Check a real estate agent's license

Before you sign with an agent, see what the state has on file: whether the license is active, the broker it is held under, and any disciplinary action the file records. Texas, Colorado, Florida, New York, Connecticut, Delaware, California, Illinois and Arizona.

Choose the state, then search by full name, license number or town. Each state publishes its own license file; more states will follow as they do.

Browse agents by state

Every active licensee in each state’s file, by city or county, with a page for each license.

What each state’s file shows

Texas: Sales agents and brokers, with the sponsoring broker each sales agent works under. TREC records a county, not a city.
Colorado: Brokers and brokerage companies, with any disciplinary action on file: the case, the action and its dates. The file does not name an employing broker.
Florida: Sales associates, brokers and broker associates, with the employing broker each one works under. Florida has no per-name lookup we can ask, so this is our monthly copy of DBPR’s file.
New York: Active salespersons and brokers only, with the business each license is held under. An expired license leaves the file, so a New York agent who is not here may simply have let a license lapse.
Connecticut: Salespersons and brokers, with the broker each active salesperson is affiliated with.
Delaware: Salespersons and brokers. The file does not name an employing broker, and it says only whether disciplinary action is on record, not what it was.
California: Every current licensee, with the responsible broker. A salesperson with no broker affiliation cannot act as an agent, so that license shows as not active; a restricted license says so. A monthly copy of DRE’s file.
Illinois: Brokers, managing brokers and leasing agents. The file does not name an employing broker, and it says only whether discipline has ever been on record, not what it was. Contains information from IDFPR’s Professional Licensing dataset, made available under the Open Database License.
Arizona: Salespersons and brokers, with the employing broker each one works under. Arizona has no per-name lookup we can ask, so this is our monthly copy of ADRE’s licensee list.

Browse by city

How many are licensed in each place, from the state’s own file, and the agents who sponsor that page.

What this does not tell you Complaints, lawsuits, or how good the agent is. A license on file means the state has authorized them for the lines or the work shown, and that is all it means. Ask for references, and read reviews.

Questions people ask

How do I look up a real estate agent’s license?

Choose the state, then search the agent’s name or license number. The result comes from the state’s own published license file, with a link to the official lookup to confirm it.

What is a sponsoring, employing or responsible broker?

A sales agent has to work under a licensed broker who is responsible for their work. Texas calls that broker the sponsoring broker, Florida and Arizona the employing broker and California the responsible broker. Connecticut names the broker a salesperson is affiliated with, and New York the business a license is held under. The Colorado, Delaware and Illinois files do not name one.

Why can’t I find a New York agent?

New York’s file lists active licenses only. When a license expires it leaves the file, so an agent who is not found may have let the license lapse, or may be listed under a different spelling. Check the Department of State’s own lookup.

What does disciplinary action on file mean?

Colorado’s file lists each case with its action and dates, and we show them. Delaware’s file says only whether disciplinary action is on record, and Illinois’s whether discipline has ever been on record, so we say that much and no more. The official lookup has the detail. The other states’ files we read do not include discipline.

What is a restricted license in California?

A license the Department of Real Estate has issued with conditions on it. DRE’s file marks it, and its own lookup says what the conditions are.

Does an active license mean the agent is good?

No. It means the state has a current license on file. It says nothing about experience, results or complaints. A license, not a review.

Can I have my page taken down?

Yes. Every license page has a Remove this page link. It takes the page off this site and out of our sitemap; it does not change anything on the state’s own lookup.

Source: the Texas Real Estate Commission’s published license file on data.texas.gov, and the Colorado Division of Real Estate’s published license file on data.colorado.gov, and the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation’s published license file on myfloridalicense.com, and the New York Department of State’s published license file on data.ny.gov, and the Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection’s published license file on data.ct.gov, and the Delaware Division of Professional Regulation’s published license file on data.delaware.gov, and the California Department of Real Estate’s published license file on dre.ca.gov, and the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation’s published license file on data.illinois.gov, and the Arizona Department of Real Estate’s published license file on azre.gov. Illinois: contains information from IDFPR’s Professional Licensing dataset, made available under the Open Database License. A license on file is not a recommendation, and Swift Agent Sites is not connected to any state agency.

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