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General Contractors in Arizona: market size and renewals

The AZ ROC register lists 19,048 general contractors in Arizona. The densest city is Out Of State with 4,049 of them, 21% of the state total. 1,548 come up for renewal within 90 days.

19,048licensed general contractors
338renew within 30 days
3,499renew within 6 months
25cities with licensees
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Where the competition is

Licence counts by city, densest first. Use it to see how contested a patch already is before you spend money marketing into it, or to find the cities where the register is thin.

CityOn recordValid today Not valid
Out Of State4,0494,0490
Phoenix2,6112,6110
Tucson1,4201,4200
Scottsdale1,3201,3200
Mesa1,0831,0830
Gilbert5895890
Chandler4634630
Glendale4254250
Tempe3943940
Peoria3723720
Prescott3323320
Lake Havasu City3033030
Queen Creek2982980
Flagstaff2862860
Yuma2412410
Surprise2062060
Kingman1991990
Prescott Valley1911910
Buckeye1491490
San Tan Valley1381380
Cave Creek1371370
Goodyear1301300
Apache Junction1181180
Show Low1051050
Fountain Hills1011010

Renewal pipeline

Licences with an expiry date inside each window, counted from the board file. A licence that has already lapsed or been suspended is excluded, so these are people who currently hold a valid licence and have a renewal coming.

338due inside 30 days
1,548due inside 90 days
3,499due inside 6 months

New general contractors per year

How many general contractors currently on the register were first issued in each year. Older years thin out as licences lapse and drop off the file, so read this as the surviving cohort, not as the number issued at the time.

YearGeneral Contractors issued
2020925
2021963
20221,341
20231,565
20241,750
20251,886
20261,401

Counted from the Arizona Registrar of Contractors public licence file, reloaded August 18, 2026. Figures describe licences on record, not businesses: one company can hold several. Confirm anything that matters at AZ ROC.