Arkansas — statewide
Arkansas Contractors Licensing Board
In short
Arkansas Contractors Licensing Board issues 2 permits we publish for Arkansas — statewide, last verified 2026-09-04. Each carries the fee as the agency publishes it, with a link to the schedule it was read from.
What this agency issues
| Permit | Issuing agency | Fee | Renews | Last checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home Improvement Registrationonly if it applies to you | Arkansas Contractors Licensing Board | $50 to register; renewal is $25 a year | annual | 2026-09-04 |
| Commercial Contractor Licenseonly if it applies to you | Arkansas Contractors Licensing Board | $100 to apply; renewal is $50 a year | annual | 2026-09-04 |
Fees shown as a range or formula are set that way by the issuing agency — we do not average them into a single number.
About each permit
Home Improvement Registration
The residential counterpart to the commercial contractor license, with a much lower trigger: work on an existing home exceeding $2,000. Fifty dollars to register and $25 a year to renew. The statute closes an obvious loophole directly — deliberately splitting one job into several contracts each under $2,000 does not qualify for the exemption.
Commercial Contractor License
This license is required once a commercial project's combined labour and materials reach $50,000 — below that threshold on commercial work, or on residential work under the separate home improvement rule, it does not apply. A hundred dollars to apply and $50 a year to renew, backed by a minimum net worth of $50,000, at least $25,000 of which must be cash or its equivalent, and a $10,000 surety bond. Working without the license above the threshold is a criminal misdemeanour and carries a civil penalty of $100 to $400 for every day the violation continues.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Arkansas — statewide
- Phone
- (501) 372-4661
Contact details are taken from the agency’s own site or its published fee schedule. Where we have not verified a phone number we leave it blank rather than guess.
Sources
Every fee and term above was read from one of these government pages on the date shown.
- Arkansas Code section 17-25-103 — the $50,000 commercial contractor licensing threshold and penaltiesState of Arkansas · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-04
- Arkansas Code section 17-25-513 — the $2,000 home improvement registration thresholdState of Arkansas · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-04
Other Arkansas statewide offices
- Arkansas Department of Health, Food Protection Program
- Arkansas Secretary of State, Business and Commercial Services Division
- Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration
- Arkansas Board of Electrical Examiners
- Arkansas Division of Child Care and Early Childhood Education
- Arkansas HVACR Licensing Board
- Arkansas State Board of Barber Examiners
- Arkansas State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners
Arkansas jurisdictions
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