ABOUT US · OCALA & MARION COUNTY, FL
About Ocala Septic Tank Service
We’re not a septic company, and we’d rather say that up front than let you work it out later. We’re a free matching service that puts Marion County property owners with licensed local septic contractors.
All septic work is performed by independent contractors registered with the state of Florida.
We don’t own trucks, we don’t hold a septic contractor registration, and we never touch your system. What we do is work out what’s actually wrong from what you describe, then send you to somebody who does that specific kind of work in your part of the county.
How It Works
Four steps, and it costs you nothing at any point.
01
You tell us what is happening
Call or send your address and the symptom. Wet ground over the field, a backup, a closing date that needs an inspection, a lot you’re thinking about buying. The more specific you are, the better the match.
02
We match you by service and location
Not every septic contractor does every kind of work. Drain field replacement, ENR installation and real estate inspections all take different experience. We route you to somebody who does that work, in your end of the county.
03
They inspect and quote
The contractor comes out, looks at the system, and gives you a written itemized quote. Free, and you’re not committed to anything.
04
You decide
Hire them, get a second opinion, or do nothing at all. If you don’t hire anybody you owe nobody anything, us included.
THE PART EVERYBODY WONDERS ABOUT
Contractors pay us for the referral. You never do.
We’d rather say that plainly than let you wonder. Free services on the internet are usually free because somebody else is paying, and you’re entitled to know who. What it means in practice is that our incentive is to send you somebody you actually hire and don’t complain about. A bad match costs us the relationship on both sides. What it doesn’t mean is that we sell your number to whoever bids highest, or hand it to a list of companies who then all call you. One match, one contractor.
What We Require From Contractors
Every contractor we send out meets these before we send them anywhere.
Current Florida registration. Septic contractors are registered under Chapter 489, Part III, Florida Statutes. We check it, and so should you. Ask anybody who quotes you for their registration number and confirm it yourself. Somebody who hesitates on that question is telling you something.
Insurance. General liability and workers comp, current and verifiable.
Written itemized quotes. Not a number over the phone. The quote should say what’s included and, just as importantly, what isn’t. Permit fees, soil testing, old system handling and putting your yard back are the four things most often left out.
Diagnosis before recommendation. This is the one we care most about. Somebody should open the tank, check the effluent filter, look in the distribution box and run a water load test before they recommend a drain field replacement. Several failures that look like a dead field are cheap component repairs. Quoting five figures without looking isn’t acceptable, and it’s the most common way people around here get overcharged.
Current permit knowledge. Marion County septic permits moved to FDEP on July 1, 2025. A contractor still telling homeowners to file with the county health department is working from outdated information.
If somebody we referred doesn’t meet these, tell us. We’ll look into it and remove them if it’s warranted. That feedback is the only real quality control a service like this has.
What We Do Not Do
We don’t perform work, inspect systems or pull permits. Every one of those is done by a licensed contractor.
We don’t give regulatory or legal advice. What’s on this site is a plain-language overview, written carefully and sourced where we can, but rules change and parcels differ. Confirm anything that affects a decision with FDEP or a qualified professional.
We don’t guarantee contractor work. Your contract is with them, not with us. Warranties, disputes and remedies are between you and the contractor. Read what you sign.
We don’t publish reviews we can’t verify. You won’t find a testimonial wall on this site. When we have real, verifiable customer feedback it’ll go up. Until then an empty space is more honest than a full one.
Why Marion County
Because the septic situation here is genuinely unusual, and a lot of what’s available to homeowners online is out of date.
There are roughly 90,000 homes on septic in this county, among the highest counts in Florida. The whole place sits on karst limestone over the Floridan Aquifer and holds two Outstanding Florida Springs, Silver and Rainbow. Nitrogen from septic is a documented part of why they’re struggling, which is why springs protection rules apply here in ways they don’t across most of the state.
Three things follow from that, and they change what a project costs. Parcels inside a Priority Focus Area may need enhanced nutrient-reducing systems rather than conventional ones. Permitting moved to FDEP in July 2025, making Marion one of only 17 counties where the state permits directly. And the county is running septic-to-sewer conversions in parts of Silver Springs Shores, which means a major system investment is sometimes exactly the wrong call.
Almost every septic website serving this area still says permits come from the county health department. That’s the level of local knowledge we’re trying to beat.
Tell Us What Is Going On
Describe the problem and we’ll connect you with a licensed Marion County septic contractor who handles that kind of work. Written quote, no obligation, no fee to you.
Serving Ocala, Belleview, Dunnellon, Summerfield, Silver Springs Shores, Marion Oaks, Ocklawaha and all of Marion County.