Berwyn contractor license bonds.
From $100.
The City of Berwyn conditions a contractor license on a surety bond under its contractors and building tradesmen ordinance. The amount runs from $10,000 for trades such as electrical, plumbing, and HVAC up to $25,000 or more for general contracting and demolition. Premiums cost 0.5% of the bond amount, $100 minimum.
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How much does a Berwyn contractor license bond cost?
0.5% of the bond amount, from $100. Enter your amount in the calculator for the exact price.
Three steps. One sitting.
Enter the amount your contractor classification requires, pay, and file. Here is the whole thing:
Apply online
Your business details, your contractor classification, the bond amount it requires, and the effective date — that is the application.
Approved
No credit check up to $25,000, and most applications approve instantly. Pricing is 0.5% of the bond amount, $100 minimum.
File with the City
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with Berwyn's licensing office so your contractor license can issue. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the Berwyn contractor bond actually guarantees
The City of Berwyn licenses contractors and building tradesmen working in the city and conditions the license on a surety bond, sized to the trade. Berwyn's fee schedule sets $10,000 for trades such as electrical, plumbing, and HVAC contractors, and $25,000 for general contractors, awning installers, crane operators, environmental, excavating, sign, waste hauling, and wrecking/demolition contractors. It is a code-compliance and public-protection guarantee — it backs your promise to work to the City's codes.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City of Berwyn (the obligee), with the public as the protected party. If licensed work violates city ordinance and the City or a harmed party suffers a loss, they can recover against the bond up to the required amount.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. Enter the bond amount your contractor classification requires and your premium is priced from a $100 minimum.
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Claims, renewal, filing, and what sets the price.
If a claim is made
A claim comes from the party the bond protects, the obligee named on the form, when the duty the bond guarantees is not met.
The surety investigates and pays a valid claim, up to the bond amount. You then repay the surety: a surety bond is a guarantee of your performance, not insurance for you.
Renewal and term
The premium covers a one-year term from the effective date you choose.
Renew before the expiry date to keep the bond in force: the license, permit or contract it backs expects continuous coverage.
How to file it
File with the City. Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with Berwyn's licensing office so your contractor license can issue. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What sets the price
The premium is 0.5% of the bond amount, $100 minimum: the amount the obligee sets moves the price, not your business profile.
No credit check up to $25,000. Above that, the carrier may run a soft pull, which never affects your score.
Where a check runs, it decides approval; the rate is the same for everyone approved.
One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual issuing fields. No credit check up to $25,000.
Start the application →Common questions.
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From $100, no credit check up to $25,000, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.