Licensed contractors in Virginia, by county or city

66,141 contractor and trade licences in force across 118 counties and cities, as of October 11, 2026.

County / city	Licences	General / home improvement	HVAC	Plumbing	Electrical	Roofing	Other trades
Fairfax	6,148	3,366	1,021	741	1,237	121	553
Prince William	3,891	1,571	814	557	972	80	389
Chesterfield	3,584	1,512	470	426	1,011	61	437
Virginia Beach city	3,380	1,503	569	439	771	68	390
Henrico	2,314	1,044	308	224	651	47	259
Loudoun	2,242	1,096	385	228	446	37	249
Chesapeake city	2,092	760	446	248	638	50	230
Hanover	1,903	725	283	213	645	28	202
Spotsylvania	1,447	560	271	201	387	21	163
Bedford	1,330	595	229	186	419	16	125
Stafford	1,249	505	257	158	317	24	105
Fauquier	1,232	523	220	191	328	21	117
Albemarle	1,199	556	214	154	340	13	112
Augusta	1,168	502	222	157	329	31	137
Norfolk city	1,051	412	220	146	315	26	107
Rockingham	1,049	457	133	151	323	24	115
Frederick	1,048	425	148	123	333	22	117
Newport News city	932	323	179	130	296	11	93
Richmond city	872	423	122	112	200	19	106
James City	781	362	126	97	185	13	96
Culpeper	748	332	106	96	222	14	87
Hampton city	744	233	174	122	262	15	58
Powhatan	697	269	91	74	209	6	93
Franklin	671	297	62	113	202	11	91
Lynchburg city	642	284	117	107	203	16	48
Gloucester	638	250	112	77	195	10	61
Suffolk city	614	235	115	68	204	14	60
Shenandoah	607	231	92	92	229	11	65
Montgomery	572	291	63	104	200	16	52
Orange	561	234	93	72	172	9	57
Roanoke city	549	235	82	101	160	16	76
Warren	519	186	98	69	166	3	33
York	506	202	91	68	149	9	52
Roanoke	502	227	84	58	160	9	56
Washington	490	217	74	87	183	16	66
Goochland	486	229	68	35	108	6	75
Arlington	474	283	75	63	81	8	24
Campbell	474	149	125	102	158	8	52
Portsmouth city	452	156	104	74	139	10	41
Manassas city	443	179	94	67	101	7	46
Louisa	442	185	72	59	136	7	49
Isle of Wight	419	176	59	45	129	5	45
Carroll	403	186	42	107	158	16	45
Petersburg city	398	131	82	44	131	6	47
Henry	396	169	81	85	130	12	51
Pittsylvania	394	128	78	86	146	7	49
Amherst	383	160	66	67	97	5	34
New Kent	382	125	76	44	137	9	32
Salem city	351	158	58	75	96	4	29
Mecklenburg	348	166	73	67	117	18	38
King William	348	89	80	50	137	4	27
Pulaski	347	147	65	68	163	9	28
Alexandria city	334	190	47	29	69	7	34
Caroline	331	129	58	51	86	8	39
Halifax	323	127	69	89	131	9	36
Rockbridge	317	154	40	37	82	4	38
Botetourt	311	124	43	34	100	2	40
Amelia	311	121	49	52	94	11	38
Dinwiddie	298	97	51	37	117	3	34
Danville city	298	122	74	65	68	5	27
Page	285	101	39	49	98	1	24
Accomack	278	157	35	31	67	14	27
Tazewell	275	122	41	62	128	6	30
King George	268	108	52	25	84	4	26
Madison	248	110	26	54	76	2	25
Fluvanna	244	71	55	54	75	4	21
Prince George	234	59	36	12	110	4	26
Greene	228	91	43	31	68	2	19
Harrisonburg city	226	124	25	23	44	11	31
Wythe	223	107	24	48	93	7	31
Floyd	220	92	45	60	68	6	28
Westmoreland	212	112	52	40	47	4	19
Prince Edward	204	85	49	54	82	7	22
Northumberland	203	104	28	29	53	4	26
Smyth	198	92	26	43	87	4	16
Lancaster	193	102	22	38	43	3	20
Wise	193	63	44	37	103	5	22
Alleghany	190	67	34	28	79	7	27
Charlottesville city	184	106	24	19	44	4	18
Giles	183	69	36	52	75	4	21
Winchester city	175	84	16	15	45	5	29
Clarke	174	72	18	22	49	2	26
Appomattox	168	61	41	32	49	5	23
Nelson	165	79	26	23	52	0	18
Poquoson city	163	66	23	25	58	2	11
Hopewell city	162	45	27	31	60	1	13
Middlesex	160	83	19	19	32	2	22
Essex	160	63	27	25	56	5	18
Russell	158	59	36	47	86	8	19
Fredericksburg city	146	76	14	18	32	2	17
Charlotte	142	60	24	34	60	4	21
Southampton	139	60	24	26	49	3	15
Mathews	137	69	20	12	27	2	17
Cumberland	127	66	21	13	29	3	14
Northampton	127	77	16	14	23	7	21
Buckingham	125	51	26	25	36	2	13
Patrick	116	44	19	28	46	3	19
Nottoway	116	45	30	16	40	4	11
Brunswick	115	44	26	27	39	1	13
Lunenburg	103	47	21	25	35	2	10
Rappahannock	100	50	15	23	34	1	7
Charles City	99	34	22	12	30	1	19
Buchanan	98	35	24	21	50	1	17
Surry	95	29	16	10	44	2	9
Lee	91	38	14	19	41	0	15
Sussex	91	27	20	7	39	2	8
Scott	89	34	15	11	38	2	13
Grayson	88	46	15	29	41	5	5
King and Queen	84	29	20	3	22	2	14
Richmond	81	46	10	16	25	2	12
Greensville	72	29	12	18	33	2	6
Craig	71	27	13	14	32	0	7
Dickenson	61	16	16	22	38	2	10
Staunton city	60	23	18	5	14	0	9
Bland	47	16	11	7	19	0	4
Bristol city	43	24	4	7	8	1	3
Bath	36	16	1	4	9	0	10
Highland	33	18	4	7	11	3	3

Places with fewer than 20 licences are not listed. A licence can cover more than one trade, so trade columns can add up to more than the total.

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