Research Miami-Dade County contractors

Miami-Dade County research snapshot

Only READY public metrics appear as numbers. Local permit and local credential datasets are pending — missing export is not zero events. Florida contractor credentials whose DBPR license mailing county_code is 23 (Miami-Dade). Headquarters/base mailing county — not operating geography, not local authorization, and not all permit activity in Miami-Dade.

• 18,369

  Florida credentials with a mailing/base county of Miami-Dade

  Florida contractor credentials whose DBPR license mailing county_code is 23 (Miami-Dade). Headquarters/base mailing county — not operating geography, not local authorization, and not all permit activity in Miami-Dade.

• 14,817

  Active credentials with a mailing/base county of Miami-Dade

  Active is DBPR secondary status Active. Not an active-business count and not local authorization.

• 16,336

  Trade credentials with a mailing/base county of Miami-Dade

  Excludes FRO, CRS1, and PVDR. Still credentials, not companies.

• 35

  Mapped local permitting jurisdictions (metadata)

  AHJ metadata rows. Not jurisdictions with permits loaded. Not local credential coverage.

• 80,810

  Confirmed Miami-Dade County-issued permit records linked to Florida contractor credentials

  Issued-permit rows from the county RER Open Data table that match an occupation-prefixed DBPR license in our warehouse. Not all Miami-Dade permits. Not municipal histories. Issued is not final. HQ mailing county is a separate layer.

• 31,680

  Confirmed county-issued permit records in the last 12 months

  Subset of confirmed issued rows with issue_date in the last 12 months. The source itself is a rolling ~2-year issued window. No 3-year public count.

• 8,015

  Distinct Florida credentials linked to confirmed county-issued permits

  Distinct DBPR licenses on confirmed rows. A firm headquartered outside Miami-Dade can appear here. This is not the mailing-county credential census.

• 69,968

  Confirmed issued records in unincorporated Miami-Dade (folio 30)

  Folio prefix 30. Not the entire county.

• 9,365

  Confirmed associated county-review (M/MBLD) records

  County Municipal Approval / associated reviews. Not municipal building-permit history.

• 73,563

  Confirmed issued records with recorded permit valuation

  Denominator is 80,810 confirmed issued records. Missing valuation is not zero and is not summed.

• 16,009

  Public contact observations from confirmed permit attribution

  Phone and mailing-address observations on 8,015 distinct confirmed licenses. Agency numbers excluded. Secondary values are not overwritten.

Credential extract as of 2026-08-10. Not a live DBPR session.

Compare this market

Identical definitions only: HQ/base credential counts, active share on that same universe, and trade-bucket share. Not permit volume vs credentials.

Contractor category intelligence

Each category combines the certified and registered CILB classes that belong together. Registered residential (RR) is residential, not roofing. Counts are credentials, not companies. Open a category to browse discovery results.

• General

  Browse

  6,279 credentials tracked · 5,535 active

  Certified: CGC 6,237
  Registered: RG 42

• Building

  Browse

  743 credentials tracked · 650 active

  Certified: CBC 719
  Registered: RB 24

• Residential

  Browse

  256 credentials tracked · 220 active

  Certified: CRC 243
  Registered: RR 13

• Roofing

  Browse

  1,267 credentials tracked · 1,156 active

  Certified: CCC 1,239
  Registered: RC 28

• HVAC

  Browse

  1,193 credentials tracked · 1,087 active

  Certified: CAC 1,169
  Registered: RA 24

• Plumbing

  Browse

  1,197 credentials tracked · 1,134 active

  Certified: CFC 1,170
  Registered: RF 27

• Mechanical

  Browse

  547 credentials tracked · 499 active

  Certified: CMC 540
  Registered: RM 7

• Pool/Spa

  Browse

  348 credentials tracked · 327 active

  Certified: CPC 327
  Registered: RP 21

• Underground Utility

  Browse

  334 credentials tracked · 300 active

  Certified: CUC 328
  Registered: RU 6

• Specialty

  Browse

  289 credentials tracked · 279 active

  Certified: SCC 285
  Registered: RX 4

• Solar

  Browse

  51 credentials tracked · 44 active

  Certified: CVC 51
  Registered: RV 0

Mapped local jurisdictions

Jurisdiction mapping tells us where local research must occur. Confirmed county-issued permit evidence currently covers Unincorporated Miami-Dade (folio 30) plus associated M/MBLD county reviews. That is not 34 municipal permit histories.

• 35 permitting jurisdictions mapped (metadata).
• Unincorporated / county AHJ: 1 · Municipalities: 34
• Jurisdictions with permit or local-credential activity loaded: 1 (unincorporated/county-issued evidence — not municipal histories).

• Miami-Dade RER Open Data is county-issued permits (unincorporated folio 30 plus associated M/MBLD county reviews). It is not all Miami-Dade municipal permit history.
• Islandia was abolished in 2012 and is not an AHJ.
• City of Miami GIS permits are a separate AHJ and are not published as contractor permit volume on this page.

Regulatory & Enforcement History

Florida regulatory records associated with contractors in this county research population are statewide DBPR/DFS events tied to a credential whose mailing county is Miami-Dade County. That is not “Miami-Dade enforcement actions.” A complaint is not a finding. An investigation is not a final disposition. No public county-level count is currently published.

What we don’t know

• County permit coverage varies and is not uniformly available statewide.
• Municipal coverage differs; county-issued records are not every city’s permit history.
• Local licensing differs by jurisdiction and is not the same as a statewide DBPR credential.
• A credential or business address county is not a service area.
• No record found is not a clean history.
• A current license does not prove workmanship or quality.
• A corporate match does not prove all current operational facts.
• Permit volume does not prove quality.
• Statewide regulatory sources and local permit sources have different grains and must not be added together.

Local permit research

Public permit numbers on this page are confirmed Miami-Dade County-issued records linked to Florida contractor credentials. The source is issued-only and rolling (~2 years). It is not an open/pending census and not the permit history of all 34 municipalities. M/MBLD rows are associated county reviews, not municipal building permits. Issued is not final. Recorded permit valuation is not revenue. REVIEW_REQUIRED and UNRESOLVED rows are not public contractor activity.

Local credential research

Local credential / certification export pending. Missing export is not zero events. Future statuses stay distinct: CURRENT_LOCAL_AUTHORIZATION, CURRENT_REGISTRATION, STATE_ENROLLED, INSTALLER_REGISTRATION, HISTORICAL_LOCAL_LICENSE, PREEMPTED_CLASS, EXPIRED, REVOKED, UNKNOWN. A state credential is not local authorization.

Current research depth

Coverage is Statewide Research. Enhanced Local Research is documented and not activated — operating geography and local exports are not proven. Research depth is not contractor quality.

• In graphState credentials with county mailing/base address. Florida contractor credentials whose DBPR license mailing county_code is 23 (Miami-Dade). Headquarters/base mailing county — not operating geography, not local authorization, and not all permit activity in Miami-Dade.
• In graphTrade / category split. Corrected CILB taxonomy. RR is residential, not roofing. CSC is sheet metal, not solar. FRO is not a trade license.
• In graphEnhanced jurisdiction metadata. Jurisdiction mapping tells us where local research must occur. Confirmed county-issued permit evidence currently covers Unincorporated Miami-Dade (folio 30) plus associated M/MBLD county reviews. That is not 34 municipal permit histories.
• In graphLocal permits. Confirmed Miami-Dade County-issued permit records linked to Florida contractor credentials. Issued-only rolling ~2-year RER source. Not municipal histories. Not open/pending. REVIEW_REQUIRED and UNRESOLVED are not public contractor activity.
• Not yetLocal credentials / certifications. Local dataset pending. Missing export is not zero events.
• Not yetRegulatory & Enforcement History. No public county-level count is currently published. Statewide observations remain statewide events.
• In graphContact enrichment. Public phones and mailing addresses observed on confirmed county-issued permit rows. Agency numbers excluded.
• Not yetOperating / activity evidence. Required for Enhanced. Not inferred from HQ/mailing county.

Sources

Contributing now

• DBPR construction credentials

  Florida DBPR / CILB

  CILB licensee extract filtered by official mailing county_code for this county.

  Mailing/base county is not jobsites or local licenses.

• Statewide regulatory research (context)

  Florida DBPR / CILB and Florida DFS

  Licensed-contractor discipline, unlicensed activity, Recovery Fund, and DFS workers’ compensation / stop-work observations as statewide research.

  These are Florida statewide records. Associating them with a mailing-county population is not county enforcement.

• Mapped local jurisdictions

  Miami-Dade RER / Construction Trades Qualifying Board

  AHJ metadata seed (municipal vs unincorporated). Not permit rows.

  Metadata ≠ permit coverage.

• County-issued building permits (2 prior years to present)

  Miami-Dade RER GIS / Open Data Hub

  Issued permits pulled by Miami-Dade County. Confirmed rows are linked to occupation-prefixed DBPR licenses. Unincorporated folio 30 and associated M/MBLD reviews are labeled separately.

  Issued-only rolling window. Not open/pending. Not 34 municipal building departments. City of Miami GIS is excluded from public contractor volume.

Requested / pending

A pending source is not yet contributing evidence.

• Full permit history / open / raw status extract

  Miami-Dade RER / Construction Trades Qualifying Board

  Longer history, open/unfinaled, and raw status beyond the public issued table — requested, not loaded.

• Local credential / certification extract

  Miami-Dade RER / Construction Trades Qualifying Board

  County certification / enrollment extract — requested, not loaded.

Florida contractor education

Florida-specific licensing concepts. Educational only — not legal advice, not a recommendation, and not a substitute for confirming current status with DBPR and the local building department.

• Florida state license vs local permit authority

  A DBPR / CILB credential is a statewide occupation license. A building permit is issued by a local authority having jurisdiction. A state license does not automatically prove a specific job was permitted. Ask who pulls the permit and confirm with the building department for that address.

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• Certified vs registered contractors

  Certified contractors are licensed by CILB and may work where that class is recognized, still subject to local permitting. Registered contractors operate under a more limited local-jurisdiction framework. Confirm the class on the DBPR record.

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• Why permit history matters

  Permit records, when loaded, are operating evidence: who pulled work, where, and in which AHJ. They are a separate layer from the state credential. Confirmed county-issued rows are not complete municipal history. Issued is not final.

• Why one county can have many permitting authorities

  Florida counties typically contain a county/unincorporated AHJ plus municipalities that issue their own building permits. Mapped jurisdictions tell us where local research must occur. Mapping is not permit coverage.

• County address is not operating geography

  The county on a DBPR credential is the license mailing / headquarters-base county. It does not prove the contractor serves the entire county, works only there, or pulled permits there.

• Unlicensed and deregulated work classes

  Not every home-service job is a CILB contractor class. Some specialties were preempted from local occupational licensing. Absence of a CILB credential is not automatically proof of illegal work — check the correct board and the local building official.

• Storm-chaser hiring risks

  After storms, unsolicited door-knocking, large cash deposits, and pressure to sign immediately are warning signs. Verify the full license class, the business name on the contract, and local permitting. This is research, not an emergency referral.

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• How to interpret regulatory evidence

  A complaint or notice is not a final finding. An investigation is not enforcement. Multiple action rows can belong to one matter. Florida statewide DBPR/DFS records associated with a mailing-county population are not “county enforcement actions.”

• How to check a permit locally

  Identify the city or unincorporated area of the jobsite, then use that AHJ’s permit search — not a countywide warehouse unless the source is proven countywide. Unincorporated Palm Beach: PZB. Unincorporated Broward / BMSD: county Building Code Division. Unincorporated Miami-Dade: RER Building (folio 30). Unincorporated Pinellas and Accela partner cities: county BDRS. Municipal jobs use that city’s portal.

Continue research

• Browse Miami-Dade contractors

  Discovery list of Florida DBPR credentials whose mailing county_code is this county — not a service-area directory.

• Florida State Intelligence

  Statewide credential, category, and regulatory research.

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  Name or full license number lookup.