Texas doesn't license general contractors or home builders.
38% of the 4,869 firms on the Austin permit file match an active license in Texas TDLR air-conditioning and electrical contractor licenses and the Texas plumbing board's company list. Our match can miss a firm that files under another name, so a missing match is a reason to check, not a finding.
Ask the contractor for the license number and look it up at TDLR license search. How to check a contractor's license in Texas →
The middle value recorded on this contractor's matching permits. It's a permit value, not a quote or the final price. Ask for a written estimate.
Matching Austin permits in the most recent year of our data. It shows recent recorded activity here, not every job the company did.
For contractors with at least 5 permits a year or more old, the share that reached completion. A permit can stay open because of paperwork or timing, so this isn't a workmanship grade.
How long their permits take from issue to completion, using the city's completion dates, compared with other Austin contractors in the trade. Shown for firms with 10+ permits.
Matched by name against Texas TDLR air-conditioning and electrical contractor licenses and the Texas plumbing board's company list. Name matching can miss a license, so always check the number yourself.
About the ranking: The score combines how much of this exact work a contractor has on record, how often their older permits reached completion (where we can measure it), how well their usual job size matches your budget, how recently they've been active, and how much of their work is near you. A measure we can't calculate is left out rather than guessed, and a thin record pulls the score toward the middle. A contractor whose matched license has a problem is listed after everyone else. You set the weights with the sliders on every list.
Austin specifics: Texas doesn't license general contractors or home builders, so building trades usually show no license. Only the plumbing list publishes a start date, so “years licensed” covers plumbers.
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