How do you check a contractor license with the Arizona ROC license lookup?

Last Updated: October 26, 2026

Short answerSearch the contractor's name or license number on the Arizona Registrar of Contractors website and confirm the license is active and its classification fits the job: R-9 for residential concrete, R-13 for residential asphalt paving, R-21 for pavers and gravel. A license is generally required when labor and materials top $1,000 or a permit is needed.

The Arizona ROC license lookup is the quickest way to check a driveway contractor before you sign: search the name or license number on the Registrar of Contractors site, then confirm the license is active and its classification fits your job. Sundial Driveway Repair is a service company offering and managing driveway replacement and repair across Phoenix and the Valley, with the work fulfilled by licensed and insured contractors. Whoever you hire, the steps below let you check the license yourself rather than taking anyone’s word for it.

How do you look up a license?

1. Ask for the license number of the contractor who will actually do the work, and the business name it is issued under.
2. Go to the Arizona Registrar of Contractors at roc.az.gov and use its contractor search.
3. Search by license number, or by business name if you don’t have the number.
4. Confirm the name on the record matches the name on the estimate and the contract.
5. Check that the license is active.
6. Check the classification against the work, using the table below.

If the name on the license and the name on the paperwork don’t match, ask why before going further. A license number on a truck or a flyer belongs to whoever holds it, not to whoever is using it.

Which classification fits driveway work?

The Registrar licenses by classification, and each one has a defined scope. A contractor licensed for one kind of work isn’t automatically licensed for another.

Two details catch people out. First, R-21 covers driveways of brick, stone, pavers or gravel and non-loadbearing concrete, but it explicitly excludes concrete driveways, so a hardscape license isn’t the right one for concrete driveway repair. Second, general contractor classes (B, B-4 and others) cover broader work, and B-4 General Residential Engineering includes appurtenances within the CR-21 scope. R-62 Minor Home Improvements covers projects of $5,000 or less, with on-grade flat work allowed as an exception to its concrete limits.

For paver driveway repair look for R-21; for asphalt driveway repair and driveway sealcoating look for R-13, or A-14, A-15 or the dual classes on a commercial lot.

When does a job need a licensed contractor?

The Registrar’s general rule is that a license is required when a job’s labor and materials exceed $1,000, or when the job needs a permit. Arizona law (ARS 32-1121) exempts small work only when all of these are true:

• The total contract price, counting labor, materials and everything else, is under $1,000.
• The work is casual or minor.
• No local building permit is required.
• The job isn’t part of a larger operation, and hasn’t been split into several small contracts to stay under the limit.
• Any advertising states “not a licensed contractor”.

Driveway jobs cross those lines quickly. A 100-square-foot concrete section at the typical Phoenix-area $10 to $15 per square foot already comes to $1,000 to $1,500, and apron work in the right-of-way needs a city permit. In Phoenix, that permit comes into play on roll or ribbon curb streets when more than 10.5 feet of drive sits in the right-of-way, and on streets without curb; the Phoenix driveway permit guide explains when. Some cities tie the permit to the license directly: Mesa issues right-of-way permits only to ROC-licensed contractors, and Avondale’s engineering permit application asks for the contractor’s ROC license number.

What else should you check?

The license is the start, not the whole check.

• Insurance. Ask for a certificate of insurance. Cities that allow work in the right-of-way set their own requirements: Mesa wants insurance on its certificate form, and the Town of Paradise Valley requires a certificate for $2,000,000 in liability naming the Town as additional insured before it releases a right-of-way permit.
• A written scope. The estimate should name the method, the measured area, any part of the work in the right-of-way and what it excludes, such as color match. It should say whether base repair and drainage corrections are included, and how long before you can drive on the new work.
• Who pulls the permit. On contracted work in the right-of-way, the permit is part of the scope; make sure the estimate says so.
• An unsolicited offer. Be cautious with door-to-door offers to pave or seal a driveway with “leftover” material from a nearby job, especially with pressure to decide and pay on the spot. Look up the license before agreeing to anything.

The driveway replacement cost guide gives typical Phoenix-area ranges to compare quotes against, and the repair vs replacement guide helps you judge whether the method a quote proposes fits the cause.

How does this work with Sundial?

Sundial Driveway Repair offers and manages the work, and licensed and insured contractors carry it out. Before your job starts, ask for the license number and classification of the contractor doing it and look it up on the Registrar’s site yourself, the same as you would with anyone else. To start with an estimate, call the number at the top of this page.