Registry statistics
Contractor licensing in Washington and Oregon, by the numbers
Counts computed directly from the registration files this directory holds. Every figure on this page is reproducible from the same data.
120,434 records analysed·3,949 city and town slices·WA data as of July 2026
When these licences were first issued
By decade of first registrationThe register skews sharply recent. Most businesses carrying a contractor credential in these two states got it within the last decade, which is worth knowing when a homeowner treats “licensed” as a proxy for “long-established”. It is not one.
New registrations per year
2018 onwardThe final year is partial — the snapshot stops at 17 July 2026, so that bar is a part-year figure and should not be read as a decline.
The oldest registrations still on file
- 23 July 1936
- Tice Electric Co — Portland, Washington L&I
- 24 March 1937
- Hochstatter Electric Inc — Moses Lake, Washington L&I
- 31 December 1937
- Ramsay Signs Inc — Portland, Washington L&I
- 31 December 1944
- Service Electric Co Inc — Snohomish, Washington L&I
- 1 February 1945
- Hoydar-Buck Inc — Selah, Washington L&I
- 15 June 1945
- Ford Electric Co Inc — Long Beach, Washington L&I
How these businesses are structured
How to read these numbers
Each figure counts records in this snapshot, not licences currently valid in the state system. The state column is the issuing agency, not the business address — firms based in Vancouver, Washington hold Oregon licences and the reverse is also true, so a count by state is a count by regulator. Method and known limits are on the sources page.
Verify any record directly with the issuing agency: WA L&I Verify a Contractor · Oregon CCB licence search