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How to verify a contractor license in Nashville, Tennessee

Check any Nashville contractor license — status and expiration — through one normalized API, or look it up by hand on the city licensing portal. Nashville licenses trades at the city level, not just the Tennessee state board.

What you can verify

Data source: Official Nashville licensing portal

Jurisdiction: Nashville (municipal), Tennessee

Trade types

Nashville also supports name search — when you only have a contractor's name, the /search endpoint returns every matching license with full metadata.

Looking for the Tennessee state board instead? See the Tennessee contractor license guide.

One call. State and city licenses, same schema.

The /verify response is identical in shape whether the license is issued by a state board or a city — add the city parameter and your integration code stays the same:

{
  "valid": true,
  "name": "SAMPLE CONTRACTING LLC",
  "license_number": "SAMPLE-12345",
  "trade": "general",
  "expiration": "05/12/2027",
  "status": "Active",
  "state": "TN",
  "disciplinary_actions": [],
  "source_url": "https://epermits.nashville.gov/",
  "cached": false,
  "checked_at": "2026-06-22T05:14:00Z"
}

Example response showing the normalized schema. Wire it up against deterministic fixtures in the sandbox — no credit cost.

Verify Nashville licenses programmatically

# Verify a Nashville contractor license with one API call
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
  "https://www.tradesapi.com/verify?state=TN&city=nashville&license=SAMPLE-12345&trade=general"

The official Nashville licensing portal is at https://epermits.nashville.gov/ — free to search by hand. TradesAPI wraps it in the same /verify call you use for every state, so city and state licenses come back in one normalized schema.

Frequently asked questions

Does Nashville issue its own contractor licenses?

Yes. Nashville licenses certain trades at the city level rather than (or in addition to) the Tennessee state board. TradesAPI verifies Nashville municipal licenses through the same GET /verify endpoint, passing city=nashville alongside the state.

How do I verify a Nashville contractor license?

Call TradesAPI's GET /verify with state=TN, city=nashville, and the license number to get a normalized result — valid/invalid, status, and expiration — in one request, or search the city portal by hand.

What Nashville trades can I verify?

TradesAPI covers these Nashville trade types today: General Contractor, Plumbing.