Every state and trade we cover
657,079 licences across 7 jurisdictions and 30 trades, straight from the licensing boards and reloaded every day. Pick a jurisdiction to browse its trades and counties.
Texas
57,260
4,682 expired · TDLR
HVAC Contractors, Electrical Contractors, Master Electricians, Appliance Installation Contractors, Water Well Drillers & Pump Installers, Elevator Contractors
California
164,354
7,493 expired · CSLB
General Building Contractors, Electrical Contractors, Plumbing Contractors, HVAC Contractors, Roofing Contractors, General Engineering Contractors
Florida
107,762
13,973 expired · DBPR
Certified General Contractors, Certified Building Contractors, Certified Residential Contractors, Certified Roofing Contractors, Certified HVAC Contractors, Certified Plumbing Contractors, Certified Pool Contractors
New York City
69,884
26,455 expired · DCWP
Home Improvement Contractors
Washington
161,093
84,977 expired · L&I
Construction Contractors, Electrical Contractors, Plumbing Contractors, Elevator Contractors
Oregon
42,690
52 expired · CCB
Residential General Contractors, Commercial General Contractors, Residential Specialty Contractors, Commercial Specialty Contractors
Quebec
54,036
81 expired · RBQ
General Contractors, Specialised Contractors
Why the trades differ between states
Licensing is not standardised. Some states license general contractors and some do not license them at all; some license each trade separately; some leave it to cities. We list what each board actually issues rather than forcing every state into the same categories, because pretending otherwise would misrepresent the records.
- Texas: Texas licenses individual trades at state level. There is no Texas general contractor license, so a general contractor here is regulated by the city, not the state.
- California: California licenses general contractors as well as individual trades, and publishes bond and workers' compensation status, so records here carry more detail than Texas.
- Florida: Florida licenses general contractors as well as trades, and grades them by scope: a Certified General Contractor is unlimited, a Building Contractor is capped at three storeys, and a Residential Contractor is limited to houses.
- New York City: New York State does not license home improvement contractors statewide; licensing is done by the city. This covers New York City's register, which is the large public one, and it is limited to the five boroughs.
- Washington: Washington registers construction contractors with L&I rather than licensing general contractors by trade, and publishes a live status for each. Around a third of the register is expired or suspended at any time, so the status matters more here than the expiry date alone.
- Oregon: Oregon licenses through the CCB and splits contractors into residential and commercial, general and specialty. The CCB also publishes bond and liability insurance details, so an Oregon record shows more than most.
- Quebec: Quebec requires an RBQ licence for construction work and publishes the full active list as open data. It is organised by administrative region rather than by county, and licences renew annually rather than carrying a multi-year expiry.
Not seeing your state?
Seventeen US states issue no statewide contractor licence at all, so there is no register to publish; in those, licensing is handled by your city or county. Elsewhere we add jurisdictions as their boards make bulk records available. Tell us which state you need.