Chicago licenses general, electrical, plumbing and mason contractors.
We don't hold the licensing board's file for Chicago, so we don't show license status for the 6,261 firms on the permit file. Check each one yourself.
Ask the contractor for the license number and look it up at Chicago contractor license lookup. How to check a contractor's license in Illinois →
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 Chicago 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.
An estimate of how quickly their permits are marked complete, based on permit status and age. Many Chicago permits are never marked complete, so treat it as rough. Shown for firms with 20+ permits.
Not shown yet for Chicago — see the note below.
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.
Chicago specifics: Chicago licenses general contractors, electricians, plumbers and masons but doesn't publish those licenses in bulk, so we can't show license status. Use the city's license lookup before you hire.
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