Rhode Island — statewide
Rhode Island Contractors' Registration and Licensing Board
In short
Rhode Island Contractors' Registration and Licensing Board issues 1 permit we publish for Rhode Island — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Contractor Registrationonly if it applies to you | Rhode Island Contractors' Registration and Licensing Board | $150 a year; an expired registration adds a $50 late fee | 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
General Contractor Registration
A hundred and fifty dollars a year, and the threshold below which no registration is needed at all is genuinely low: a single project under $500 in combined labour and materials, of a casual or minor nature, is exempt — but only for someone who does not advertise as a contractor. A licensed electrician or plumber already holding a state trade license does not need a separate general contractor registration for work within that trade, though the insurance requirement under this chapter still applies to them.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Rhode Island — statewide
- Phone
- (401) 921-1590
- Website
- crb.ri.gov
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.
- Rhode Island Contractors' Registration and Licensing Board — registration fee and annual termRhode Island Contractors' Registration and Licensing Board · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-04
- Rhode Island General Laws section 5-65-2 — the $500 minor-work exemption from contractor registrationRhode Island General Assembly · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-04
Other Rhode Island statewide offices
- Rhode Island Department of State, Business Services Division
- Rhode Island Department of Health, Center for Food Protection
- Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training, Division of Professional Regulation
- Rhode Island Department of Business Regulation, Division of Commercial Licensing
- Rhode Island Department of Health, Board of Hairdressing and Barbering
- Rhode Island Department of Health, Board of Veterinary Medicine
- Rhode Island Department of Human Services, Office of Child Care Licensing
- Rhode Island Division of Taxation
Rhode Island jurisdictions
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