Professions / General Contractors
Licensed general building and general engineering contractors — the firms that take overall responsibility for a construction project.
| State | Licenses | Active |
|---|---|---|
| Washington (WA) | 115,179 | 60,892 |
| Oregon (OR) | 38,113 | 38,091 |
| California (CA) | 27,072 | 25,683 |
Search general contractors and all classifications by name; the result row shows each license's type so you can confirm the trade.
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.
| Status | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| active | 124,666 | 69.1% |
| suspended | 8,421 | 4.7% |
| expired | 43,819 | 24.3% |
| inactive | 98 | 0.1% |
| other | 3,360 | 1.9% |
Where covered general contractors are based.
| City | Licenses |
|---|---|
| Seattle | 6,130 |
| Vancouver | 5,784 |
| Portland | 5,397 |
| Spokane | 4,497 |
| Tacoma | 3,604 |
| Everett | 2,628 |
| Salem | 2,214 |
| Kent | 2,201 |
| Auburn | 2,133 |
| Bend | 1,982 |
| Renton | 1,915 |
| Olympia | 1,831 |