Licensed General Building Contractors in California
Every general building contractor license on file with the California Contractors State License Board,
the general construction licence, class B, for projects involving two or more trades. Status recomputed daily. Last updated August 17, 2026.
108,058licenses on record
108,056active today
2expired
57counties covered
2 of 108,058 general building contractors in California
(0.0%) currently hold an expired license. That is not a rounding error,
it is roughly one in 54029 of everyone in the trade.
Licenses lapse quietly, and nothing stops an expired licensee from answering the phone
and quoting your job.
What a general building contractor license does and does not tell you
A current license means the CSLB has confirmed this person met the
state's competency and examination requirements and has kept the registration paid up.
It does not mean they carry liability insurance, that their work is warrantied, or that
previous customers were happy. Verify the license here, then ask for a certificate of
insurance and references separately.