Milwaukee concrete contractor bonds.
0.5% of the bond amount.
The City of Milwaukee Department of Neighborhood Services requires every concrete contractor to become licensed and carry a $5,000 surety bond on file before it will issue a permit for work in the public right-of-way — sidewalks, driveway approaches, and curb cuts. The city sets the bond amount; our rate is 0.5% of the bond amount, $100 minimum, and the application collects no credit information.
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No underwriting queue for the standard concrete contractor bond — apply, pay, and file with the Development Center alongside your license paperwork. Here is the whole thing:
Apply online
Your business details and an effective date — the bond amount is already set at $5,000, so there is nothing to size.
Issued on the spot
The application collects no credit information, so most concrete contractor bonds like this issue the moment you pay.
File with the Development Center
Submit the executed bond to the DNS Development Center Permit Desk (809 N. Broadway) alongside your concrete contractor license application. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
The City of Milwaukee licenses concrete contractors through the Department of Neighborhood Services before it will issue a permit for work affecting the public way — sidewalks, driveway approaches, and curb cuts. Licensing is renewed annually, and the department requires the contractor to carry a $5,000 surety bond on file for the calendar year the license and permits cover.
It is a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City of Milwaukee (the obligee), with the city and property owners along the right-of-way as the protected parties. If a licensed contractor fails to complete permitted work to city standards or damages city property in the process, the city can look to the bond for the cost of making it right.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. The license and bond run the calendar year and must be current each year you apply for a right-of-way concrete permit; we price the bond from a $100 minimum at 0.5% of the $5,000 amount, and the application collects no credit information.
You need this bond if you are
One application, issued on the spot.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit section, because this application doesn't collect credit information.
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0.5% of the bond amount, $100 minimum, soft pull only, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.