Metro fact page
Painting contractors in San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA
The San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA metro area has 410 painting contractors, or 1.25 per 10,000 residents.
What painting work involves and how it is licensed is written once on the national painting page. California publishes a business-level licence source for painting, and the California page lists which classes count.
The facts
- Painting contractors in this metro
- 410
- Per 10,000 residents
- 1.25 per 10,000
- Records first appearing in the last 12 months
- 9
- Records flagged closed in the last 12 months
- 5
- Licensed share, CA portion of this metro
- 24.2%Share of this metro’s entities excluded as out-of-state: 0.2%. California licenses the business itself, so the share is measured against business-level records. About 47% of California licensees are sole owners, whose published address is frequently a home.
- Active licenses with no public listing
- 1,151Verify any single record at the board: CSLB license check.
- Licenses lapsed in the last 12 months
- 163
- Employment and pay for this trade
- Not published for this trade
- Independent, franchise, corporate
- 396 independent, 4 franchise brand, 9 corporate owned, 1 awaiting chain review
- Universe quality
- 0.49% of source records merged as duplicates, 0.98% carry no street address
Sources and dates: Foursquare Open Source Places, release August 11, 2026. Population 3,269,973, Census Bureau Vintage 2023 population estimates, as of July 1, 2023. State license files, as of September 2, 2026.
Row definitions: methodology page.
What these numbers say about painting in San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad
By record count, painting is the eighth largest of the 11 trades this site counts in San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, behind HVAC and ahead of roofing. That ordering is a property of the source data's categories rather than a judgement about which trade matters most in San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad.
Per resident, San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad sits close to the California rate for painting, so the count at the top of this page reads as ordinary for the state.
The independent share of San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad's painting records is close to the California figure, so the mix of independent, franchise-brand and corporate-owned records here is ordinary for the state.
Fewer of San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad's painting records are missing a street address than across California.
The share of San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad's painting records linking to an active state licence is close to the California figure for the same trade.
Almost every San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad painting record sits inside California, the state the licensed share is computed inside, so that share covers nearly the whole metro.
More painting licences lapsed in San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad over the last twelve months than were issued. A lapse is a licence that stopped being current, not a business that stopped trading. Both figures come from the state's own status field.
More active California licences covering painting in San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad have no matching record in open place data than this page lists records at all, and none of those licences appear in the list below.
No Bureau of Labor Statistics occupation maps to painting cleanly enough to print, so San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad carries no employment or wage figure for this trade rather than one built from an occupation that means something else.
Of the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad painting records that are not independent, corporate-owned locations outnumber franchise brands.
Almost none of San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad's painting records are waiting on chain review, so the independent, franchise and corporate counts above describe nearly the whole list.
More painting records first appeared in San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad over the last twelve months than were flagged closed, so the file for this trade and metro grew. A record appears when the source learns of a business, which is a different event from a business opening.
No city inside San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad differs from the metro enough on painting to carry a page of its own, so every record here is answered on this page.
Among the 19 California metro areas this site publishes a painting page for, San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad is 8th of 19 by records per resident, around the middle. The field is the metro areas this site publishes a painting page for rather than every metro area in California.
Ordered by painting records per resident across every metro area this site publishes a painting page for, the hubs either side of San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad are Lafayette above it and Sioux Falls below it.
Painting contractors, A to Z
379 publishable contractors. Ordering never depends on payment, claim status, license status, or any commercial relationship. This page shows the first 300 alphabetically; the rest are on the 1 further pages linked below, not withheld.
- 1-800-BOARDUP of San DiegoChula Vista, CAListed in open place data
- A & S PaintingSantee, CAState license on record
- A Classic Painting Co.San Diego, CAListed in open place data
- A T Trejo Expert & Professional Painting ServiceVista, CAListed in open place data
- A-1 Patio And Remodeling ExpertsEncinitas, CAListed in open place data
- A-T.E.A.M. ContractorsOceanside, CAListed in open place data
- A1 Pro Painting Corp.San Diego, CAListed in open place data
- Acrylic ImprovementsSantee, CAListed in open place data
- Admire GlassSan Diego, CAListed in open place data
- Advanced Contracting SpecialistSantee, CAListed in open place data
- Advanced ExteriorsSan Diego, CAState license on record
- Affordable Paperhanging-PaintSolana Beach, CAListed in open place data
- Al's Custom PaintingValley Center, CAListed in open place data
- Al's Quality PaintingVista, CAListed in open place data
- Alex Gomez PaintingSan Diego, CAState license on record
- Alex's Handyman ServicesSan Marcos, CAListed in open place data
- All Source CoatingSan Diego, CAState license on record
- All Source CoatingsSan Diego, CAState license on record
- Allen Painting GregVista, CAListed in open place data
- Aloha PaintingOceanside, CAState license on record
- AM PM Painting & FinishingSantee, CAListed in open place data
- American Western CoatingsSan Diego, CAListed in open place data
- Angel PaintingSan Diego, CAListed in open place data
- Angelo's Home ImprovementCarlsbad, CAListed in open place data
- Applied PaintingSan Diego, CAListed in open place data
- Approved ContractorSan Diego, CAListed in open place data
- Aranda's PaintingSan Diego, CAListed in open place data
- Arenas WallcoveringOceanside, CAListed in open place data
- Arista's Painting ServicesEl Cajon, CAState license on record
- Art By BeataSan Diego, CAListed in open place data
- ASR ConstructionSan Diego, CAListed in open place data
- Avant PaletteSan Diego, CAListed in open place data
- Avant Palette - Custom Wall Finishes, Murals & PaintingSan Diego, CAListed in open place data
- Aztecas DesignEl Cajon, CAListed in open place data
- B & E ApplicationsSan Marcos, CAListed in open place data
- B & E ApplicationsVista, CAListed in open place data
- B-A ConstructionSantee, CAListed in open place data
- Bacon Painting and DecoratingOceanside, CAState license on record
- Barba PaintingChula Vista, CAListed in open place data
- Barney's Handyman ServiceSan Diego, CAListed in open place data
- Baughman WallcoveringOceanside, CAListed in open place data
- Bell Acoustical Removal & TextureEl Cajon, CAState license on record
- Best Value Home RemodelingPoway, CAListed in open place data
- Bill Hood PaintingsCarlsbad, CAListed in open place data
- Bill Metcalfe's PaintingEscondido, CAListed in open place data
- BL PaintingVista, CAState license on record
- Blady S Drywall Repair And Painting Services Handyman EscondidoEscondido, CAListed in open place data
- Blatt WallcoveringSan Diego, CAListed in open place data
- Bob Lloyd PaintingOceanside, CAListed in open place data
- Brad Stoner PaintingSan Diego, CAListed in open place data
- Brian Miller Painting CompanySan Marcos, CAListed in open place data
- Budget Glass PlusSan Diego, CAListed in open place data
- Burning Glass TechSan Diego, CAListed in open place data
- C E Burke PaintingSantee, CAState license on record
- Cabrillo EnterprisesNational City, CAListed in open place data
- Cal Coastal PaintingSan Diego, CAState license on record
- Caldwell GlassLakeside, CAListed in open place data
- California Commercial CoatingsSan Diego, CAState license on record
- California Custom PaintingSan Diego, CAListed in open place data
- California Paint & SuppliesSan Diego, CAListed in open place data
- California Paint ExpertsSan Diego, CAState license on record
- California WrapsVista, CAListed in open place data
- Calvert PaintingFallbrook, CAListed in open place data
- Canady PaintingRamona, CAListed in open place data
- Canseco's PaintingEncinitas, CAListed in open place data
- Carmel Valley Drywall and PaintSan Diego, CAListed in open place data
- Catlin-Williams PaintingFallbrook, CAListed in open place data
- CD PaintingEl Cajon, CAListed in open place data
- Ceiling Pro SpecialistsEl Cajon, CAListed in open place data
- CertaPro PaintersSan Diego, CAListed in open place data
- CertaPro PaintersSan Diego, CAListed in open place data
- CertaPro PaintersCarlsbad, CAState license on record
- CertaPro Painters of Carlsbad & Oceanside/VistaVista, CAState license on record
- CertaPro Painters of Chula VistaChula Vista, CAListed in open place data
- Cervizzi PaintingEl Cajon, CAListed in open place data
- Cesar's Exterior DesignsSan Diego, CAListed in open place data
- Chuckie's Painting CompanySan Diego, CAState license on record
- Chula Vista PaintingChula Vista, CAState license on record
- Chula Vista Painting ProsChula Vista, CAListed in open place data
- Citywide Painting And DecoratingEl Cajon, CAListed in open place data
- CKW Handyman ServiceSan Diego, CAListed in open place data
- Classic PaintingChula Vista, CAState license on record
- Coastal Colors Painting CompanyCarlsbad, CAListed in open place data
- Color Your World Paint Co.San Diego, CAListed in open place data
- Colossus PaintingSan Diego, CAListed in open place data
- Conaway PaintingSan Diego, CAListed in open place data
- Construction By SmithPoway, CAListed in open place data
- Creel PaintingOceanside, CAListed in open place data
- CSR PaintingValley Center, CAListed in open place data
- Curtis Calvert PaintingOceanside, CAState license on record
- Custom Colored CoatingsEncinitas, CAListed in open place data
- Custom Design PaintingChula Vista, CAListed in open place data
- Custom Paint & WallcoveringOceanside, CAListed in open place data
- D K PaintingCarlsbad, CAListed in open place data
- Dave's Home Repair ServiceFallbrook, CAListed in open place data
- Dave's Quality PaintingSan Diego, CAState license on record
- David AguirreSan Diego, CAListed in open place data
- Dm Brown PaintingEscondido, CAListed in open place data
- Don't Blink Painting IncSan Diego, CAState license on record
- Double G Painting & General ContractingSan Diego, CAListed in open place data
- Double G Painting & General ContractingSan Diego, CAListed in open place data
- Dura PaintingPoway, CAListed in open place data
- Dynamix PaintingRamona, CAState license on record
- ECO PaintingChula Vista, CAListed in open place data
- Edd's PaintingOceanside, CAListed in open place data
- Eddie's PaintingSan Diego, CAListed in open place data
- Ela Painting Co.San Diego, CAListed in open place data
- Eminent PaintingOceanside, CAListed in open place data
- Encino PaintingEscondido, CAState license on record
- Endura PaintsEl Cajon, CAListed in open place data
- Enquist PaintingCarlsbad, CAListed in open place data
- Enquist PaintingCarlsbad, CAListed in open place data
- Equity MakerEscondido, CAState license on record
- Exclusive WallcoveringLa Jolla, CAState license on record
- Express Painting & WC, IncChula Vista, CAState license on record
- Fast PaintingSan Diego, CAState license on record
- Father & Son PaintingEscondido, CAListed in open place data
- Father's Painting & DecoratingSan Diego, CAListed in open place data
- Faux By LauraSan Diego, CAListed in open place data
- FGK Painting CommercialChula Vista, CAListed in open place data
- Finish Line Painting ServicesSan Diego, CAListed in open place data
- First Class PaintingSan Marcos, CAListed in open place data
- Five Star Painting of La CostaCarlsbad, CAListed in open place data
- Five Star Painting of San MarcosSan Marcos, CAListed in open place data
- Five Star Yacht ServiceChula Vista, CAListed in open place data
- Frank Gorin Custom PaintingPoway, CAListed in open place data
- Frank Taylor Co.Vista, CAListed in open place data
- Frazee PaintOceanside, CAListed in open place data
- Frazee PaintPoway, CAListed in open place data
- Frazee PaintVista, CAListed in open place data
- Frazee PaintChula Vista, CAListed in open place data
- Frazee PaintEncinitas, CAListed in open place data
- G S Custom PaintingCarlsbad, CAState license on record
- Garcia Ray & Sons PaintingNational City, CAListed in open place data
- Garcia's Custom PaintingVista, CAState license on record
- Gaskill Painting Co.Chula Vista, CAListed in open place data
- Gaskill Painting CompanyChula Vista, CAListed in open place data
- Gem 2San Diego, CAListed in open place data
- Glass MenagerieEncinitas, CAListed in open place data
- Glasser PaintingCarlsbad, CAListed in open place data
- GMB PaintingSan Diego, CAListed in open place data
- Gmd CompanyJamul, CAListed in open place data
- Gold Coast DesignSan Diego, CAListed in open place data
- Green Day PaintingEscondido, CAListed in open place data
- Greenstein Painting & ConstructionEncinitas, CAListed in open place data
- Hai's PaintingSan Diego, CAState license on record
- Hallmark PaintingSan Diego, CAListed in open place data
- Hanna's MuralsSan Diego, CAState license on record
- Hassle Free PaintingEscondido, CAListed in open place data
- Hazard PaintingOceanside, CAListed in open place data
- Henry's Professional PaintingLa Mesa, CAState license on record
- Hess Family PaintingEscondido, CAState license on record
- Hg PaintingSan Diego, CAListed in open place data
- Hitech PaintingEl Cajon, CAState license on record
- Horizon PaintingEl Cajon, CAState license on record
- Ici PaintsSan Diego, CAListed in open place data
- ICV Painting CoSan Diego, CAListed in open place data
- Image Home DesignSan Diego, CAListed in open place data
- Impact Painting ServicesCarlsbad, CAListed in open place data
- Imperial General ContractorsEscondido, CAListed in open place data
- In and Out PaintingOceanside, CAListed in open place data
- IncaPro PaintingOceanside, CAListed in open place data
- Industrial Metal ProcessingSantee, CAListed in open place data
- Ipc Industrial PaintCarlsbad, CAListed in open place data
- J B PaintingRamona, CAListed in open place data
- J P Maintenance Paint & DrywallEscondido, CAState license on record
- J R Coating Co.Bonita, CAState license on record
- J S Custom PaintingVista, CAListed in open place data
- Jacob Andrew PaintingSan Marcos, CAState license on record
- Jacob's Ladder Painting ServiceSan Diego, CAListed in open place data
- Javier's Custom PaintingSan Ysidro, CAListed in open place data
- Jbc Painting & ContractingVista, CAListed in open place data
- Jess Perna StudioVista, CAListed in open place data
- John Co Painting ContractorsLakeside, CAListed in open place data
- Jose Toscano PaintingSan Diego, CAListed in open place data
- Jose's PaintingSan Diego, CAListed in open place data
- JVS Premier PaintingSan Diego, CAState license on record
- K & K CoatingsSantee, CAState license on record
- Keith Monroe PaintingSan Diego, CAListed in open place data
- Kel CoatingsSan Diego, CAListed in open place data
- Kelly Painting Co.Oceanside, CAState license on record
- Ken's Painting Co.San Diego, CAListed in open place data
- Kenkote Painting CompanySantee, CAListed in open place data
- Kim Charles PaintingSan Diego, CAState license on record
- Kim Charles Painting Co.San Diego, CAListed in open place data
- Kingdom PaintingSan Diego, CAState license on record
- Kladis PaintingEl Cajon, CAListed in open place data
- Klassen PaintingSan Diego, CAState license on record
- Kris Nielsen PaintingCarlsbad, CAListed in open place data
- Krugh Custom ServicesLakeside, CAListed in open place data
- Krushensky ConstructionDescanso, CAListed in open place data
- Krystal Klean San DiegoSan Diego, CAListed in open place data
- La Jolla Painting & DecoratingSan Diego, CAListed in open place data
- Lab SupportSan Marcos, CAListed in open place data
- Latham DerekOceanside, CAState license on record
- Life Time Custom PaintingChula Vista, CAListed in open place data
- Lifetime Cusstom PaintingSan Diego, CAListed in open place data
- Lockwood PaintingSan Diego, CAState license on record
- M C Gregg PaintingOceanside, CAListed in open place data
- M's Quality PaintingCarlsbad, CAState license on record
- Madera PaintingEncinitas, CAState license on record
- Marco Esquivel General ContractorSan Diego, CAListed in open place data
- Marsol ConstructionSan Diego, CAListed in open place data
- Martinez Painting ContractorsVista, CAListed in open place data
- Marty Lane PaintingCarlsbad, CAListed in open place data
- Massa Emiddio Capt (Ret.)Coronado, CAListed in open place data
- Master Choice PaintingVista, CAListed in open place data
- Master CoatingsSan Diego, CAListed in open place data
- Master Color's PaintingChula Vista, CAState license on record
- Matthew Licata PaintingSan Diego, CAState license on record
- Matthews Professional PaintingEscondido, CAListed in open place data
- MC Painting & Creative CoatingSan Diego, CAListed in open place data
- McCarthy PaintingSan Diego, CAListed in open place data
- McCarthy PaintingSan Diego, CAListed in open place data
- Michael Patti PaintingOceanside, CAListed in open place data
- Milmark PaintingSan Diego, CAState license on record
- Modern PaintingSan Diego, CAState license on record
- Monahan Paint and DesignImperial Beach, CAState license on record
- Monsivais PaintingSpring Valley, CAState license on record
- Montgomery Paint ContractingChula Vista, CAListed in open place data
- Mountain View PaintingLakeside, CAListed in open place data
- Mr D's Construction ServicesEl Cajon, CAState license on record
- Mr Faux's FinishesSan Diego, CAState license on record
- MR. STUCCO MAN, INCEl Cajon, CAListed in open place data
- MSG PaintingEscondido, CAListed in open place data
- Mural DecorVista, CAListed in open place data
- Murfey ConstructionSan Diego, CAListed in open place data
- Naval CoatingSan Diego, CAListed in open place data
- Neglia Construction & PaintingVista, CAListed in open place data
- New Image PaintingSpring Valley, CAListed in open place data
- New Life PaintingSan Marcos, CAState license on record
- New Life PaintingOceanside, CAListed in open place data
- New Life PaintingVista, CAState license on record
- Next Generation Elite Home RepairsCarlsbad, CAState license on record
- Noma Design & BuildSan Diego, CAListed in open place data
- Nordby PaintingSan Diego, CAState license on record
- North County Premier PaintingCarlsbad, CAListed in open place data
- North County RefinishingCarlsbad, CAListed in open place data
- North County UpholsteryEscondido, CAListed in open place data
- NR Construction & WoodworkOceanside, CAListed in open place data
- Oem PaintsEscondido, CAListed in open place data
- Oliver & Son PaintingSan Diego, CAState license on record
- Oscar G. PaintingSan Diego, CAState license on record
- Ostrowski PaintingSan Diego, CAState license on record
- Otis Merry PaintingSan Diego, CAListed in open place data
- Pacific M PaintingEscondido, CAState license on record
- Pacific Remodelers SDSan Diego, CAListed in open place data
- Pacific Southwest PaintingLa Mesa, CAListed in open place data
- Pacific Western PaintingSan Marcos, CAListed in open place data
- Pacific Western Painting and ConstructionEscondido, CAListed in open place data
- Paint It On Ceramics & ClayCarlsbad, CAListed in open place data
- Paint PlusSan Diego, CAListed in open place data
- Painter Pro's & PowerwashingRamona, CAState license on record
- Painters Unlimited CaOceanside, CAListed in open place data
- PaintGreenSan Diego, CAState license on record
- PaintGreenSan Diego, CAState license on record
- Painting ForcePoway, CAListed in open place data
- Palmer Painting CompanySantee, CAListed in open place data
- PandawhiteVista, CAListed in open place data
- Parada PaintingPoway, CAState license on record
- Parallel PaintingSan Diego, CAListed in open place data
- Parking Lot PaintersRamona, CAListed in open place data
- Patrick Holmes PaintingVista, CAListed in open place data
- Patriot PaintingRamona, CAState license on record
- Paul Schubert Painting Inc.San Diego, CAListed in open place data
- Peek Brothers PaintingSan Diego, CAListed in open place data
- Penney's Professional PaintingLa Mesa, CAListed in open place data
- Perfect PaintingSan Marcos, CAListed in open place data
- Perspective Paint & DesignSan Diego, CAState license on record
- Phillips PaintingSan Diego, CAState license on record
- Phoenix Glass Co.San Diego, CAListed in open place data
- PlafomateCiudad de México, ZZListed in open place data
- PPG PaintsSan Diego, CAListed in open place data
- Premier PaintersVista, CAState license on record
- Prestige Painting ServiceSan Diego, CAListed in open place data
- PrimeCoOceanside, CAListed in open place data
- Primeco PaintingOceanside, CAListed in open place data
- Print Pros CaliforniaChula Vista, CAListed in open place data
- ProcoatSan Marcos, CAListed in open place data
- Professional Drywall ServicesLa Jolla, CAListed in open place data
- Proline Paint ManufacturerSan Diego, CAListed in open place data
- Promark PaintingAlpine, CAListed in open place data
- Quality PaintingSan Diego, CAListed in open place data
- Quality PaintingEscondido, CAListed in open place data
- Quality Powder CoatingChula Vista, CAListed in open place data
- R & A PaintingEl Cajon, CAListed in open place data
- R C PaintingSan Diego, CAState license on record
- Raider PaintingSan Diego, CAListed in open place data
- Ramona custom hydrographicsRamona, CAListed in open place data
- Ray's Drywall Repair and PaintingChula Vista, CAListed in open place data
- Richard Murray PaintingSantee, CAListed in open place data
- Ringlever PaintingOceanside, CAState license on record
- Ron Rice Painting & ConsultingEl Cajon, CAListed in open place data
- Rubio's Painting ServicesSan Diego, CAListed in open place data
- Russell Handy PaintingCardiff-by-the-Sea, CAListed in open place data
- Russell Rizor Handyman PaintingEl Cajon, CAListed in open place data
- Rutherford Painting & RestorationSan Diego, CAListed in open place data
- S&D BrushworksSan Diego, CAListed in open place data
- Sa Drywall ServicesSan Diego, CAListed in open place data
- Sal Concha PaintingSan Diego, CAState license on record
Other trades in San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad
- Cleaning 719
- Electrical 567
- Flooring 610
- HVAC 486
- Landscaping 830
- Pest control 245
- Plumbing 590
- Pool 216
- Roofing 331
- Other home service 6,295
- All trades in San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad