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Where Does Your Money Really End Up?

Every purchase sends money somewhere. Shoptegrity shows where it may go, aims to publish only the facts it can cite, and marks what it cannot cite as withheld. Our view: buying from local, owner-operated businesses keeps more of each dollar in your community.

Which causes should Shoptegrity support?

Pick the causes you care about. Matching pages move to the top, and your list shows where to look first. Your picks are saved only in this browser. We never receive them.

Causes to support

Explore the platforms

Each page shows its sourced facts and marks the rest as withheld.

🏥 Healthcare & Medicine

Healthcare Comparisons

Compare health insurers, hospital systems, clinic chains, and independent practices. Ownership and financial figures appear only with a cited source.

  • ⚖️ Side-by-side comparison: compare 2–4 organizations on the measures we have sourced.
  • 🕵️ Ownership flags: a private-equity sponsor is shown only when it is cited.
  • 🔄 Alternatives by category: direct primary care, community health centers, and mutual plans.
Compare Healthcare Organizations →
Sourcing & Agriculture

Food Chain

See how the food dollar is split and who owns farmland. Shares and holdings appear with their sources, or marked withheld.

  • 🪜 Sourcing ladder: channels ordered by how much value reaches growers. This ordering is a Shoptegrity framework (opinion).
  • 🌾 Food dollar split: farm-share figures appear once cited.
  • 🌱 Maker registry: listed makers, with claims shown only when cited.
  • 📍 SNAP / WIC / EBT: acceptance is shown only when cited.
Explore Food Chain →
Corporate Accountability

Brand Check & Swaps

Look up a brand to see its sourced records. Grades are our opinion and appear only when their inputs are cited.

  • 📊 Opinion scorecards: built on the published rubric and labelled as opinion.
  • 🔄 Swap guides: practical alternatives, with savings shown only when sourced.
  • 🏢 Parent companies: shown only with a cited source.
  • 💸 $100 flow maps: illustrative models, not measurements.
Explore the Brands Database →
🏠 Housing & Rentals

Housing & Rental Guide

Practical guidance for renters and buyers, plus the landlord records we can cite.

  • 📝 Lease and fee checklists: what to ask before you sign.
  • 🏘️ Landlord registry: entries appear only with cited records.
  • 🏦 Buyer programs: program terms are withheld until cited. Check current rules with the agency.
Open the Housing Guide →
📍 Local Economy

Local Directory

Find independent local service businesses, and check whether a listing is still independent.

  • 🪜 Ownership ladder: six tiers, defined on the page.
  • 🛡️ Rollup check: a flag appears only when the acquirer is cited.
  • 🔎 Name search: check a business against our directory.
Open the Local Directory →
Sourced or withheld
Our rule for facts

Our rule: factual claims need a cited source. Anything we cannot cite is marked withheld.

Labelled opinion
Grades and ratings

Grades are Shoptegrity opinions under our published methodology.

Disclosed
Commercial relationships

Commercial relationships we know of are listed on our Disclosures page.

Open method
Corrections welcome

Our rubric is public, and anyone can request a correction.