Buyer’s guide
Best Fence Companies in West Chester, PA
The ten fence companies with the deepest published Google review histories in the West Chester, Pennsylvania search results, what each listing shows, and how to read the local rules before you order material.
Google Business Profile data captured . Ratings change — check the current figure before you call.
Search for a fence company in West Chester and Google hands you a list of businesses, most of which are not in West Chester. That is not a failure of the search — it is what the trade looks like here. Fence crews travel, and the companies with the deepest public record in this market are based in Honey Brook, Malvern, Ardmore, Avondale and points further out. Only two of the ten below give a West Chester address at all.
The thing that does not travel is the rulebook. West Chester borough and the townships wrapped around it — West Goshen, East Bradford, Westtown, East Goshen — are separate municipalities with separate zoning ordinances, separate height limits and separate permit desks, and two houses a mile apart can sit under different rules. Below are the ten listings with the largest published review volume in the West Chester data, what each one actually says, and what to settle before you sign.
How this list was built
Methodology
This list comes from Google Business Profile data pulled through the Google Places API on 19 August 2026, using three text searches aimed at this market specifically: fence company West Chester PA, fence installation West Chester PA, and fence contractor West Chester Pennsylvania. Twenty-five distinct listings came back, all reported by Google as operational. The ten below are the ten with the largest published review volume, ranked in that order, with the rating average reported next to it and used only to break a tie.
This is a different data set from our Chester County list, not a subset of it. Four listings surfaced here that the county-wide searches never returned — GC Fence in Media, Cavalier Steel & Fence Co. in Darby, Green Family Fence in Norwood, and a single-listing business called Fenc Co on Westtown Road in West Chester itself. Four that the county searches did return — Royersford Fence Company, the Invisible Fence dealership in Paoli, JP Fenceworks and Eastern Shore Fencing — never appeared for West Chester. Google is not maintaining one ranked list of fence companies; it answers each query on its own.
The same caveats apply here. Hoff - The Fence Contractors holds three separate listings in this pull, for Media, Wayne and West Chester, and rather than adding branch listings together we rank it on the West Chester one, which places it below the ten shown. And every figure on this page is a snapshot: it was accurate on 19 August 2026 and it will drift, so check the current number on Google before you call.
What to look for
How to Choose a Fence Contractor
Which municipality your address is actually in
This is the first question, and homeowners get it wrong constantly because the mailing address says West Chester either way. The borough and West Goshen, East Bradford, Westtown and East Goshen townships each write their own fence ordinance. Height is usually set by yard type, corner lots are commonly treated as having two front yards, and each municipality adopts and amends the Uniform Construction Code on its own schedule. The figures that bind you come from the office that governs your parcel.
A PA Home Improvement Contractor number on the proposal
Pennsylvania requires registration for home improvement work above the statutory threshold, and the number should be printed on the estimate rather than recited on the phone. Verify it yourself through the Attorney General's HICPA search. This matters more than usual in this market, because the pull includes an out-of-state business, and a Delaware or Maryland company installing in Pennsylvania needs its own PA registration.
An insurance certificate direct from the carrier
General liability and workers compensation, in force today, with your name on the certificate holder line and the document issued by the agency rather than forwarded by the contractor. A certificate that arrives as an email attachment from the salesperson proves the policy existed once, which is not the same as proving it exists now.
How material and machines reach the yard
Borough lots are narrow, and a good many of them are reached only through a side yard, a rear alley or a neighbour's driveway. Ask how posts get dug if an auger cannot get back there, because hand-digging changes the schedule and sometimes the price. Ask the same question about the old fence coming out. And confirm PA One Call is filed and the waiting period observed before anyone breaks ground, alley or not.
What the proposal says about post footings
Depth below the local frost line, hole diameter, concrete, and cure time before panels are hung. The ground here is clay draining toward the Brandywine, it holds water, and frost heave is what pushes a fence out of plumb a few winters in. A proposal that names a footing depth is a proposal you can hold someone to; one that does not is a price with nothing behind it.
Where the property line actually runs
On older lots in and around the borough, the existing fence is frequently not on the line — it is inside it, or it is over it, and both are problems the day you replace it. Ask what the contractor is using to set the line: a survey, the deed, pins found on site, or the old fence. If the answer is the old fence, and the neighbour objects later, you are the one moving posts.
Fence Companies Serving West Chester, PA
| # | Company | Google rating | Reviews | Based in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smucker Fencing | 4.9 | 568 | 5277 Horseshoe Pike, Honey Brook, PA 19344 |
| 2 | The Fence Authority | 4.8 | 459 | 100 Colonial Way, West Chester, PA 19382 |
| 3 | Rusticraft Fence Company | 4.7 | 191 | 439 E King Rd, Malvern, PA 19355 |
| 4 | Super Fence Company, LLC | 4.9 | 144 | 2717 Haverford Rd, Ardmore, PA 19003 |
| 5 | J&A Fence | 4.9 | 100 | 8997 Gap Newport Pike, Avondale, PA 19311 |
| 6 | Jensen Fencing LLC | 4.9 | 75 | 300 E Madison Ave, Clifton Heights, PA 19018 |
| 7 | Dunbar Fence, Inc. | 5.0 | 70 | 755 Shropshire Dr, West Chester, PA 19382 |
| 8 | Nomad Fence LLC | 5.0 | 61 | 91 Ruby Dr, Claymont, DE 19703 |
| 9 | Fenceworks | 4.6 | 52 | 291 Stony Run Rd, Spring City, PA 19475 |
| 10 | Oakmere Fence | 5.0 | 45 | 2039 Bondsville Rd, Downingtown, PA 19335 |
1. Smucker Fencing
4.9 on Google · 568 reviews · 5277 Horseshoe Pike, Honey Brook, PA 19344
It carries 568 ratings at 4.9, the largest published review volume of any listing returned for this market, and it appeared for all three of the West Chester searches.
The address is 5277 Horseshoe Pike in Honey Brook, about as far from West Chester as you can get and stay in Chester County — the far northwest corner, on the Lancaster side. Weekday hours only, 8am to 4pm. A second listing in this same pull, Chester County Fencing, publishes the same street address.
2. The Fence Authority
4.8 on Google · 459 reviews · 100 Colonial Way, West Chester, PA 19382
It holds 4.8 across 459 ratings and is the only company in this top ten that Google classifies as a building materials store rather than a general contractor.
At 100 Colonial Way, it is one of only two entries in this top ten with a West Chester address. The store classification is worth taking seriously when you call: establish whether the crew setting your posts works for the company or is a subcontractor, and who stands behind the workmanship once the invoice is paid.
3. Rusticraft Fence Company
4.7 on Google · 191 reviews · 439 E King Rd, Malvern, PA 19355
It holds 4.7 across 191 ratings — the third-largest review volume in this market and the second-lowest average in this top ten.
The address is 439 E King Road in Malvern, northeast of West Chester in the Great Valley, with weekday hours of 8am to 4:30pm and no weekend hours published. A 4.7 built on 191 ratings is a more informative number than several of the flat 5.0 scores further down this pull.
4. Super Fence Company, LLC
4.9 on Google · 144 reviews · 2717 Haverford Rd, Ardmore, PA 19003
It is the only listing in this top ten publishing Saturday hours, 9am to 2pm, alongside a 4.9 average across 144 ratings.
Based at 2717 Haverford Road in Ardmore, on the Main Line rather than in Chester County, and it still surfaced on all three West Chester searches, so Google treats it as serving this market. The drive is the thing to raise on the first call — crossing the county twice a day is a scheduling risk rather than a quality one, but it is still a risk.
5. J&A Fence
4.9 on Google · 100 reviews · 8997 Gap Newport Pike, Avondale, PA 19311
It holds 4.9 across exactly 100 ratings and appeared for all three of the West Chester searches behind this list.
The address is 8997 Gap Newport Pike in Avondale, southwest of West Chester in the mushroom belt toward the Maryland line. Weekday hours, 8am to 4:30pm, closed Saturday and Sunday.
6. Jensen Fencing LLC
4.9 on Google · 75 reviews · 300 E Madison Ave, Clifton Heights, PA 19018
It holds 4.9 across 75 ratings and was returned by all three West Chester searches despite a Delaware County address.
300 E Madison Avenue in Clifton Heights sits in eastern Delaware County, well east of this market and closer to Philadelphia than to the Brandywine. Weekday hours, 9am to 4:30pm, closed weekends.
7. Dunbar Fence, Inc.
5.0 on Google · 70 reviews · 755 Shropshire Dr, West Chester, PA 19382
A flat 5.0 across 70 ratings, the largest review volume behind a 5.0 average anywhere in the West Chester pull.
It gives 755 Shropshire Drive in West Chester, the second of the two West Chester addresses in this top ten, with weekday hours of 9am to 5pm and no weekend hours published.
8. Nomad Fence LLC
5.0 on Google · 61 reviews · 91 Ruby Dr, Claymont, DE 19703
It holds a 5.0 across 61 ratings and posts the earliest weekday start in this top ten, 7am.
91 Ruby Drive, Claymont, Delaware is the only address in this top ten outside Pennsylvania, and the listing surfaced on the fence-installation search rather than all three. A Delaware business installing in Pennsylvania needs its own Pennsylvania Home Improvement Contractor registration, which is a fair question to put before the estimate.
9. Fenceworks
4.6 on Google · 52 reviews · 291 Stony Run Rd, Spring City, PA 19475
It holds 4.6 across 52 ratings, the lowest average in this top ten, and appeared on two of the three West Chester searches.
The address is 291 Stony Run Road in Spring City, at the northern edge of the county near the Montgomery line, with weekday hours of 8am to 4pm. A 4.6 on a base of 52 is not a bad number — it means the listing carries some criticism, which is information a flat score does not give you. Read what the low ones actually describe before you weigh it.
10. Oakmere Fence
5.0 on Google · 45 reviews · 2039 Bondsville Rd, Downingtown, PA 19335
It holds a flat 5.0 across 45 ratings and was returned by all three of the West Chester searches.
2039 Bondsville Road in Downingtown puts it west of West Chester on the Brandywine side of the county, with weekday hours of 9am to 5pm and no weekend hours published.
Disclosure
Where JHL Fence Company Fits
This guide is published by JHL Fence Company. We are a fence contractor in this market, so treat it the way you would treat any guide written by a company with an interest in the answer: the ratings above are third-party Google data you can verify yourself, and the criteria are the ones we would tell a friend to use.
JHL Fence Company does not appear in the ten above. We hold no Google Business Profile for the fence brand, so there is no public figure to place us with, and inventing one would make the rest of this page worthless. What follows is checkable fact, not a claim about where we would land.
We are family owned and not a national franchise. We hold Pennsylvania Home Improvement Contractor registration PA035784 and carry general liability and workers compensation. Our West Chester office is at 701 S Franklin St, Suite 107, West Chester, PA 19382, (610) 890-4988, and we keep a second office at 12 Smedley Ln, Suite 107, Newtown Square, PA 19073, (610) 535-7481.
Measured against the criteria on this page: we establish which municipality governs the parcel before quoting a height, we prepare and file the borough or township permit application ourselves, we assemble the HOA architectural submission where a community requires one, we file PA One Call before any hole is dug, and we set posts in concrete below the local frost line and let them cure before panels are hung. Estimates are written, and free. If this page helps you shortlist three contractors and none of them is us, it has still been worth publishing.
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Common questions
Frequently Asked Questions
Do I need a permit for a fence in West Chester, PA?
Almost certainly, and which office you file with depends on whether your address falls inside West Chester borough or in one of the surrounding townships. West Goshen, East Bradford, Westtown and East Goshen are separate municipalities with their own zoning ordinances. Height limits, setbacks and fees are set locally, and each municipality adopts and amends the Uniform Construction Code on its own schedule, so confirm the governing figures with the office that covers your parcel rather than with a neighbour.
How tall can a fence be in West Chester?
Six feet in a rear or side yard is the common residential figure across this area, with front yards and the street-facing side of a corner lot frequently capped lower, often at four feet. Corner lots are the usual surprise: many ordinances here treat both street frontages as front yards, which caps the height on a side most owners think of as their back yard. The number that binds you comes from your specific municipality, so get it confirmed before you order material.
Are the best fence companies in West Chester actually based in West Chester?
Mostly not. Of the ten listings with the largest Google review volume for this market, two give a West Chester address — The Fence Authority on Colonial Way and Dunbar Fence on Shropshire Drive. The rest are based in Honey Brook, Malvern, Ardmore, Avondale, Clifton Heights, Claymont, Spring City and Downingtown. Fence crews travel, so distance is a scheduling question rather than a quality one, but it is fair to ask who is driving to your job and how often they will be on site.
What should I check before hiring a fence contractor in West Chester?
Four things, in order. A Pennsylvania Home Improvement Contractor registration number you can look up yourself. A current insurance certificate issued by the carrier rather than forwarded by the contractor. A written scope naming material grade, post spacing, footing depth and gate hardware. And a clear answer on who files the municipal permit and any HOA submission. Anyone who hesitates on the first two is not a candidate, whatever the quote says.
Why is JHL Fence Company not on this list?
Because the list is assembled from Google Business Profile data, and JHL Fence Company holds no Google Business Profile for the fence brand. There is no public score to rank us on and we are not going to invent one. We publish the guide anyway, because the criteria are the ones we would give a friend and the figures above are third-party Google data you can verify for yourself in a couple of minutes.
