| Alabama | Alabama Building Commission ↗ | Guide |
| Alaska | Alaska Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing ↗ | Guide |
| Arizona | Arizona Board of Technical Registration ↗ | Guide |
| Arkansas | Arkansas Home Inspector Registration Board ↗ | Guide |
| California | California doesn't license this trade statewide. | Guide |
| Colorado | Colorado doesn't license this trade statewide. | Guide |
| Connecticut | Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection ↗ | Guide |
| Delaware | Delaware Board of Home Inspectors ↗ | Guide |
| District of Columbia | DC Department of Licensing and Consumer Protection ↗ | Guide |
| Florida | Florida DBPR Home Inspectors ↗ | Guide |
| Georgia | Georgia doesn't license this trade statewide. | Guide |
| Hawaii | Hawaii doesn't license this trade statewide. | Guide |
| Idaho | Idaho Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses ↗ | Guide |
| Illinois | Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation ↗ | Guide |
| Indiana | Indiana Home Inspectors Licensing Board (PLA) ↗ | Guide |
| Iowa | Iowa doesn't license this trade statewide. | Guide |
| Kansas | Kansas doesn't license this trade statewide. | Guide |
| Kentucky | Kentucky Board of Home Inspectors ↗ | Guide |
| Louisiana | Louisiana State Board of Home Inspectors | Guide |
| Maine | Maine doesn't license this trade statewide. | Guide |
| Maryland | Maryland State Commission of Real Estate Appraisers, Appraisal Management Companies and Home Inspectors ↗ | Guide |
| Massachusetts | Massachusetts Board of Registration of Home Inspectors ↗ | Guide |
| Michigan | Michigan doesn't license this trade statewide. | Guide |
| Minnesota | Minnesota doesn't license this trade statewide. | Guide |
| Mississippi | Mississippi Home Inspector Regulatory Board | Guide |
| Missouri | Missouri doesn't license this trade statewide. | Guide |
| Montana | Montana doesn't license this trade statewide. | Guide |
| Nebraska | Nebraska doesn't license this trade statewide. | Guide |
| Nevada | Nevada Real Estate Division (inspectors of structures) ↗ | Guide |
| New Hampshire | New Hampshire Board of Home Inspectors (OPLC) ↗ | Guide |
| New Jersey | New Jersey Home Inspection Advisory Committee ↗ | Guide |
| New Mexico | New Mexico doesn't license this trade statewide. | Guide |
| New York | New York Department of State, Division of Licensing Services ↗ | Guide |
| North Carolina | North Carolina Home Inspector Licensure Board ↗ | Guide |
| North Dakota | North Dakota doesn't license this trade statewide. | Guide |
| Ohio | Ohio Division of Real Estate and Professional Licensing ↗ | Guide |
| Oklahoma | Oklahoma Construction Industries Board ↗ | Guide |
| Oregon | Oregon Construction Contractors Board (home inspector certification) ↗ | Guide |
| Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania doesn't license this trade statewide. | Guide |
| Rhode Island | Rhode Island Contractors' Registration and Licensing Board ↗ | Guide |
| South Carolina | South Carolina Residential Builders Commission (home inspectors) ↗ | Guide |
| South Dakota | South Dakota Real Estate Commission (home inspectors) ↗ | Guide |
| Tennessee | Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance (home inspectors) ↗ | Guide |
| Texas | Texas Real Estate Commission (inspectors) ↗ | Guide |
| Utah | Utah doesn't license this trade statewide. | Guide |
| Vermont | Vermont doesn't license this trade statewide. | Guide |
| Virginia | Virginia Board for Asbestos, Lead, and Home Inspectors (DPOR) ↗ | Guide |
| Washington | Washington Department of Licensing (home inspectors) ↗ | Guide |
| West Virginia | West Virginia State Fire Marshal (home inspectors) ↗ | Guide |
| Wisconsin | Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services ↗ | Guide |
| Wyoming | Wyoming doesn't license this trade statewide. | Guide |