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Newly Licensed Contractors in Washington State (L&I): 2026 statistics from 6,539 public records
Washington leads with 3,445 of 6,539 records (52.7%), ahead of New York with 3,094 (47.3%) (as of 2026-11-04; source: Washington State L&I contractor license data (data.wa.gov) and New York State Contractor Registry (data.ny.gov)).
Data as of · Compiled by Zalwin from Washington State L&I contractor license data (data.wa.gov) and New York State Contractor Registry (data.ny.gov)
Key findings
- Zalwin's ContractorLicensePulse dataset holds 6,539 ContractorLicensePulse records dated 2026-06-30 to 2026-11-03 (as of 2026-11-04; source: Washington State L&I contractor license data (data.wa.gov) and New York State Contractor Registry (data.ny.gov)). #
- Washington leads with 3,445 of 6,539 records (52.7%), ahead of New York with 3,094 (47.3%) (as of 2026-11-04; source: Washington State L&I contractor license data (data.wa.gov) and New York State Contractor Registry (data.ny.gov)). #
- The most common license type is Construction contractor (WA): 3,106 of 6,539 records (47.5%) (as of 2026-11-04; source: Washington State L&I contractor license data (data.wa.gov) and New York State Contractor Registry (data.ny.gov)). #
- 1,790 of 6,539 records (27.4%) are dated within the 30 days before 2026-11-04 (source: Washington State L&I contractor license data (data.wa.gov) and New York State Contractor Registry (data.ny.gov)). #
- In Washington, the leading license type is Construction contractor (WA) with 3,106 of 3,445 records (90.2%) (as of 2026-11-04; source: Washington State L&I contractor license data (data.wa.gov) and New York State Contractor Registry (data.ny.gov)). #
ContractorLicensePulse records by state
| Group | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Washington | 3,445 | 52.7% |
| New York | 3,094 | 47.3% |
ContractorLicensePulse records by license type
| Group | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Construction contractor (WA) | 3,106 | 47.5% |
| Public-works contractor (NY registry) | 3,094 | 47.3% |
| Electrical contractor (WA) | 225 | 3.4% |
| Plumbing contractor (WA) | 114 | 1.7% |
Methodology and data provenance
- Sample: 6,539 public records dated 2026-06-30 to 2026-11-03; illustrative samples excluded.
- Source: Washington State L&I contractor license data (data.wa.gov) and New York State Contractor Registry (data.ny.gov). Refreshed automatically about every 24 hours; figures above are as of 2026-11-04.
- Shares are of all records in the dataset; totals and medians use only records with a stated amount.
- Organization-level data only. Informational; verify individual records at the official source.
Cite this study
Zalwin Research, "ContractorLicensePulse statistics" (data as of 2026-11-04), https://zalwin.com/research/contractorlicensepulse
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