How do I verify a HVAC Contractor license in Texas?

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

What comes back for a Texas HVAC contractor license?

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

Is Texas HVAC contractor license data free to check?

The Texas 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 HVAC contractor licenses in Texas

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

Texas coverage: Operational · live status

What you can verify

Trade: HVAC Contractor

Data source: Texas open data portal (daily)

Coverage: HVAC, Electrical, Plumbing, Water Supply, Backflow, ~15 TDLR license types

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

Looking for a different Texas trade, or the same trade in another state? See the full Texas license guide or the national HVAC 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=TX&license=SAMPLE-12345&trade=hvac

{
  "valid": true,
  "name": "SAMPLE CONTRACTING LLC",
  "license_number": "SAMPLE-12345",
  "trade": "hvac",
  "expiration": "05/12/2027",
  "status": "Active",
  "state": "TX",
  "disciplinary_actions": [],
  "source_url": "https://www.tdlr.texas.gov/LicenseSearch/",
  "cached": false,
  "checked_at": "2026-07-06T17:00:00Z"
}

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

Verify Texas HVAC contractor licenses programmatically

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

The official Texas board portal is at https://www.tdlr.texas.gov/LicenseSearch/ — free to search HVAC 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 HVAC Contractor license in Texas?: Call TradesAPI's GET /verify with state=TX, the license number, and trade=hvac to get a normalized result — valid/invalid, status, expiration, and any disciplinary actions — in one request. You can also search the official Texas board portal by hand.
What comes back for a Texas HVAC contractor license?: The normalized /verify result: whether the license is valid, its current status and expiration date, and any disciplinary actions the Texas board publishes — the same schema as every other state and trade.
Is Texas HVAC contractor license data free to check?: The Texas 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.