Verify a plumber licence in Florida

Check a plumber's licence in Florida by number or by business name and get one normalized JSON record back, sourced from the Department of Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR). The Department of Business and Professional Regulation extract holds 9,872 records under these classifications as of 2026-08-05.

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Which FL classifications count as plumbers

• CFC — Certified Plumbing Contractor 9,287 records
• RF — Registered Plumbing Contractor 585 records

A record's classifications array carries these codes, so you can tell a licence that covers the work from one that merely exists.

Run it

curl "https://contractor-license-verification2.p.rapidapi.com/v1/licenses/FL/CFCA24491" \
  -H "X-RapidAPI-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
  -H "X-RapidAPI-Host: contractor-license-verification2.p.rapidapi.com"

CFCA24491 is a real FL licence (POWERS, WALTER REESE III) in this trade, so that call works as written.

What Department of Business and Professional Regulation does not publish

• A status column of its own
• Surety bond
• Workers' compensation
• General liability insurance
• Disciplinary actions

Full coverage detail, including the caveats that apply to every Florida lookup, is on the Florida page.

Other trades in Florida

Plumbers in other states