5,980 Florida Certified General Contractors Are Working on an Expired License
An analysis of all 38,996 certified general contractor licenses published by the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation, as of August 18, 2026.
DBPR republishes its full licensee file daily. We loaded every certified general contractor record and compared the expiration date on each against today's date. 5,980 licenses, 15.3% of the trade, have already lapsed.
Counties with the highest expiry rate
Ranked among counties with at least 50 licensed certified general contractors.
| County | Licensed | Expired | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Putnam County | 63 | 17 | 27.0% |
| Alachua County | 307 | 76 | 24.8% |
| Sumter County | 69 | 15 | 21.7% |
| St. Johns County | 435 | 93 | 21.4% |
| Citrus County | 149 | 31 | 20.8% |
| Marion County | 329 | 61 | 18.5% |
| Indian River County | 291 | 53 | 18.2% |
| Columbia County | 56 | 10 | 17.9% |
| Seminole County | 666 | 117 | 17.6% |
| Orange County | 1,657 | 291 | 17.6% |
Method
Source file: DBPR 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.