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Maintenance work for contractors in the Orlando area.

1Stop Service Pro is taking contractors and maintenance vendors in the Orlando area, Orange, Seminole, Osceola and Lake counties, in all 33 trades. Joining is free: no listing fee, no lead fee and nothing taken out of what you are paid. Orange, Seminole and Osceola counties take every trade, and work in Orlando, Winter Park, Maitland, Altamonte Springs, Lake Mary and Kissimmee is dispatched against same-day and 48-hour targets. Lake County takes scheduled work, booked to a date.

Cost to join: $0
Payment terms: Net-14
Counties: Orange, Seminole, Osceola, Lake
Trades: 33
ResidentsCensus 2025 estimate, four counties: 2,957,672
Last updated: October 8, 2026

The area

Which counties make up the Orlando area?

The federal government's Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford metropolitan area is Orange, Seminole, Osceola and Lake counties, with Orlando, Kissimmee and Sanford as its principal cities. The four had 2,957,672 residents in the Census Bureau's 2025 estimate, and 1Stop takes vendors in all of them. Each row below starts an application with the county filled in.

Orange County: Every trade, with targets. Largest city Orlando.Apply here
Seminole County: Every trade, with targets. Largest city Sanford.Apply here
Osceola County: Every trade, with targets. Largest city Kissimmee.Apply here
Lake County: Scheduled work. Largest city Clermont.Apply here

The work

Why work for property managers in Orlando?

Property managers buy maintenance on a calendar as well as in a crisis. Of the 33 trades 1Stop dispatches, 22 run to a booked date rather than a clock: janitorial, unit turnover, carpet installation, event cleanup, landscaping, pool service, pressure washing, junk removal, gutter cleaning, window cleaning, dryer vent cleaning, tree service, fencing, garage door repair, drywall and stucco repair, tile and flooring repair, screen enclosure repair, shutter and storm prep, mold remediation, backflow testing, fire safety inspection and parking lot maintenance. Janitorial is billed on a monthly contract and a unit turnover per turn, so that work comes back on a schedule instead of waiting for something to break.

The rest is repair work against a target in Orlando, Winter Park, Maitland, Altamonte Springs, Lake Mary and Kissimmee: HVAC, plumbing, electrical and locksmith service the same day, and painting, general maintenance, carpet cleaning, roof repair, appliance repair and pest control within 48 hours. Emergency restoration has no published target yet.

1Stop is the contracting party on every job. It buys the work from you and sells it to the property manager, so you invoice one company, never bid against another vendor, and are paid net-14 from the day 1Stop verifies the job complete.

Dispatch

How does a job reach an Orlando-area vendor?

A property manager's request is offered to the best-ranked approved vendor who lists the trade, covers the property's city or county, has room in the window and has current paperwork on file. The vendor's owner and dispatchers get the offer, which says what the job pays and by when to answer it. After approval you set your own minimum hourly rate and minimum per-job rate, and you only get offers that meet them.

Accept it and the job is yours, with directions, access instructions and the scope in the 1Stop app. Decline it, or let the clock run out, and it moves to the next vendor on the list; one who let it lapse can get one more call before the job goes to HQ.

The ranking weighs distance to the property, the vendor's on-time record and how many offers in the trade it has had lately, so a vendor with fewer recent offers moves up, and between equals the one offered a job longest ago goes first. For an emergency, a vendor who has finished a 1Stop job goes ahead of one who has not.

When the job is done, before and after photos and a completion note go in from the phone, and the job lands on your payout statement once 1Stop has checked it against the work order.

Getting set up

How does an Orlando-area contractor join?

It costs nothing at any step, and no work is sent until the last one is done.

Orange, Seminole and Osceola counties each levy a county business tax through the tax collector, so a business based in one takes out its receipt there. A contractor the state licenses through DBPR that has paid the tax where it is based owes no other Florida city or county a business tax for temporary work there (section 205.065).

A registered contractor can work only where its registration applies; a certified one works anywhere in Florida.

Apply online with your trades and every county you will drive to.
HQ reviews your application, and an executive account manager calls only if something needs sorting out.
HQ checks your certificate of insurance, your W-9 and, in a licensed trade, your state license.
Approval sends the vendor agreement to the 1Stop app, where you sign it and finish the onboarding checklist.
Job offers start once the checklist is complete.

Orange County business tax: Tax collector
Seminole County business tax: Tax collector
Osceola County business tax: Tax collector
Check a Florida license: Verify a Licensee

Permits

Who issues building permits in the Orlando area?

For a licensed trade, the street address decides the office. Outside any city, the county's building office issues the permit; inside Orlando, Winter Park, Maitland, Altamonte Springs, Lake Mary and Kissimmee, the city's own building department does. The trade pages below quote what each county's permit page says about everyday jobs.

Unincorporated Orange County: Division of Building Safety
Orlando: Permitting Services Division
Winter Park: Building and Permitting Services
Maitland: Building Safety and Permitting
Unincorporated Seminole County: Building Division
Altamonte Springs: Building and Fire Safety Department
Lake Mary: Building Division
Unincorporated Osceola County: Building and Permits office
Kissimmee: Development Services building permits office
Unincorporated Lake County: Office of Building Services

Trades

Which trades can apply in the Orlando area?

All 33. Each trade links to its page, and each Apply link starts an application with the trade filled in.

Daily / nightly janitorial: Booked to a date. State license: None from the state.Apply
HVAC: Same-day target. State license: Required.Apply
Plumbing: Same-day target. State license: Required.Apply
Painting: 48-hour target. State license: None; EPA rule before 1978.Apply
General maintenance: 48-hour target. State license: None; no handyman license.Apply
Unit turnover: Booked to a date. State license: Mostly none.Apply
Carpet cleaning: 48-hour target. State license: None from the state.Apply
Carpet installation: Booked to a date. State license: None; locals may not require one.Apply
Event cleanup: Booked to a date. State license: None from the state.Apply
Emergency restoration: No target yet. State license: Mold license over 10 sq ft.Apply
Electrical: Same-day target. State license: Required.Apply
Roof repair: 48-hour target. State license: Required.Apply
Locksmith and rekeying: Same-day target. State license: None; alarm work is licensed.Apply
Appliance repair: 48-hour target. State license: None; EPA 608 for refrigerant.Apply
Pest control: 48-hour target. State license: Required (FDACS).Apply
Landscaping and lawn care: Booked to a date. State license: None; FDACS for fertilizer.Apply
Pool service: Booked to a date. State license: For equipment work.Apply
Pressure washing: Booked to a date. State license: None; locals may not require one.Apply
Junk removal: Booked to a date. State license: None from the state.Apply
Gutter cleaning: Booked to a date. State license: None; locals may license installs.Apply
Window cleaning: Booked to a date. State license: None; OSHA rules for rope work.Apply
Dryer vent cleaning: Booked to a date. State license: None from the state.Apply
Tree trimming and removal: Booked to a date. State license: None from the state.Apply
Fencing and gates: Booked to a date. State license: None; some locals license fences.Apply
Garage doors: Booked to a date. State license: Voluntary; locals may require one.Apply
Drywall and stucco repair: Booked to a date. State license: None required.Apply
Tile and flooring repair: Booked to a date. State license: None; locals may not require one.Apply
Screen enclosures and pool cages: Booked to a date. State license: Voluntary; locals may require one.Apply
Hurricane shutters and storm prep: Booked to a date. State license: Voluntary; products need approval.Apply
Mold remediation: Booked to a date. State license: Required over 10 sq ft.Apply
Backflow testing: Booked to a date. State license: Set by the water utility.Apply
Fire extinguisher and alarm inspection: Booked to a date. State license: Required (State Fire Marshal).Apply
Parking lots and concrete: Booked to a date. State license: None; locals may not require one.Apply

Questions

What Orlando-area contractors ask.

How do I get maintenance work from property managers in Orlando?

Apply to 1Stop's vendor network at 1stopservicepro.com/vendors/apply and list every county you will drive to; Orange, Seminole, Osceola and Lake counties make up the Orlando area. HQ reviews and approves your application, checks your certificate of insurance, W-9 and any license your trade needs, and offers start once your onboarding checklist is complete. Joining is free, and jobs are paid net-14.

Is there an app for contractors to find jobs in Orlando?

1Stop's vendor app is one. Approved vendors get job offers from Orlando-area property managers' requests, each showing what the job pays, and accept or decline them. The app carries the directions, access instructions, scope and photos, and an owner can add crew members with their own sign-ins. 1Stop sells no leads and charges nothing for the app.

Does 1Stop charge Orlando contractors a fee?

No. There is no listing fee, no lead fee and no percentage taken out of what you are paid, to join or at any point after.

Which Orlando-area cities have response targets?

Orlando, Winter Park, Maitland, Altamonte Springs, Lake Mary and Kissimmee: work there is dispatched against same-day and 48-hour targets, depending on the trade. Lake County takes scheduled work, booked to a date. Elsewhere in the area there is no published target yet.

Do I need a license to do maintenance work in Orlando?

It depends on the trade. 1Stop holds a state license on file before it sends any HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roof repair, pest control, pool service, mold remediation and fire safety inspection work, and every vendor keeps a certificate of insurance and a W-9 on file. Florida has no handyman license, so anything that needs a licensed trade, such as plumbing, goes to that trade.

Do I need a business tax receipt to work in Orlando?

If your business is based in Orange, Seminole and Osceola counties, yes: each levies a county business tax through its tax collector, and a city can levy its own (section 205.042). A DBPR-licensed contractor based elsewhere in Florida that pays the tax at home owes none for temporary work here.

Orlando-area counties, for vendors

Orlando-area trades

Guides for vendors

Sources

Where these facts come from.

Last updated October 8, 2026

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