How to check a contractor license in Indiana

Indiana has no statewide general contractor license. The Professional Licensing Agency licenses plumbers, and you can check one by name or license number in its eVerification search. For general contractors, electricians and HVAC contractors, ask the city or county building department what license it requires and whether it keeps a list of licensed contractors.

How do I check a contractor license in Indiana?

For a plumber, search the Professional Licensing Agency's eVerification tool. For anyone else, call the building department for the city or county where the house is, because Indiana doesn't license general contractors at the state level.

Here's how the plumber search works:

Open PLA eVerification at mylicense.in.gov/everification.
Pick Plumbing as the profession.
Search by the plumber's name, the license number or the business's Doing Business As (DBA) name. You don't need every field filled in.
If you're unsure of a spelling, type the first few letters followed by an asterisk. The site's own example is Al* when you can't remember whether it's Alan or Allen.
Open the record and confirm the license status is active and the name matches the business on the bid.

We last checked this lookup on 2026-10-19. The search loaded normally that day. If you have trouble with it, the PLA's plumbing page points people to the State Information Center at 1-800-457-8283.

Does Indiana require a general contractor license?

No. The state doesn't issue one, so any license or registration a general contractor holds comes from a city or county.

The PLA's list of professions shows what Indiana does license. Plumbing is there, along with home inspectors and manufactured home installers, but there's no general contractor. If the city or county where the house sits doesn't license contractors either, a general contractor may have nothing to look up at all.

Who licenses plumbers and electricians in Indiana?

The Indiana Plumbing Commission, part of the Professional Licensing Agency, licenses plumbers. Electricians and HVAC contractors aren't on the agency's list of licensed professions, so ask the local building department what they need.

The commission works under Indiana Code Title 25, Article 28.5. It issues four licenses: apprentice plumber, journeyman plumber, plumbing contractor and temporary plumbing contractor. For a repipe or a sewer line, look up the company's plumbing contractor license as well as the plumber who'll do the work.

What should you check where no statewide license exists?

Start with the local building department. Ask whether it issues a license or registration number to contractors, and if it does, ask the contractor for theirs and check it with the department.

Then cover what no license record shows. Ask for a current certificate of insurance, call a few recent customers who had similar work done, and confirm the job has a permit when it needs one. None of that tells you whether the work will be good, and only your clients' experience shows that. For other states, see how to check a contractor license, state by state.

A job near a state line can involve a contractor based next door, so check that state's records too. The lookups for Illinois, Michigan, Ohio and Kentucky are on their own pages.

This article is general information, not legal advice. Rules change, so confirm details with the Professional Licensing Agency or your city or county.

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