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Pesticide applicator license lookup by state

Each state keeps its own records, so a pesticide applicator license lookup starts with the agency in the state where the person works. Thirteen of the 19 state agencies in this guide publish an applicator search; others post lists or business searches instead.

  • 13State applicator searches linked here
  • 5States with a credit or exam score check
  • 3States that post lists or business searches
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Updated October 2026 · Written from official sources, listed at the bottom of this page

How do you do a pesticide applicator license lookup?

Open your state’s search, enter the applicator’s or company’s details, and check the categories and expiry date. These state agencies publish one:

California: Department of Pesticide Regulation current licensees ↗Florida: licensed applicator search ↗Georgia: applicator search (run by Kelly Solutions) ↗Illinois: applicator and operator search ↗Indiana: Office of Indiana State Chemist license search ↗Iowa: applicators and companies lookup ↗Minnesota: license lookup ↗Minnesota: private applicator lookup ↗New York: pesticide database (NYSPAD) ↗North Carolina: credential search ↗Oklahoma: AGLook search ↗Oregon: pesticide license search ↗Washington: pesticide license search ↗Wisconsin: Kelly Solutions certified applicator search ↗

States with lists or business searches

  • Texas: the Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) posts a downloadable list of agricultural pesticide applicators currently licensed on its publications page.
  • Virginia: the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS) posts reports of certified private and commercial applicators on its pesticides page.
  • Pennsylvania: the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture (PDA) links a search for licensed pesticide application businesses, and Penn State lets you look up recertification credits.
Texas Department of Agriculture: agricultural applicator publications ↗Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services: pesticides ↗Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture: pesticide application business search ↗

Checking credits and exam scores

Several states let you check your own record. Oregon has searches for credit hours and exam scores, Florida for exam scores and earned continuing education units (CEUs), Oklahoma for CEU status, Iowa for exam results, and Washington’s search shows recertification credit reports. Texas runs a CEU course search.

Oregon Department of Agriculture: credit hours ↗Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry: CEU status check ↗Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship: exam results ↗Texas Department of Agriculture: CEU search ↗

Maryland, Nebraska and Ohio

The Maryland, Nebraska and Ohio agency pages in this guide don’t link an applicator search, so ask the agency directly. Michigan, New Jersey and Colorado are covered on the by-state page.

Pesticide applicator license by state →
Sources: DPR · FDACS · GDA and 13 more. Checked October 2026.

Rules and fees can change, so check the official site before your test.

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