Painting quotes in Greater Montréal

Describe your painting work: companies that hold an RBQ licence for this kind of work answer you directly. We neither prepare nor send any quote, and we do no construction work.

One room, a whole unit between two tenants or the front of a shop: the same request works.

Describe your painting work

Type of work City of the workThe city only, never your address. Description of the workDo not put your name, address or phone number in the description. When?

Add photos or a budget (optional)

Photos (optional, up to 3)Show the problem up close. No faces, house numbers, licence plates or house fronts: we check every photo before companies see it. Planned budget (optional)

The work is (optional) At home At my business premises (shop, office, building)

Your contact details Name EmailWe send you a link to confirm your request: it counts only once confirmed. Phone (optional)

Your choices (optional, each one separately)

Your request goes out in waves to licensed companies near your city: 5 at confirmation, then 5 more after 24 hours and 5 more after 72 hours while you have fewer than 2 answers, up to 15. Featured companies (promotional placement) that serve your city and whose licence covers the work receive it first. The type of work, the city, the timing and the budget are shown on the site, without any personal information.

Send the description of my work to licensed companies near my city (up to 15, in waves, while I have fewer than 2 answers), so they can answer me.Without this box they receive only the type of work, the city, the timing and the budget. Also publish the description of my work and my (checked) photos on the site, without my name or contact details (city only).So other licensed companies can better understand the work. Without this box, the site shows only the type of work, the city, the timing and the budget. Pass my name, email and phone to the licensed companies that answer my request (up to 15).Without this box, companies answer you through the site and do not see your contact details.

How we handle your request: privacy policy. Remove it at any time with the link you receive by email; removed automatically after 60 days.

We do not promise a number of quotes: each company decides whether to answer. You choose yourself who to hire.

Companies start replying once the name is registered with the REQ; meanwhile, you can call a company from the list directly.

What a painter needs to know before pricing

A painter prices mostly from the surfaces and how much preparation they need. Give the number of rooms or the rough area, the ceiling height and what needs paint besides the walls: ceilings, doors, frames, trim, stairs. For the outside, name the cladding (wood, painted brick, metal), the number of storeys and the access from the street or the lane.

The condition of the surfaces changes the work a lot: cracks, holes to fill, water stains, old paint that flakes. Say whether the furniture stays, whether the home is lived in, who supplies the paint and how many coats you want. In an older building, old layers may contain lead: ask how the company prepares and protects the place before scraping or sanding.

Who does painting work

Painting is part of finishing work, subcategory 9 of the RBQ licence, which almost every construction company holds. So our painters list gathers the companies whose name, or other name on file with the RBQ, speaks of painting. To compare two quotes, check that they describe the same surfaces, the same preparation, the same number of coats and the same product range.

Painting in Greater Montréal, by the numbers

The Montréal region holds 40% of the companies on this list in Quebec: 355 of 880, active licences as of November 3, 2026. Count by sector: the Island of Montréal 103, Laval 50, the South Shore 95 and the North Shore 107.

Seniority of the companies based on the island: 29 have worked under a licence for ten years and more, since 1989 for the longest-standing, 5 for under 90 days. Licence bond on file in the register: 24 at $40,000 and 79 at $20,000.

Montréal · painting, permits

According to the City of Montréal page “Rénover l’intérieur d’un bâtiment” (read on November 2, 2026), repainting interior walls is one of the minor cosmetic jobs that need no permit.

Official page (in French) ↗

Laval · painting, permits

According to the City of Laval page “Rénovation résidentielle intérieure” (read on November 2, 2026), painting inside the home needs no permit.

Official page (in French) ↗

Share of renter households in the 2021 Census: 64% in Montréal, 33% in Laval and 48% in Longueuil.

One open public tender in Greater Montréal also concerns this trade, according to SEAO and CanadaBuys as of November 3, 2026:

Travaux sur demande de placoplâtre et peinture dans les logements occupés et les aires communes — OMH de Montréal (OMHM), closes November 13

The tenders board · only the official notice counts.

Frequently asked questions

How many painters will my request reach?

At most 15 licensed companies located near your city: a first group of 5 when you confirm the request, a second one a day later and a third three days after confirmation, only if you have fewer than 2 answers. Nobody can promise a quote, since every painter is free to answer.

What does the request cost?

Nothing, for you, and it commits you to nothing. The site takes no commission on contracts; its income will come from “Featured” advertising bought by companies, always shown as advertising.

Will my name be visible?

Not without your consent. The painter sees the type of work, the city, the timing and the budget, then the description if you tick the matching box. Your name, email and phone reach it only if you choose to pass them on.

Do I need a permit to repaint?

Not for interior painting, according to the City of Montréal page “Rénover l’intérieur d’un bâtiment” and the City of Laval page “Rénovation résidentielle intérieure” (both in French). For the outside, a front wall above all, the rule depends on the city or borough: check before you change a colour.