Coverage / California
Verify · CAGeneral contractor verification — California
California requires a state-level general contractor licence, and GroundCheck checks it directly against the California CSLB contractor roster. A match returns an authoritative status, and a genuine miss is a real, reportable absence. Alongside licence status, GroundCheck attempts a Secretary of State business-filing check and a federal court-judgment search for every business you search — coverage of those varies by state and is disclosed, as-of a specific date, on the report itself.
Licence mechanism
Dedicated live scraper
Coverage grade
ADeterministic check
Statewide GC licence required
Yes
Search California contractors and businesses
Enter a business name to run a free GroundCheck. We check licence status, business-filing standing, and federal court records, each labeled with the evidence tier that produced it.
GroundCheck’s coverage in California
GroundCheck’s coverage in California: Dedicated live scraper. Grade: A. As of September 6, 2026.
ADeterministic check
A deterministic lane answers this directly: a live scraper or ingested roster, in scope for a general contractor.
What we actually hold: the California CSLB contractor roster.
What GroundCheck checks for a California business
- Licence standing — dedicated live scraper (source: cslb_ca). Active, lapsed, revoked, or expired status where a state credential exists at all.
- Business-entity filing— Secretary of State registration standing (active, dissolved, or administratively revoked), attempted for every state; coverage depth is disclosed on the report itself, not claimed here.
- Federal court records— federal civil judgments and bankruptcy filings tied to the named business.