RenoBinderNorth Carolina Contractor License Lookup
Checked 2026-11-13.
The North Carolina Licensing Board for General Contractors publishes a verify-license search. Search the license number or the name and read the limitation on the record.
G.S. 87-1 says a person who undertakes construction or who superintends it, where the cost of the undertaking is forty thousand dollars ($40,000) or more, is a general contractor, along with other work the section names. That figure is the statute's. Read the current section, including its exceptions, before you decide a job is under the line. Electrical, plumbing, and heating have their own boards.
Verify this with the board or the city before you hire. Rules change, and a city or county can require its own license on top of a state record. This is general information, not legal advice.
Common questions
- Where do I look up a North Carolina general contractor?
- Use the Licensing Board for General Contractors verify-license search.
- What dollar amount does North Carolina use for a general contractor?
- G.S. 87-1 uses forty thousand dollars ($40,000) or more as the cost of the undertaking, with other cases and exceptions in the same section. Read the statute and the board.
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