# New Contractor Licenses: WA & NY Contractor Leads (`digital_influx/us-contractor-licenses`) Actor

Newly licensed contractors from official state lists, updated daily: Washington L\&I contractor licenses and the New York contractor registry. Business, license, type, phone, address, principals and compliance flags.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/digital_influx/us-contractor-licenses.md
- **Developed by:** [Bruno Petrelli](https://apify.com/digital_influx) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Business, Automation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

from $4.00 / 1,000 license saveds

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## New Contractor Licenses: WA & NY Contractor Leads

**Every newly licensed contractor in Washington and New York, from the official state lists, updated daily:**

- **Washington:** contractor licenses of the Department of Labor & Industries (construction, electrical, plumbing, elevator), with the business, phone, address, specialties, principal and UBI number;
- **New York:** the contractor registry of the Department of Labor (every contractor that works on public works), with the business, phone, address, and flags for MWBE ownership, debarment and outstanding wage assessments.

No account, no API key, no proxies: the data comes from data.wa.gov and data.ny.gov, the open data portals of both states.

### Who uses it

- **Suppliers and distributors** (lumber, electrical, plumbing, HVAC, tools, equipment rental): new contractors setting up shop.
- **Contractor insurance, bonding, financing, software and accounting:** a new license is the moment they buy.
- **General contractors and public-works bidders:** new subcontractors with their license and compliance flags.

### What you get

One record per license:

| Field | Example |
|---|---|
| `source`, `jurisdiction` | `washington`, Washington |
| `licenseNumber`, `licenseType`, `specialties` | APEXPPB745PA, CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTOR, \["GENERAL"] |
| `businessName`, `dbaName`, `businessType`, `principals` | APEX PREMIER BUILDERS LLC, Limited Liability Company, \["GILLIHAN, JASON DANIEL"] |
| `phone`, `street`, `city`, `state`, `zip` | 360-965-5463, 16957 158TH PL SE, MONROE, WA, 98272 |
| `issuedDate`, `expirationDate`, `status` | 2026-10-01, 2028-10-01, ACTIVE |
| `businessId` | Washington UBI number |
| `mwbeOwned`, `debarred`, `outstandingWageAssessments` | New York: minority or women-owned business, debarment and wage flags |
| `verifyUrl`, `sourceUrl`, `retrievedAt` | Washington L\&I verification page, the dataset, when it was read |
| `change` | With *Only new*: `new` or `updated` |

### Input

New contractors in both states this week:

```json
{
  "sources": ["washington", "new-york"],
  "issuedWithinDays": 7,
  "maxResults": 50
}
```

New electrical contractors in Washington this month:

```json
{
  "sources": ["washington"],
  "issuedWithinDays": 30,
  "keywords": ["ELECTRICAL"]
}
```

New contractors around Seattle (ZIP codes 980) with a phone:

```json
{
  "sources": ["washington"],
  "issuedWithinDays": 14,
  "zipCodes": ["980"],
  "onlyWithPhone": true
}
```

| Field | What it does |
|---|---|
| `sources` | `washington`, `new-york`. Empty = both. |
| `issuedWithinDays` | Licenses issued in the last N days (30 by default). |
| `keywords` | Words in the license type, specialties or business name (ELECTRICAL, PLUMBING, ROOFING...). |
| `cities`, `zipCodes` | Business address; ZIP codes take 5 digits or the first 3. |
| `onlyWithPhone`, `includeInactive` | Only licenses with a phone; also licenses that are not active. |
| `maxResults` | Licenses saved, newest first (1,000 by default). |
| `onlyNew` + `memoryName` | For daily runs: only licenses earlier runs of the same search did not save, or whose status, phone or address changed. The memory lives in a key-value store named `us-contractor-licenses-state`. |
| `appToken` | Free Socrata app token, optional. |

### How much it costs

Pay per event: **only for the licenses saved**. Measured on 2026-10-02: Washington issued 947 contractor licenses in September 2026; a week of both states is about 400 licenses (164 in Washington and 235 in New York), all with a phone, read in a few seconds.

### Use it from AI agents (MCP)

Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and any other MCP client can run this Actor as a tool: add `https://mcp.apify.com?tools=digital_influx/us-contractor-licenses` as a remote MCP server and sign in with your Apify account. It is also one of the tools of US & UK Public Records MCP (`digital_influx/public-records-mcp`), by the same author, made for agents.

### Good to know

- **The New York registry is for public work:** every contractor and subcontractor on a public work project must register; it is not a trade license, and it is renewed every two years, so new certificates include renewals of existing businesses.
- **Keywords** match the license type, specialties and business name, so a construction contractor called "XYZ Electrical" appears under ELECTRICAL.
- **Phones are the business phones the states publish.** Follow the TCPA and state rules for calls and texts.
- **Requests:** one a second per portal, as their robots.txt asks.

### Sources and attribution

- **Washington:** Washington State Department of Labor & Industries, "L\&I Contractor License Data - General", data.wa.gov (dataset m8qx-ubtq), Open Data Commons Public Domain Dedication and License.
- **New York:** New York State Department of Labor, "Contractor Registry Certificate", data.ny.gov (dataset i4jv-zkey), under the OPEN-NY Terms of Use.

Neither state endorses this Actor or the uses of its results.

# Actor input Schema

## `sources` (type: `array`):

State lists to read. Empty = both.

## `issuedWithinDays` (type: `integer`):

Licenses issued in the last N days.

## `keywords` (type: `array`):

Words to find in the license type, specialties or business name, e.g. ELECTRICAL, PLUMBING, ROOFING, HVAC.

## `cities` (type: `array`):

Cities of the business address, e.g. Seattle, Buffalo.

## `zipCodes` (type: `array`):

5-digit ZIP codes, or their first 3 digits for a wider area.

## `onlyWithPhone` (type: `boolean`):

Save only licenses that have a business phone.

## `includeInactive` (type: `boolean`):

Also save licenses whose status is not active (expired, suspended, revoked). Off by default.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Licenses saved in this run, newest first. You also never pay more than the spending limit you set for the run.

## `onlyNew` (type: `boolean`):

Save only licenses that earlier runs of this same search did not save, or whose status, phone or address changed since. Schedule it daily. The memory lives in a key-value store named "us-contractor-licenses-state" in your account.

## `memoryName` (type: `string`):

By default each search has its own memory. Give a name to share one memory between tasks, or a new name to start over.

## `appToken` (type: `string`):

Without a token, the portals share a request limit per IP address. A free app token from any Socrata portal gives you your own limit. Only needed if a run reports a refused request.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "sources": [
    "washington",
    "new-york"
  ],
  "issuedWithinDays": 7,
  "onlyWithPhone": false,
  "includeInactive": false,
  "maxResults": 50,
  "onlyNew": false
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

## `summary` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "sources": [
        "washington",
        "new-york"
    ],
    "issuedWithinDays": 7,
    "maxResults": 50
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("digital_influx/us-contractor-licenses").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "sources": [
        "washington",
        "new-york",
    ],
    "issuedWithinDays": 7,
    "maxResults": 50,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("digital_influx/us-contractor-licenses").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "sources": [
    "washington",
    "new-york"
  ],
  "issuedWithinDays": 7,
  "maxResults": 50
}' |
apify call digital_influx/us-contractor-licenses --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,digital_influx/us-contractor-licenses"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/n7fLvV59eGOmzc1KY/builds/chwzC6LBL4gCpBrvH/openapi.json