Construction contractors in Oregon

Oregon licenses this trade at state level through the Oregon Construction Contractors Board, so one search covers the whole state. This page holds 44,749 licenses, copied from the CCB file published 2026-10-22.

What this file says about itself

Every figure here is as of 2026-10-22, the day CCB published the file — not as of today. That is deliberate: a count of current licenses recomputed on each page view is a different number every day and a wrong one the moment the refresh stops.

• 44,749licenses in the file
• 44,737over 99% of the file — still unexpired on that date
• 12under 1% of the file — past their expiry date on that date
• 4,359still live, but due to expire within the following 90 days

That last figure is the reason a license check has a shelf life. 4,359 of these licenses lapse within three months of the file’s own date unless they are renewed, and a printout of this page taken today can be wrong about any of them by the time the work starts.

CCB’s published file carries no status column. There is no field in it saying active, suspended or revoked, so standing on this page is read from the expiry date — and an expiry date cannot know about a suspension. A license can be suspended with years left on it. (CCB’s own record page does print a status; it is the bulk file this page is built from that does not.) CCB’s own lookup is the only thing that can tell you which.

CCB records at least one endorsement against every license

Every contractor on this page holds the same license type, and CCB records one or more endorsements beside it that bound what its holder may work on. The 5 holders of HOME INSPECTOR SERVICES CONTRACTOR hold a registration, and the work they may do is not the work the 30,428 holders of RESIDENTIAL GENERAL CONTRACTOR may do — and both read the same status word.

Every one of those words is defined, and the definitions are below. OAR 812-003-0131 sets out what each endorsement covers, in CCB’s own words, and this page prints them rather than sending you to look them up.

A license can hold more than one endorsement, and 9,830 of the 44,749 here do — so each row counts the licenses holding that endorsement, the counts add to more than the file, and the shares add to more than 100. Neither column is a share of the whole.

What each endorsement covers

CCB does not print this beside a licence and neither does its verification tool: both give you the word. It is set out in OAR 812-003-0131, and what follows is that rule, unedited, against the count of who holds each one in the file of 2026-10-22.

Read the rule’s own title first: License Endorsements These definitions say what a endorsement covers. They are not a statement that holding one makes a particular job lawful or that lacking one makes it unlawful — a building permit, a separate certification, or the contract you are about to sign can each decide that instead. Where the rule names one of those, it is printed with the definition.

RESIDENTIAL GENERAL CONTRACTOR30,428 licenses

A licensee holding this endorsement may bid or perform work involving an unlimited number of unrelated building trades or crafts on residential or small commercial structures.

OAR 812-003-0131(1) — Residential General Contractor

RESIDENTIAL SPECIALTY CONTRACTOR7,491 licenses

A licensee holding this endorsement may: (a) Bid or perform work involving two or less unrelated building trades or crafts on residential or small commercial structures. (b) If three or more unrelated trades or crafts are performed or subcontracted out, the entire contract price cannot exceed $2,500.

OAR 812-003-0131(2) — Residential Specialty Contractor

COMMERCIAL GENERAL CONTRACTOR LEVEL 25,524 licenses

A licensee holding this endorsement may bid or perform work involving an unlimited number of unrelated building trades or crafts on small or large commercial structures.

The rule gives Level 1 and Level 2 the same sentence. The level does not narrow the work this endorsement permits; what separates them is set by the board’s licensing requirements, not by this rule.

OAR 812-003-0131(12) — Commercial General Contractor – Level 2

LEAD BASED PAINT RENOVATION CONTRACTOR4,470 licenses

No contractor shall offer to perform or perform renovation in target housing or child-occupied facilities without first receiving a certified LBP renovation contractor license from the board, unless such contractor is exempt from the board’s licensing requirements.

Not an endorsement — a separate CCB license, recorded in the same column. “Target housing” is most housing built before 1978, so on a house that old this is a question about the job before it is a question about the contractor.

OAR 812-007-0300 — Certified lead-based paint renovation contractor

COMMERCIAL SPECIALTY CONTRACTOR LEVEL 22,492 licenses

A licensee holding this endorsement may bid or perform work involving two or less unrelated building trades or crafts on small or large commercial structures.

The rule gives Level 1 and Level 2 the same sentence. The level does not narrow the work this endorsement permits; what separates them is set by the board’s licensing requirements, not by this rule.

OAR 812-003-0131(13) — Commercial Specialty Contractor – Level 2

COMMERCIAL GENERAL CONTRACTOR LEVEL 12,297 licenses

A licensee holding this endorsement may bid or perform work involving an unlimited number of unrelated building trades or crafts on small or large commercial structures.

The rule gives Level 1 and Level 2 the same sentence. The level does not narrow the work this endorsement permits; what separates them is set by the board’s licensing requirements, not by this rule.

OAR 812-003-0131(10) — Commercial General Contractor – Level 1

COMMERCIAL SPECIALTY CONTRACTOR LEVEL 1988 licenses

A licensee holding this endorsement may bid or perform work involving two or less unrelated building trades or crafts on small or large commercial structures.

The rule gives Level 1 and Level 2 the same sentence. The level does not narrow the work this endorsement permits; what separates them is set by the board’s licensing requirements, not by this rule.

OAR 812-003-0131(11) — Commercial Specialty Contractor – Level 1

RESIDENTIAL LIMITED CONTRACTOR913 licenses

A licensee holding this endorsement may bid or perform work involving residential or small commercial structures, as long as all of the following conditions are met: (a) The licensee’s annual gross business sales do not exceed $40,000. (b) The licensee does not enter into a contract in which the contract price exceeds $5,000. (c) If the contract price in a contract for work performed by the licensee is based on time and materials, the amount charged by the licensee shall not exceed $5,000.

The rule adds that “contract” includes a series of agreements between the licensee and a person for work on any single work site within a one-year period — so the $5,000 is not per invoice.

OAR 812-003-0131(3) — Residential Limited Contractor

OREGON CERTIFIED LOCKSMITH479 licenses

A certification CCB issues to a person, and the thing a locksmith business is required to employ: the Residential Locksmith Services Contractor endorsement requires the licensee to have “at least one owner or employee who is a certified locksmith”.

Not an endorsement. It is recorded in this column and it is not a scope of work — the endorsement is.

OAR 812-003-0131(5) — Certified locksmith

RESIDENTIAL LOCKSMITH SERVICES CONTRACTOR110 licenses

A licensee holding this endorsement may operate a business that provides the services of locksmiths for residential or small commercial structures. The licensee may not, however, engage in any other contractor activities. The licensee must have at least one owner or employee who is a certified locksmith.

OAR 812-003-0131(5) — Residential Locksmith Services Contractor

RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPER101 licenses

A licensee holding this endorsement may develop property zoned for or intended for use compatible with a residential or small commercial structure as long as the licensee meets the conditions in ORS 701.042.

OAR 812-003-0131(4) — Residential Developer

COMMERCIAL DEVELOPER49 licenses

A licensee holding this endorsement may develop property zoned for or intended for use compatible with a small or large commercial structure as long as the licensee meets the conditions in ORS 701.042.

OAR 812-003-0131(14) — Commercial Developer

OREGON CERTIFIED HOME INSPECTOR48 licenses

A certification CCB issues to a person, and the thing a home-inspection business is required to employ: the Home Inspector Services Contractor endorsement requires the licensee to have “at least one owner or employee who is a certified home inspector”.

Not an endorsement. It is recorded in this column and it is not a scope of work — the endorsement is.

OAR 812-003-0131(6) — Certified home inspector

CONSTRUCTION FLAGGING CONTRACTOR43 licenses

A licensee holding this endorsement may direct or control the flow of motor vehicle traffic on a public roadway to prevent or reduce conflict between the flow of traffic and construction activity on or near the roadway.

OAR 812-003-0131(15) — Construction Flagging Contractor

HOME SERVICES CONTRACTOR38 licenses

A licensee holding this endorsement may operate a business that provides service, repair or replacement pursuant to the terms of a home service agreement. The licensee may not, however, engage in any other contractor activities.

OAR 812-003-0131(7) — Home Services Contractor

HOME ENERGY PERFORMANCE SCORE CONTRACTOR22 licenses

A licensee holding this endorsement may operate a business that assigns home energy performance scores. The licensee may not, however, engage in any other contractor activities. The licensee must have at least one owner or employee who is a certified home energy assessor.

OAR 812-003-0131(8) — Home Energy Performance Score Contractor

RESIDENTIAL RESTORATION CONTRACTOR12 licenses

A licensee holding this endorsement may perform restoration work on residential or small commercial structures. A licensee holding this endorsement is not licensed to engage in any other contractor activities.

OAR 812-003-0131(9) — Residential Restoration Contractor

HOME INSPECTOR SERVICES CONTRACTOR5 licenses

A licensee holding this endorsement may operate a business that provides the services of home inspectors. The licensee may not, however, engage in any other contractor activities. The licensee must have at least one owner or employee who is a certified home inspector.

OAR 812-003-0131(6) — Home Inspector Services Contractor

What a result here means

It means the CCB file of 2026-10-22 recorded that license with that expiry date. It does not mean the license is current right now: a license can be suspended or revoked between the board’s files, and this copy would not know. That is why every result links to CCB’s own lookup, and why you should use it before hiring anyone.

This file holds only licenses CCB lists as active. A contractor whose license lapsed is not in it as “expired” — they are not in it at all, and on this page they look exactly like somebody who was never licensed. Texas and Washington both publish their lapsed records; CCB publishes an active extract, so a miss here answers less than a miss there does. CCB’s own search holds the history and can tell the two apart.

If a name is not here

A license issued after 2026-10-22 will not be in this copy. A CCB license lookup on this page searches the file of active licenses CCB publishes. CCB licenses contractors by endorsement — residential or commercial, general or specialty — and one license can carry several, each with its own renewal date. This page prints every endorsement CCB records against a license, and reads the license as lapsed as soon as the earliest of them has.

Oregon licenses construction contractors through CCB, and every contractor doing construction work for the public must hold one — but the file CCB publishes holds only licenses it lists as active. A name missing from this page may never have been licensed, or may have been and lapsed, and this copy cannot tell you which. CCB’s own search can.

What Oregon licenses, and what it does not — and what a license covers, which is less than most people hiring a contractor assume.

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