How do I verify a Electrical Contractor license in Ohio?

Call TradesAPI's GET /verify with state=OH, the license number, and trade=electrical to get a normalized result — valid/invalid, status, expiration, and any disciplinary actions — in one request. You can also search the official Ohio board portal by hand.

What comes back for a Ohio electrical contractor license?

The normalized /verify result: whether the license is valid, its current status and expiration date, and any disciplinary actions the Ohio board publishes — the same schema as every other state and trade.

Is Ohio electrical contractor license data free to check?

The Ohio board's public portal is free to search manually. TradesAPI adds a single normalized API across all 50 states plus DC — every new API key includes 50 free verifications.

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How to verify electrical contractor licenses in Ohio

Check any Ohio electrical contractor license — status, expiration, and disciplinary history — through one normalized API, or look it up by hand on the state board portal.

Ohio coverage: Operational · live status

What you can verify

Trade: Electrical Contractor

Data source: Real-time portal check

Coverage: OCILB-licensed: Electrical, Plumbing, HVAC, Hydronics, Refrigeration

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

Looking for a different Ohio trade, or the same trade in another state? See the full Ohio license guide or the national Electrical Contractor lookup by state.

One call. The whole picture.

The /verify response is identical in shape across every state and trade, so your integration code never changes per jurisdiction:

GET /verify?state=OH&license=SAMPLE-12345&trade=electrical

{
  "valid": true,
  "name": "SAMPLE CONTRACTING LLC",
  "license_number": "SAMPLE-12345",
  "trade": "electrical",
  "expiration": "05/12/2027",
  "status": "Active",
  "state": "OH",
  "disciplinary_actions": [],
  "source_url": "https://elicense4.com.ohio.gov/Lookup/LicenseLookup.aspx",
  "cached": false,
  "checked_at": "2026-07-29T15:00:00Z"
}

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

Verify Ohio electrical contractor licenses programmatically

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

The official Ohio board portal is at https://elicense4.com.ohio.gov/Lookup/LicenseLookup.aspx — free to search electrical contractor licenses by hand. TradesAPI wraps it (and every other state) in one API so you don't maintain 51 different scrapers.

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Frequently asked questions

How do I verify a Electrical Contractor license in Ohio?: Call TradesAPI's GET /verify with state=OH, the license number, and trade=electrical to get a normalized result — valid/invalid, status, expiration, and any disciplinary actions — in one request. You can also search the official Ohio board portal by hand.
What comes back for a Ohio electrical contractor license?: The normalized /verify result: whether the license is valid, its current status and expiration date, and any disciplinary actions the Ohio board publishes — the same schema as every other state and trade.
Is Ohio electrical contractor license data free to check?: The Ohio board's public portal is free to search manually. TradesAPI adds a single normalized API across all 50 states plus DC — every new API key includes 50 free verifications.