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Trades and construction licences
Licences for contractors and skilled trades — electrical, plumbing, gas, general contracting — usually issued at state or provincial level with bonding and insurance status attached.
2 of one regulator per state or nation; 8 in Australia, 50+ in the US catalogued. This family is fragmented — the 2 below are a sample, not coverage.
Who asks for this
Construction compliance officer vetting a subcontractor
What it answers
Answers "is this contractor licensed, insured and in good standing" — the question behind subcontractor vetting, insurance underwriting and homeowner protection.
| Record class | Registry / licence registry_licence |
|---|---|
| Sector | Construction permits REGI>construction |
| Already served by | not yet checked |
Typical fields
- licence number
- trade
- holder
- status
- bond/insurance
- expiry
- complaints
Catalogued instances (2)
| Dataset | Jurisdiction | Class | Access | Licence | Status | Req. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NSW tradesperson licence check API | New South Wales, Australia | Registry / licence | api | unverified | requested | |
| Queensland QBCC building licensee register | Queensland, Australia | Registry / licence | csv | verified | requested |
Each instance is a separate publisher with its own licence. We never infer a licence from the family, the publisher or the country — the Environment Agency publishes one dataset under the Open Government Licence and another marked all rights reserved.