Tennessee — statewide
Tennessee Board for Licensing Contractors
In short
Tennessee Board for Licensing Contractors issues 1 permit we publish for Tennessee — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Contractor Licenseonly if it applies to you | Tennessee Board for Licensing Contractors | $250 application; $200 to renew | 2 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
Contractor License
The threshold is $25,000 for a prime contractor and for electrical, mechanical, plumbing, HVAC and roofing subcontractors, but $100,000 for a masonry subcontractor — the one trade with its own number. Drywall, painting, landscaping, carpentry and excavation need no state license at all. Below the main threshold a separate home improvement license covers residential work from $3,000 to $24,999, at the same $250 and $200 per business location plus a $10,000 surety bond, but only in the nine counties that have adopted it: Bradley, Davidson, Hamilton, Haywood, Knox, Marion, Robertson, Rutherford and Shelby. The monetary limit on your license is separate from the threshold and is set at ten times the lesser of working capital or net worth, with $300,000 in both needed for an unlimited license. Late renewal costs $20 a month for up to a year.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Tennessee — statewide
- Phone
- (615) 741-8307
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.
- Tennessee Board for Licensing Contractors — home improvement license and the counties that have adopted itTennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-03
- Tennessee Comp. R. & Regs. 0680-01 — contractor licensing fees and bidding thresholdsTennessee Board for Licensing Contractors · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-03
Other Tennessee statewide offices
- Tennessee Secretary of State, Division of Business and Charitable Organizations
- Tennessee Department of Health, Environmental Health Program
- Tennessee Department of Revenue
- Tennessee Board of Cosmetology and Barber Examiners
- Tennessee Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners
- Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance, Division of Regulatory Boards
- Tennessee Department of Human Services, Division of Child Care and Community Services
Tennessee jurisdictions
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