California Contractor
Compliance Calendar
California contractors face dozens of compliance deadlines across state agencies, licensing boards, and city governments. Missing a single renewal can mean fines, license suspension, or lost contracts. Find your classification and city below to see every obligation you need to track.
CSLB License Classifications
48 contractor classifications recognized by the Contractors State License Board. Each has unique compliance requirements.
7056. A general engineering contractor is a contractor whose principal contracting business is in connection with ...
7057. (a) Except as provided in this section, a general building contractor is a contractor whose principal con...
7057.5. (a) A residential remodeling contractor is a contractor whose principal contracting business is in connection w...
7058. (a) A specialty contractor is a contractor whose operations as such are the performance of construction w...
An insulation and acoustical contractor installs any insulating media and preformed architectural acoustical materials f...
A boiler, hot-water heating and steam fitting contractor installs, services and repairs power boiler installations, ...
A framing and rough carpentry contractor performs any form work, framing or rough carpentry necessary to construct frame...
A cabinet, millwork and finish carpentry contractor makes cabinets, cases, sashes, doors, trims, nonbearing partitions a...
A communication and low voltage contractor installs, services and maintains all types of communication and low voltage s...
A concrete contractor forms, pours, places, finishes and installs specified mass, pavement, flat and other concrete work...
A drywall contractor lays out and installs gypsum wall board and gypsum wall board assemblies including nonstructural me...
An electrical contractor places, installs, erects or connects any electrical wires, fixtures, appliances, apparatus, rac...
An elevator contractor fabricates, erects, installs and repairs elevators, including sheave beams, motors, sheaves, cabl...
An earthwork and paving contractor digs, moves, and places material forming the surface of the earth, other than water, ...
A fencing contractor constructs, erects, alters, or repairs all types of fences, corrals, runs, railings, cribs, game co...
A flooring and floor covering contractor prepares any surface for the installation of flooring and floor coverings, and ...
A Fire protection contractor lays out, fabricates and installs all types of fire protection systems; including all the e...
A glazing contractor selects, cuts, assembles and/or installs all makes and kinds of glass, glass work, mirrored glass, ...
A warm-air heating, ventilating and air-conditioning contractor fabricates, installs, maintains, services and repairs wa...
A building moving/demolition contractor raises, lowers, cribs, underpins, demolishes and moves or removes structures, in...
This classification description is an excerpt of the regulation that established the C-22 Asbestos Abatement contractor ...
An ornamental metals contractor assembles, casts, cuts, shapes, stamps, forges, welds, fabricates and installs, sheet, r...
A landscape contractor constructs, maintains, repairs, installs, or subcontracts the development of landscape systems an...
A lock and security equipment contractor evaluates, sets-up, installs, maintains and repairs all doors and door assembli...
A masonry contractor installs concrete units and baked clay products; concrete, glass and clay block; natural and manufa...
A construction zone traffic control contractor prepares or removes lane closures, flagging, or traffic diversions, utili...
A parking and highway improvement contractor applies and installs protective coatings, vehicle stops, guard rails and me...
A painting and decorating contractor prepares by scraping, sandblasting or other means and applies any of the following:...
A pipeline contractor fabricates and installs pipelines for the conveyance of fluids, such as water, gas, or petroleum, ...
(a) A lathing and plastering contractor coats surfaces with a mixture of sand, gypsum plaster, quick-lime or hydrated li...
A plumbing contractor provides a means for a supply of safe water, ample in volume and of suitable temperature for the p...
A refrigeration contractor constructs, fabricates, erects, installs, maintains, services and repairs refrigerators, refr...
A roofing contractor installs products and repairs surfaces that seal, waterproof and weatherproof structures. This work...
A sanitation system contractor fabricates and installs cesspools, septic tanks, storm drains, and other sewage disposal ...
A sheet metal contractor selects, cuts, shapes, fabricates and installs sheet metal such as cornices, flashings, gutters...
A sign contractor fabricates, installs, and erects electrical signs, including the wiring of such electrical signs, and ...
A solar contractor installs, modifies, maintains, and repairs thermal and photovoltaic solar energy systems. A licensee ...
(a) A general manufactured housing contractor installs, alters, repairs, or prepares for moving any type of manufactured...
A Tree and Palm contractor plants, maintains, and removes trees and palms. The duties include pruning, stump grinding, ...
A reinforcing steel contractor fabricates, places and ties steel mesh or steel reinforcing bars (rods), of any profile, ...
A structural steel contractor fabricates and erects structural steel shapes and plates, of any profile, perimeter or cro...
A swimming pool contractor constructs swimming pools, spas or hot tubs, including installation of solar heating equipmen...
A ceramic and mosaic tile contractor prepares surfaces as necessary and installs glazed wall, ceramic, mosaic, quarry, p...
A water conditioning contractor installs water conditioning equipment with the use of only such pipe and fittings as are...
A well drilling contractor installs and repairs water wells and pumps by boring, drilling, excavating, casing, cementing...
A welding contractor causes metals to become permanently attached, joined and fabricated by the use of gases and electri...
(a) Limited specialty is a specialty contractor classification limited to a field and scope of operations of specialty c...
Business & Professions Code Division 3, Chapter 9. Contractors, Article 4. Classifications 7058.5. (a)...
Business & Professions Code Division 3, Chapter 9. Contractors, Article 4. Classifications 7058.7. (a)No co...
City Business Licenses
Major California cities with specific contractor business license requirements.
Renewal: January 1 (calendar year)
Fee: $34.09 minimum + variable rate based on gross receipts
Renewal: May 31 (registration renewal); March 1 (annual business tax return)
Fee: $47 registration fee (0 employees) to $45,150 (1000+ employees) + gross receipts tax
Renewal: January 1 (calendar year)
Fee: $34 (0 employees) to $5,000+ (500+ employees)
Renewal: December 31 (calendar year)
Fee: $153 base tax + $1.01 per $1,000 gross receipts over $150,000
Renewal: March 1 (annual)
Fee: $50 (1-2 employees) to $2,500+ (100+ employees)
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