# New Contractor and Trade Business Licences

**Use case:** 

Newly issued contractor, plumbing, electrical, HVAC and roofing business licences in Seattle and New Orleans over the last month. A trade business that has just registered is buying tools, insurance, a van wrap, accounting and lead generation, and is not yet locked into a supplier. Each run skips the licences it has already sent you, so a monthly schedule gives you that month's new firms.

## Input

```json
{
  "cities": [
    "seattle",
    "neworleans"
  ],
  "lookbackDays": 30,
  "keywords": [
    "contractor",
    "plumbing",
    "electrical",
    "hvac",
    "roofing",
    "construction"
  ],
  "onlyNewSinceLastRun": true,
  "watchlistName": "trades",
  "maxResults": 1000
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "businessName": {
    "label": "Business"
  },
  "legalName": {
    "label": "Legal name"
  },
  "licenseType": {
    "label": "License for"
  },
  "businessActivity": {
    "label": "Activity"
  },
  "issueDate": {
    "label": "Issued"
  },
  "address": {
    "label": "Address"
  },
  "city": {
    "label": "City"
  },
  "sourceState": {
    "label": "State"
  },
  "postalCode": {
    "label": "ZIP"
  },
  "phone": {
    "label": "Phone"
  },
  "licenseNumber": {
    "label": "License number"
  },
  "sourceCity": {
    "label": "Register"
  },
  "naicsCode": {
    "label": "NAICS"
  }
}
```

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [New Business License Feed: Fresh Openings by City](https://apify.com/fayoussef/business-license-feed.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/fayoussef/business-license-feed.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


## How to integrate an Actor?

This Task's input is already configured above. Use it as-is rather than inventing a new one.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For full API examples (JavaScript, Python, CLI, MCP, OpenAPI), see this Task's Actor page: https://apify.com/fayoussef/business-license-feed.md

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