# contractor-wa — check a Washington contractor's licence, bond and insurance > Look up any of 161,230 Washington contractor registrations: licence, surety bond, liability insurance and principals, on one page. ## Check a Washington contractor before you sign Type the licence number from the advert or the contract, the 9-digit UBI, or the business name. 161,230 registrations, 75,676 of them active. Checking more than one? [Bulk checks, monitoring and API](/pro.md) — or take the register itself as a dataset, with [published prices](/data.md). ### The number is on the advert — the law puts it there **RCW 18.27.100** requires any advertising that shows a contractor's name or address to carry their current registration number. So the number is on the van, the flyer, the website and the estimate. This site turns it back into a licence, a bond, an insurance policy and a list of the people behind the business. ### L&I says check three things. They live in three files. Before you sign, L&I tells you to check the registration, the **surety bond** and the **liability insurance**. Those are three separate datasets, and nobody puts them on the same line. Here is what happens when you do: of the 75,676 active registrations, **632** have no current bond in L&I's file and **5,388** have no current liability policy. [The whole picture](/bond.md). ### Why it is not a formality Under **RCW 18.27.040**, a property owner who uses a contractor that is not registered is **not protected by the bond** — the bond that is $30,000 for a general contractor and $15,000 for a specialty. And subcontracting to an unregistered contractor is itself unlawful, which is why general contractors check their subs. ### ⚠️ 52,655 registrations have been suspended in the past Only 9,749 are suspended right now. But **52,655** more carry a suspension date without being suspended today — a third of the register has been suspended at least once. L&I publishes the date and **never the reason**. A suspension can follow a lapsed bond, an unpaid tax account or an unsatisfied judgment, and the file does not say which. This site shows the date and stops there. [What each status means](/status.md). ### The same people, a new registration 19,695 registrations have a principal who also appears in another registered business. That is ordinary — people run several companies, and companies get restructured. It is also what happens when a contractor closes under one name and opens under another: the registration is new, the people are not. The link is in L&I's own data; we show it and draw no conclusion. ### By trade - [General](/trade/general.md) — 115,598 - [Painting/Wallcovering](/trade/painting-wallcovering.md) — 5,671 - [Floor Covering and Counter Tops](/trade/floor-covering-and-counter-tops.md) — 4,276 - [Landscaping](/trade/landscaping.md) — 3,238 - [Tile, Ceramic, Mosaic, Natural and MFG Stone](/trade/tile-ceramic-mosaic-natural-and-mfg-stone.md) — 2,279 - [Cabinets, Millwork and Finish Carpentry](/trade/cabinets-millwork-and-finish-carpentry.md) — 2,046 - [Journey Level](/trade/journey-level.md) — 1,926 - [Residential](/trade/residential.md) — 1,787 - [Concrete](/trade/concrete.md) — 1,786 - [Handyman](/trade/handyman.md) — 1,455 - [Heating/Vent/Air-Conditioning and Refrig (HVAC/R)](/trade/heating-vent-air-conditioning-and-refrig-hvac-r.md) — 1,420 - [Tree Removal Service](/trade/tree-removal-service.md) — 1,271 - [Plumbing](/trade/plumbing.md) — 1,241 - [Roofing](/trade/roofing.md) — 1,209 - [Framing and Rough Carpentry](/trade/framing-and-rough-carpentry.md) — 969 - [Dry Wall](/trade/dry-wall.md) — 960 - [Limited Energy](/trade/limited-energy.md) — 880 - [Siding](/trade/siding.md) — 875 - [Excavation, Grading and Land Clearing](/trade/excavation-grading-and-land-clearing.md) — 831 - [Hvac/Rfrg](/trade/hvac-rfrg.md) — 777 - [Masonry](/trade/masonry.md) — 694 - [Pressure Washing](/trade/pressure-washing.md) — 595 - [Fencing](/trade/fencing.md) — 535 - [Welding and Ornamental Metal](/trade/welding-and-ornamental-metal.md) — 517 ### By city - [Seattle](/city/seattle.md) — 8,178 - [Vancouver](/city/vancouver.md) — 6,504 - [Spokane](/city/spokane.md) — 6,224 - [Tacoma](/city/tacoma.md) — 5,148 - [Everett](/city/everett.md) — 3,908 - [Kent](/city/kent.md) — 3,281 - [Auburn](/city/auburn.md) — 3,199 - [Renton](/city/renton.md) — 2,751 - [Puyallup](/city/puyallup.md) — 2,566 - [Olympia](/city/olympia.md) — 2,523 - [Lynnwood](/city/lynnwood.md) — 2,357 - [Federal Way](/city/federal-way.md) — 2,345 - [Bellingham](/city/bellingham.md) — 2,276 - [Bellevue](/city/bellevue.md) — 2,156 - [Kennewick](/city/kennewick.md) — 2,068 - [Snohomish](/city/snohomish.md) — 1,932 - [Yakima](/city/yakima.md) — 1,850 - [Bothell](/city/bothell.md) — 1,821 - [Pasco](/city/pasco.md) — 1,739 - [Marysville](/city/marysville.md) — 1,736 - [Kirkland](/city/kirkland.md) — 1,500 - [Spokane Valley](/city/spokane-valley.md) — 1,439 - [Arlington](/city/arlington.md) — 1,207 - [Lake Stevens](/city/lake-stevens.md) — 1,207 [All 68 trades](/trade.md) · [175 cities](/city.md) · [Statuses](/status.md) · [Bond and insurance](/bond.md) · [Expiring registrations](/expiring.md) ### Getting work done? Being registered is the legal minimum to contract for construction work in Washington — it is not a recommendation, and this site makes none. Tell us what you need done and where, and we will put the enquiry in front of contractors who are registered, bonded and insured. We are not contractors and we do not vouch for anyone; how we are paid is set out on the privacy page. We read every message ourselves. Your email is used to reply and to pass the enquiry on, and nothing else — see the [privacy page](/privacy.md). [Bulk checks and API](/pro.md) · [Buy the prepared dataset](/data.md) · [What this site is and is not](/about.md) --- Página: https://contractor-wa.pages.dev/ Fonte: Contractor registration, bond, insurance, principal and authorized-signer data — Washington State Department of Labor & Industries, via data.wa.gov Recolha: 2026-08-20