Georgia — statewide
Georgia State Licensing Board for Residential and Commercial General Contractors
In short
Georgia State Licensing Board for Residential and Commercial General Contractors issues 2 permits we publish for Georgia — statewide, last verified 2026-09-03. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roofing, Painting, Flooring and Landscaping — Georgia Traditional Specialty Contractorsonly if it applies to you | Georgia State Licensing Board for Residential and Commercial General Contractors | No fee | not applicable | 2026-09-03 |
| Residential or General Contractor Licenseonly if it applies to you | Georgia State Licensing Board for Residential and Commercial General Contractors | $210 application — $200 plus a $10 processing fee; $100 to renew | biennial — expires 30 June of even-numbered years | 2026-09-03 |
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
Roofing, Painting, Flooring and Landscaping — Georgia Traditional Specialty Contractors
There is no state license fee for these trades: the licensing board's Traditional Specialty Contractors policy statement, issued under O.C.G.A. § 43-41-17, publishes flat roofing, sheet metal roofing, painting and special coatings, wood flooring, carpet and tile, landscape and irrigation, drywall, masonry, siding, insulation, gutters, windows and concrete are all published as traditional specialty contractors who need no residential or general contractor license. The state trade-licensing chapter names exactly five licensed trades — electrical, plumbing, conditioned air, low voltage and utility — and nothing else. Two caveats: work of this kind can still fall under the general contractor license at higher project values, and cities and counties routinely register these trades locally.
Residential or General Contractor License
Georgia does license general contractors, and one fee covers all four classes — the price does not vary by tier, only the qualifications do. Residential Basic covers detached houses and townhouses up to three storeys on a $25,000 net worth and $300,000 of liability cover; Residential Light Commercial adds multifamily and light commercial under four storeys on $500,000 of cover; General Contractor is unlimited on a $150,000 net worth; and a Limited Tier caps any single contract at a million dollars on the smaller net worth. The threshold that matters is in the definition rather than the licensing section: work only counts as residential contracting where its value exceeds $2,500, so smaller jobs are outside the regime entirely. Owner-builders may build for their own occupancy once every twenty-four months without a license.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Georgia — statewide
- Phone
- (404) 424-9966
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.
- Georgia Secretary of State — Professional Licensing Boards Division, the complete list of licensing boardsGeorgia Secretary of State · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-03
- Georgia State Licensing Board — traditional specialty contractors policy statement, listing the trades that need no state licenseGeorgia Secretary of State · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-03
- Georgia State Licensing Board for Residential and Commercial General Contractors — fee scheduleGeorgia Secretary of State · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-03
Other Georgia statewide offices
- Georgia Secretary of State, Corporations Division
- Georgia Department of Public Health, Environmental Health Section
- Bright from the Start: Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning
- Georgia Department of Revenue, Taxpayer Services Division
- Georgia State Board of Cosmetology and Barbers
- Georgia State Board of Veterinary Medicine
- Georgia State Construction Industry Licensing Board
Georgia jurisdictions
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