City of Columbus contractor bonds.
$275. Five minutes.
The City of Columbus requires a $1,000 contractor license bond as a condition of registering as a contractor with the City. Three percent of $1,000 is $30 — well below our floor — so the price is our $275 minimum. The application is five minutes, and municipal license bonds like this are the fastest thing we issue.
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Three steps. One sitting.
Municipal license bonds are the simplest thing in surety. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date. That's the application — no financials, no credit check section, no follow-up scavenger hunt.
Pay & e-sign
Municipal license bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
File with the City
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with the City of Columbus when you register as a contractor. Wet-ink original mailed on request — the City requires the signed original on file.
The whole pricing page.
$1,000 bond × 3% = $30, which is well below our $275 minimum — so the price is $275, one-time per term. Fixed amount, fixed price, multi-year if you want it.
What it is and who needs it.
What the Columbus bond actually guarantees
A City of Columbus contractor license bond is a compliance guarantee to the City. It backs your promise to perform work in line with the City's contractor-registration, permit, and building-code requirements — and to make the City whole if your work damages public property or violates the ordinance you registered under.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City of Columbus (the obligee). If you damage a street, sidewalk, or utility while working under your registration and fail to fix it, the City can recover against the bond.
The bond must stay active for as long as you're registered. Let it lapse and the City can suspend your contractor registration and your ability to pull permits — so we track it and notify you 60 and 30 days out, keeping your $1,000 filing continuous.
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Five minutes. The whole thing.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit check section, because this bond doesn't have one.
Start the application →Common questions.
If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
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Finish your City of Columbus registration today.
$275 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.