Ohio Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Surveyors

About this board

The PE seal is the currency of engineering responsibility: structural calculations, roadway designs, utility plans, and countless other documents require it. Verifying the sealing engineer’s registration confirms the person carries legal responsibility for the design, which is why public agencies verify PEs as a standing procurement step.

Professional surveyors carry equivalent weight on the land side — boundary disputes, subdivisions, and title work all rest on surveys sealed by a registered PS. Engineer Interns (EIs) have passed the fundamentals examination but cannot seal work; the distinction is exactly what a license check reveals.

Engineers and Surveyors Board by the numbers

These figures are ours, not the board's — we computed them from the full State of Ohio licence file so you can see this board in context rather than one record at a time. Data as of September 2026.

Only 73% of the 63,298 licences this board has on record are currently active — the other 27% belong to people who retired, moved, changed careers, or simply let a credential lapse. That gap is the single best reason to verify a licence rather than assume a name in a database means somebody may practise today.

Most common licence types

When a licence from this board is not active, the most common reason recorded is expired (8,657 records), followed by withdrawn (162). Our status dictionary explains what each label actually means.

0.71% of this board's licences carry a recorded board action (447 of 63,298), against about 1.6% across all Ohio professions. A board action covers everything from an administrative consent agreement to revocation, and it is cumulative over a licence's whole life — see how we measured that before reading much into it.

Computed by OhioLicenseCheck from the State of Ohio eLicense dataset (issued licences only; application records excluded). Refreshed daily.

Who verifies these licenses?

• •Public agencies and municipalities on infrastructure procurement
• •Building departments reviewing sealed engineering documents
• •Title companies and attorneys relying on boundary surveys
• •Engineering firms confirming credentials of new hires and subconsultants

Verification tips

• Verify the individual PE or PS who seals the work; firm reputation does not substitute for individual registration.
• An EI designation is a milestone, not practice authority — sealing requires the full PE.
• For multi-state firms, confirm Ohio registration specifically; a PE from another state cannot seal Ohio work without it.

Renewals and expiration

Ohio PE and PS registrations renew on a two-year cycle with continuing professional development requirements. Firms with dozens of registrants manage renewals in bulk, and public clients increasingly ask for proof of active registration at proposal time.

Frequently asked questions