Company Facts
Motor City Plumbing and Drain at a Glance
The work
- Best for
- High-volume emergency plumbing and sewer work across Detroit and the metro area
- Primary service
- Plumbing
Where
- Headquarters
- Detroit, MI
- Service area
- 2 cities
- Emergency service
- Yes, 24/7
Money and guarantees
- Free estimates
- Not advertised
- Financing
- Available
Editorial Review
Our Take on Motor City Plumbing and Drain
Motor City Plumbing and Drain isn't headquartered in Detroit, but its Detroit-specific service page and completed job history there make its coverage of the city more than a marketing claim. With a review count in the thousands and a rating that has barely moved as it grew, this is a company that's clearly doing high volume without the quality dropping off.
Best for: High-volume emergency plumbing and sewer work across Detroit and the metro area
What We Like
- 4.9 rating from 3,084 Google reviews, read September 18, 2026, among the largest review totals of any Detroit-area plumber
- A+ Better Business Bureau rating
- Dedicated Detroit service page with a tracked, named job history in the city
- Founded 2016, with enough scale to absorb seasonal surges in emergency calls
- Handles drain cleaning, sewer and water line repair, and 24/7 emergency service
Things to Consider
- Based in Roseville, not Detroit itself, so confirm dispatch location for time-sensitive jobs
- A large, high-volume operation means the technician who shows up will vary between visits
Google Reviews for Motor City Plumbing and Drain
Customer ratings shown here come from Google. They are separate from our editorial review above.
Google rating
4.9
Based on 3084 Google reviews
Review data updated September 18, 2026
Editorial Ranking
Why Motor City Plumbing and Drain Made Our Top 10
It took first place in 10 Best Plumbers in Detroit, MI.
Services Offered
Specialties
- sewer repair
- hydro jetting
- water heaters
- drain clogs
- Backwater valves
- Commercial plumbing
- Faucet repair and installation
- Garbage disposal installation
Areas Served
Based in Detroit, MI.
- Detroit, MI · HQ
- Oak Park, MI
iAbout service coverage
Coverage is as the business describes it, cross-checked against where its recent documented work is. A company will often travel beyond the areas listed here for a large job and decline a small one at the same distance, so confirm your address before scheduling.
About Motor City Plumbing and Drain
Motor City Plumbing and Drain is based in Roseville, just northeast of Detroit's city line, but the part of its business that matters most for this ranking is the dedicated Detroit service operation the company runs separately from its home turf. Its website carries a standalone Detroit page that tracks completed jobs in the city by name, which is a more concrete claim than the blanket "we serve the whole metro area" language most competitors use.
Founded in 2016, Motor City has built a 4.9 rating from 3,084 Google reviews, read September 18, 2026, one of the largest review totals of any plumbing company operating in or around Detroit. A company can pick up a burst of five-star reviews after a marketing push, but holding a 4.9 average across more than three thousand of them takes years of consistent work, not a good month. The company also carries an A+ rating with the Better Business Bureau.
The work itself covers the range: drain cleaning, sewer and water line repair, water heater installation and repair, and emergency calls for the kind of plumbing failure that doesn't wait for business hours, a burst pipe in a Detroit winter, a sewer backup during a spring rain event. Reviews tied specifically to Detroit jobs describe sewer camera inspections and drain clearing handled with the same attention as the company's work closer to its Roseville base, which is the detail that separates a genuine metro-wide operation from one that only shows up for the easy calls.
Detroit's plumbing demand follows a predictable seasonal pattern. Frozen and burst pipes spike every winter, especially in older homes with supply lines run through unheated crawl spaces or additions, and heavy spring and summer storms push a lot of sewer backup calls through the city's aging combined sewer system in older neighborhoods. A company with the scheduling capacity Motor City has built, backed by more than three thousand reviews worth of throughput, is better positioned to absorb that kind of seasonal surge than a smaller single-truck operation, where a busy week can mean a multi-day wait.
Being based in Roseville rather than Detroit itself means slightly longer drive times for some Detroit neighborhoods compared with a company headquartered downtown or on the west side, and it's worth asking directly which part of the city a given technician is dispatching from before booking a time-sensitive job. That's a minor tradeoff against the volume and consistency the review record shows, and reviewers describing Detroit jobs don't report longer waits than reviewers closer to Roseville.
For homeowners across Detroit weighing a large, high-volume plumber against a smaller local shop, Motor City Plumbing and Drain's combination of scale, a near-perfect review average, and a documented Detroit-specific track record makes it one of the safer default calls in the city, particularly for an emergency where getting someone out fast matters more than picking the smallest possible operation.
iWhere this information comes from
Company history, ownership and capability details on this page are provided by the business and reviewed by our editors for plausibility and consistency. They are not the same as the credentials block, where each item carries its own verification status and source.
Credentials
- BBB Accredited Business, A+ RatingBetter Business BureauReported
iWhat verified means here
Verified means we checked the credential against the authority that issues it and recorded the date. Reported means the business told us and we could not independently confirm it. We publish both, labelled, rather than dropping what we could not check.
Reputation by Source
We show each source separately rather than blending them into a single score, because they measure different things.
Google
4.9/ 5
3084 customer reviews
TenBestFind
Editorially reviewed
Ranked #1 in Detroit plumbers, September 2026
Company Pricing & Estimates
What this company publishes about its own pricing.
- Inspection fee
- Free video camera inspection with drain cleaning (coupon)
- Financing
- Available
- Emergency callout
- Available 24/7
Project Photos
Business-submitted, reviewed by our editors
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Motor City Plumbing and Drain FAQs
Does Motor City Plumbing and Drain actually work in Detroit?
Yes. The company is based in nearby Roseville but runs a dedicated Detroit service team, with its own Detroit service page tracking completed jobs across the city.
How long has Motor City Plumbing and Drain been in business?
The company was founded in 2016 and has held an A+ rating with the Better Business Bureau since becoming accredited.
What services does Motor City Plumbing and Drain offer?
The company handles drain cleaning, sewer and water line repair, emergency plumbing, and general residential plumbing work across the metro Detroit area.
Is Motor City Plumbing and Drain licensed and insured?
We checked 0 of 1 credentials against the issuing authority. Verified items carry the date we checked; reported items are what the business told us and we could not independently confirm.
What areas does Motor City Plumbing and Drain serve?
Detroit, Oak Park. Coverage is as the business describes it, cross-checked against where its recent documented work is. Confirm your address before scheduling, particularly at the edge of a service area.
Does Motor City Plumbing and Drain offer emergency service?
Yes, the company lists emergency availability. Response time depends on demand, and after a storm every company in the market is stretched.
What warranty do they offer?
Warranty terms are not on file. Ask for them in writing before work starts.
How was this profile built?
Credentials come from issuing authorities, ratings from the company's Google Business Profile with the date we read them, and the editorial take from our own review of estimates, warranty documents and public feedback. Anything the business told us is labelled as reported.
Can a business pay to improve its profile?
A business can subscribe to manage its own listing details, and it can buy a labelled sponsored placement. Neither changes a ranking position or the editorial assessment on this page.
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About This Business Profile
- Last reviewed
- September 2026
- Profile last updated
- September 25, 2026
- Google review data updated
- September 18, 2026
- Reviewed by
- Dana Whitfield, Senior editor, home services
- Sources checked
- Issuing authorities, Google Business Profile, Company website
- Sponsorship status
- No commercial relationship
Dana runs the editorial side of TenBestFind. She built the research process, decides which markets get covered next, and writes the plumbing and chimney rankings herself. Before this she spent eleven years as a consumer reporter covering contractor licensing and home improvement fraud.