New York contractor & trade licensing data
An analysis of 104,572 currently active professional and contractor licenses on record in New York, drawn from official state licensing boards. Figures reflect licenses with a current, active status as of 2026-08-25.
Licensed professionals by trade
Every active New York license on record, grouped by trade. Click any trade to browse the verified professionals behind the number.
Where New York's licensed pros are
The 20 cities with the most active licensed professionals in New York.
| # | City | Active licenses | Share of state |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brooklyn | 6,457 | 6.2% |
| 2 | New York | 3,534 | 3.4% |
| 3 | Staten Island | 2,351 | 2.2% |
| 4 | Bronx | 2,319 | 2.2% |
| 5 | Br | 1,963 | 1.9% |
| 6 | Ne | 1,944 | 1.9% |
| 7 | Buffalo | 1,352 | 1.3% |
| 8 | Flushing | 771 | 0.7% |
| 9 | Jamaica | 711 | 0.7% |
| 10 | Astoria | 640 | 0.6% |
| 11 | Brooklyn | 618 | 0.6% |
| 12 | Long Island City | 607 | 0.6% |
| 13 | Yonkers | 521 | 0.5% |
| 14 | New York | 476 | 0.5% |
| 15 | St | 440 | 0.4% |
| 16 | Rochester | 373 | 0.4% |
| 17 | Maspeth | 358 | 0.3% |
| 18 | College Point | 323 | 0.3% |
| 19 | Woodside | 299 | 0.3% |
| 20 | Ozone Park | 296 | 0.3% |
Methodology & limitations
Source. Public-record license extracts published by New York state licensing boards and agencies, aggregated by Verify a Pro. Only licenses with a current, active status and a New York address are counted.
What the counts mean. Each figure is a count of currently active licenses, not of licenses ever issued. Professionals who retired, moved, or let a license lapse are not included. City figures use the licensee's address of record, which is not necessarily their full service area.
Reproducing this. The pipeline is deterministic — the same public extracts yield the same totals. We publish trade and city breakdowns so any figure here can be checked against the state's own record.
Verify a Pro is an independent public-records directory, a service of Scion Media. It is not affiliated with New York or any government agency.