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NSW tradesperson licence check API

New South Wales, Australia · construction · register

Licensing information for NSW tradespeople, exposed as an API that answers whether a named person is licensed for a particular class of work.

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Where it lives

PublisherNSW Fair Trading
Publication mandateHome Building Act 1989 (NSW)
Licenceunverified — treat as all-rights-reserved not verified
Access methodapi
Fragmentationone regulator per Australian state
Update frequencycontinuous
Free structured versionyes — https://data.nsw.gov.au/data/dataset/4-trades
Who else serves thisnone identified (listed as caution, not endorsement — an existing free or commercial service is often the most useful thing on this page)

Fields

Legal screen

mandated publicationpass
terms permissive or silentunknown
no login paywall captcha personal datafail
no specialist legal advice neededunknown
verdictneeds_review

Sources

Last checked 2026-08-25.