The City of Springfield requires a contractor's license bond before it will issue or renew a licensed-trade contractor license. The City sets the amount — enter it and we issue at a flat 3%, $275 minimum, with no credit check.
















No underwriting queue for the standard city contractor bond — enter your amount, pay, and file. Here is the whole thing:
Your business details, the bond amount the City requires, and the effective date — that is the entire application.
No credit check and no waiting — the executed bond is generated as soon as you pay. Larger amounts may get a quick review.
Submit the executed bond to Springfield Building Development Services with your contractor license application. Wet-ink originals mailed on request.
Bond amount × 3% = your premium, one-time, $275 minimum. Enter the figure on your Springfield application and the premium updates.
The City of Springfield licenses trade contractors — electrical, mechanical, gas, and plumbing — through its Building Development Services division, and conditions the license on a contractor's license bond. It's a compliance guarantee that you'll follow the City's building and trade codes and properly complete the work you permit.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City of Springfield (the obligee). If you violate the City code, leave work incomplete, or damage public property and the City suffers a loss, the City can recover against the bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays the City, you repay the surety. We issue the amount the City set, at a flat 3% with no credit check, and the bond must stay active for the life of your license.
Submit the application with the bond amount the City of Springfield set — the executed bond is generated instantly, ready to file.
Start the application →If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
Five-minute application, flat 3%, $275 minimum. Enter the amount the City set and file the same day.