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Division of Occupational Licensure: Check a license

The Division of Occupational Licensure (DOL), through its boards and offices, licenses and regulates more than 500,000 individuals, businesses, and schools to engage in over 100 trades and professions in Massachusetts.

Check to see if a business or individual has a valid DOL license or permit using one of our online portals below.

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Check an Occupational Board License

For the Real Estate Brokers & Salespersons or the Plumber & Gas Fitters boards, you must use the eLIPSE platform. For instructions on managing your licenses and permits in the eLIPSE platform, view the DOL eLIPSE How-to-Guides page.

All other applicants must complete an application on the Board’s ePlace platform.

List of licensed occupations for ePLACE:List of licensed occupations for eLIPSE:
ArchitectsPlumbers and Gas Fitters
Cosmetology and BarberingReal Estate Brokers and Salespersons
Electricians 
Embalming and Funeral Directing 
Home Inspectors 
Landscape Architects 
Massage Therapy 
Operators of Drinking Water Supply Facilities 
Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors 
Public Accountancy 
Real Estate Appraisers 
Sheet Metal Workers 
Veterinary Medicine 
Office of Private Occupational School Education 
Check an Occupational Board License (ePLACE) 

Check an Office of Public Safety and Inspections (OPSI) License

List of OPSI Licenses:

  • Amusements / Challenge Courses / Climbing Walls
  • Board of Building Regulations and Standards
  • Board of Elevator Regulations
  • Building Official Certification Committee
  • Construction Supervisor License 
  • Elevator Examiners
  • Hoisting
  • Horse Drawn Carriage
  • Massachusetts State Athletic Commission
  • Motion Picture Operator
  • Pipefitters, Refrigeration Technicians, and Sprinkler Fitters
  • Recreational Tramway Board
  • Regulated Activities (Special Licensing)
Check an Office of Public Safety and Inspections (OPSI) License 

Additional Resources

Contact

Online

Contact a Division of Occupational Licensure (DOL) Board 
Travel & Parking Information for DOL's Boston Office 
Division of Occupational Licensure public records request 

Phone

Main Call Division of Occupational Licensure, Main at 617-701-8600
MassRelay (TTY & ASCII) Call Division of Occupational Licensure, MassRelay (TTY & ASCII) at 711

Address

Main
One Federal Street, Suite 600, Boston, MA 02110-2012
Directions 
Springfield
436 Dwight Street , Springfield , MA 01103
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