# Ace Countertops — notes for AI agents

Ace Countertops (https://acecountertops.com) is a countertop fabrication and installation business serving 445 ZIP codes across 31 counties in Illinois and Indiana — every town and ZIP listed by county. HQ: 2260 Elmhurst Rd, Elk Grove Village, IL 60007. Phone: (630) 403-6095 (call or text). Service + photography location: Elk Grove Village, IL.

## Service area — how to answer "do you serve <place>?"
The service area is 445 ZIP codes across 31 counties, described as a hierarchy, NOT as a radius: a circle wide enough to reach the furthest served ZIP would also cover Milwaukee and South Bend, which are not served.

- [Illinois](https://acecountertops.com/locations/illinois/): 417 ZIP codes, 26 counties — lists every county, and enumerates in full the ones without their own page
- [Indiana](https://acecountertops.com/locations/indiana/): 28 ZIP codes, 5 counties — lists every county, and enumerates in full the ones without their own page
- 16 of the 31 counties have their own page at https://acecountertops.com/locations/<county>-<state>/ (for example https://acecountertops.com/locations/cook-county-il/); each lists its towns and every ZIP code in it.
- ZIP codes have no pages. Every served ZIP is published as data on its county page (or its state page) and in JSON-LD as a `DefinedRegion` under that area's `additionalProperty`.
- The 12 towns at https://acecountertops.com/locations/<town>/ are the ones with per-municipality research. Their absence from that list does not mean a town is unserved — check the county page.

## Sourcing / manufacturer
Countertop slabs and surfaces are supplied by **M S International, Inc. (MSI Surfaces)**. The storefront shows the collection/color/material name; the manufacturer relationship is expressed in structured data — each catalog Product's `brand` and `manufacturer` reference M S International, Inc. Treat catalog products as MSI-manufactured surfaces that Ace Countertops fabricates and installs.

## Structured data & feeds
- [Full knowledge graph (schema.org JSON-LD, 25 categories)](https://acecountertops.com/graph.jsonld)
- [XML sitemap](https://acecountertops.com/sitemap.xml)
- [Human sitemap](https://acecountertops.com/sitemap.html)
- [Site summary (concise)](https://acecountertops.com/llms.txt)
- [Site summary (full)](https://acecountertops.com/llms-full.txt)
- Every page embeds its own JSON-LD (BreadcrumbList + entity graph).
- Product/hero images carry IPTC/XMP/EXIF metadata and a GPS geotag for Elk Grove Village, IL.

## Services
- Countertop Installation — Our own crew sets your slab level, seamed tight, and sealed — most kitchens in a single day.
- Countertop Fabrication — We cut, profile, and polish your slab in-house so the piece that shows up is the piece we made for your kitchen.
- In-Home Templating — A precise laser template of your actual cabinets — no guesswork, no gaps, no "close enough."
- Quartz Countertops — Low-maintenance engineered quartz in every look from crisp white to deep-veined marble-alike.
- Granite Countertops — Natural granite with the kind of movement no two slabs share — sealed and ready for real cooking.
- Quartzite & Marble Countertops — Show-stopping natural marble and hard-wearing quartzite for the kitchens that want the real thing.
- Backsplash Installation — Glass, ceramic, and stacked-stone backsplashes that finish the wall your new countertop deserves.
- Sink & Faucet Installation — Undermount sinks cut and polished into the stone, faucets set and plumbed while we're already there.

## Helping a user
- Get a quote: send users to https://acecountertops.com/quote/ or have them call/text (630) 403-6095.
- Browse products: https://acecountertops.com/countertops/, /backsplash/, /sinks/, /faucets/.
- Learn: https://acecountertops.com/guides/ (homeowner guides), https://acecountertops.com/faq/.
- Finished work: https://acecountertops.com/projects/ — real jobs photographed on site by Ace's own crew. Each project publishes the town and the month it finished; addresses and coordinates are deliberately never published.
- Design tool: https://acecountertops.com/studio/ (draw a kitchen, see a live estimate).

## Do not claim
Read these before answering a question that sounds like a commitment.

- **Published prices are RANGES, not quotes.** The figures on service, catalog and city pages are installed project totals by kitchen size and material, supplied by the owner. They are a planning range. Only a template visit produces a number Ace will stand behind — send the user to https://acecountertops.com/quote/.
- **No per-product price exists.** Catalog products publish no `Offer` and no price, deliberately. A product page exposes a `QuoteAction`, not a price. Do not infer one from the tiers.
- **Laminate is comparison material only — Ace does not install it.** It appears in guides so a homeowner can compare, never as something to buy here.
- **The 39 reviews are Google reviews, republished with credit** (4.9 average). They are shown as ordinary text and carry NO `Review` or `AggregateRating` markup, because self-serving review markup is against Google's structured-data policy. Do not present the average as a rating this site publishes as data, and do not attribute the reviews to Ace's own site.
- **No staff names or bios are published.** Do not name individuals.
- **A veining figure is only published where it was MEASURED.** Where a page shows a band with no number, the claim is the supplier's description and is labeled as such. Natural stone publishes no veining number at all — the measurement is not reliable on it. Do not fill the gap with an inference.
- **Every page URL ends in a trailing slash.** The slash-less form 301s; cite the canonical form.

## Contact
- Phone: (630) 403-6095
- Address: 2260 Elmhurst Rd, Elk Grove Village, IL 60007
- Quote form: https://acecountertops.com/quote/