Licensed house painters in Arlington County, VA
17 house painters hold an active licence on the Virginia Board for Contractors (DPOR) register in Arlington County, checked 4 Nov 2026: 12 licensed 10 years or more and 1 with a complaint or board disclosure on record. Ranked by a published formula; nobody pays to move up.
- Active licences
- 17
- Median time licensed
- 16.7 yrs
- Lead-Safe certified
- 2
- Google reviews
- 418
Filled tags sit at the business's Google location; hollow tags show its mailing ZIP code only. Each tag is the theoPros score.
Ranked list
- 1
Merrifield Paint & Design Inc
- Licence active
- No complaints
- 2
High Sierra Pools Inc
- Licence active
- No complaints
- 3
Northern Star Painting LLC
- Licence active
- No complaints
- EPA Lead-Safe
- 4
Mark Trone
- Licence active
- No complaints
- 5
Antonio Villalobos
- Licence active
- No complaints
- 6
Academy Sealers Inc
- Licence active
- No complaints
- 7
Discovery Contractors Inc
- Licence active
- No complaints
- 8
Wislter Construction LLC
- Licence active
- No complaints
- 9
Silva Construction Group Inc
- Licence active
- No complaints
- EPA Lead-Safe
- 10
O. V. Services Inc.
- Licence active
- No complaints
- 11
Greater Washington Home Masters
- Licence active
- No complaints
- 12
I A Contractors Inc
- Licence active
- No complaints
- 13
Handy Manny S Painting LLC
- Licence active
- No complaints
- 14
Ttc Establishment LLC
- Licence active
- No complaints
- 15
Mario A Ramirez
- Licence active
- 3 complaints on record
3 disciplinary actions on the Virginia DPOR record
- 16
Moreno Innovation Construction Inc
- Licence active
- No complaints
- 17
Tg Ledezma LLC
- Licence active
- No complaints
Questions people ask about house painters in Arlington County
How many licensed house painters are in Arlington County?
17 house painters hold an active Virginia Board for Contractors (DPOR) licence with a mailing address in Arlington County, checked on 4 November 2026. 12 of them have been licensed for 10 years or more.
Does a house painter need a licence in Virginia?
Yes, when the job is worth over $1,000, and the licence class caps the job size: C up to $30,000, B up to $150,000, A above that. Below $1,000 no contractor licence is needed (Code of Virginia § 54.1-1100). Look for an active PTC licence.
How do I check a house painter's licence in Arlington County?
Ask for the licence number and look it up on the Virginia DPOR website, or search this page. Every house painter listed here was matched to an active licence on the Virginia DPOR register.
Which house painters rank highest in Arlington County?
By our published formula (years licensed, complaint record, bond and insurance, and Google reviews), the top three are Merrifield Paint & Design Inc (96), High Sierra Pools Inc (81), Northern Star Painting LLC (66). Paying or claiming a listing never changes the order.
How much do house painters charge in Arlington County?
House painters in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria metro earn a median $24.31 an hour (BLS, May 2025); contractors typically bill about twice the wage to cover insurance, overhead and profit.
Do I need a lead-safe certified house painter in Arlington County?
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. 53% of homes here were built before 1980 (US Census, ACS 2024 1-year), and 2 of the 17 licensed house painters listed are certified.