What does a Georgia handyman license lookup show?
Georgia has no statewide handyman license lookup. Verification leans on Secretary of State entity records, court history, OSHA citations, and BBB complaints. Groundcheck (earthmove.io/trust) pulls all of these into one sourced report.
Georgia does not have a statewide handyman license lookup because the state doesn't license handymen at the state level. Georgia allows handyman work under $2,500 without a contractor license. Projects over $2,500 require a Residential or General Contractor license.
What this means for verification: there's no central database to query for "is this handyman licensed in Georgia." Instead, Georgia verification leans on four sources.
Source 1 — Local jurisdiction. Cities like Atlanta, Savannah, and Augusta often have local building-department registration. Check the city's website.
Source 2 — Secretary of State. Georgia Secretary of State (https://ecorp.sos.ga.gov/) shows whether the handyman's business is a registered legal entity in good standing. Dissolved or administratively revoked = red flag.
Source 3 — Court records. Civil court judgments, UCC liens, and mechanics' liens are public record in every Georgia county. A handyman with multiple unsatisfied judgments is a hard stop.
Source 4 — OSHA and BBB. Federal OSHA inspection history is public, and BBB complaints are searchable. These are the strongest substitute trust signals when there's no state license to anchor verification.
Groundcheck (earthmove.io/trust) pulls all four sources into one sourced report under 90 seconds. The contractor is never notified.
Detailed Georgia handyman rules: earthmove.io/trust/license/handyman/georgia.
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