Hiring a contractor in Pennsylvania
Licensed by city or county. There is no statewide licence. Whether your contractor needs one depends on which city or county you live in, and the rules differ between neighbouring towns.
Who licenses
Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General, Bureau of Consumer Protection (Home Improvement Contractor registration under HICPA, Act 132 of 2008)
In our directory
Not yet listed.
This state publishes no bulk licence file, so its records have to be requested rather than downloaded.
What to do before you hire in Pennsylvania
- Check with your city or county building department directly, since requirements change between neighbouring towns.
- Ask for proof of liability insurance and workers' compensation in writing.
- Get the full scope and price in writing before any money changes hands, and never pay the full amount up front.
What the big cities in Pennsylvania do
Where the state does not license, the city sometimes does. We checked each of these directly.
| City | Registers contractors? | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia | Yes | VERIFIED LIVE. Every figure below came from real responses to the Carto SQL API, not documentation. |
| Pittsburgh | Yes | ANSWER: Yes, Pittsburgh registers contractors, and yes there is a real bulk download. This is one of the good ones. |
Sourced from Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General, Bureau of Consumer Protection (Home Improvement Contractor registration under HICPA, Act 132 of 2008) and checked against the state's published information. Licensing rules change; verify with the authority before you hire.