

Seven Marketing is a UK SEO, PPC and web development agency I've been running since the firm's automotive commitment took effect. The fifteen-plus active clients sit across automotive and finance comparison; the stack is Next.js on Vercel with Ahrefs as the SEO backbone. GetPPF is the directory I wanted to exist when I started researching paint protection film for the agency's automotive client base and couldn't find a UK resource that wasn't monetised at the buyer's expense.

Expertise

GetPPF took roughly eight months of UK installer research before launch. The candidate set began as a 1,160-row Apify scrape of UK detailing and PPF businesses, which I narrowed to 414 plausible installers after deduping and filtering out mobile-only valeters, ceramic-only shops and clearly defunct trading names. From there I verified down to 408 listings by cross-checking each business against XPEL's Authorised Installer locator, the SunTek Pro Dealer map and STEK's Certified network, then against Companies House to confirm an active trading entity.

I interviewed UK installers about spec variations between film tiers, how warranty registration actually works, and where manufacturer claims diverge from real-world fit. I sat in on a small number of full-wrap installations across different workshops to understand bonnet edge wrap variation, plotter file sourcing and inspection process. The methodology is published in full at /methodology.

What I check

Every listing goes through the same checklist before it's published. Companies House for current trading status and registered office. Brand certification cross-reference against the live XPEL Authorised, STEK Certified and SunTek Pro installer lists — a certificate from 2022 isn't enough; the dealer has to still appear on the manufacturer's current locator. Google Business Profile for photo evidence of actual install work rather than stock film footage. Business email domain match against the trading name. Review count and sentiment sanity-checked against the volume the workshop claims to handle.

Listings carry one of three trust labels: verified (full checklist passed), certified (brand-confirmed but limited public evidence), and mentioned (named by installers or buyers but not yet verified). A listing is removed if the business ceases trading, fails to respond to a claim-validation request, has its brand certification lapse, or has a customer-claims dispute we can't reconcile against evidence.

Connect

hello@getppf.co.uk for installer corrections, listing claims and press enquiries — corrections are usually live the same day with evidence attached. chris@sevenmarketing.co.uk for agency, partnership or commercial enquiries. If a listing is wrong, out of date, or your workshop has been missed, send proof and I'll amend or remove it. The directory is buyer-first; getting the data right matters more than keeping the row.