How do I verify a contractor license in Tennessee?

You can search the official Tennessee board portal by hand, or call TradesAPI's GET /verify endpoint with the state, license number, and trade to get back a normalized result — valid/invalid, status, expiration, and any disciplinary actions — in one request.

What contractor trades does Tennessee license?

TradesAPI covers these Tennessee trade types today: General Contractor.

Is Tennessee contractor license data free to check?

The Tennessee 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 a contractor license in Tennessee

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

Tennessee coverage: Operational · live status

What you can verify

Data source: Live portal scrape (verify.tn.gov)

Coverage: Residential, Commercial, Industrial, HVAC, Limited Electrical, Limited Plumbing

Trade types

General Contractor

City-level licensing in Tennessee

Some Tennessee trades are licensed by the city, not the state board. We also cover municipal licensing in Nashville under the same normalized schema and the same /verify call.

One call. The whole picture.

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

GET /verify?state=TN&license=SAMPLE-12345&trade=general

{
  "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://verify.tn.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 Tennessee licenses programmatically

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

The official Tennessee board portal is at https://verify.tn.gov/ — free to search 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 contractor license in Tennessee?: You can search the official Tennessee board portal by hand, or call TradesAPI's GET /verify endpoint with the state, license number, and trade to get back a normalized result — valid/invalid, status, expiration, and any disciplinary actions — in one request.
What contractor trades does Tennessee license?: TradesAPI covers these Tennessee trade types today: General Contractor.
Is Tennessee contractor license data free to check?: The Tennessee 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.