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How do you check a roofing license in Illinois?

For a roof job in Illinois, start with the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation public lookup. Its records cover individuals and entities. The Roofing Industry Licensing Act distinguishes limited and unlimited licenses; the definitions below explain the property scope, while the agency supplies the public search.

Source: IDFPR lookup information, read 22 October 2026.
Source: Illinois General Assembly, Roofing Industry Licensing Act, read 22 October 2026.

The license lookup is yours to run on the state's site.

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By InstaBids editorial team with AI research agents. Sources last read: 22 October 2026

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How do you look up a roofing license in Illinois?

Open IDFPR’s official lookup and follow its Professional Regulation link; the agency also publishes a name-or-number route on its disciplinary-information page.

Source: IDFPR lookup information, read 22 October 2026.
Source: IDFPR disciplinary information, read 22 October 2026.

Illinois IDFPR states: “Click HERE to use IDFPR's License Look-Up page to search for a professional by name or license number.” IDFPR disciplinary information, read 22 October 2026.

Source: IDFPR disciplinary information, read 22 October 2026.

Illinois IDFPR states: “Please allow up to 24 hours after your license is issued for it to be visible in the license lookup system.” IDFPR lookup information, read 22 October 2026.

Source: IDFPR lookup information, read 22 October 2026.

Read the status exactly as the record shows it. This page does not reproduce an individual result or assign a meaning to its status.

Source: IDFPR lookup information, read 22 October 2026.

Keep the IDFPR search notes from your own optional research beside the roofing scope you describe in your written request on InstaBids.

What is the license rule for roofers in Illinois?

The establishing provision is section 9 of the Roofing Industry Licensing Act; its wording is quoted here rather than converted into a hiring verdict.

Source: Illinois General Assembly, Roofing Industry Licensing Act, read 22 October 2026.

Illinois General Assembly states: “(1) It is unlawful for any person to engage in the business of providing professional roofing services or act in the capacity of or hold himself, herself, or itself out in any manner as a roofing contractor or a qualifying party without having been duly licensed or accepted by the Department under the provisions of this Act.” 225 ILCS 335/9(1), read 22 October 2026.

Source: Illinois General Assembly, Roofing Industry Licensing Act, read 22 October 2026.

Illinois General Assembly states: “If the license is sought for a partnership, corporation, professional limited liability company, limited liability company, business trust, or other legal entity, the license shall be issued in the company name.” 225 ILCS 335/3(1), read 22 October 2026.

Source: Illinois General Assembly, Roofing Industry Licensing Act, read 22 October 2026.

Use the roofing business category from your own Illinois research to describe the work clearly in a written request on InstaBids.

What is a roofing license for in Illinois?

The Illinois General Assembly publishes separate definitions for the limited and unlimited roofing categories.

Source: Illinois General Assembly, Roofing Industry Licensing Act, read 22 October 2026.

Illinois General Assembly states: “(h) "Limited roofing license" means a license made available to contractors whose roofing business is limited to roofing residential properties consisting of 8 units or less.” 225 ILCS 335/2(h), read 22 October 2026.

Source: Illinois General Assembly, Roofing Industry Licensing Act, read 22 October 2026.

Illinois General Assembly states: “(i) "Unlimited roofing license" means a license made available to contractors whose roofing business is unlimited in nature and includes roofing on residential, commercial, and industrial properties.” 225 ILCS 335/2(i), read 22 October 2026.

Source: Illinois General Assembly, Roofing Industry Licensing Act, read 22 October 2026.

Keep the limited or unlimited category from your own Illinois research beside the property description in your written request on InstaBids.

Can you cancel a roofing contract in Illinois?

The Illinois General Assembly publishes this contract-rescission clause in section 5.5 of the Roofing Industry Licensing Act.

Source: Illinois General Assembly, Roofing Industry Licensing Act, read 22 October 2026.

Illinois General Assembly states: “(6) the roofing contractor's policy regarding cancellation of the contract and refund of any deposit, including a rescission clause allowing the property owner to rescind the contract and obtain a full refund of any deposit within 72 hours after entering the contract and a written statement that the property owner may rescind a roofing contract; and” 225 ILCS 335/5.5(b)(6), read 22 October 2026.

Source: Illinois General Assembly, Roofing Industry Licensing Act, read 22 October 2026.

Keep the roofing contract cancellation topic in your own Illinois research notes, and describe the proposed work separately in a written request on InstaBids.

How do you complain about a roofing company in Illinois?

Use the Attorney General’s home-repair page to reach its Consumer Complaint On-Line Submission Form. IDFPR separately publishes disciplinary reports.

Source: Office of the Illinois Attorney General home-repair information, read 22 October 2026.
Source: IDFPR disciplinary information, read 22 October 2026.

The Attorney General provides a “Consumer Complaint On-Line Submission Form” through its home-repair page, read 22 October 2026.

Source: Office of the Illinois Attorney General home-repair information, read 22 October 2026.

Illinois IDFPR states: “Information regarding disciplinary actions taken against individual licensees, licensed professionals and businesses, including the date(s) of discipline and a brief synopsis, is available online here: IDFPR Consolidated Reports” IDFPR disciplinary information, read 22 October 2026.

Source: IDFPR disciplinary information, read 22 October 2026.

Keep IDFPR disciplinary report notes in your own optional research, while using the written request on InstaBids to explain the roofing work itself.

Where does InstaBids fit in?

One point about InstaBids follows. Contact details stay hidden until the homeowner picks a contractor and they confirm the connection.

Source: InstaBids process and privacy, live-page excerpts, read 22 October 2026.

Describe the job once on InstaBids, and contractors can bid in writing on one written scope. Homeowners pay InstaBids nothing.

Homeowners anywhere in the US can post a job; once you send it, InstaBids finds contractors to bid on it.

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