Tennessee's state contractor license starts at $25,000, and a separate home improvement license covers smaller remodels in nine adopting counties. Nashville, Memphis, Knoxville and Chattanooga each add permit-side requirements of their own. We build around the license you actually hold and show it on every page, then bring calls, Google reviews and booked jobs.
A Tennessee contractor's license is required before bidding or naming a price on a project of $25,000 or more, and electrical, plumbing, HVAC and roofing subcontractors need one when their portion reaches that mark. Residential remodels from $3,000 to $24,999 need the state home improvement license, but only in counties that adopted the law, including Davidson, Hamilton, Knox and Shelby. Memphis wants a state-licensed contractor to register with Shelby County's licensing section before pulling a permit, and Nashville asks for a permit bond and a Davidson County business license or exemption. Your site should say which license you hold and which counties you serve.
Whatever you hold in Tennessee, a state license, a registration or a city license, we put the number in the footer of every page and on your quote page, matching your Google Business Profile. Customers look you up before they call, and a number they can verify wins the job.
Main agency: Tennessee Board for Licensing Contractors, Department of Commerce & Insurance. The state contractor license starts at $25,000 projects, and the separate home improvement license for $3,000 to $24,999 remodeling applies only in the nine counties that adopted it.
The state license is required before bidding, offering or negotiating a price on a prime contract of $25,000 or more, and for electrical, mechanical, plumbing, HVAC or roofing subcontract portions of $25,000 or more. Source
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Yes. Metro Codes & Building Safety (Permit Issuance) needs a Davidson County business license or exemption affidavit, a permit bond, and a state home improvement or contractor license on jobs over $3,000.
"State License, Home Improvement or State Contractors License MAY be required, depending on the amount or the type of work involved."
Yes. The Memphis and Shelby County Office of Construction Code Enforcement requires a state-licensed general contractor to register with its licensing section before pulling a permit.
"In order to pull a permit in Shelby County, each general contractor must register his or her license"
Yes. Plans Review & Inspections requires a licensed individual on every permit, and sub-trade permits (electrical, gas, mechanical, plumbing) need a City trade license first.
Yes. The Land Development Office, in Public Works, issues building permits and the residential permit page requires a state contractor license, workers' comp proof and a business license.
"We require a State of Tennessee Contractors License"
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