566 California General Engineering Contractors Are Working on an Expired License
An analysis of all 15,304 general engineering contractor licenses published by the California Contractors State License Board, as of August 18, 2026.
CSLB republishes its full licensee file daily. We loaded every general engineering contractor record and compared the expiration date on each against today's date. 566 licenses, 3.7% of the trade, have already lapsed.
Counties with the highest expiry rate
Ranked among counties with at least 50 licensed general engineering contractors.
| County | Licensed | Expired | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sacramento County | 273 | 17 | 6.2% |
| Santa Clara County | 219 | 13 | 5.9% |
| Calaveras County | 51 | 3 | 5.9% |
| San Francisco County | 136 | 8 | 5.9% |
| Ventura County | 224 | 12 | 5.4% |
| El Dorado County | 115 | 6 | 5.2% |
| San Joaquin County | 135 | 7 | 5.2% |
| Stanislaus County | 79 | 4 | 5.1% |
| Fresno County | 206 | 10 | 4.9% |
| Tulare County | 105 | 5 | 4.8% |
Method
Source file: CSLB public license listing, downloaded
August 18, 2026. A license counts as expired when its published expiration
date is earlier than the date of analysis. We do not adjust for grace periods, so a licensee
who renewed today may still appear here until the next daily file. Counties with fewer than
50 licensees are excluded from the ranking to avoid small-sample noise.