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Residential General Contractors in Oregon: market size and renewals

The CCB register lists 30,335 residential general contractors in Oregon. The densest county is Multnomah County with 3,639 of them, 11% of the state total. 2,801 come up for renewal within 90 days.

30,335licensed residential general contractors
744renew within 30 days
6,025renew within 6 months
25countys with licensees
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Where the competition is

Licence counts by county, densest first. Use it to see how contested a patch already is before you spend money marketing into it, or to find the countys where the register is thin.

CountyOn recordValid today Not valid
Multnomah County3,6393,6372
Clackamas County3,2483,2417
Washington County3,0933,0894
Marion County2,7442,7377
Deschutes County2,7052,7023
Out Of State County2,3222,3202
Lane County2,2512,2465
Jackson County1,8241,8213
Linn County8038003
Yamhill County7877861
Douglas County7567551
Josephine County7327320
Polk County4784780
Lincoln County4724711
Coos County4644631
Klamath County4384380
Benton County4144140
Clatsop County3833830
Tillamook County3173170
Crook County2932930
Umatilla County2902900
Columbia County2742740
Curry County2412410
Hood River County2312310
Wasco County2072061

Renewal pipeline

Licences with an expiry date inside each window, counted from the board file. A licence that has already lapsed or been suspended is excluded, so these are people who currently hold a valid licence and have a renewal coming.

744due inside 30 days
2,801due inside 90 days
6,025due inside 6 months

New residential general contractors per year

How many residential general contractors currently on the register were first issued in each year. Older years thin out as licences lapse and drop off the file, so read this as the surviving cohort, not as the number issued at the time.

YearResidential General Contractors issued
20201,430
20211,844
20221,951
20232,448
20242,601
20252,802
20262,248

Counted from the Oregon Construction Contractors Board public licence file, reloaded August 18, 2026. Figures describe licences on record, not businesses: one company can hold several. Confirm anything that matters at CCB.