A public service of The Hunterdon Scoop · Hunterdon County, New Jersey
Deer pressure makes fencing a Hunterdon necessity, not a decoration. We checked what's checkable on every fence contractor we could find serving the county. Every fact below names its source and the date we checked. Nobody paid to be on this page, and nobody can.
6 checked · 3 we'd call first
Flemington, Hunterdon County
In-county Flemington HQ, active HIC license, consistently high scores across HomeAdvisor/Chamber/Facebook, and a real local phone/email rather than a call center. Credential verified against the state registry, date shown.
Frenchtown, Hunterdon County
Longest continuous local track record found (since 1986) and the only provider whose site specifically foregrounds horse and deer fencing, the county's real niche — caveat: address and license number need a direct call to confirm. Credential verified against the state registry, date shown.
Whitehouse Station (Readington Twp), Hunterdon County
Deepest review record of any in-county provider found (192 ratings across two verified sites) plus a true Hunterdon HQ in Whitehouse Station — the volume of data makes it the safer default pick. Credential verified against the state registry, date shown.
We pull credentials from the official registries ourselves and print the date next to every status — fencing installation in NJ falls under the state's Home Improvement Contractor (HIC) registration, administered by the NJ Division of Consumer Affairs. Registration numbers follow the format 13VH#######. Verify any contractor's status at the official portal: https://newjersey.mylicense.com/verification/Search.aspx?facility=Y (select Business Search, then Home Improvement Contractor). An active HIC registration confirms the business is legally allowed to perform home improvement contracting in NJ and carries required liability insurance — it is not a trade-specific fencing license, since NJ does not license fencing as its own specialty trade.. Picks are editorial judgment on the checkable record: years in the trade, complaint patterns, review consistency, real presence in the county. No company paid to be listed, none can pay to become a pick, and when a pick has a weak spot we print it. Here are the full rules.
| Company & services | Based in | NJ HIC # | Registry status | BBB | Reviews (as reported) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GT Fence LLC Wood fence installation/repair · Aluminum fence · Vinyl fence · Chain link fence · Garden fencing · Residential and commercial | Flemington In county | 13VH11053600 | ✓ Active · 2026-07-14 | Not checked | 4.9 (HomeAdvisor); 5.0 · 16 reviews (Chamber of Commerce); 12 reviews (Facebook) |
| Fence Installation & Design, LLC Aluminum pool/yard fencing · Horse fencing · Deer fencing · PVC/vinyl fence · Chain link · Split rail · Privacy fence | Frenchtown In county | 13VH10388800 | ✓ Active · 2026-07-14 | Not checked | 21 reviews (Yelp (Frenchtown listing)) |
| All In One Fence LLC Aluminum fence · Chain link fence · Custom/decorative fence · Motorized/automatic gates · PVC fence · Steel ornamental fence · Vinyl fence · Wood fence | Whitehouse Station (Readington Twp) In county | 13VH06375100 | ✓ Active · 2026-07-14 | Not checked | 4.8 (HomeAdvisor); 4.4 (Angi); 4.7 · 192 reviews (Top Rated Local (aggregated, 2 sites)) |
| Town & Country Fencing Aluminum fence · Chain link fence · Deer fence · Livestock fence · Pool fence · Wood fence | Lebanon In county | 13VH01057800 | ✕ Expired · 2026-07-14 | Not checked | |
| Eagle Fence & Supply, Inc. Wood fence · High-security fencing · Custom fence design/build · Retail fence supply/showroom | Branchburg | 13VH02435000 | ✓ Active · 2026-07-14 | Not checked | 4.9 (Angi) |
| FMI Fence Company Fence building · Deck construction/renovation · General home building/contracting | Milford In county | — | … Pending check | Not checked |
Registry status comes straight from the state's verification system on the date shown, and you can rerun any number there yourself in about two minutes. Review scores are what the named platforms report and we have not audited them. BBB grades as of July 2026. "Based in" is the registered address city, which sometimes differs from where a company says it operates. An active registration is the floor, not an endorsement; the picks we would actually call are above.
Could not find a credible, citable NJ- or Hunterdon-specific cost source for fencing (wood privacy or deer fencing) in this research pass — general national fencing-cost aggregators exist but weren't verified against a New Jersey-specific, sourced figure, so this field is intentionally omitted rather than guessed. A future pass should pull directly from a contractor's published rate sheet or a state-specific cost-data source (e.g., HomeAdvisor's NJ-filtered cost guide, verified live) rather than repeating an unsourced national average.
Do it in your browser: check any license · check your quote · the storm-chaser test
Almost always yes, but it's issued by your specific town, not the county — Flemington, Clinton, Readington, Lebanon Township, etc. each run their own zoning/building department with their own height limits (commonly 4 feet in front yards, 6 feet in side/rear yards) and setback rules from property lines and roads. A legitimate fence contractor should either pull the permit for you or tell you exactly what to bring to your municipal building — if they wave off permits entirely, that's a red flag.
Properly installed deer fencing works — the failures homeowners see almost always trace back to under-height fencing (under 7-8 feet, which deer can clear), thin gauge wire that stretches and sags, or posts set too shallow/too far apart to hold tension. Ask any installer for post spacing and fence height specifically before comparing price; a $2,000 quote with 10-foot post spacing at 6 feet tall is not the same product as an $8,000 quote with 8-foot posts at 7.5 feet.
Go to New Jersey's official license verification portal at newjersey.mylicense.com/verification, search Business Search for Home Improvement Contractor, and enter the company name or license number (format 13VH#######). It takes under a minute and it's the only way to know a license someone rattles off over the phone isn't expired, suspended, or borrowed from a relative's old business.
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