How this directory is built
We'd rather over-explain our data than have you trust it blindly. Here's exactly where the directory comes from, what it includes, what it deliberately leaves out, and how current it is.
The source
Every record in our directory comes from one place: the Florida Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services (FDACS), Division of Licensing — the state agency that licenses and regulates private investigators under Florida Statute Chapter 493. Their license records are public. We take a periodic snapshot of the public search results for our five counties and present them in a cleaner, browsable form.
We are not affiliated with or endorsed by FDACS. They are the authority; we're a convenience layer. The official record always wins. Search FDACS directly ↗
What we collect
For each licensed individual we record only the public, professional facts:
- Name as it appears on the license
- License number and class (Class C investigator or Class CC intern)
- County on file
- Status and expiration, where available
What we deliberately leave out
Florida law (Statute 493.6122) keeps a licensee's home address and personal phone number confidential in public records. We respect that. We do not collect, store, or publish home addresses or personal contact details — and the public FDACS search doesn't expose them either. The directory is meant to confirm who is licensed, not to be a personal locator.
How current it is
The directory is a snapshot, not a live feed. The current data was captured on May 21, 2026 and includes 707 Class C investigators across the five counties. Licenses can be issued, renewed, lapse, or be disciplined between snapshots. For anything that matters — and hiring an investigator matters — confirm the live status at FDACS before you act.
Accuracy & corrections
We pull the data programmatically and present it as-is from the state record. We don't edit, rank, or editorialize the list, and inclusion is not an endorsement — it only means the state shows an active or on-file license at snapshot time. If you're a licensee and something looks wrong, the fix starts at FDACS (the source of record); email us at [email protected] and we'll correct our snapshot too.
Why we built it
Most people hiring an investigator have never done it before and have no easy way to tell a licensed professional from someone who just bought a domain. A clean, honest, county-level view of who's actually licensed — paired with a plain-English guide to verifying a license — is the kind of small, durable usefulness this site is built around.