51 jurisdictions 20 tracked trades Dataset vintage 2026-06-27

State counts for tracked licensing requirements

This list orders jurisdictions by how many tracked trades are marked as requiring a state-level license. A smaller count is not a verdict about safety, cost, contractor quality, or municipal requirements.

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Lowest counts in the record set

Indiana3 tradesKansas3 tradesWyoming3 tradesIllinois4 tradesIowa4 trades
Tracked trades marked as requiring a state-level license

The State Licensing Board records summarized here cover 50 states plus Washington, DC, across 20 tracked trade categories. This State Coverage Ranking is a count of state-level flags only; each linked record carries its own board context and dataset vintage.

# State Trades Licensed
1 Indiana 3
2 Kansas 3
3 Wyoming 3
4 Illinois 4
5 Iowa 4
6 Nebraska 4
7 South Dakota 4
8 Colorado 5
9 Missouri 5
10 New York 5
11 Ohio 5
12 Pennsylvania 5
13 Idaho 6
14 Wisconsin 6
15 Texas 8
16 North Dakota 10
17 Delaware 12
18 Montana 12
19 Vermont 13
20 West Virginia 13
21 Kentucky 14
22 Maine 14
23 New Hampshire 14
24 Arkansas 15
25 Georgia 15
26 Minnesota 15
27 Oklahoma 15
28 Alaska 16
29 Maryland 16
30 Michigan 16
31 Mississippi 16
32 Rhode Island 16
33 Connecticut 17
34 New Jersey 17
35 South Carolina 17
36 Tennessee 17
37 Utah 17
38 Alabama 18
39 District of Columbia 18
40 Louisiana 18
41 Massachusetts 18
42 New Mexico 18
43 North Carolina 18
44 Virginia 18
45 Washington 19
46 Arizona 20
47 California 20
48 Florida 20
49 Hawaii 20
50 Nevada 20
51 Oregon 20

Data boundary: The count reflects the tracked state-level records, not every local registration, permit, insurance, bond, or classification rule. Open a state record for its listed board and verification path before relying on it.

Source: PlainHireCheck state licensing-board record set State counts of tracked licensing flags · 2026-06-27 Open each state record for its associated board context. Confirm current and local requirements directly with the relevant authority.

Every figure on PlainHireCheck is rendered directly from state licensing board source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page summarizes state counts in the site record set; open linked records for their listed board context. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.