Arizona Plumbing License: What Applies and What Does Not

Does a plumbing business need a license in Arizona?

Arizona issues 5 license classes for plumbers.

Arizona licenses plumbing statewide as a classification of the contractor license issued by the Registrar of Contractors, with separate commercial, residential and dual plumbing classifications. The license is issued to the contracting business, which qualifies through an individual qualifying party.

The plumbing business itself must be licensed or registered, not only the people doing the work.

Arizona law makes it unlawful for a person, firm, partnership, corporation, association or other organization to act in the capacity of a contractor without a license in good standing, and a separate section requires the licensed entity to qualify through a qualifying party who passes the examinations. The license is held in the business name.

This records what Arizona publishes, not a determination about your business. Scope, thresholds and local requirements are set by the issuing body, so confirm with them before you bid or file.

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What the LLC has to do first

Several states license the plumbing company separately from the individual plumber, so the LLC and the license are two filings, not one.

The entity filing is separate from anything the license requires. In Arizona it is made with the Arizona Corporation Commission. File directly with the state here. The order matters wherever the license is issued to the company rather than to a person: the entity has to exist before an application can name it.

Forming an LLC as a plumbing business in Arizona covers the filing itself, step by step.

Insurance Arizona plumbers are asked to show

Plumbing license and registration schemes commonly require proof of general liability cover, and water damage from a failed connection is the claim these policies are bought for.

We do not publish Arizona premium figures for this trade, so nothing here is a quote. Our business insurance guide for plumbers covers what each policy does and does not pay for.