Contractor License

Contractor's License

In general, all persons or businesses constructing or altering, moving, wrecking, or demolishing any building, highway, road, parking facility, railroad, excavation or other structure, project, development or improvement must be licensed as a contractor if the total cost of labor and materials for a project is $500 or more. A license is also needed to do any work as a subcontractor or specialty contractor, and persons engaged in the business of home improvement.

Department of Consumer Affairs

Contractors State License Board

9821 Business Park Drive

Sacramento, CA, 95827

Phone: 800-321-2752

• Carpentry Contractor
• Concrete Contractor
• Drywall, Plastering, Acoustical, and Insulation Contractor
• Electrical Contractor
• Floor Laying and/or Other Floor Contractor
• Glass and Glazing Contractor
• Industrial Nonbuilding Construction
• Landscape Services
• Masonry and Stone Contractor
• Other Services to Buildings and Dwellings
• Painting and Wall Covering Contractor
• Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Conditioning Contractor
• Roofing, Siding, and Sheet Metal Contractor
• Single Family Housing Construction
• Wood Kitchen Cabinet and Countertop Manufacture
• Wrecking and Demolition Contractor