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Credentialing

Monthly License Counts

Counts last updated on 11/2/2026.


Business License Counts

  

In State

Out of State

Totals

Entity*

Reg.

Profession

Active

Inactive

Total

Active

Inactive

Total

Active

Inactive

Total

I

1

Accountant, Certified Public

9309

3977

13648

1343

1095

2549

10652

5072

16197

F

3

Accounting Firm

385

199

598

58

38

97

443

237

695

I

86

Aesthetician

4440

1262

5703

338

310

648

4778

1572

6351

F

69

Aesthetics Establishment

974

735

1810

4

2

8

978

737

1818

I

72

Aesthetics Instructor

61

1

62

4

0

4

65

1

66

F

59

Aesthetics School

10

7

19

0

0

0

10

7

19

I

107

Agent for Burial Agreements

1035

2

1038

68

1

69

1103

3

1107

F

900

Appraisal Management Company

4

2

10

84

32

124

88

34

134

I

10

Appraiser, Certified General

319

151

474

539

613

1152

858

764

1626

I

9

Appraiser, Certified Residential

526

378

911

197

136

333

723

514

1244

I

4

Appraiser, Licensed

197

290

496

15

20

35

212

310

531

I

5

Architect

1486

360

1881

3279

1423

4738

4765

1783

6619

I

97

Athlete Agent

5

17

22

43

88

131

48

105

153

F

53

Auction Company

78

52

130

38

25

63

116

77

193

I

52

Auctioneer

349

180

533

170

91

264

519

271

797

I

182

Barber

785

420

1206

37

40

77

822

460

1283

I

601

Barbering Apprentice

49

57

182

2

3

7

51

60

189

F

180

Barbering Establishment

332

245

607

1

0

1

333

245

608

I

183

Barbering Instructor

8

0

8

1

1

2

9

1

10

F

187

Barbering School

11

3

14

0

0

0

11

3

14

F

99

Cemetery Association

4

0

4

112

0

112

116

0

116

F

95

Cemetery Authority (Licensed)

69

17

87

26

2

28

95

19

115

F

195

Cemetery Authority (Registered)

26

16

42

0

0

0

26

16

42

F

101

Cemetery Preneed Seller

90

85

176

34

3

37

124

88

213

I

96

Cemetery Salesperson

147

104

251

4

5

9

151

109

260

F

11

Certificate of Authorization – Architecture, Engineer, Designer of Engineering, or Interior Design

427

214

650

1475

528

2010

1902

742

2660

F

201

Certificate Of Authorization: Geology

19

4

23

17

8

25

36

12

48

F

202

Certificate Of Authorization: Hydrology

3

3

6

2

0

2

5

3

8

F

203

Certificate Of Authorization: Soil Science Corp

4

4

8

0

1

1

4

5

9

I

82

Cosmetologist

23751

9371

33161

1219

1097

2317

24970

10468

35478

I

600

Cosmetology Apprentice

158

324

777

2

7

17

160

331

794

F

80

Cosmetology Establishment

7640

5566

14252

44

54

119

7684

5620

14371

F

80

Cosmetology Establishment

7640

5566

14252

44

54

119

7684

5620

14371

I

83

Cosmetology Instructor

799

6

808

53

0

53

852

6

861

F

87

Cosmetology School

22

21

53

0

1

1

22

22

54

F

98

Crematory Authority

134

35

175

5

2

9

139

37

184

I

7

Designer Of Engineering Systems

736

305

1053

34

18

53

770

323

1106

I

84

Electrologist

134

69

203

13

8

21

147

77

224

F

70

Electrology Establishment

68

54

129

0

0

0

68

54

129

I

73

Electrology Instructor

4

0

4

3

0

3

7

0

7

F

88

Electrology School

3

3

6

0

0

0

3

3

6

I

500

Engineer In Training

1991

822

2815

405

302

707

2396

1124

3522

I

64

Firearms Certifier

65

37

102

12

6

18

77

43

120

I

503

Firearms Permit

238

393

634

216

148

364

454

541

998

I

77

Funeral Director

1043

384

1459

183

87

275

1226

471

1734

I

700

Funeral Director Apprentice

477

592

1129

0

5

7

477

597

1136

F

78

Funeral Establishment

552

198

775

1

0

1

553

198

776

I

13

Geologist, Professional

281

108

389

214

166

380

495

274

769

I

106

Home Inspector

622

616

1239

87

68

155

709

684

1394

I

111

Hydrologist, Professional

38

28

66

10

7

17

48

35

83

F

118

Juvenile Martial Arts Instructor

40

11

51

5

43

48

45

54

99

F

118

Juvenile Martial Arts Instructor

40

11

51

5

43

48

45

54

99

I

14

Landscape Architect

205

61

270

186

66

255

391

127

525

F

71

Manicuring Establishment

1196

1063

2428

3

1

4

1199

1064

2432

I

74

Manicuring Instructor

60

0

61

3

0

3

63

0

64

F

89

Manicuring School

12

12

26

0

0

0

12

12

26

I

85

Manicurist

5340

2088

7440

736

729

1467

6076

2817

8907

I

65

Nursing Home Administrator

634

337

972

96

87

183

730

424

1155

I

110

Peddler

59

1

60

0

0

0

59

1

60

I

63

Private Detective

405

544

952

252

234

486

657

778

1438

F

62

Private Detective/Security Agency

310

283

599

194

104

299

504

387

898

I

108

Private Security Person

6427

14217

20674

505

1198

1702

6932

15415

22375

I

6

Professional Engineer

6532

1733

8466

9090

3490

12713

15621

5223

21178

I

8

Professional Land Surveyor

622

237

867

394

124

528

1016

361

1395

I

90

Real Estate Broker

7055

2416

9516

1042

319

1363

8097

2735

10879

F

91

Real Estate Business Entity

2316

834

3153

497

173

670

2813

1007

3823

I

94

Real Estate Salesperson

17349

8189

25575

2651

1013

3668

20000

9202

29243

I

112

Soil Scientist, Professional

31

21

52

6

4

10

37

25

62

F

184

Transportation Network Company

3

5

8

7

1

8

10

6

16

F

104

Warehouse for Cemetery Merchandise

0

1

1

0

0

0

0

1

1

I

109

Wisconsin Registered Interior Designer

185

99

286

33

14

47

218

113

333

Health License Counts

 

In State

Out of State

Totals

Entity*

Reg.

Profession

Active

Inactive

Total

Active

Inactive

Total

Active

Inactive

Total

I

55

Acupuncturist

472

106

580

133

65

198

605

171

778

I

33

Advanced Practice Nurse Prescriber

0

30

42

0

11

165

0

41

207

I

17

Anesthesiologist Assistant

209

28

237

67

21

88

276

49

325

I

36

Art Therapist

72

20

92

12

3

15

84

23

107

I

156

Audiologist

412

92

512

116

36

155

528

128

667

I

140

Behavior Analyst

706

93

799

228

71

299

934

164

1098

I

404

Body Piercer

274

366

642

36

47

83

310

413

725

I

113

Chiropractic Radiological Technician

297

216

516

2

9

11

299

225

527

I

114

Chiropractic Technician

1197

1002

2201

16

28

44

1213

1030

2245

I

12

Chiropractor

2332

457

2842

226

158

452

2558

615

3294

I

132

Clinical Substance Abuse Counselor

1761

442

2203

99

50

149

1860

492

2352

I

133

Clinical Supervisor In-Training

264

326

590

6

10

16

270

336

606

I

135

Clinical Supervisor, Independent

460

84

544

21

14

35

481

98

579

I

134

Clinical Supervisor, Intermediate

115

71

186

4

4

8

119

75

194

I

450

Controlled Substances Special Use Authorization

227

271

525

2

8

11

229

279

536

I

37

Dance Therapist

3

8

11

1

2

3

4

10

14

I

16

Dental Hygienist

5316

907

6224

602

313

916

5918

1220

7140

I

 

Dental Therapist

3

3

7

1

1

2

4

4

9

I

15

Dentist

3504

1130

4645

1401

769

2176

4905

1899

6821

I

29

Dietitian

1908

493

2403

1368

467

1851

3276

960

4254

F

44

Drug or Device Manufacturer

76

26

125

8

2

12

84

28

137

I

116

Expanded Function Dental Auxiliary

165

1

166

5

1

6

170

2

172

I

 

Faculty Dentist

23

11

41

4

7

11

27

18

52

I

61

Genetic Counselor

181

35

219

438

49

487

619

84

706

I

60

Hearing Instrument Specialist

290

229

528

68

42

110

358

271

638

F

48

Home Medical Oxygen Provider

85

20

125

91

27

142

176

47

267

I

31

Licensed Practical Nurse

11313

8857

20247

1022

1127

2232

12335

9984

22479

I

125

Licensed Professional Counselor

6218

891

7150

1538

538

2086

7756

1429

9236

I

144

Limited X-Ray Machine Operator Permit

13

17

30

2

3

5

15

20

35

I

171

Limited-Scope Naturopathic Doctor

5

1

8

0

0

0

5

1

8

I

124

Marriage and Family Therapist

869

175

1055

431

213

645

1300

388

1700

I

228

Marriage and Family Therapist Training License

276

286

563

20

30

50

296

316

613

I

146

Massage Therapist or Bodywork Therapist

5033

1728

6770

449

287

738

5482

2015

7508

I

 

Medicine and Surgery - DO

0

1

1

1

0

1

1

1

2

I

 

Medicine and Surgery - MD

0

1

1

3

5

8

3

6

9

I

49

Midwives, Licensed

141

71

229

57

77

137

198

148

366

F

115

Mobile Dentistry Program

30

22

52

6

2

8

36

24

60

I

38

Music Therapist

129

58

187

25

19

44

154

77

231

I

170

Naturopathic Doctor

52

2

56

54

0

54

106

2

110

I

32

Nurse - Midwife

0

2

319

0

3

114

0

5

433

I

26

Occupational Therapist

4161

962

5127

602

442

1045

4763

1404

6172

I

27

Occupational Therapy Assistant

1295

644

1940

125

97

222

1420

741

2162

I

35

Optometrist

951

180

1132

401

263

664

1352

443

1796

I

18

Perfusionist

109

46

158

82

50

132

191

96

290

I

40

Pharmacist

6554

1380

7961

3372

1286

4666

9926

2666

12627

F

42

Pharmacy (In-State)

1267

280

1692

1

1

5

1268

281

1697

F

43

Pharmacy (Out-of-State)

0

3

3

1408

435

2260

1408

438

2263

I

41

Pharmacy Technician

12731

7414

20147

983

882

1865

13714

8296

22012

I

24

Physical Therapist

6745

1063

7811

1279

804

2083

8024

1867

9894

I

19

Physical Therapist Assistant

2127

643

2772

184

164

348

2311

807

3120

I

21

Physician - DO

2015

447

2471

1581

777

2367

3596

1224

4838

I

321

Physician - DO Compact

13

3

16

1014

356

1370

1027

359

1386

I

20

Physician - MD

15919

4410

20493

12600

7503

20178

28519

11913

40671

I

320

Physician - MD Compact

81

18

100

5828

2250

8074

5909

2268

8174

I

23

Physician Assistant

3893

543

4441

1524

830

2367

5417

1373

6808

I

25

Podiatrist

289

90

380

146

95

242

435

185

622

I

137

Prevention Specialist

55

33

88

5

0

5

60

33

93

I

136

Prevention Specialist In-Training

4

36

40

0

2

2

4

38

42

I

58

Private Practice of School Psychology

26

36

62

0

4

4

26

40

66

I

226

Professional Counselor Training License

2272

2229

4505

93

122

215

2365

2351

4720

I

 

Provisional Physician Licensure

2

0

2

1

2

3

3

2

5

I

57

Psychologist

1807

393

2242

588

474

1075

2395

867

3317

I

142

Radiographer, Licensed

5636

1662

7299

1054

1190

2244

6690

2852

9543

I

30

Registered Nurse

99179

19199

119140

17313

14886

33180

116492

34085

152313

I

197

Registered Sanitarian

208

91

299

10

7

17

218

98

316

I

851

Resident Educational License

702

2466

3171

766

1179

1946

1468

3645

5117

I

28

Respiratory Care Practitioner

2536

699

3240

649

683

1340

3185

1382

4580

I

160

Sign Language Interpreter - Advanced Deaf

9

3

12

18

5

23

27

8

35

I

158

Sign Language Interpreter - Advanced Hearing

206

49

255

788

351

1139

994

400

1394

I

159

Sign Language Interpreter - Intermediate Deaf

2

4

6

0

1

1

2

5

7

I

157

Sign Language Interpreter - Intermediate Hearing

54

33

87

19

8

27

73

41

114

I

120

Social Worker

4329

2102

6486

210

195

409

4539

2297

6895

I

121

Social Worker - Advanced Practice

4557

2371

6953

337

295

635

4894

2666

7588

I

122

Social Worker - Independent

170

96

276

93

65

159

263

161

435

I

123

Social Worker - Licensed Clinical

4553

1006

5623

1285

635

1928

5838

1641

7551

I

127

Social Worker - Training Certificate

158

614

775

4

23

27

162

637

802

I

154

Speech-Language Pathologist

2569

1092

3665

555

508

1063

3124

1600

4728

I

131

Substance Abuse Counselor

771

458

1229

33

17

50

804

475

1279

I

130

Substance Abuse Counselor In-Training

1335

1943

3281

37

80

117

1372

2023

3398

F

401

Tanning Facilities

210

335

591

1

9

10

211

344

601

I

403

Tattooist

2023

2073

4101

647

1071

1718

2670

3144

5819

F

245

Third-Party Logistics Provider

2

1

3

35

2

37

37

3

40

F

45

Wholesale Distributor of Prescription Drugs

96

29

144

727

190

1051

823

219

1195

Trades License Counts

 

In State

Out of State

Totals

Entity*

Reg.

Profession

Active

Inactive

Total

Active

Inactive

Total

Active

Inactive

Total

I

AFSC

Automatic Fire Sprinkler Contractor

72

28

100

35

24

59

107

52

159

I

AFSCM

Automatic Fire Sprinkler Contractor Maintenance

17

20

37

0

2

2

17

22

39

I

AFSFM

Automatic Fire Sprinkler Fitter Maintenance

80

156

236

1

5

6

81

161

242

I

JAFSF

Automatic Fire Sprinkler Fitter, Journeyman

567

194

761

167

83

250

734

277

1011

I

AFSSA

Automatic Fire Sprinkler System Apprentice

161

317

478

33

141

174

194

458

652

I

AFSST

Automatic Fire Sprinkler System Tester

63

54

117

15

30

45

78

84

162

I

AFSTL

Automatic Fire Sprinkler System Tester Learner

8

71

79

1

5

6

9

76

85

I

C1B

Blaster, Class 1

8

28

36

2

10

12

10

38

48

I

C2B

Blaster, Class 2

42

48

90

10

24

34

52

72

124

I

C3B

Blaster, Class 3

0

15

15

0

6

6

0

21

21

I

C4B

Blaster, Class 4

1

1

2

1

4

5

2

5

7

I

C5B

Blaster, Class 5

55

51

106

38

63

101

93

114

207

I

C6B

Blaster, Class 6

26

40

66

10

22

32

36

62

98

I

C7B

Blaster, Class 7

13

5

18

6

1

7

19

6

25

I

BPVI

Boiler-Pressure Vessel Inspector

64

28

92

97

76

173

161

104

265

I

CBI

Commercial Building Inspector

490

287

777

30

38

68

520

325

845

I

CEI

Commercial Electrical Inspector

706

404

1110

34

24

58

740

428

1168

I

CPI

Commercial Plumbing Inspector

322

222

544

6

5

11

328

227

555

I

CCCT

Cross Connection Control Tester

2046

1125

3171

102

79

181

2148

1204

3352

F

DCFR

Dwelling Contractor

7171

4967

12077

2755

2998

5733

9926

7965

17810

F

DCQ

Dwelling Contractor Qualifier

11801

7319

19122

1318

826

2148

13119

8145

21270

F

DCQ

Dwelling Contractor Qualifier

11801

7319

19122

1318

826

2148

13119

8145

21270

F

DCFRR

Dwelling Contractor Restricted

58

91

147

17

45

62

75

136

209

I

EA

Electrical Apprentice

3102

4454

7556

148

385

533

3250

4839

8089

I

IEA

Electrical Apprentice, Industrial

11

63

74

4

7

11

15

70

85

I

REA

Electrical Apprentice, Residential

6

20

26

2

2

4

8

22

30

F

EC

Electrical Contractor

2896

1345

4243

669

428

1099

3565

1773

5342

F

EIA

Electrical Inspection Agency

545

215

760

2

1

3

547

216

763

I

BE

Electrician, Registered

3210

9793

13004

1757

3233

4990

4967

13025

17993

I

ELA

Elevator Apprentice

143

154

297

76

103

179

219

257

476

I

ELAR

Elevator Apprentice Restricted

0

2

2

1

1

2

1

3

4

F

ELC

Elevator Contractor

20

24

44

37

35

72

57

59

116

I

ELH

Elevator Helper

123

176

299

93

157

250

216

333

549

I

EI

Elevator Inspector

37

16

53

18

47

65

55

63

118

I

ELM

Elevator Mechanic

348

195

543

221

324

545

569

519

1088

I

ELMR

Elevator Mechanic Restricted

3

8

11

2

2

4

5

10

15

I

FDPSI

Fire Detection, Prevention, and Suppression Inspector

410

281

691

26

46

72

436

327

763

F

FM

Fireworks Manufacturer

11

6

17

0

1

1

11

7

18

F

HVACCONT

HVAC Contractor

2222

1789

4012

560

440

1000

2782

2229

5012

I

HVACQ

HVAC Qualifier

536

177

713

77

40

117

613

217

830

I

JE

Journeyman Electrician

6839

2270

9109

686

534

1220

7525

2804

10329

I

IJE

Journeyman Electrician, Industrial

768

486

1254

26

241

267

794

727

1521

I

RJE

Journeyman Electrician, Residential

257

112

369

14

7

21

271

119

390

I

PJ

Journeyman Plumber

3270

977

4248

146

67

213

3416

1044

4461

I

PJRA

Journeyman Plumber Restricted Appliance

276

158

434

5

11

16

281

169

450

I

PJRS

Journeyman Plumber Restricted Service

207

166

373

1

4

5

208

170

378

I

LH

Lift Helper

17

27

44

2

14

16

19

41

60

I

LM

Lift Mechanic

13

9

22

6

7

13

19

16

35

F

LGS

Liquefied Gas Supplier

36

110

146

11

21

32

47

131

178

F

LGSR

Liquefied Gas Supplier Restricted

9

67

76

1

1

2

10

68

78

I

ME

Master Electrician

5429

1218

6649

747

261

1008

6175

1479

7656

I

RRME

Master Electrician, Registered

860

1

861

93

0

93

953

1

954

I

RME

Master Electrician, Residential

374

61

435

25

6

31

399

67

466

I

PM

Master Plumber

2770

567

3338

133

47

180

2903

614

3518

I

PMRA

Master Plumber Restricted Appliance

147

86

233

9

2

11

156

88

244

I

PMRS

Master Plumber Restricted Service

470

116

586

2

3

5

472

119

591

I

PL

Pipelayer

869

1118

1987

56

71

127

925

1189

2114

I

PA

Plumbing Apprentice

1865

2195

4060

64

142

206

1929

2337

4266

I

PLRA

Plumbing Learner Restricted Appliance

137

494

631

8

42

50

145

536

681

I

PLRS

Plumbing Learner Restricted Service

138

569

707

3

15

18

141

584

725

I

PI

POWTS Inspector

389

303

692

4

10

14

393

313

706

I

PO

POWTS Maintainer

431

385

816

6

5

11

437

390

827

I

SEI

Soil Erosion Inspector

135

188

323

5

8

13

140

196

336

I

ST

Soil Tester

658

332

990

13

8

21

671

340

1011

I

UCI

UDC Construction Inspector

694

387

1081

20

26

46

714

413

1127

I

UEI

UDC Electrical Inspector

457

311

770

15

14

29

472

325

799

I

UHI

UDC HVAC Inspector

649

342

991

17

18

35

666

360

1026

F

UIA

UDC Inspection Agency

39

54

93

10

10

20

49

64

113

I

UC

Utility Contractor

306

88

394

20

7

27

326

95

421

I

WTC

Weld Test Conductor

138

73

211

14

8

22

152

81

233

I

W

Welder

2423

5699

8123

264

697

961

2687

6396

9084

Manufactured Homes License Counts

  

In State

Out of State

Totals

Entity*

Reg.

Profession

Active

Inactive

Total

Active

Inactive

Total

Active

Inactive

Total

F

MHC

Manufactured Home Communities

485

247

733

15

17

31

500

264

764

F

MHD

Manufactured Home Dealers

164

98

262

43

57

100

207

155

362

I

MHI

Manufactured Home Installer

137

66

203

49

17

66

186

83

269

F

MHMHS

Manufactured Home Manufacturer

4

1

5

16

8

24

20

9

29

I

MHSP

Manufactured Home Salesperson

299

291

590

35

30

65

334

321

655

Unarmed Combat Sports License Counts

  

In State

Out of State

Totals

Entity*

Reg.

Profession

Active

Inactive

Total

Active

Inactive

Total

Active

Inactive

Total

I

283

Amateur Kickboxing Contestant

41

153

194

6

24

30

47

177

224

I

276

Amateur Mixed Martial Arts Contestant

135

545

683

56

257

313

191

802

996

I

39

Athletic Trainer

1183

399

1582

244

136

381

1427

535

1963

I

274

Boxing Judge

5

5

10

6

6

12

11

11

22

I

275

Boxing Referee

1

1

2

3

5

8

4

6

10

F

282

Contest (Event)

0

64

65

1

18

19

1

82

84

I

FBID

Federal Boxing ID

41

5

46

1

1

2

42

6

48

I

287

Kickboxing Judge

10

2

12

5

5

10

15

7

22

I

289

Kickboxing Referee

2

3

5

2

6

8

4

9

13

I

270

Matchmaker

14

18

32

9

8

17

23

26

49

I

267

MMA Judge

12

10

22

7

9

16

19

19

38

I

MMANID

MMA National ID

220

9

229

92

5

97

312

14

326

I

268

MMA Referee

3

1

4

2

6

8

5

7

12

I

290

Muay Thai Referee

0

1

1

0

0

0

0

1

1

I

263

Professional Boxing Contestant

26

85

111

57

186

243

83

271

354

I

284

Professional Kickboxing Contestant

3

10

13

0

3

3

3

13

16

I

277

Professional Mixed Martial Arts Contestant

34

143

177

67

209

276

101

352

453

F

281

Promoter

7

30

37

3

10

13

10

40

50

I

271

Ringside Physician

5

9

14

3

5

8

8

14

22

I

265

Second / Corner

274

752

1027

259

901

1160

533

1652

2186

I

272

Timekeeper

6

5

11

3

1

4

9

6

15

Total License Counts

 

In State

Out of State

Totals

Active

Inactive

Total

Active

Inactive

Total

Active

Inactive

Total

GRAND TOTALS

435797

204634

646244

104201

71722

178459

539996

276354

824691

Footnote: The count of INACTIVE LICENSES includes the following:

1) Licenses not renewed and expired, 2) Deceased licensees, 3) Revoked licenses, 4) Voluntarily surrendered licenses, 5) Suspended licenses, 6) Licenses denied due to tax delinquencies, and 7) Licenses issued in error.

We maintain the information on inactive licenses because complaints may be filed against these licenses and we may need the information for future investigations.

*I = Individual, F = Firm


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