Below are the licensing requirement for the state of Florida. If you are interested in obtaining a license in another state, contact us!

Florida General Contractor License

General contractors may contract for any activity requiring a contractor’s license and perform any work requiring licensure. Their services are unlimited as to the type of work in they may do.

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Florida Building Contractor License

A building contractor services include the construction of commercial buildings and single-dwelling or multiple-dwelling residential buildings, which do not exceed three stories in height, and accessory use structures.

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Florida Residential Contractor License

Residential contractors services include construction, remodeling, repair, or improvement of one to three-family residences not exceeding two habitable stories and accessory use structures in connection.

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Florida Electrical Contractor License

An electrical contractor’s work includes the installation, repair, alteration, addition, or design of electrical wiring, fixtures, appliances, apparatus, raceways, and conduit, including the electrical installations and systems within plants and substations and all alarm systems and specialty categories.

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Florida HVAC-A Contractor License

A HVAC-A contractor’s services are unlimited in the execution of contracts requiring the experience, knowledge, and skill to install, maintain, repair, fabricate, alter, extend, or design, central air-conditioning, refrigeration, heating, and ventilating systems.

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Florida HVAC-B Contractor License

A HVAC-B contractor’s services are limited to 25 tons of cooling and 500,000 Btu of heating in any one system. They install, maintain, repair, fabricate, alter,
extend, or design, central air-conditioning, refrigeration, heating, and ventilating systems.

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Florida Mechanical Contractor License

A mechanical contractor is a contractor whose services are unlimited in the execution of contracts requiring the experience, knowledge, and skill to install, maintain, repair, fabricate, alter, extend, or design air-conditioning, refrigeration, heating, and ventilating systems.

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Florida Roofing Contractor License

A roofing contractor is a contractor whose services are unlimited in the roofing trade. They install, maintain, repair, alter, extend, design, and use materials and items for the installation, maintenance, extension, and alteration of all kinds of roofing, waterproofing, and coating.

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Florida Plumbing Contractor License

A plumbing contractor may install, maintain, repair, alter, extend, or when not prohibited by law, design sanitary drainage or storm drainage facilities, venting systems, public or private water supply systems, septic tanks, drainage and supply wells, swimming pool piping, irrigation systems, or solar heating water systems.

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Florida Commercial Pool/Spa Contractor License

A commercial pool/spa contractor is a contractor whose scope of work involves, but is not limited to, the construction, repair, and servicing of any swimming pool, or hot tub or spa, whether public, private, or otherwise.

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Florida Residential Pool/Spa Contractor License

A residential pool and spa contractor is a contractor whose scope of work involves the construction, repair, and servicing of a residential swimming pool, or hot tub or spa. This includes the installation, repair, or replacement of existing equipment, any cleaning or equipment sanitizing that requires at least a partial disassembling, excluding filter changes, and the installation of new pool/spa equipment, interior finishes, and the installation of package pool heaters.

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Florida Swimming Pool/Spa Servicing License

A swimming pool/spa servicing contractor’s work involves the repair and servicing of any swimming pool, or hot tub or spa, whether public or
private, or otherwise, regardless of use. The work includes the repair or replacement of existing equipment, any cleaning or equipment sanitizing which requires at least a partial
disassembling.

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Florida Glass & Glazing Specialty Contractor License

A Glass and Glazing contractor’s scope of work is limited to the installation and attachment of all types of windows and glass. This includes the installation of swinging or sliding glass doors to the existing walls, floors, columns, or other structural members of the building, the installation of glass holding or supporting mullions or horizontal bars.

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Florida Solar Contractor License

A solar contractor is a contractor whose services consist of the installation, alteration, repair, maintenance, relocation, or replacement of solar panels for potable solar water heating systems, swimming pool solar heating systems, and photovoltaic systems and any appurtenances, apparatus, or equipment.

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Sheet Metal

A sheet metal contractor’ works includes the fabrication, assembling, handling, erection, installation, dismantling, conditioning, adjustment, insulation, alteration, repair, servicing, or design of of ferrous or nonferrous metal work of U.S. No. 10 gauge or its equivalent or lighter gauge and of other materials, including, but not limited to, fiberglass.

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Underground Utility & Excavation

An underground utility and excavation contractor work involves construction, installation, and repair, directional drilling, auger boring, jacking and boring, trenchless technologies, wet and dry taps, grouting, and slip lining, of main sanitary sewer collection systems, main water distribution systems, storm sewer collection systems.

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Pollutant Storage Systems

A pollutant storage systems contractor’s services are to install, maintain, repair, alter, extend, or design, and use materials and items used in the installation, maintenance, extension, and alteration of, pollutant storage tanks.

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Gypsum Drywall Specialty

A gypsum drywall contractor’s work includes the installation, taping, texturing, and finishing of gypsum drywall and installation to both wood and metal stud walls, ceilings, and other special applications where gypsum drywall is used.

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Structure Specialty

The structure specialty contractor’s scope of work and responsibility is limited to a particular phase of construction and subset of activities including manufactured housing roof-covers, acrylic panel window enclosures, guardrails, handrails, aluminum and vinyl fences, the installation or replacement of windstorm protection devices, residential glass window and door enclosures, and the installation or replacement of sunrooms.

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Irrigation Specialty Contractor

An irrigation specialty contractor is a contractor whose contracting business consists of the execution of contracts requiring the experience, financial means, knowledge, and skill to install, maintain, repair, alter, extend, manage, monitor, audit, or, if not prohibited by law, design irrigation systems.

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Marine

A “marine contractor” is a specialty contractor qualified and certified by the board to perform any work involving the construction, repair, alteration, extension and excavation for fixed docks, floating docks, seawalls, and other marine structures.

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Gas Line Specialty

A gas Line contractor’s work includes the installation, repair, alteration, extension, and maintenance of gas lines.

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