Built on trust.
Not promises.
Thriftby is Canada's verified on-demand service marketplace. We connect homeowners, families and businesses with identity-verified service professionals across 65 categories.
Why we built this
Every major home services platform in Canada lets anyone sign up and start entering homes with minimal verification. No mandatory police checks. No biometric identity matching. Just a profile photo and some reviews.
For most bookings, this works fine. But when it doesn't — when something goes missing, when a child is put at risk, when a contractor takes payment and disappears — the platforms offer nothing.
Thriftby was built to fix this. We believe the people entering your home should be verifiably safe — not just "probably fine."
Every Thriftby provider submits government-issued ID reviewed by our team. Payments are held in escrow until you confirm the job is done. Reviews are only from verified bookings.
Founder
Tehzun Kachwala
Founder & CEO
Based in Mississauga, Ontario. Tehzun built Thriftby from a deeply personal conviction: that the safety of our loved ones should never be left to chance. With a background in technology, he saw how platforms were making it easier to hire strangers — but doing almost nothing to make those strangers trustworthy.
"We didn't build Thriftby to be the biggest marketplace. We built it to be the most trusted one."
65+
Service categories
2026
Founded
ON
Incorporated
CA
Coast to coast
Legal name: Thriftby Inc.
Corporation number: 1558967-3
Business number: 709678213RC0001
Headquarters: Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Contact: hello@thriftby.com