Utah contractor license requirements
What you need before your first paid job in Utah, one page for each trade. The license, the least insurance you must carry, whether the state asks for a bond, when you charge sales tax, and the deadlines that protect your right to be paid.
Plumbing in Utah
- License you need
- General Plumbing Contractor (P200)Renews every two years
- Insurance you must carry
- $1,000,000liability, at least
- Workers' comp
- Requiredif you have employees
- Utah licenses both the plumber and the plumbing business. The business license, General Plumbing Contractor P200, must name a licensed master plumber as the person who stands behind it.
- The handyman exception does not reach plumbing. Utah lets unlicensed people take building jobs under $7,000, but work on a plumbing system inside those jobs still needs a licensed plumbing contractor.
HVAC in Utah
- License you need
- HVAC Contractor (H100)Renews every two years
- Insurance you must carry
- $1,000,000liability, at least
- Workers' comp
- Requiredif you have employees
- Utah has no state license for an HVAC technician. The state licenses the business, as an H100 HVAC Contractor, and has journeyman and master licenses only for plumbers and electricians.
- The rules changed in April 2026. The old S350 class asked for no experience and no trade exam, and $100,000 of insurance. The H100 class that replaced it asks for two years of HVAC work, two exams and $1,000,000 of cover, so guides written before that date are out of date.
Electrical in Utah
- License you need
- General Electrical Contractor (E200)Renews every two years
- Insurance you must carry
- $1,000,000liability, at least
- Workers' comp
- Requiredif you have employees
- The person and the business each need a Utah license. The General Electrical Contractor license, E200, only goes to a business that names a licensed master electrician as its qualifier.
- Classroom time halves the road to journeyman. With 576 hours of approved study you need 8,000 hours as a licensed apprentice. Without it the rule asks for 16,000.
Across states
Can you charge sales tax on labor? The rule in 25 states. Which states tax the work itself, which tax only the parts, and how a repair differs from a new install.