Licensed general contractors in Ft. Lauderdale, Fort Lauderdale, FL

10 general contractors hold an active Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR) licence with a mailing address in Ft. Lauderdale, checked on 4 November 2026. 7 of them have been licensed for 10 years or more.

Yes, when the whole job, labour and materials, costs $2,500 or more or is part of a bigger job. Below that, Florida's minor-work exemption (F.S. 489.103(9)) applies, but not to anyone who advertises as a contractor, and electrical work has no such exemption (F.S. 489.503). Look for an active CGC, RG, CBC, RB, CRC, RR licence.

Ask for the licence number and look it up on the Florida DBPR website, or search this page. Every general contractor listed here was matched to an active licence on the Florida DBPR register.

By our published formula (years licensed, complaint record, bond and insurance, and Google reviews), the top three are Baltic Design Custom Marble and Granite (87), Architectual Designs By Anthony Inc (82), Dpr Construction, A General Partnership (72). Paying or claiming a listing never changes the order.

General contractors in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro earn a median $60.63 an hour (BLS, May 2025); contractors typically bill about twice the wage to cover insurance, overhead and profit.

If your home was built before 1978 and the work disturbs paint, yes: the law requires a firm certified lead-safe by the US Environmental Protection Agency. 66% of homes here were built before 1980 (US Census, ACS 2024 1-year), and 0 of the 10 licensed general contractors listed are certified.