# How to read a Texas TDLR business license record

> License types, references, expiration, and what the TDLR file leaves out.

## How to read these records

### The license

One record per license. The TDLR numbers each license type separately, so the same number exists under several
types: the reference here is a short code for the type, a dash, and the TDLR number (AC-12345, EL-12345).

### Current or expired

A license is shown as current when its expiration date is on or after the date of the file. The file is
published every few weeks: a license renewed since then still shows its old date.

### Places

A/C contractor licenses carry a county but no street address in the file; they are listed under the county.

### What is not here

Every individual licensee, owners' names, phone numbers, mailing addresses, complaints and enforcement actions.

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Fonte: https://data.texas.gov/d/7358-krk7
Recolha: 2026-09-19