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A contract performed by an unlicensed contractor was declared void. Insurers may deny coverage on that basis.
RBQ + RENA monitoring · Québec
You checked their licence once. Then the project started.
A subcontractor can lose RBQ status or be added to RENA the day after you sign. ArchiVerif watches every counterparty across both registers, continuously, so a mid-project change never becomes your voided contract, denied claim, or five-year ban from public contracts.
The mid-project blind spot
Counterparty compliance gets verified once, at signing, and rarely looked at again. The status changes that land between then and the final invoice are exactly the ones that cost you.
- Once
- how often most firms verify a counterparty: a single check, at signing
- 5 years
- ban from public contracts that can follow a RENA listing
- $185,804
- maximum Bill 76 penalty per unlicensed contractor, before a single voided contract
How it works
Add a number. We read the public record.
No invites. The companies you monitor never sign up, upload anything, or know you are watching.
- 01
Add a NEQ
Enter the 10-digit Québec enterprise number for any counterparty. Load fifty subcontractors on day one if that is your project.
- 02
We read RBQ and RENA
ArchiVerif pulls RBQ licence status and RENA ineligibility straight from Québec government open data, keyed to the NEQ. The monitored company is never contacted.
- 03
You see both signals, daily
Every counterparty shows its RBQ and RENA status side by side, refreshed each business day. A change surfaces in your watchlist instead of in a denied claim.
Data: Régie du bâtiment du Québec (CC BY 4.0) and Autorité des marchés publics (AMP). ArchiVerif is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, either body or the Government of Québec.
Two things a one-time check misses
Most counterparty due diligence stops at a single registry, on a single day. The exposure lives in everything after.
Coverage
RENA, not just RBQ
A valid RBQ licence tells you a firm is allowed to build. The RENA register tells you whether it is barred from public contracts. Either one can void your contract or deny your claim, so ArchiVerif tracks both for every company you watch.
Model
The no-invite model
The companies you monitor never create an account or upload a document. ArchiVerif reads government public data keyed to the NEQ, so you can load fifty subcontractors on day one without a single one knowing ArchiVerif exists.
Built for the gap, not the one-time check
Both registers, one view
RBQ licence status and RENA ineligibility for every counterparty, side by side, with the source shown on each result.
No invites, ever
Monitored companies never sign up or upload. ArchiVerif reads the public record by NEQ, so onboarding is just a list of numbers.
Continuous, not once
Statuses refresh every business day, so a mid-project change reaches you instead of your insurer's claims desk.
An API for platforms
Insurers, lenders, and renovation platforms integrate the same RBQ and RENA signals over a documented REST API.
Exposure
What is your counterparty exposure?
Move the slider to the number of counterparties you would monitor.
Maximum statutory exposure
$4,645,100
- Contracts performed by an unlicensed contractor can be declared void.
- Insurers can deny coverage when a licence has lapsed.
- Working with a RENA-listed firm can bar you from public contracts.
Bill 76 provides for administrative monetary penalties up to $185,804 per unlicensed contractor. That figure is before voided contracts, denied insurance claims, or a five-year ban from public contracts.
The courts have already decided who pays
When a contractor's licence fails, the contract tends to fail with it. These are real Québec cases.
Rénovations Sansregret CSP inc. v. RBQ (March 2026)
A licence was suspended for non-payment of annual fees. Contracts were voided and a $20,000 surety bond was compromised, with no notice to the client.
L.M. Climatisation Chauffage
A licence was cancelled for work outside the authorized subcategory. The contracts became illegal and the insurance was invalidated.
Pricing
One plan while we finalize pricing
Continuous RBQ and RENA monitoring for your counterparties. The price below is a reference, not a final number.
Monitoring
$40/mo reference
- Continuous RBQ + RENA monitoring
- Watchlist by NEQ, no invites
- Daily status, source attribution
Frequently asked questions
From two public sources: the RBQ licence dataset published under the CC BY 4.0 licence, and the RENA register of enterprises ineligible for public contracts maintained by the Autorité des marchés publics. We refresh both every business day.
No. ArchiVerif reads government public data keyed to the NEQ. The company you are monitoring never creates an account, uploads anything, or is told it is being watched.
The Registre des entreprises non admissibles aux contrats publics. A company listed on RENA is barred from public contracts for a set period, which can reach five years. A valid RBQ licence does not tell you whether a firm is on RENA, which is why we track both.
No. ArchiVerif redistributes public data and is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, the Régie du bâtiment du Québec, the Autorité des marchés publics, or the Government of Québec.
Only what runs your account: your email, your subscription details, and the list of company numbers you monitor. We never display the name of a natural person from RENA; when a listing is tied to an individual, we link out to the official AMP register instead. See our Privacy Policy.
Every business day. The RBQ and RENA sources publish on a daily cadence, and our pipeline syncs them shortly after.
Its 10-digit Québec enterprise number (NEQ). That is the only thing ArchiVerif needs to start monitoring a counterparty.
Close the blind spot before it closes a contract
Check a company now, or join the waitlist for continuous monitoring.