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Contractor licensing guides
Verifying a license, decoding state license codes, sourcing licensed trades in an unfamiliar market. Written from the same datasets that power our state-by-state contractor rosters.
By state
- Florida · 6 min readHow to Verify a Florida Contractor's License (and Catch the Common Tricks)The 3-step DBPR check, what the license-status codes actually mean, and the four red flags most homeowners miss.
- California · 7 min readHow to Verify a California Contractor's License (and Read What CSLB Actually Tells You)The 3-step CSLB check, the classification trap that voids most homeowner cases, and the §7031(b) remedy nobody tells you about.
- Texas · 7 min readHow to Verify a Texas Contractor's License (Two Boards, and the Trades That Have No Board at All)Why "I'm licensed in Texas" usually doesn't mean what you think it means, the TDLR vs. TSBPE split, and the master-versus-journeyman gotcha that decides who can pull your permit.
- New York · 7 min readHow to Verify a New York Contractor's License (NYC DCWP, DOB, and the County Patchwork)There is no statewide NY home-improvement license. Where the work happens determines which board you check — and "licensed in New York" by itself is a non-answer.
By trade
Trade guides launching next — electrical and HVAC first.