How does Renology verify contractor licensing?

We look up every contractor in the public state registry: the Contractors State License Board (CSLB) in California and the Department of Labor & Industries (L&I) in Washington. The license must be active, in the right classification for the work, and under the same business name the contractor operates with.

Can a contractor without an active license get matched?

No. An active state license is the entry condition to the Renology network. A contractor whose license we cannot verify as active does not receive homeowner matches.

Can I check a Renology contractor myself?

Yes, and we encourage it. Contractor profiles in our directory carry the license details, and every state registry is public: cslb.ca.gov in California and lni.wa.gov in Washington let you confirm any license status in under a minute.

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How Renology vets contractors.

Renology checks every contractor in its network against the public state license registry: CSLB in California and L&I in Washington. A contractor without an active license does not get matched. Licensing is the first of four checks, alongside liability insurance, review history, and a real project portfolio.

The four checks, in order.

1.Active state license, verified in the public registryCalifornia contractors are checked against the CSLB registry; Washington contractors against L&I. We confirm the license is active and matches the business actually doing the work. This is the non-negotiable check: without it, a contractor does not enter the network.
2.General liability insuranceWe confirm the contractor carries general liability insurance, so a mistake on your property is the insurer’s problem rather than yours.
3.Review history across Google, Yelp, and BBBWe read the contractor’s public review record across platforms. We are not looking for perfection; we are looking for patterns: how they handle disputes, whether timelines hold, and how finished work ages.
4.A real project portfolioWe review completed projects in the categories the contractor wants matches for. A kitchen remodeler gets kitchen leads, not roofing leads: specialization is part of the match.

When the checks run.

Vetting happens when a contractor applies to join the network, before they are eligible for any homeowner match. License details also appear on contractor profiles in our contractor directory, so the claim is checkable, not just stated.

Verify it yourself.

Every state registry we rely on is public. California licenses can be confirmed at cslb.ca.gov and Washington registrations at lni.wa.gov. If a detail on a profile ever disagrees with the registry, tell us and we will fix it or pull the profile.

Common questions

How does Renology verify contractor licensing?: We look up every contractor in the public state registry: the Contractors State License Board (CSLB) in California and the Department of Labor & Industries (L&I) in Washington. The license must be active, in the right classification for the work, and under the same business name the contractor operates with.
Can a contractor without an active license get matched?: No. An active state license is the entry condition to the Renology network. A contractor whose license we cannot verify as active does not receive homeowner matches.
Can I check a Renology contractor myself?: Yes, and we encourage it. Contractor profiles in our directory carry the license details, and every state registry is public: cslb.ca.gov in California and lni.wa.gov in Washington let you confirm any license status in under a minute.

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