New Jersey Consumer Affairs License Verification Scraper

Look up professional and business licenses issued by the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs — the state agency that regulates over 50 professions and occupational boards, including nursing, real estate appraisal, cosmetology, engineering, accountancy, pharmacy, architecture, and more. This Actor automates the public License Verification lookup tool so you can search and export license records in bulk instead of looking them up one at a time in a browser.

What this actor does

• Search by person or business/facility — individually licensed professionals or licensed businesses (pharmacies, cosmetology salons, funeral homes, contractor firms, and more)
• 50+ professions and occupational boards covered — nursing, real estate appraisal, cosmetology, engineering, accountancy, pharmacy, architecture, and more
• Combine any filters — profession/board, exact license type, name, city, license number, and status, all at once
• License status filtering across the state's full 40+ status vocabulary (Active, Expired, Suspended, Revoked, and more)
• Disciplinary-action flag on every record where New Jersey publishes one
• Empty fields are omitted — only fields New Jersey actually publishes for a license are included

Output per license

• Licensee name — the individual's full name, or the business/facility name
• Profession / board — the licensing board that regulates the license (e.g. Nursing, Pharmacy, Accountancy)
• License type — the specific license/certification (e.g. Registered Professional Nurse, Certified Public Accountant)
• License number
• License status — Active, Expired, Inactive, Revoked, Withdrawn, etc.
• Status change reason and last status change date
• Issue date and expiration date
• City / state on file
• Home state — the licensee's state of primary licensure for multi-state/compact licenses (e.g. interstate nurse licensure compact), where New Jersey publishes one
• Mailing address (business/facility searches)
• Whether the license has any recorded board disciplinary action

Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
searchType	string	person	person (individual licensee) / business (licensed facility/firm)
profession	string	– (all)	Licensing board/profession, e.g. Nursing, Cosmetology and Hairstyling, Real Estate Appraisers (50+ options)
personLicenseType	string	– (all)	Exact person license/certification type, e.g. Registered Professional Nurse (searchType=person)
businessLicenseType	string	– (all)	Exact business/facility license type, e.g. Pharmacy, Funeral Home (searchType=business)
firstName	string	–	First/middle name (searchType=person)
lastName	string	Smith	Last name (searchType=person)
businessName	string	–	Full or partial business/facility name (searchType=business)
licenseNumber	string	–	Exact or partial NJ license number, works for both search types
city	string	–	City on file with the Division of Consumer Affairs
licenseStatus	string	– (all)	Filter to one of 40+ status values, e.g. Active, Expired, Suspended, Revoked
maxItems	int	20	Hard cap on emitted records (1–2000)

You can combine as many filters as you like — for example, profession=Nursing

• city=Newark + licenseStatus=Active returns only active nurses licensed with a Newark address on file.

Example: search for a licensed nurse by name

{
  "searchType": "person",
  "profession": "Nursing",
  "lastName": "Smith",
  "maxItems": 20
}

Example: active pharmacies in a specific city

{
  "searchType": "business",
  "profession": "Pharmacy",
  "city": "Newark",
  "licenseStatus": "Active",
  "maxItems": 50
}

Example: look up an exact license number

{
  "searchType": "person",
  "licenseNumber": "26NR12345600"
}

Use cases

• Employment screening — verify a healthcare or licensed professional's credential is Active before hiring
• Vendor due diligence — confirm a contractor, pharmacy, or funeral home license is current and free of disciplinary action
• Compliance monitoring — track license status changes for professionals or businesses you monitor
• Consumer protection research — check disciplinary history before engaging a licensed provider
• Lead generation — build lists of licensed professionals or businesses by board, city, or license type

FAQ

Do I need a proxy or a paid Apify plan to run this? No. The Actor talks directly to New Jersey's public verification API and works on the Apify free plan with no proxy configuration required.

Why don't some records have a license number? A small number of licenses on New Jersey's own system (typically very old or administratively deleted records) don't carry a license number. The Actor reports exactly what the state publishes — it never fabricates a value.

Can I search by license number alone? Yes — enter it in the License number field with searchType left on either Person or Business, whichever matches the license you're looking up.

Is this an official New Jersey government service? No. This Actor is an independent tool that automates the public verification form at newjersey.mylicense.com/verification, the same website the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs makes available to the public. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by the State of New Jersey.

Why is my search slow? Searches with only a profession or license-type filter (no name, city, or license number) ask New Jersey's own system to scan its entire database for that profession, which can take 30-60 seconds server-side before it even returns the first page. Adding a name, city, or license number narrows the query and returns results in a few seconds.

How current is the data? New Jersey's verification system is described by the state as a "real-time system with access to the most current professional license information," so results reflect the state's live database at the time you run the Actor.