How many air-conditioning or mechanical contractor licences list each Broward County town?

Updated 2026-10-14 · Sources read 2026-09-29

How many air-conditioning or mechanical contractor licences carry the Broward county code?

1150 active air-conditioning or mechanical contractor licences (CAC, CMC, RA and RM) carry the Broward county code in the Florida DBPR file of 14 October 2026; 1123 list one of the county's 32 study jurisdictions as the business address city, led by Fort Lauderdale (124) and Hollywood (102).

Jurisdiction	Active	Certified (CAC, CMC)	Registered (RA, RM)	New in 12 months	Study: A/C change-out permit rule
Fort Lauderdale	124	121	3	8	study: named
Hollywood	102	99	3	10	study: named
Coral Springs	94	91	3	10	study: named
Pompano Beach	90	90	0	5	study: named
Davie	74	72	2	7	study: named
Pembroke Pines	73	70	3	11	study: named
Deerfield Beach	72	72	0	8	study: named
Sunrise	60	59	1	8	study: named
Miramar	52	51	1	8	study: named
Plantation	50	49	1	5	study: named
Tamarac	41	40	1	6	study: named
Margate	37	35	2	6	study: named
Coconut Creek	32	32	0	4	general rule only
North Lauderdale	29	28	1	4	study: named
Weston	29	29	0	5	study: named; permit page
Oakland Park	28	27	1	1	study: named; permit page
Lauderhill	24	22	2	1	study: named
Cooper City	23	22	1	2	study: named; permit page
Parkland	23	22	1	1	study: named
Lauderdale Lakes	13	12	1	2	study: named
Hallandale Beach	10	10	0	1	study: named; permit page
Southwest Ranches	10	10	0	0	study: named; permit page
West Park	10	10	0	0	study: named
Dania Beach	9	9	0	1	general rule only
Lighthouse Point	7	7	0	1	study: named
Pembroke Park	4	4	0	0	study: named
Wilton Manors	3	3	0	0	study: named
Hillsboro Beach	0	0	0	0	study: named
Lauderdale-By-The-Sea	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	study: named
Lazy Lake	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	county rule cited
Sea Ranch Lakes	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	general rule only
Unincorporated Broward County	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	study: named

Counts: active licences (status C, A) that list the jurisdiction as the business address city, a mailing city, not a town boundary. New: original licensure date 14 October 2025 to 14 October 2026.
Dania Beach includes 1 licence with the older mailing name Dania (renamed), which can cover addresses outside today's city limits.
Hallandale Beach includes 3 licences with the older mailing name Hallandale (renamed), which can cover addresses outside today's city limits.
n/a: no business address city in the file matches the name; or the file records mailing cities, not unincorporated areas.

Key facts

First licensed in the last 12 months: 117 (DBPR file, downloaded 2026-10-14)
Certified 1122, registered 28 (CAC and CMC / RA and RM) (DBPR file, downloaded 2026-10-14)
Broward County: 1150 active air-conditioning or mechanical contractor licences by county code (DBPR file, downloaded 2026-10-14)
Our study classed 28 of 32 Broward jurisdictions as naming an A/C change-out (permit study, read 2026-09-29)

How do Broward County licences split between certified and registered?

In the DBPR licence file (14 October 2026), Broward County: 1122 certified and 28 registered; 117 new in 12 months (6 with no original licensure date). 98% list a study jurisdiction as address city. Most listed: Fort Lauderdale 124, Hollywood 102 and Coral Springs 94; most new: Pembroke Pines 11.

Illustrative image: an outdoor A/C condenser on a concrete pad beside a stucco home — Illustrative image (AI-generated)

How many Broward towns did our study class as naming this job?

Our permit study classed 28 of 32 Broward jurisdictions as naming an A/C change-out in their own rule (read 29 September 2026); 5 have a permit page here.

Where can you check air-conditioning or mechanical contractor licences by name?

For a single air-conditioning or mechanical contractor, search by name or licence number in the DBPR licence search (myfloridalicense.com); the 1150 Broward figure on this page counts air-conditioning or mechanical contractor licences, not companies, by the business address city on each.