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Browse contractor records from the public sources we cover in Alabama. Check the credential, scope and current status before hiring. Choose a trade to explore the roster or build a contact list for your territory.
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Records from our covered Alabama sources, with phone, email and website where available. Review the territory preview for availability. Draw your territory and pay for what you draw.
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The contractor market in Alabama
This is our covered-source snapshot for Alabama, refreshed 2026-09-02. Counts describe records, not every contractor or unique company in the state.
Figures use separately generated snapshots: overall roster totals, trade counts and mapped-city counts can differ in scope and collection time and should not be added together or treated as a reconciled census. The displayed source refresh date does not date every aggregate. Population and households are sums of the covered ZIP estimates. The income indicator is a population-weighted average of ZIP-level household-income medians, not the state's household median. Census context can refer to a different period from the roster. Housing-unit authorizations refer to the displayed permit year; they are not completed projects. See the ACS estimate guidance and Building Permits Survey for the underlying statistical definitions.
Cities with the most mapped records in our Alabama snapshot
| Rank | City | Roster records |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Birmingham | 310 |
| 2 | Mobile | 208 |
| 3 | Huntsville | 136 |
| 4 | Montgomery | 119 |
| 5 | Tuscaloosa | 69 |
| 6 | Dothan | 64 |
| 7 | Northport | 64 |
| 8 | Florence | 58 |
| 9 | Auburn | 57 |
| 10 | Decatur | 53 |
Ranked by mapped source records. Missing coordinates and source coverage can affect these counts; they are not a census of each city.
General Contractors have the most records among our covered Alabama categories, with 2,926 records. Other covered trades are shown with their own counts in the map above.
Common questions about Alabama contractors
What does the Alabama roster cover?
3,865 records in our snapshot, refreshed 2026-09-02. Coverage follows the sources and trades listed here; it is not a census of every contractor or a count of unique companies. A company may hold multiple credentials.
How do I check a contractor in Alabama before hiring?
Alabama has a Licensing Board for General Contractors and a separate Home Builders Licensure Board for residential builders and roofers. Choose the board that governs the proposed work. Compare the official record with the business on the contract, its current status and the proposed work. Check local permits, insurance and references separately.
Which trades are available in this roster?
electricians, plumbers, hvac contractors, general contractors, roofing contractors, solar contractors, landscape contractors, pool contractors, fire-protection contractors, carpenters, concrete contractors, masons, drywall contractors, tile contractors, excavating contractors, painters, flooring contractors. These are our covered categories, not a statement that each has a statewide license. Availability depends on territory and filters.
Does inclusion prove a contractor is active today?
No. The snapshot reflects source records at collection, not a live status check. Recheck the issuing authority before hiring. Missing records can reflect our coverage, source timing or search limits; they do not by themselves establish that a business is unlicensed.
How do I choose a list and delivery time?
Select a territory and review its available records and price before checkout. Contact fields vary by record. Larger website orders are typically delivered within one business day. Custom research scope and delivery timing are agreed before purchase.
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Understanding Alabama credentials
Alabama has a Licensing Board for General Contractors and a separate Home Builders Licensure Board for residential builders and roofers. Choose the board that governs the proposed work.
Our Alabama roster covers ALBGC classifications, not the separate HBLB, AECB, PGFB or HACR rosters. It does not establish those separate residential, electrical, plumbing or HVAC credentials. HBLB's verification page warns that received but unprocessed information may not yet appear and directs uncertain searches to the board.
Example: For a home addition or residential roof, check HBLB even when a business also appears in a general-contractor roster.
Check the board for the work, not just the board in our roster
- Our Alabama coverage comes from the general contractors board. Read its actual classification and limit; it does not establish a current license from the residential, electrical, plumbing or HVAC board.
- For residential building or roofing, use HBLB. For electrical work use AECB; for plumbing or gas fitting use PGFB; for heating, air conditioning or refrigeration use HACR. Ask each relevant board how its rules apply to the proposed work.
- Match the contracting business and responsible credential in those records. If HBLB’s search is incomplete or a filing is still being processed, follow its instructions to contact the board instead of converting no result into a legal conclusion.
Example: an ALBGC record with an electrical classification appears in your territory list. Before hiring for electrical work, verify the relevant AECB credential separately. Our list category is not evidence that we checked the separate board.
Scope guidance reviewed 2026-09-23; additional guidance reviewed 2026-09-27. Recheck the official record before hiring.
What you get
- • License or registration details where available
- • Business name and credential holder where supplied
- • Phone, email and website where available
- • Google rating + review count where available
- • Mailing address and ZIP where supplied
- • Issue and expiration dates where supplied
- • CSV delivery; larger website orders typically within one business day