Handyman
Florida doesn't require a state license to run a handyman business — which means the distance between you and your own company is paperwork, insurance, and hustle, not years of exams. Here's the whole path, in plain English. When you're ready, the Blue Trade Alliance is built to send booked jobs to owners exactly like you.
See the steps + free guide →Plumbing
If you've put in your years on the tools, Florida gives you a clear — if demanding — path to your own licensed plumbing company: the state Certified Plumbing Contractor license. This guide walks the whole road, from experience requirements to your first booked job. It's a real climb, and the payoff is a business with your name on the truck.
See the steps + free guide →Electrical
Florida's certified electrical contractor license — the EC — is the statewide credential that turns a journeyman's skill into a company of your own. The path runs through the Electrical Contractors' Licensing Board: proven experience, two serious exams, insurance, and a company the license qualifies. Here's the whole road, laid out straight.
See the steps + free guide →HVAC
In Florida, air conditioning isn't a trade — it's infrastructure, and the state licenses the contractors who keep it running. The path to your own company runs through the Construction Industry Licensing Board's Class A or Class B air-conditioning contractor license: proven experience, two exams, insurance, and a company your license qualifies. Here's the whole road.
See the steps + free guide →Housekeeping
Florida doesn't require a state license to run a housekeeping or cleaning business — the barrier to entry is paperwork, insurance, and a reputation you build one spotless home at a time. This guide covers the whole setup, honestly. And when the work is ready to scale past word of mouth, the Blue Trade Alliance is built to send booked jobs to owners like you.
See the steps + free guide →Finish Carpentry
Florida doesn't require a state license to run a finish carpentry business — non-structural trim and millwork isn't a licensed trade, so the distance between you and your own shop is paperwork, insurance, and a portfolio you build one clean install at a time. This guide covers the whole setup, honestly. And when the work is ready to scale past word of mouth, the Blue Trade Alliance is built to send booked jobs to owners like you.
See the steps + free guide →Painting
Florida doesn't require a state license to run a painting business — interior or exterior. If you can cut a clean line and show up when you said, the distance between you and your own company is paperwork, insurance, and one federal certification most people have never heard of. Here's the whole path, in plain English — and when you're ready, the Blue Trade Alliance is built to send booked jobs to owners exactly like you.
See the steps + free guide →Screening
Every pool cage, lanai, and screened porch in Florida is a repeat customer waiting to happen — sun, storms, and time chew through screen, and somebody has to replace it. Rescreening doesn't require a state license, the tooling is light, and the demand never stops. Here's the whole path, in plain English — and when you're ready, the Blue Trade Alliance is built to send booked jobs to owners exactly like you.
See the steps + free guide →Pool Service
Nearly every backyard in Tampa Bay has a pool, and every one of them needs the same thing on a schedule: clean water, balanced chemistry, and someone who shows up. Florida doesn't require a state license to run a pool cleaning route, the route itself compounds into a subscription business almost by accident, and the tooling to start is a net, a test kit, and a truck. Here's the whole path, in plain English — and when you're ready, the Blue Trade Alliance is built to send booked jobs to owners exactly like you.
See the steps + free guide →Something else?
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