Virginia — statewide
Virginia Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation, Board for Contractors
In short
Virginia Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation, Board for Contractors issues 2 permits we publish for Virginia — 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 | Virginia Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation, Board for Contractors | $274.50–$439.50 initial — $274.50 Class C, $419.50 Class B, $439.50 Class A, including the recovery fund and technology charges | 2 years from the last day of the month of issue | 2026-09-03 |
| Tradesman Licenseonly if it applies to you | Virginia Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation, Board for Contractors | $171.75 original license — a $150 fee plus the $7.25-a-year technology charge | 3 years for electricians, plumbers, HVAC and gas fitters; 2 years otherwise | 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 thresholds moved in 2025 and older guidance is now wrong. Class A is a single contract of $150,000 or more or a million a year; Class B is $30,000 to $150,000 or $250,000 to a million; Class C runs from just over $1,000 to $30,000. Below $1,000 no contractor license is needed at all. The fee is the small part: Class A applicants must document $45,000 of net worth and Class B $15,000, and Class A and B both need a designated employee who has passed the board's exams, which Class C does not. Electrical, plumbing and HVAC contractors must additionally hold a master tradesman license as a condition of licensure — two credentials, two fees. Value means fair market value, so under-pricing a contract does not move you down a class. The printed fees are $400, $380 and $235; the rest is a $25 recovery fund assessment and the $7.25-a-year technology charge that ends on 30 June 2030.
Tradesman License
This is the individual credential that sits under the company's contractor license, and for the mechanical trades it is compulsory to hold both. The main trades run on a three-year cycle while every other license and certification in the chapter runs on two, which is a genuine trap when budgeting renewals. Renewal is $160. Exchanging a locality-issued card for a state license costs $110, and adding a second trade designation $105. Continuing education at renewal is three hours per designation for plumbing, electrical and HVAC and one hour for gas fitters, rising to eight for elevator and accessibility mechanics, water well providers and fire sprinkler inspectors.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Virginia — statewide
- Phone
- (804) 367-8511
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.
- 18VAC50-22-100 — Board for Contractors initial license feesVirginia Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-03
- 18VAC50-30-90 — tradesman license feesVirginia Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-03
- Code of Virginia section 54.1-1100 — Class A, B and C contractor definitions and thresholds as amended in 2025Virginia General Assembly · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-03
Other Virginia statewide offices
- Virginia State Corporation Commission, Office of the Clerk
- Virginia Department of Health, Division of Food and Environmental Services
- Virginia Board of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Health Professions
- Virginia Department of Education, Child Care Licensing
- Virginia Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation, Board for Barbers and Cosmetology
- Virginia Department of Taxation
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