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Comprehensive statutory compliance standards overseen by the South Dakota Department of Labor and Regulation (Plumbing/Electrical). Select your specific trade classification below or estimate your insurance premium.

Primary Regulatory Authority

South Dakota Department of Labor and Regulation (Plumbing/Electrical)

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Statutory License Bond
$5,000 - $10,000 (Local municipal requirement)
Application Fee
$100
Renewal Cycle
Annual or Biennial
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Workers' Compensation Mandate: Voluntary/Strict liability system (strongly advised)
State Reciprocity Agreements: ND, NE, MN
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Contractor Liability & Bond Premium Estimator

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Estimated Annual Gross Revenue $350,000
$50k $1.5M $3M+
Estimated Statutory Costs Instant Certificate Available
General Liability (GL)
$1M Occurrence / $2M Aggregate
$115/mo
~$1,380 / year
Contractor License Bond
Statutory State Bond
$250/yr
1.0% base underwriting rate
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*Estimates based on standard market rates for commercial artisan contractors. Exact quotes require underwriting review of prior loss history, specific endorsements, and payroll declarations.

South Dakota Classified Trades

Select a Trade Classification in South Dakota

Click any trade below to review specific licensing prerequisites, required liability minimums, and instant carrier quote matches.

Structural Verified

South Dakota General Contractor

General Building Contractors coordinate and execute residential and commercial structures involving at least t...

Min: $1,000,000 Each Occurrence View Guide →
Structural Verified

South Dakota Residential Remodeling

Remodeling contractors execute kitchen overhauls, bathroom additions, interior partition modifications, and re...

Min: $500,000 Each Occurrence View Guide →
Structural Verified

South Dakota Timber Framing

Timber framing specialists assemble heavy mortise-and-tenon structural wood posts, glulam arches, and mass tim...

Min: $1,000,000 Each Occurrence View Guide →
Structural Verified

South Dakota Structural Steel

Structural Steel contractors erect wide-flange I-beams, steel decking, shear connections, and trusses on multi...

Min: $2,000,000 Each Occurrence View Guide →
Structural Verified

South Dakota Scaffolding Contractor

Scaffolding contractors erect modular frame, tube-and-clamp, mast climbers, and suspended swing stages for ext...

Min: $2,000,000 Each Occurrence View Guide →
Structural Verified

South Dakota Metal Building Contractor

PEMB contractors assemble commercial metal warehouses, agricultural steel barns, hangars, and industrial struc...

Min: $1,000,000 Each Occurrence View Guide →
Structural Verified

South Dakota Concrete Tilt-Up

Tilt-up contractors pour horizontal structural concrete panels on site casting beds and crane-lift them into v...

Min: $2,000,000 Each Occurrence View Guide →
Structural Verified

South Dakota Seismic Retrofit

Seismic retrofitting contractors anchor wood-frame buildings to concrete stem walls to resist lateral shear fo...

Min: $1,000,000 Each Occurrence View Guide →
Structural Verified

South Dakota Shoring & Underpinning

Underpinning contractors stabilize failing foundations and shore up adjacent buildings during deep basement ex...

Min: $2,000,000 Each Occurrence View Guide →
Electrical Verified

South Dakota Electrical Contractor

Electrical Contractors install, maintain, and connect power distribution, circuitry, panels, transformers, and...

Min: $500,000 Each Occurrence View Guide →
Electrical Verified

South Dakota High-Voltage Lineman

High-voltage transmission contractors construct substations, string overhead distribution lines, and splice hi...

Min: $3,000,000 Each Occurrence View Guide →
Electrical Verified

South Dakota Low Voltage Cabling

Structured cabling contractors route fiber optics, Cat6A ethernet, data racks, and telecommunication infrastru...

Min: $500,000 Each Occurrence View Guide →
Electrical Verified

South Dakota Fire Alarm Specialist

Fire alarm specialists install smoke detectors, strobes, pull stations, voice evacuation, and central station ...

Min: $1,000,000 Each Occurrence View Guide →
Electrical Verified

South Dakota Security & Access Control

Security contractors install card readers, electronic magnetic door locks, NVR IP video surveillance, and intr...

Min: $1,000,000 Each Occurrence View Guide →
Electrical Verified

South Dakota Building Automation

Building automation contractors install digital direct control (DDC) sensors, actuators, and software managing...

Min: $1,000,000 Each Occurrence View Guide →
Electrical Verified

South Dakota Telecom Contractor

Telecom contractors construct cellular communication towers, rooftop antenna stealth mounts, 5G small cells, a...

Min: $2,000,000 Each Occurrence View Guide →
Electrical Verified

South Dakota Smart Home Automation

Smart home specialists install whole-home audio, motorized shading, home theaters, architectural lighting, and...

Min: $500,000 Each Occurrence View Guide →
Mechanical Verified

South Dakota HVAC Contractor

HVAC Contractors design and install heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and environmental refrigeration sy...

Min: $500,000 Each Occurrence View Guide →
Mechanical Verified

South Dakota Refrigeration Contractor

Commercial Refrigeration Contractors engineer cold storage warehouses, supermarket rack systems, walk-in blast...

Min: $1,000,000 Each Occurrence View Guide →
Mechanical Verified

South Dakota Boiler & Steamfitting

Boiler and steamfitting contractors install industrial high-pressure steam boilers, condensate return loops, a...

Min: $2,000,000 Each Occurrence View Guide →
Mechanical Verified

South Dakota Hydronic Heating

Hydronic heating contractors install PEX radiant floor manifolds, geothermal ground-source heat pump loops, an...

Min: $1,000,000 Each Occurrence View Guide →
Mechanical Verified

South Dakota Sheet Metal & Ductwork

Sheet metal contractors fabricate and erect commercial galvanized and stainless steel HVAC duct systems, exhau...

Min: $500,000 - $1,000,000 Each Occurrence View Guide →
Mechanical Verified

South Dakota Medical Gas Contractor

Medical gas contractors install life-critical oxygen, nitrous oxide, nitrogen, and medical vacuum piping in ho...

Min: $2,000,000 Each Occurrence View Guide →
Mechanical Verified

South Dakota Process Piping

Process piping contractors install high-pressure piping for pharmaceuticals, petrochemical refineries, food pr...

Min: $2,000,000 Each Occurrence View Guide →
Plumbing Verified

South Dakota Plumbing Contractor

Plumbing Contractors handle domestic water supply, sanitary drainage, venting, medical gas, and underground in...

Min: $500,000 Each Occurrence View Guide →
Plumbing Verified

South Dakota Backflow Specialist

Backflow specialists install, test, and recertify reduced pressure zone (RPZ) and double check valve assemblie...

Min: $1,000,000 Each Occurrence View Guide →
Plumbing Verified

South Dakota Sewer & Trenchless Specialist

Sewer contractors excavate or trenchlessly line municipal sanitary sewer laterals, storm culverts, and main li...

Min: $1,000,000 Each Occurrence View Guide →
Plumbing Verified

South Dakota Water Well Driller

Water well drillers operate deep rotary drill rigs, place steel well casings, seal sanitary grout rings, and i...

Min: $1,000,000 Each Occurrence View Guide →
Plumbing Verified

South Dakota Septic System Contractor

Septic contractors design and excavate residential and commercial onsite septic tanks, aerobic treatment units...

Min: $1,000,000 Each Occurrence View Guide →
Building Verified

South Dakota Roofing Contractor

Roofing Contractors execute steep-slope and low-slope roofing membranes, architectural shingles, metal decking...

Min: $1,000,000 Each Occurrence View Guide →
Building Verified

South Dakota Commercial Flat Roofing

Commercial flat roofers install thermoplastic polyolefin (TPO), EPDM rubber, and PVC single-ply membranes on l...

Min: $2,000,000 Each Occurrence View Guide →
Building Verified

South Dakota Metal Roofing Contractor

Metal roofing contractors fabricate and install concealed-fastener standing seam Galvalume and copper roof pan...

Min: $1,000,000 Each Occurrence View Guide →
Building Verified

South Dakota Glazing Contractor

Glazing Contractors fabricate and install aluminum commercial storefront systems, curtain wall facades, hurric...

Min: $500,000 - $1,000,000 Each Occurrence View Guide →
Building Verified

South Dakota Curtain Wall Contractor

Curtain wall contractors install multi-story unitized aluminum and insulated glass thermal envelope facades on...

Min: $3,000,000 Each Occurrence View Guide →
Building Verified

South Dakota Waterproofing Contractor

Waterproofing contractors install subterranean membranes, drainage composites, and elastomeric deck coatings p...

Min: $1,000,000 Each Occurrence View Guide →
Building Verified

South Dakota Stucco Contractor

Stucco contractors install weather-resistive barriers, wire lath, and 3-coat cementitious plaster finishes on ...

Min: $500,000 - $1,000,000 Each Occurrence View Guide →
Building Verified

South Dakota EIFS Contractor

EIFS contractors install Exterior Insulation and Finish Systems combining rigid EPS continuous insulation boar...

Min: $1,000,000 Each Occurrence View Guide →
Building Verified

South Dakota Siding Contractor

Siding contractors install exterior architectural rainscreen cladding, James Hardie fiber cement lap siding, c...

Min: $500,000 Each Occurrence View Guide →
Civil, Verified

South Dakota Grading & Excavation

Grading contractors execute site cut-and-fill operations, foundation pad excavation, retention pond digging, a...

Min: $1,000,000 Each Occurrence View Guide →
Civil, Verified

South Dakota Asphalt Paving

Asphalt contractors lay hot-mix asphalt (HMA) pavement, mill deteriorated surfaces, apply tack coats, and exec...

Min: $1,000,000 Each Occurrence View Guide →
Civil, Verified

South Dakota Concrete Contractor

Concrete Contractors form and pour structural footings, stem walls, post-tension slabs, tilt-up concrete walls...

Min: $1,000,000 Each Occurrence View Guide →
Civil, Verified

South Dakota Directional Drilling

HDD contractors steer underground drill heads under highways, rivers, and congested utilities to install fiber...

Min: $2,000,000 Each Occurrence View Guide →
Civil, Verified

South Dakota Highway & Bridge Contractor

Heavy highway contractors build interstate overpasses, reinforced concrete bridge piers, culverts, and asphalt...

Min: $5,000,000 Each Occurrence View Guide →
Civil, Verified

South Dakota Deep Piling Contractor

Deep foundation contractors drill shafts down to bedrock, pour massive reinforced concrete caissons, and drive...

Min: $2,000,000 Each Occurrence View Guide →
Civil, Verified

South Dakota Demolition Contractor

Demolition Contractors execute total structural teardowns, interior commercial strip-outs, concrete crushing, ...

Min: $1,000,000 - $2,000,000 Each Occurrence View Guide →
Specialty Verified

South Dakota Asbestos Abatement

Asbestos contractors construct sealed negative-pressure HEPA containments, strip friable acoustic asbestos, an...

Min: $2,000,000 Each Occurrence View Guide →
Specialty Verified

South Dakota Lead Abatement Contractor

Lead abatement contractors safely encapsulate, strip, or replace lead-based architectural coatings in pre-1978...

Min: $1,000,000 Each Occurrence View Guide →
Specialty Verified

South Dakota Mold Remediation Specialist

Mold remediation specialists isolate fungal growth, remove contaminated drywall, run HEPA negative air machine...

Min: $1,000,000 Each Occurrence View Guide →
Specialty Verified

South Dakota Drywall Contractor

Drywall Contractors erect interior light-gauge metal framing, install acoustic and fire-rated gypsum wallboard...

Min: $300,000 - $500,000 Each Occurrence View Guide →
Specialty Verified

South Dakota Painting Contractor

Painting and Decorating Contractors apply interior and exterior coatings, elastomeric waterproofing, protectiv...

Min: $300,000 - $1,000,000 Each Occurrence View Guide →
Specialty Verified

South Dakota Epoxy Flooring Contractor

Epoxy flooring contractors shotblast concrete slabs and install multi-coat chemical-resistant epoxy, urethane ...

Min: $500,000 - $1,000,000 Each Occurrence View Guide →
Specialty Verified

South Dakota Tile & Terrazzo Contractor

Tile contractors set large-format porcelain slabs, mortar mud shower pans, glass mosaics, and pour architectur...

Min: $300,000 - $500,000 Each Occurrence View Guide →
Specialty Verified

South Dakota Hardwood Flooring

Hardwood flooring contractors install solid and engineered wood planks, sand floors using dust-containment sys...

Min: $300,000 - $500,000 Each Occurrence View Guide →
Specialty Verified

South Dakota Fire Protection Contractor

Fire Protection Contractors design and charge wet, dry, pre-action, and chemical suppression systems in commer...

Min: $1,000,000 - $2,000,000 Each Occurrence View Guide →
Specialty Verified

South Dakota Clean Agent Suppression

Special hazard fire contractors install waterless gas suppression systems protecting critical data centers, mu...

Min: $2,000,000 Each Occurrence View Guide →
Specialty Verified

South Dakota Elevator Contractor

Elevator contractors erect traction and hydraulic passenger elevators, escalators, dumbwaiters, and ADA wheelc...

Min: $3,000,000 Each Occurrence View Guide →
Specialty Verified

South Dakota Swimming Pool Contractor

Swimming Pool Contractors excavate, shoot pneumatically applied mortar, install filtration and heating, and pl...

Min: $1,000,000 Each Occurrence View Guide →
Specialty Verified

South Dakota Fencing & Gate Automation

Fencing contractors erect security chain-link, ornamental wrought iron, crash-rated perimeter barriers, and au...

Min: $500,000 - $1,000,000 Each Occurrence View Guide →
Specialty Verified

South Dakota Commercial Locksmith

Commercial locksmiths install electrified mortise locks, ADA panic hardware, master key hierarchies, and delay...

Min: $500,000 Each Occurrence View Guide →
Specialty Verified

South Dakota Solar Contractor

Solar PV Contractors engineer, rack, and tie solar arrays and lithium-ion battery energy storage systems (BESS...

Min: $1,000,000 Each Occurrence View Guide →
Specialty Verified

South Dakota Insulation Contractor

Insulation Contractors install closed-cell spray foam, blown fiberglass, and acoustic sound dampeners in build...

Min: $500,000 - $1,000,000 Each Occurrence View Guide →
Specialty Verified

South Dakota Landscaping Contractor

Landscaping Contractors design landscape grading, install backflow-prevented sprinkler lines, sod, pavers, and...

Min: $300,000 - $500,000 Each Occurrence View Guide →
Structural Verified

South Dakota Masonry Contractor

Masonry Contractors construct load-bearing CMU block walls, decorative brick veneer, retaining walls, and arch...

Min: $500,000 Each Occurrence View Guide →
Structural Verified

South Dakota Carpentry Contractor

Carpentry Contractors specialize in structural framing, shear wall plywood sheathing, timber trusses, and inte...

Min: $500,000 Each Occurrence View Guide →
Specialty Verified

South Dakota Flooring Contractor

Flooring Contractors install engineered hardwood, commercial luxury vinyl tile (LVT), porcelain floor tile, an...

Min: $300,000 - $500,000 Each Occurrence View Guide →
Civil, Verified

South Dakota Earthwork & Paving Contractor

Earthwork and Paving Contractors execute rough grading, trenching, roadbed compaction, hot asphalt paving, and...

Min: $1,000,000 Each Occurrence View Guide →
Specialty Verified

South Dakota Pool Plastering

Pool plastering contractors apply white marcite, exposed aggregate pebbles, quartz, and polished marble finish...

Min: $1,000,000 Each Occurrence View Guide →
Specialty Verified

South Dakota Solar Thermal Contractor

Solar thermal contractors install flat-plate and evacuated-tube solar collector systems for domestic hot water...

Min: $1,000,000 Each Occurrence View Guide →
Specialty Verified

South Dakota Acoustical Ceiling

Acoustical ceiling contractors hang seismic-rated suspended ceiling grids, sound-absorbing mineral fiber tiles...

Min: $500,000 Each Occurrence View Guide →
Specialty Verified

South Dakota Kitchen Fire Suppression

Kitchen suppression specialists install automatic wet chemical fire extinguishing systems over commercial deep...

Min: $2,000,000 Each Occurrence View Guide →
Building Verified

South Dakota Traffic Deck Waterproofing

Traffic deck contractors apply heavy-duty vehicular elastomeric membranes protecting reinforced concrete parki...

Min: $1,000,000 Each Occurrence View Guide →
Civil, Verified

South Dakota Playground Equipment

Playground contractors install public park play structures, shade canopies, swings, and impact-absorbing poure...

Min: $2,000,000 Each Occurrence View Guide →
Civil, Verified

South Dakota Synthetic Turf

Athletic turf contractors build sports stadium artificial fields, residential synthetic lawns, putting greens,...

Min: $1,000,000 Each Occurrence View Guide →
Plumbing Verified

South Dakota Fountain Contractor

Fountain contractors construct commercial municipal plaza water features, cascading waterfalls, interactive sp...

Min: $1,000,000 Each Occurrence View Guide →
Structural Verified

South Dakota Historic Masonry Restoration

Historic masonry contractors restore centuries-old brick structures, architectural terracotta cornices, and br...

Min: $1,000,000 Each Occurrence View Guide →
Specialty Verified

South Dakota Sandblasting Contractor

Abrasive blast contractors clean industrial steel bridges, concrete tanks, and structural frames using garnet,...

Min: $2,000,000 Each Occurrence View Guide →
Structural Verified

South Dakota Chimney & Smokestack

Industrial stack contractors erect and repair 200+ foot refractory brick chimneys, power plant exhaust flues, ...

Min: $3,000,000 Each Occurrence View Guide →
Civil, Verified

South Dakota Marine Construction

Marine contractors drive timber, steel, and prestressed concrete piles into navigable waterways, constructing ...

Min: $2,000,000 Each Occurrence View Guide →
Civil, Verified

South Dakota Dredging Contractor

Dredging contractors deepen commercial shipping channels, marina basins, and pump ocean sand for coastal hurri...

Min: $2,000,000 Each Occurrence View Guide →
Specialty Verified

South Dakota Radon Mitigation

Radon contractors drill suction pits into concrete foundation slabs, install PVC vent piping, and mount exteri...

Min: $1,000,000 Each Occurrence View Guide →
Civil, Verified

South Dakota Pipeline Contractor

Pipeline contractors trench, weld, coat, and bury cross-country high-pressure natural gas transmission and cru...

Min: $5,000,000 Each Occurrence View Guide →
Structural Verified

South Dakota Precast Concrete Erection

Precast contractors hoist and weld plant-cast architectural concrete spandrel panels, parking garage double-te...

Min: $1,000,000 Each Occurrence View Guide →
Building Verified

South Dakota Glass Block Contractor

Glass block contractors install decorative security windows, interior light-transmitting privacy walls, and st...

Min: $500,000 Each Occurrence View Guide →
Mechanical Verified

South Dakota Overhead Door & Dock Leveler

Commercial door specialists install steel rolling warehouse doors, high-speed fabric doors, vehicle restraint ...

Min: $1,000,000 Each Occurrence View Guide →
Electrical Verified

South Dakota Lightning Protection

Lightning protection contractors install copper and aluminum air terminals, down conductors, and ground rod ne...

Min: $1,000,000 Each Occurrence View Guide →
Specialty Verified

South Dakota Soundproofing Specialist

Acoustic contractors engineer noise isolation in recording studios, movie theaters, multi-family condominiums,...

Min: $500,000 Each Occurrence View Guide →
Structural Verified

South Dakota Crane & Heavy Hoisting

Crane contractors operate 500-ton hydraulic all-terrain cranes, self-erecting tower cranes, and execute multi-...

Min: $5,000,000 Each Occurrence View Guide →
Specialty Verified

South Dakota Wind Turbine Erection

Wind contractors erect 300-foot tubular steel wind towers, hoist 80-ton nacelles, mount composite turbine roto...

Min: $3,000,000 Each Occurrence View Guide →
Specialty Verified

South Dakota Battery Storage & Microgrid

Microgrid contractors install commercial and residential battery energy storage systems (BESS), smart subpanel...

Min: $1,000,000 Each Occurrence View Guide →
Plumbing Verified

South Dakota Leak Detection Specialist

Leak detection specialists locate pressurized water line breaches under concrete slabs and inside finished wal...

Min: $500,000 Each Occurrence View Guide →
Plumbing Verified

South Dakota Grease Trap Specialist

Grease trap contractors excavate, plumb, and vent 1,000-gallon exterior concrete grease interceptors preventin...

Min: $1,000,000 Each Occurrence View Guide →
Civil, Verified

South Dakota Stormwater Bioretention

Bioretention contractors construct low-impact development (LID) bioswales, rain gardens, and permeable stormwa...

Min: $1,000,000 Each Occurrence View Guide →
Plumbing Verified

South Dakota Smart Irrigation Specialist

Irrigation contractors install automated computerized agricultural and commercial landscape sprinkler networks...

Min: $500,000 Each Occurrence View Guide →
Building Verified

South Dakota Window Tinting & Security Film

Window film contractors install solar rejection ceramic tint, anti-graffiti sacrificial film, and bomb blast m...

Min: $500,000 Each Occurrence View Guide →
Structural Verified

South Dakota Architectural Millwork

Millwork contractors fabricate and install custom high-end bank teller counters, luxury retail casework, wall ...

Min: $500,000 Each Occurrence View Guide →
Electrical Verified

South Dakota Commercial Signage

Electric sign contractors fabricate and install illuminated pylon signs, electronic message centers, high-rise...

Min: $1,000,000 Each Occurrence View Guide →
Civil, Verified

South Dakota Traffic Striping & Signs

Pavement marking contractors spray highway striping, apply hot thermoplastic crosswalks, install highway raise...

Min: $2,000,000 Each Occurrence View Guide →
Civil, Verified

South Dakota Highway Guardrail

Guardrail contractors drive steel posts into highway shoulders, bolt galvanized steel W-beams, and assemble li...

Min: $2,000,000 Each Occurrence View Guide →
Building Verified

South Dakota Smart Glass Glazing

Smart glass contractors install electronically tintable dynamic electrochromic architectural windows and low-v...

Min: ,000,000 Each Occurrence View Guide →
Civil, Verified

South Dakota Soil Stabilization

Soil stabilization contractors inject expanding structural polyurethane resins and cementitious grouts to comp...

Min: ,000,000 Each Occurrence View Guide →
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