Connecticut Contractor License Fees

The 17 verified whole-dollar state fees Connecticut publishes — each one read off the General Statutes or a DCP page on 2026-10-12: the two registration composites ($220 and $360) whose statutory components sit transposed on DCP's own labels, and the single schedule that prices every chapter 393 occupation ($150/$90 applications, $150/$120 licences and renewals). Connecticut prices registrations and occupations, not general contracting — there is no state GC fee because there is no state GC licence — and where a price simply was never printed (the PSI exam, the trainee fees), the row says so.

Verified 2026-10-1217 published figureswhole-dollar onlytwo composites · one trade scheduleIndexation gate: passed

01 Fee vs insurance vs bond vs permit

REGISTRATION / LICENCE FEE≠INSURANCE: $20,000 floor (oil tank: $1,000,000)≠BOND: $15,000 DISCIPLINARY only≠MUNICIPAL PERMIT FEE

The fee is the small number — $220 to hold the HIC registration, $360 for the new-home registration, $150 to hold a contractor's trade licence: what a credential costs separates cleanly from what it requires — the $20,000 liability proof, the tiered thresholds and the permit. S-CT-CGA-400
Insurance attaches at the registrations — general liability "not less than twenty thousand dollars" with every HIC and new-home application (§ 20-421(a)(3), § 20-417b(b)); the only six-figure line in ch. 400 is the $1,000,000 that residential heating-oil-tank contractors must evidence (§ 20-420(a)). No statewide figure sits above the floor for ordinary home improvement (verified absence, research §I.5).
The bond is discipline, not entry — § 20-426a's $15,000 is a bond the commissioner "may require" as a condition of issuance, renewal or reinstatement — Connecticut has NO required surety bond for any of the three registrations or the ch. 393 licences (verified absence, research §I.4). S-CT-CGA-400
There is no state GC fee to compare against — Connecticut issues no general contractor licence; the municipality charges for the permit or nobody does, and Major Contractor registration is free for DAS-prequalified contractors. S-CT-CGA-393

02 Consumer Protection — the HIC registration: $120 + $100 collected as $220

Fee	Amount	Kind	Charged by	Source
Home Improvement Guaranty Fund fee — annual (statutory component) § 20-432(b) verbatim: 'Each contractor (1) who receives a certificate pursuant to this chapter, or (2) receives a certificate pursuant to chapter 399a and has opted to engage in home improvement … shall pay a fee of one hundred dollars annually to the guaranty fund.' Salespersons pay $40.	$100	miscellaneous	Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection (DCP) — License Services Division / Trade Practices	S-CT-CGA-400
Home improvement contractor registration — the $220 DCP charges (application + guaranty fund) DCP application page verbatim: 'Non-refundable application fee: $220.00'. Composition per statute: $120 (§ 20-421(b)) + $100 (§ 20-432(b)) — CONFLICT-CT-003 records the label difference and its resolution. Both numbers are official; only the composition differs.	$220	application	Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection (DCP) — License Services Division / Trade Practices	S-CT-DCP-HIC-APP
Home improvement contractor registration — annual renewal DCP renewal page verbatim: 'All registrations expire annually on March 31st. The annual renewal fee is $220.00.' § 20-417b(d)(1) sets the same 31 March expiry for the new-home registration, and both renewal lanes live on one DCP page.	$220	renewal	Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection (DCP) — License Services Division / Trade Practices	S-CT-DCP-RENEWAL
Home improvement contractor registration — application fee (statutory component) § 20-421(b) verbatim: 'Each application for a certificate of registration as a home improvement contractor shall be accompanied by a fee of one hundred twenty dollars, except that no such application fee shall be required in any year during which such person has paid the registration fee required under section 20-417b or in any year in which such person's registration as a new home construction contractor is valid.' § 20-421(d) waives it for a contractor of record acting solely for a business entity. DCP collects $120 + the $100 Guaranty Fund as one $220 payment — CONFLICT-CT-003.	$120	application	Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection (DCP) — License Services Division / Trade Practices	S-CT-CGA-400

Three rows describe ONE charge: the statute's $120 application (§ 20-421(b)) plus the $100 Guaranty Fund (§ 20-432(b)) — which DCP collects and labels as a single "Non-refundable application fee: $220.00". CONFLICT-CT-003 resolves it by composition: both documents are right, the $220 is the sum. The annual renewal rides the same $220 on the April 1 – March 31 registration year. S-CT-CGA-400

03 New Home Construction — $120 + $240 collected as $360, expiring March 31

Fee	Amount	Kind	Charged by	Source
New Home Construction Guaranty Fund fee — annual (statutory component) § 20-417i(b) verbatim (2026 supplement): 'Each person who receives a certificate pursuant to sections 20-417a to 20-417j, inclusive, shall pay a fee of two hundred forty dollars annually to the New Home Construction Guaranty Fund. Such fees shall be payable with the fee for an application for a certificate or renewal of a certificate.'	$240	miscellaneous	Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection (DCP) — License Services Division / Trade Practices	S-CT-CGA-399A-SUP
New home construction registration — the $360 DCP charges (statute: $120 + $240; the page labels them the other way round) DCP new-home page verbatim: 'New non-refundable registration fee: $360.00 ($240.00 registration fee & $120.00 guaranty fund fee)'. The TOTAL matches the statute ($120 § 20-417b(b) + $240 § 20-417i(b) = $360) but the page's parenthetical transposes the two labels — CONFLICT-CT-002, resolved_with_method in favour of the statutory composition. DCP adds that including home-improvement services on the same registration costs $100.	$360	application	Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection (DCP) — License Services Division / Trade Practices	S-CT-DCP-NHCA
New home construction contractor registration — application fee (statutory component) § 20-417b(b) verbatim: 'Each such application shall be accompanied by a fee of one hundred twenty dollars, except that no such application fee shall be required if such person has paid the registration fee required under section 20-421 during any year in which such person's registration as a new home construction contractor would be valid.' P.A. 21-197 cut this fee from $240 to $120 effective 2022-07-01; renewal equals the application fee (§ 20-417b(d)(1)).	$120	application	Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection (DCP) — License Services Division / Trade Practices	S-CT-CGA-399A

The same geometry, a different pair: § 20-417b(b) sets the application at $120 (P.A. 21-197 cut it from $240) and the 2026 Supplement's § 20-417i(b) sets the Guaranty Fund at $240 annually — while DCP's page prints "$360.00 ($240.00 registration fee & $120.00 guaranty fund fee)". CONFLICT-CT-002: both total $360; the statute's composition governs and the page's parenthetical transposes the labels. Claims cap at $50,000 per consumer, fund cap $650,000. S-CT-CGA-399A-SUP

04 Chapter 393 trades — one schedule for every occupation (application, licence, renewal)

Fee	Amount	Kind	Charged by	Source
Trade licence — initial licence fee, any other licence § 20-335 verbatim: '… or a fee of one hundred twenty dollars for any other such license. Any such initial license fee shall be waived for persons who present a recommendation for review issued pursuant to section 31-22u.'	$120	license	Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection (DCP) — License Services Division / Trade Practices	S-CT-CGA-393
Trade licence — annual renewal, any other licence § 20-335 verbatim: '… and of one hundred twenty dollars for any other such license.' DCP publishes $120 on each trade renewal line.	$120	renewal	Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection (DCP) — License Services Division / Trade Practices	S-CT-CGA-393
Trade licence — application fee, contractor-class licence (E-1, P-1, S-1, SM-1, R-1, PV-1 …) § 20-333(a) verbatim: 'a nonrefundable application fee of one hundred fifty dollars for a license under subdivision (1) of subsection (a), subdivisions (1) and (2) of subsection (b), subdivision (1) of subsection (c) and subdivisions (1), (2) and (3) of subsection (e) of section 20-334a.' Waived for a § 31-22u recommendation for review.	$150	application	Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection (DCP) — License Services Division / Trade Practices	S-CT-CGA-393
Trade licence — application fee, journeyman-class licence (E-2, P-2, S-2, apprentice permit …) § 20-333(a) verbatim: 'a nonrefundable application fee of ninety dollars for a license under subdivisions (2) and (3) of subsection (a) and subdivision (4) of subsection (e) of section 20-334a.'	$90	application	Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection (DCP) — License Services Division / Trade Practices	S-CT-CGA-393
Trade licence — initial licence fee, contractor's licence § 20-335 verbatim: 'Any person who has successfully completed an examination for such person's initial license under this chapter shall pay to the Department of Consumer Protection a fee of one hundred fifty dollars for a contractor's license …'. Waived for a § 31-22u recommendation for review.	$150	license	Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection (DCP) — License Services Division / Trade Practices	S-CT-CGA-393
Trade licence — annual renewal, contractor's licence § 20-335 verbatim: the board may renew 'upon payment to the department of a renewal fee of one hundred fifty dollars in the case of a contractor' if the application arrives within one month of expiry. DCP's electrical, plumbing, heating and elevator pages publish the same $150.	$150	renewal	Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection (DCP) — License Services Division / Trade Practices	S-CT-CGA-393
Trade examination — PSI vendor price NOT PUBLISHED on any DCP page (duty verified) PRICE WITHHELD BY NAME (research §J.1): DCP's exam page says 'CONSTRUCTION TRADES … Examinations: PSI Bulletins' and each trade page adds 'Separate fees will be due to the exam vendor at time of exam registration' — no amount is published on any official Connecticut page read on 2026-10-12, so this row records the duty with amount 0 = 'unpublished', never a guess.	not published	miscellaneous	Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection (DCP) — License Services Division / Trade Practices	S-CT-DCP-EXAM

One schedule prices every occupation: $150 contractor-class / $90 journeyman-class application (§ 20-333(a)), then $150 for the contractor's licence or $120 for any other (§ 20-335), renewed annually at the same prices inside a one-month window — and a lapse over two years requalifies only by running § 20-333 again. The examination row reads not published: DCP says only that "Separate fees will be due to the exam vendor at time of exam registration." S-CT-CGA-393-SUP S-CT-CGA-393

05 Elevator and well drilling — the two family-specific surfaces

Fee	Amount	Kind	Charged by	Source
Elevator licence — application, contractor / journeyperson DCP verbatim: 'Application fee for contractor is $150.00 (Non-Refundable). Application fee for journeyperson is $90.00 (Non-Refundable)'; renewal $150/$120; 'All elevator work licenses expire annually on August 31st.' The same $150/$90 pattern appears on the electrical, plumbing and heating pages — one statutory table, five pages.	$150	application	Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection (DCP) — License Services Division / Trade Practices	S-CT-DCP-ELEVATOR
Well drilling registration — application (W-1…W-4, W-7, W-8) DCP verbatim: 'The application fee for all well drilling registration types is $88.00, with the exception of the W-5 and W-6.' Registrations expire annually on 30 April and require a passing score on the Department's written examination.	$88	application	Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection (DCP) — License Services Division / Trade Practices	S-CT-DCP-WELL
Well drilling registration — application, W-5 and W-6 DCP verbatim: 'The fee for W-5 and W-6 registration types is $50.00' — the only ch. 393 construction credential priced below the $90 floor.	$50	application	Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection (DCP) — License Services Division / Trade Practices	S-CT-DCP-WELL

The two family-specific surfaces: elevator matches the general $150/$90 application pattern, while well drilling runs its own registration prices — $88 (W-1…W-4, W-7, W-8) and $50 (W-5/W-6) — behind a written DCP exam, expiring April 30. S-CT-DCP-WELL

06 Withheld on purpose — never guessed

NOT PUBLISHED as a whole-dollar figure

PSI examination prices — DCP publishes no amount and the vendor charges separately (research §J.1); the fee row exists so the DUTY is visible and the amount says not published.
Trainee (SP-2 / SPB) fees, requirements and renewal — the trainee page names the codes without a schedule (§J.3).
Gas hearth (§ 20-334f) and stair-lift (§ 20-340f) fee schedules — not machine-readable this session (§J.6).
Late and reinstatement prices for trade licences — § 20-335 gives the one-month window and the >2-year rule but no number (§J.7).
Municipal registration and permit fees — the local layer was not enumerated this session (§J.4); every town figure is LOCAL_AUTHORITY_REQUIRED.
The full § 20-426 grounds list and § 20-433 training programme — operative text not extracted (§J.8); ch. 399b pool contractors likewise (§J.9).
Bond and insurance premiums — private-market prices; the statute prices only the $20,000 floor and the $15,000 disciplinary maximum.

07 Sources

S-CT-CGA-393statute

Connecticut General Assembly — General Statutes (cga.ct.gov)

Gen. Stat. ch. 393 — Electricians, Plumbers, Solar, Heating, Piping and Cooling Contractors and Journeymen, Elevator and Fire Protection Sprinkler Craftsmen, Irrigation Contractors and Journeymen, Gas Hearth Installer Contractors and Journeymen and Residential Stair Lift Technicians (base revision to 2026-01-01)

https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_393.htm