Pennsylvania requires a state-level general contractor licence, but the corpus GroundCheck holds here (the City of Philadelphia Department of Licenses & Inspections trade-licence register (Contractor, Electrical Contractor, Master Plumber, Demolition, Excavation and Fire Suppression licences, plus the PA Home Improvement registrations L&I records) — Philadelphia only. Pennsylvania issues no statewide general-contractor licence; the statewide OAG Home Improvement Contractor registration (HICPA) is a registration, not a licence, and is not held in this corpus) cannot answer a general-contractor question — it is trade-only or municipal data. A miss is disclosed as an honest coverage gap, never presented as a clean bill. 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.
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 Pennsylvania: Ingested licence roster. Grade: C. As of October 22, 2026.
What we actually hold: the City of Philadelphia Department of Licenses & Inspections trade-licence register (Contractor, Electrical Contractor, Master Plumber, Demolition, Excavation and Fire Suppression licences, plus the PA Home Improvement registrations L&I records) — Philadelphia only. Pennsylvania issues no statewide general-contractor licence; the statewide OAG Home Improvement Contractor registration (HICPA) is a registration, not a licence, and is not held in this corpus.