About this Bay Area, CA directory
We list Bay Area general contractors from California's license records and show the license, bond and workers' comp on every card, with the date of the file. We are independent: not part of CSLB, any city, or any contractor.
CSLB records dated Oct 16, 2026 checked Oct 18, 2026 Verify live on CSLB
Active licenses
17,869
B and B-2, Bay Area
Places covered
18
cities and counties
Contractor pages
2,745
with a full profile
With SF permits
2,793
last 24 months
Where the data comes from
License status, class, bond, workers' comp and the names of the people CSLB lists on each license come from the free files on the CSLB Data Portal. We download them weekly and show two dates: the date on CSLB's file and the day we processed it. Permit counts come from San Francisco's open data, matched by license number, and San Jose's, matched by business name. Local permit notes on each city page link to the city page they came from.
CSLB says license status can change at any time, so every card links to the live CSLB record. The full list of sources is on how we rank.
How lists are ordered
By a score computed from public records: bond on file, workers' comp, years licensed, and permits where we have permit data. The same rules apply to everyone and are published on the methodology page.
How the site makes money
From project requests and sponsored placements. Requests you send through our form go to licensed contractors who can take the job. A contractor can also buy a sponsored card, which carries a "Sponsored" label and never changes the order of a list or any license data. Today there are no sponsors. License data is never for sale.
What we don't publish
Street addresses, ZIP codes and phone numbers, even when CSLB's file has them; about half of Bay Area B licenses belong to sole owners, many at a home address. No reviews or star ratings, and no claims about complaints or discipline. For those, each profile links to CSLB.
Related sites
ADU projects are covered by our sister site Bay Area ADU Builders, and cost estimates by Home Construction Cost Calculator.
Corrections
If you run a listed company and something is wrong, see for contractors. License facts come from CSLB, so a change there reaches us with the next weekly file.