Research Pinellas County contractors

Pinellas 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 62 (Pinellas). Headquarters/base mailing county — not operating geography, not PCCLB local authorization, and not permit activity.

• 7,249

  Florida credentials with a mailing/base county of Pinellas

  Florida contractor credentials whose DBPR license mailing county_code is 62 (Pinellas). Headquarters/base mailing county — not operating geography, not PCCLB local authorization, and not permit activity.

• 5,539

  Active credentials with a mailing/base county of Pinellas

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

• 6,214

  Trade credentials with a mailing/base county of Pinellas

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

• 25

  Mapped local permitting jurisdictions (metadata)

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

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

  1,412 credentials tracked · 1,216 active

  Certified: CGC 1,402
  Registered: RG 10

• Building

  Browse

  1,035 credentials tracked · 912 active

  Certified: CBC 1,014
  Registered: RB 21

• Residential

  Browse

  537 credentials tracked · 467 active

  Certified: CRC 503
  Registered: RR 34

• Roofing

  Browse

  398 credentials tracked · 343 active

  Certified: CCC 383
  Registered: RC 15

• HVAC

  Browse

  602 credentials tracked · 541 active

  Certified: CAC 596
  Registered: RA 6

• Plumbing

  Browse

  387 credentials tracked · 358 active

  Certified: CFC 371
  Registered: RF 16

• Mechanical

  Browse

  75 credentials tracked · 65 active

  Certified: CMC 75
  Registered: RM 0

• Pool/Spa

  Browse

  236 credentials tracked · 210 active

  Certified: CPC 215
  Registered: RP 21

• Underground Utility

  Browse

  71 credentials tracked · 62 active

  Certified: CUC 70
  Registered: RU 1

• Specialty

  Browse

  197 credentials tracked · 189 active

  Certified: SCC 183
  Registered: RX 14

• Solar

  Browse

  14 credentials tracked · 11 active

  Certified: CVC 14
  Registered: RV 0

Mapped local jurisdictions

Jurisdiction mapping tells us where local research must occur. It does not mean permit activity has been acquired. actualDataCoverageCount is permit/local-credential-loaded AHJs and is currently none.

• 25 permitting jurisdictions mapped (metadata).
• Unincorporated / county AHJ: 1 · Municipalities: 24
• Jurisdictions with permit or local-credential activity loaded: none yet.

• PCCLB countywide licensing is not countywide permitting.
• Pinellas County Accela covers unincorporated Pinellas plus named partner cities only — not St. Petersburg, Clearwater, Largo, or other independent AHJs.
• Belleair Bluffs new permits moved to SAFEbuilt on 2025-08-15; historical Accela rows remain county-held through final.

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 Pinellas County. That is not “Pinellas 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

Local permit research is being expanded. Missing export is not zero events. Last-3-year, open, pending, and final counts are not published.

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 62 (Pinellas). Headquarters/base mailing county — not operating geography, not PCCLB local authorization, and not permit activity.
• 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. It does not mean permit activity has been acquired. actualDataCoverageCount is permit/local-credential-loaded AHJs and is currently none.
• Not yetLocal permits. Local dataset pending. Missing export is not zero events.
• 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.
• Not yetContact enrichment. Future county evidence may add multiple phones/emails/addresses without overwriting.
• 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

  Pinellas County BDRS / PCCLB

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

  Metadata ≠ permit coverage.

Requested / pending

A pending source is not yet contributing evidence.

• Local permit extract

  Pinellas County BDRS / PCCLB

  Existing electronic permit metadata — requested, not loaded.

• Local credential / certification extract

  Pinellas County BDRS / PCCLB

  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 Pinellas 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.

• Check a license

  Name or full license number lookup.