Virginia DPOR contractor data · live

Virginia Contractor License API

Search current Virginia DPOR contractor businesses by name or verify a known license number through the live production API.

Production APILive

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

Representative response

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

Authority

Virginia Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation (DPOR), Board for Contractors

Live coverage

Statewide current Class A, Class B, Class C, and temporary contractor business licenses

Refresh cadence

Weekly on Tuesday after DPOR's normally-Monday publication

Exact Virginia contractor scope

The integration covers the Virginia Board for Contractors' current Class A, Class B, Class C, and temporary contractor business-license lists. Contractor classifications and specialties remain available as source codes in the normalized record.

This scope does not include individual tradesmen, inspectors, elevator mechanics, water-well providers, accessibility mechanics, fire-sprinkler inspectors, or unrelated DPOR professions.

Verify the full DPOR license number or supported certificate-number aliases.
Search current contractor businesses by name.
Retain source authority and list timestamps for review.

Production availability and freshness

Virginia is live in production after an initial 53,842-record refresh completed on September 11, 2026. The guarded source job runs weekly on Tuesday after DPOR's normally-Monday publication, and the API metadata endpoint includes VA.

API fields returned

Information	Availability
DPOR license number and current status	When supplied by the authority
Contractor business identity	When supplied by the authority
Class A, Class B, Class C, or temporary type	When supplied by the authority
Classification and specialty codes	When supplied by the authority
Certification and expiration dates	When supplied by the authority
Mailing location and source timestamp	When supplied by the authority

Freshness: Weekly on Tuesday after DPOR's normally-Monday publication. Field availability depends on the source record; unavailable values are not inferred.

Coverage limitations

• Coverage is limited to current DPOR Board for Contractors business licenses; it excludes individual tradesmen and other DPOR credentials.
• The published regulant lists do not include inactive or adverse history, disciplinary details, or phone numbers.