To offer engineering services in Florida through a business organization or by an individual using a fictitious name, you must be registered with the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation and qualified by a Professional Engineer licensed in Florida.
There is no charge to register an engineering firm, nor does the registration need to be renewed each biennium. Also, there is no certificate or license associated with the registry.
Engineering firms that held current Certificates of Authorization in 2019 were rolled over into the Engineering Business Registry. Please log in to your myfloridalicense.com account to confirm that the information for your engineering business listing is correct and that a qualifying agent is linked to the firm.
Registered engineering companies must comply with the requirements in Section 471.023, Florida Statutes:
- A qualifying agent who leaves an engineering firm must notify the Board within 24 hours.
- The qualifying agent of a firm must notify the Board within 30 days of any changes to information in the firm’s initial registration application.
- If the qualifying agent leaves the firm and is the only qualifying engineer for the business, the firm may no longer provide engineering services in Florida and must be qualified by another Professional Engineer licensed in Florida within 60 days if it wishes to resume offering engineering services. FBPE or the Florida Engineers Management Corporation may authorize a temporary qualifying engineer for no more than 60 days in order to proceed with incomplete contracts.
The Engineering Business Registry also applies to out-of-state firms seeking to temporarily perform engineering services in Florida.
To register a new engineering firm with the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation, click the link below and log into your account at myfloridalicense.com. You should be presented with a series of screens that will step you through the process of registering your firm and linking a Professional Engineer as its qualifying agent.