Classification B
General Building Contractor
83,360 California contractors hold a clear B license. 5,900 more hold one that is suspended or not clear. Roughly 807 read clear with an expired workers’ comp policy on file.
Jobs a B may take
- Build a detached ADU
- Convert a garage to living space
- Add a room or extend the house
- Remodel a kitchen
- Remodel a bathroom
- Remodel most of the house
- Repair or replace the foundation
- Replace or repair a roofwith a condition
- Repipe or major plumbing workwith a condition
- Upgrade the panel or rewirewith a condition
- Install or replace heating and A/Cwith a condition
- Install rooftop solar
- Build a swimming pool or spawith a condition
- Landscaping, patios, irrigationwith a condition
- Paint the interior or exteriorwith a condition
- Replace windows and doorswith a condition
“With a condition” means the license may take the job only in some circumstances — each job page spells them out.
By city 150
- Los Angeles3,339 clear · 269 not clear
- San Diego2,629 clear · 180 not clear
- San Francisco2,238 clear · 135 not clear
- San Jose2,137 clear · 168 not clear
- Sacramento1,520 clear · 126 not clear
- Bakersfield937 clear · 76 not clear
- Riverside912 clear · 63 not clear
- Fresno886 clear · 49 not clear
- Santa Rosa822 clear · 63 not clear
- Oakland792 clear · 62 not clear
- Anaheim785 clear · 42 not clear
- Irvine774 clear · 54 not clear
- Woodland Hills667 clear · 56 not clear
- Long Beach644 clear · 53 not clear
- Huntington Beach644 clear · 45 not clear
- Escondido604 clear · 38 not clear
- Roseville554 clear · 21 not clear
- Santa Barbara553 clear · 40 not clear
- Santa Ana531 clear · 38 not clear
- Glendale531 clear · 41 not clear
- Concord531 clear · 30 not clear
- Corona530 clear · 39 not clear
- El Cajon525 clear · 38 not clear
- Orange523 clear · 32 not clear
- Simi Valley514 clear · 21 not clear
- Van Nuys510 clear · 33 not clear
- Temecula455 clear · 41 not clear
- Vista449 clear · 24 not clear
- Torrance443 clear · 35 not clear
- Burbank432 clear · 26 not clear
- Costa Mesa429 clear · 23 not clear
- Hayward427 clear · 31 not clear
- Sherman Oaks426 clear · 40 not clear
- Stockton421 clear · 36 not clear
- Carlsbad420 clear · 18 not clear
- Modesto417 clear · 34 not clear
- San Rafael416 clear · 18 not clear
- Tarzana415 clear · 26 not clear
- Pasadena411 clear · 24 not clear
- Chula Vista403 clear · 30 not clear
- Oceanside401 clear · 29 not clear
- Santa Cruz397 clear · 30 not clear
- Newport Beach395 clear · 32 not clear
- Ventura395 clear · 21 not clear
- Petaluma384 clear · 20 not clear
- Chico379 clear · 41 not clear
- Redding379 clear · 30 not clear
- Fullerton375 clear · 24 not clear
- Novato372 clear · 22 not clear
- North Hollywood367 clear · 26 not clear
- Encino367 clear · 21 not clear
- Napa366 clear · 30 not clear
- Rancho Cucamonga356 clear · 21 not clear
- Fremont354 clear · 29 not clear
- Garden Grove349 clear · 28 not clear
- Murrieta343 clear · 19 not clear
- Walnut Creek328 clear · 22 not clear
- San Clemente327 clear · 19 not clear
- Redwood City317 clear · 18 not clear
- West Hills316 clear · 23 not clear
- Salinas314 clear · 20 not clear
- Ontario311 clear · 23 not clear
- Thousand Oaks311 clear · 19 not clear
- Grass Valley305 clear · 19 not clear
- San Mateo303 clear · 21 not clear
- Citrus Heights303 clear · 23 not clear
- San Leandro300 clear · 20 not clear
- Northridge297 clear · 13 not clear
- Santa Clara294 clear · 14 not clear
- Auburn292 clear · 13 not clear
- Redondo Beach292 clear · 17 not clear
- Lancaster291 clear · 15 not clear
- Mission Viejo289 clear · 24 not clear
- Whittier289 clear · 28 not clear
- Oxnard286 clear · 19 not clear
- Clovis286 clear · 15 not clear
- Palmdale283 clear · 22 not clear
- Livermore278 clear · 21 not clear
- Truckee278 clear · 22 not clear
- Santa Monica277 clear · 15 not clear
- Beverly Hills277 clear · 18 not clear
- San Bernardino269 clear · 14 not clear
- Elk Grove266 clear · 24 not clear
- Berkeley264 clear · 21 not clear
- Upland259 clear · 20 not clear
- Santa Maria258 clear · 11 not clear
- Visalia258 clear · 18 not clear
- Downey255 clear · 19 not clear
- Palm Desert253 clear · 16 not clear
- Camarillo252 clear · 17 not clear
- La Mesa252 clear · 13 not clear
- Santa Clarita251 clear · 17 not clear
- Daly City251 clear · 15 not clear
- Campbell250 clear · 16 not clear
- Fontana250 clear · 25 not clear
- Yorba Linda250 clear · 15 not clear
- Richmond249 clear · 15 not clear
- Chino248 clear · 22 not clear
- San Marcos247 clear · 13 not clear
- Reseda247 clear · 18 not clear
- Arcadia244 clear · 17 not clear
- Vacaville241 clear · 19 not clear
- Rocklin240 clear · 20 not clear
- Calabasas238 clear · 9 not clear
- Los Gatos234 clear · 17 not clear
- West Covina232 clear · 15 not clear
- San Luis Obispo231 clear · 14 not clear
- Encinitas231 clear · 19 not clear
- Granada Hills231 clear · 12 not clear
- Chatsworth231 clear · 11 not clear
- Fallbrook229 clear · 19 not clear
- Sylmar227 clear · 19 not clear
- Castro Valley227 clear · 18 not clear
- Folsom221 clear · 13 not clear
- Sebastopol219 clear · 13 not clear
- Ramona218 clear · 12 not clear
- Carmichael217 clear · 14 not clear
- El Dorado Hills215 clear · 9 not clear
- Tustin214 clear · 8 not clear
- Paso Robles212 clear · 14 not clear
- Vallejo210 clear · 18 not clear
- Moreno Valley210 clear · 21 not clear
- Sunnyvale210 clear · 9 not clear
- Lake Elsinore210 clear · 18 not clear
- South Lake Tahoe209 clear · 11 not clear
- Placerville207 clear · 15 not clear
- Covina207 clear · 14 not clear
- Orangevale206 clear · 15 not clear
- Fairfield206 clear · 13 not clear
- Atascadero206 clear · 8 not clear
- Rancho Cordova205 clear · 15 not clear
- Gardena202 clear · 5 not clear
- Glendora200 clear · 12 not clear
- Canoga Park199 clear · 22 not clear
- Martinez198 clear · 14 not clear
- Burlingame197 clear · 13 not clear
- Eureka197 clear · 5 not clear
- Laguna Niguel197 clear · 9 not clear
- Redlands196 clear · 20 not clear
- Gilroy194 clear · 11 not clear
- Tracy193 clear · 6 not clear
- Morgan Hill193 clear · 11 not clear
- Hesperia192 clear · 22 not clear
- Lake Forest191 clear · 12 not clear
- Fair Oaks190 clear · 16 not clear
- Pomona189 clear · 24 not clear
- Buena Park188 clear · 27 not clear
- Valencia188 clear · 12 not clear
- Perris186 clear · 15 not clear
- Danville182 clear · 10 not clear
Cities with fewer than five clear licenses aren’t listed. Source: CSLB public records, refreshed weekly.