North Carolina contractor licenses: who needs one and how to check

A general contractor must be licensed when the contract is worth $40,000 or more (G.S. 87-1).

Licensing body: North Carolina Licensing Board for General Contractors.

How licenses are organized

• Limited: single projects up to $750,000.
• Intermediate: single projects up to $1,500,000.
• Unlimited: no limit on project value.

Good to know

• Project limits exclude the cost of the land.
• The board investigates unlicensed work on projects of $40,000 or more.

Check a contractor's license

Search the state's own records by the business name or license number before you sign. On ContractorsNearMe.ai, a profile shows a Verified license badge only after we match its license to these records.