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FL · contractor licenses

Verify a Florida contractor license

142,135 licenses from the official FL source, normalized to one schema — check status, expiry and classification in one call. full roster.

142,135
licenses covered
103,079
currently active
2026-06-20
data as of
Miami
top city

Source: FL DBPR — Construction Industry Licensing Board licensee file (CONSTRUCTIONLICENSE). Every record carries this source_url and the as_of date above.

Verify a license

Pre-scoped to Florida (FL). Type a business or principal name.

Searches the live dataset by business or principal name (straight from /v1/search — nothing here is mocked). A non-match returns an honest empty result.

License status

How the 142,135 covered FL records break down by normalized status.

StatusRecordsShare
active103,07972.5%
suspended2520.2%
expired2,4371.7%
inactive14,46910.2%
other21,89815.4%

Top classifications

The most common license types / trade classifications in coverage.

ClassificationRecords
Certified General Contractor38,548
Certified Building Contractor19,520
Financial Responsible Officer18,880
Certified Air Conditioning Contractor12,240
Certified Roofing Contractor11,175
Certified Plumbing Contractor9,194
Certified Residential Contractor8,447
CILB Course5,009
Certified Pool/Spa Contractor4,564
Certified Specialty Contractor3,781
Certified Utility & Excavation Contractor2,975
Certified Mechanical Contractor2,742

Where Florida contractors are based

Top cities by number of covered licenses.

CityLicenses
Miami8,569
Tampa4,750
Jacksonville3,968
Orlando3,726
Naples3,475
Sarasota2,859
Fort Myers2,515
Cape Coral2,398
Fort Lauderdale1,803
Boca Raton1,686
West Palm Beach1,550
Tallahassee1,308
Bradenton1,306
St. Petersburg1,268
Hialeah1,136

How to verify a Florida contractor

By license number (the exact check) 
curl "https://license-verify.pages.dev/v1/lookup?state=FL&license=<number>"

Returns the matching record with status, expiry and classification, or an honest found:false.

By company name 
curl "https://license-verify.pages.dev/v1/search?q=<name>&state=FL&status=active"
For an AI agent (MCP)

Call lookup_license / search_licenses at /v1/mcp with state="FL" — no glue code.