Florida DBPR contractor data

Florida Contractor License API

Use a live DBPR contractor API integration to search construction and electrical records by business name or verify a known Florida license number.

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Production APILive

curl --request POST "https://api.statelicense.io/v1/search" \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --data '{
  "state": "FL",
  "business_name": "ACME",
  "page_size": 5
}'

Representative response

{
  "results": [
    {
      "state": "FL",
      "license_number": "LICENSE_NUMBER",
      "business_name": "Example Contractor",
      "status": "active",
      "authority": "Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation",
      "license_type": "Source-specific type",
      "source_updated_at": "2026-09-03T00:00:00Z"
    }
  ],
  "total": 1,
  "page": 1
}

Authority

Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR)

Live coverage

Construction and electrical contractor datasets; registered licenses may be locally limited

Refresh cadence

Weekly

Normalize certified and registered DBPR records

StateLicense maps common Florida identity, status, type, date, jurisdiction, and location details into the same response model used for other supported authorities.

Discover possible records by business name.
Verify a contractor-supplied license number.
Preserve source authority and refresh timestamps for review.

Built for Florida onboarding workflows

Use the API in marketplace enrollment, vendor qualification, contractor SaaS, compliance review, and recurring verification workflows.

API fields returned

Information	Availability
License number and status	When supplied by the authority
Business and licensee identity	When supplied by the authority
License type and classification	When supplied by the authority
Issue and expiration dates	When supplied by the authority
Jurisdiction and location	When supplied by the authority
Authority and freshness timestamps	When supplied by the authority

Freshness: Weekly. Field availability depends on the source record; unavailable values are not inferred.

Coverage limitations

• Coverage is limited to DBPR construction and electrical datasets.
• Registered licenses may authorize work only in a specific local jurisdiction; they are not automatically statewide.