Arkansas Contractors Licensing Board

What Arkansas Contractors Licensing Board does

The Arkansas Contractors Licensing Board is a state government regulatory body established in 1939 and operating as a division of the Arkansas Department of Labor and Licensing. It is headquartered at 4100 Richards Road in North Little Rock, Arkansas, with a staff of six employees. The Board's mandate is to protect the health, safety, and welfare of Arkansas citizens by establishing minimum standards of industry experience, business skills, and financial stability for licensed contractors, and by licensing those contractors operating within the state.

The Board consists of two distinct oversight arms: the original Commercial Contractors Licensing Board, created in 1939 to regulate contractors working on commercial construction projects, and the Residential Committee, added in 1999 to license builders of new homes in Arkansas. Together, these bodies administer the application, renewal, and verification processes for both commercial and residential contractor licenses, and maintain a public searchable database for consumer verification of licensed contractors.

The entity is funded through Arkansas state general appropriations supplemented by licensing fees paid by contractors, and its revenue figures are not publicly disclosed. The Board's technology footprint consists of a government licensing and regulatory administration system delivered through the Arkansas Department of Labor and Licensing website, including online application, renewal, and contractor search functions. Its go-to-market is purely statutory: any contractor performing covered commercial or residential construction work in Arkansas is required by law to obtain a license, making the Board's "customer base" the entire population of relevant Arkansas contractors.

Name

Arkansas Contractors Licensing Board

Legal name

Arkansas Contractors Licensing Board

Website

https://aclb.arkansas.gov

Company type

Private

Founded year

1939

Operating status

Operating

Short description

The Arkansas Contractors Licensing Board is a state government regulatory body, established in 1939, that licenses commercial contractors and residential home builders in Arkansas. It operates under the Arkansas Department of Labor and Licensing from North Little Rock to enforce minimum competency and financial standards.

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akta.pro rank

Product category

Government Regulatory Services

NAICS

Regulation, Licensing, and Inspection of Miscellaneous Commercial Sectors (92615)

akta.pro primary industry

Licensing & Permitting Authorities (General) (BPAIAOAB)

Keywords

• Government contractor licensing
• Residential builder licensing
• Construction industry regulation
• Contractor licensing services
• State regulatory board

Headquarters

HQ city

North Little Rock

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

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GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

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Core offering

The Arkansas Contractors Licensing Board is a state government regulatory agency that licenses commercial contractors and residential home builders in Arkansas. It establishes minimum standards for licensed contractors including experience in the construction industry, business skills, and financial stability, and provides license application, renewal, and verification services to protect public health, safety, and welfare.

Product overview

The Arkansas Contractors Licensing Board is a government licensing agency offering contractor licensing services. It consists of two main components: the Commercial Contractors Licensing Board (established 1939) and the Residential Committee (established 1999). The Board provides license application, renewal, and verification services for both commercial contractors and residential home builders in Arkansas, establishing minimum standards for experience, business skills, and financial stability.

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Products and services

• Contractor Licensing Services Government licensing service that establishes minimum standards for licensed contractors including experience in the construction industry, business skills, and financial stability. The Board was created in 1939 to protect the health, safety and welfare of Arkansas citizens, providing application, renewal, and verification services to commercial contractors in the state.
• Residential Builder Licensing Licensing service for new home builders in Arkansas, created through the Residential Committee in 1999 to further protect the health, safety and welfare of Arkansans by establishing minimum standards for residential home builders.

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Direct peers

• California Contractors State License Board: California's state agency that licenses contractors and regulates the construction industry. Direct functional peer of the Arkansas Contractors Licensing Board, serving as the sole state contractor licensing authority for California with a similar mandate to protect consumers and enforce industry standards.
• Florida Construction Industry Licensing Board: Florida's state licensing body for construction industry professionals operating under the Department of Business and Professional Regulation. Direct peer in function — sole state-level contractor licensing authority — comparable in mandate to the Arkansas Contractors Licensing Board.
• Georgia State Licensing Board for Residential and General Contractors: Georgia's licensing board for residential and general contractors operating under the Secretary of State. Direct peer: sole Georgia licensing authority for contractors with similar commercial/residential dual-track structure as the Arkansas board.
• North Carolina Licensing Board for General Contractors: North Carolina's state licensing board for general contractors. Direct peer with comparable function — licensing and regulation of general contractors within the state — and a similar small-government structure.
• Tennessee Board for Licensing Contractors: Tennessee's state regulatory body for contractor licensing operating under the Department of Commerce and Insurance. Direct regional peer with overlapping geographic proximity to Arkansas and an essentially identical regulatory mandate.
• Alabama State Licensing Board for General Contractors: Alabama's state licensing board for general contractors. Direct regional peer with similar state-level regulatory function for contractor licensing, geographically adjacent to Arkansas with potentially overlapping licensee populations.
• Louisiana State Licensing Board for Contractors: Louisiana's state licensing board for residential and commercial contractors. Direct regional peer operating in a neighboring state with the same core function: licensing contractors, establishing minimum competency standards, and protecting consumers.
• Mississippi State Board of Contractors: Mississippi's state board responsible for licensing contractors. Direct regional peer operating across the Mississippi-Arkansas border with a comparable mandate for commercial and residential contractor licensing.
• Oklahoma Construction Industries Board: Oklahoma's regulatory board for the construction industry. Direct regional peer operating in an Arkansas-neighboring state with a similar contractor licensing and inspection mandate, particularly relevant for contractors operating across state lines.

Broad incumbents

• Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation: Texas's umbrella agency that licenses a wide range of occupations and industries including contractors. Broader incumbent peer: handles multiple licensing programs beyond just contractors, so it's a wider mandate but comparable regulatory function for the contractor segment.

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Weaknesses3 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

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