NT builder licence check: use the BPB register first
Check an existing practitioner or company registration, then separate that search from preparing a new BPB application.
Read the application guide Northern Territory · BPB
Apply for NT building contractor registration in your name or company.
Whether you are applying in your own name or through a company, BLS helps choose the residential or commercial BPB application and prepare the project, referee, financial and business documents.
What you need to know
How builder licensing works in Northern Territory.
The Building Practitioners Board (BPB) registers building contractors and other practitioners in the Northern Territory. Building contractor applications are split into residential or commercial work, with restricted and unrestricted options. The qualification, experience, insurance, project and business requirements depend on the category and whether an individual or company applies.
NT application guides
Get ready for a Northern Territory licence application.
Use these guides to understand the classes, experience requirements and application steps before you apply.
Licences we can help with
What are you applying for in Northern Territory?
Choose the option closest to your situation. You do not need to know the exact licence class before speaking with BLS.
Building contractor registration
Want to contract residential or commercial building work? BLS checks the relevant restricted or unrestricted category and helps prepare the BPB application.
View this serviceTrade / restricted registration
Planning to contract or supervise a defined type of building work? A restricted NT category may be the right application.
Practitioner (supervisor) registration
Running the work for someone else rather than signing the contract? Check the practitioner category that applies to your role.
Mutual recognition into the NT
Already registered interstate? Mutual recognition may let you apply for an equivalent NT registration, subject to the BPB category and requirements.
What BLS does for you
Get the application sorted before you lodge.
We check what you can apply for, show you what is missing and help prepare the forms and supporting documents.
Know what to apply for
Tell us what you do now and what you are trying to move into. We check the licence or registration that fits.
Find out what is missing
We review the qualifications, projects, licences and referees you already have, then tell you what else is needed.
Get the application ready to lodge
We help complete the forms, prepare the supporting documents and check the details before you submit them.
Your next step
Start the 60-second check
Start with the 60-second check.
Get clear on your likely licence, gaps and next step before you pay for training or start pulling the paperwork together.