Contractor licensing · CT

Contractor licensing in Connecticut

The agencies that license the work, set the workers compensation trigger and register the business, with a link to each one.

Checked 2026-07-28

An Arkansas contractor taking work in Connecticut deals with the same four questions everywhere: who licenses the trade, when a licence is actually required, when workers compensation kicks in, and where the business registers. Below is Connecticut's answer to each, with the agency's own link.

Licensing

Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection (DCP)

Home Improvement Contractor registration ($220 per year, $20,000 liability insurance) required for residential work over $200; new home construction contractors register separately. Major Contractor license (DCP Occupational & Professional Licensing) covers structural work above CGS 29-276b thresholds. Trade-licensed work exempt from HIC.

https://portal.ct.gov/dcp/license-services-division/all-license-applications/home-improvement-applications

Workers compensation

Connecticut Workers' Compensation Commission

All Connecticut employers must carry workers' compensation insurance for employees, with few exceptions; corporate officers and LLC members may elect exclusion, and sole proprietors must opt in.

https://portal.ct.gov/wcc/knowledge-base/articles/employers/workers-compensation-insurance

Business registration

Connecticut Secretary of the State, Business One Stop (business.ct.gov)

https://business.ct.gov/

Tax registration

Connecticut Department of Revenue Services (DRS), myconneCT

All building contractors, including subcontractors, must obtain a DRS Sales and Use Tax Permit before providing any services.

https://portal.ct.gov/drs/businesses/new-business-resource-center/registering-with-drs

New hire reporting

Most states require newly hired employees to be reported within a short window of their start date.

https://business.ct.gov/knowledge-base/articles/new-hire-reporting

Still to confirm. Direct CTDOL new-hire system (20-day deadline) failed automated TLS fetch; the reported official business.ct.gov page links to it. Major Contractor statutory dollar thresholds not stated on the fetched DCP page.
These are pointers to each state's own agencies, checked on the date shown, not legal advice and not a substitute for asking the board directly. Rules change and thresholds move. The agency link is always the authority.

Colorado · All fifty states · Delaware

Starting or running the business itself is covered in the contractor business guide. Arkansas licence records for Benton and Washington counties are in the contractor directory.

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