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Illinois: no state contractor license, but the trades are licensed
Illinois has no state license for general or handyman work. Plumbing: state license; Electrical and HVAC: no statewide license found. Read from Illinois's own pages, checked November 6, 2026.
The limit in Illinois
Not fully confirmed. For Illinois, electrical work and HVAC could not be checked on the state's own pages: each says so below.
The limit: there is no state license for general or handyman work, so there is no state dollar limit. No statewide license for general/handyman work, so there is no statewide dollar exemption: the Illinois Attorney General says general contractors are not required by state law to be licensed; cities/counties may require local licenses or permits. Roofing (IDFPR) and plumbing (IDPH) need a state license at any job size. The Home Repair and Remodeling Act requires a written contract for repair or remodeling work over $1,000 (a contract rule, not a license threshold).
Licenses in Illinois
General contractors: No state license. No state general contractor license; local licensing/permits vary by municipality. Roofing contractors need a state IDFPR license (225 ILCS 335); plumbing needs a state IDPH license (225 ILCS 320).
Plumbing: State license. All plumbing must be performed by plumbers licensed by IDPH under the Illinois Plumbing License Law (225 ILCS 320/3); owner-occupant single-family exception.
Electrical: no statewide license found. No state page says in words that Illinois has no state electrician license.
HVAC: no statewide license found. No state page says that HVAC work is licensed only locally.
Your license number in Illinois
Your license number: State-licensed roofing contractors must show the number on contracts and bids. Plumbers must show the number on advertising and vehicles. None of these rules names invoices.
In the rule's words: “Each State licensed roofing contractor shall affix the roofing contractor license number and the licensee's name, as it appears on the license, to all contracts and bids.” (225 ILCS 335/5(a), (d) and 335/5.1 (roofing only); 225 ILCS 320/5 (plumbing: advertising and vehicles))
Illinois's board, and when this was checked
The board: No statewide general-contractor board (roofers: Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation; plumbers: Illinois Department of Public Health). As of November 6, 2026. Dates on the state's pages: AG consumer alert dated May 27, 2025 and ftp.ilga.gov ILCS folders synced 11/1/2026.
This is a summary of each state's own pages as of November 6, 2026, not legal advice. Rules change, and cities and counties add licenses of their own. Check with your state's board, linked on this page, before you rely on it.
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Official sources for Illinois
9 of Illinois's own pages, each quoted with its link:
- Illinois AG consumer alert: storm-related repair scams (May 27, 2025): “General contractors are not required by state law to be licensed”
- Illinois AG consumer alert: storm-related repair scams (May 27, 2025): “roofers must be licensed by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR), and plumbers must be licensed by the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH).”
- Illinois AG consumer alert: storm-related repair scams (May 27, 2025) (815 ILCS 513): “The Illinois Home Repair and Remodeling Act requires contractors to provide customers with written contracts for any repair or remodeling work costing more than $1,000.”
- 225 ILCS 320/3 Illinois Plumbing License Law (225 ILCS 320/3): “All planning and designing of plumbing systems and all plumbing shall be performed only by plumbers licensed under the provisions of this Act hereinafter called "licensed plumbers" and "licensed apprentice plumbers".”
- 225 ILCS 320/5 Advertising (225 ILCS 320/5): “The number of the license so displayed shall also be included with the plumbing identification on vehicles. (b) No person who provides plumbing services may advertise those services unless that person includes in the advertisement the license number that is required to be displayed under subsection (a).”
- 225 ILCS 335/5 Display of license number; building permits; advertising (225 ILCS 335/5(a)): “Each State licensed roofing contractor shall affix the roofing contractor license number and the licensee's name, as it appears on the license, to all contracts and bids.”
- 225 ILCS 335/5(d) (225 ILCS 335/5(d)): “No person licensed under this Act may advertise services regulated by this Act unless that person includes in the advertisement the roofing contractor license number and the licensee's name, as it appears on the license.”
- 225 ILCS 335/5.1 Commercial vehicles (225 ILCS 335/5.1): “Any entity offering services regulated by the Roofing Industry Licensing Act shall affix the roofing contractor license number and the licensee's name, as it appears on the license, on all commercial vehicles used in offering such services.”
- 65 ILCS 5/11-33-1 Registration of electrical contractors (65 ILCS 5/11-33-1): “The corporate authorities of each municipality may require the registration of electrical contractors, and may impose an annual registration fee of $25 on each registered contractor. An electrical contractor who is registered in one municipality, however, shall not be required by any other municipality to be registered”
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