California Contractor Directory by Trade & County (CSLB)

Pain points

• The CSLB site only checks one license at a time — there's no “give me every contractor in this county” export.
• Building a contractor lead list by trade means manual searching and copy-paste.
• Raw registry pages aren't structured for a CRM, outreach tool, or analysis.

What we solve

• Pull every licensed contractor in a California county, filtered by trade, in one run.
• Clean, structured rows: business, contact, license status, classifications, bond, workers' comp.
• Straight from the official CSLB registry — ready for lead-gen, CRM import, or market sizing.
• Pay per result; no charge for empty runs.

Summary

Pull every licensed contractor in a California county by trade — business name, contact details, license status, classifications, bond, and workers' comp — straight from the official CSLB registry. One run returns a clean, structured list ready for lead generation, CRM import, license verification, or market analysis.

Who it's for

• B2B sales and lead-gen teams targeting California trades
• Suppliers, SaaS, insurers, and lenders building prospect lists
• Agencies running outreach campaigns by trade and county
• Market researchers sizing the California contractor market

How to use

Set the input, run the actor, and collect results from the run's dataset (export to JSON/CSV/Excel, or pull via the Apify API). Example input:

{
  "licenseClass": "C-10",
  "county": "Los Angeles",
  "maxResults": 1000
}

See Inputs below for every available field.

What you get

One row per record:

Field	Description
license_number	CSLB license number
business_name	Licensed business name
business_type	Sole Owner, Corporation, LLC, Partnership…
address	Business street address
city	City
county	County
zip_code	ZIP code
phone	Business phone
classifications	All classification codes held (e.g. ["A","C10"])
status	License status (e.g. CLEAR)
issue_date	Original license issue date
expiration_date	License expiration date
surety_company	Contractor bond surety company
bond_number	Contractor bond number
workers_comp_type	Workers' comp coverage type (Insurance / Exempt / …)
workers_comp_company	Workers' comp insurance carrier
source_url	Link to the official CSLB license detail page

Sample:

{
  "license_number": "22726",
  "business_name": "RANSOME COMPANY",
  "business_type": "Corporation",
  "address": "1933 WILLIAMS STREET",
  "city": "SAN LEANDRO",
  "county": "Alameda",
  "zip_code": "94577",
  "phone": "(510) 686 9900",
  "classifications": [
    "A",
    "C10"
  ],
  "status": "CLEAR",
  "issue_date": "07/01/1932",
  "expiration_date": "10/31/2027",
  "surety_company": "HARCO NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY",
  "bond_number": "354811",
  "workers_comp_type": "Workers' Compensation Insurance",
  "workers_comp_company": "TRAVELERS PROPERTY CASUALTY COMPANY OF AMERICA",
  "source_url": "https://www.cslb.ca.gov/onlineservices/checklicenseII/LicenseDetail.aspx?LicNum=22726"
}

Inputs

Field	Required	Type	Default	Description
licenseClass	yes	string	"C-10"	CSLB classification code, e.g. 'B' (General Building), 'C-10' (Electrical), 'C-36' (Plumbing). Returns every active contractor holding this classification in the chosen county.
county	yes	string	"Sacramento"	Full California county name, e.g. 'Los Angeles', 'Sacramento', 'Orange'.
maxResults	no	integer	—	Cap on the number of license records returned in a single run. Leave empty to return all matches.
proxyConfiguration	no	object	{"useApifyProxy": false}	Optional. CSLB is usually reachable directly; enable a proxy (e.g. residential) only if runs return no data because the IP is blocked.

Pricing (Pay Per Event)

You pay per result (dataset-item) — no charge for empty runs. Example: 500 C-10 electricians in Los Angeles County at $0.002/result ≈ $1.00.

Illustrative — the final per-result price is set at publish time. Apify platform usage (compute) is billed separately per your plan.

Use cases

• B2B lead lists — suppliers, SaaS, and insurers target licensed electricians, plumbers, or builders by county.
• Agency outreach — pull a county-by-trade list, score it, and export to a CRM for campaigns.
• Market sizing — segment the California contractor market by classification and county.
• List enrichment — add license, bond, and workers'-comp data to contractors you already track.

Why this actor

• Bulk export by trade + county — not one-license-at-a-time lookups.
• Clean, structured, CRM-ready rows straight from the official CSLB registry.
• Pay per result; empty runs are free.

Limitations & updates

Covers California's CSLB public registry only (public record under Business & Professions Code §7000 et seq.). Results reflect the live registry and change as it updates. One classification + county per run.

FAQ

What does one run return?

Every active licensed contractor in the chosen California county for the chosen license class/trade — business, contact, classifications, bond, and workers' comp.

Where's the data from?

The official California CSLB registry — public license records.

How do I target a trade?

Use the licenseClass input (e.g. C-10 electrical, B general building, C-36 plumbing) plus the county.

How am I charged?

Pay-per-result — you only pay for the contractor rows returned, and empty runs are free.

Is this lead data compliant?

It's public, non-personal business-license data from CSLB — not consumer or PII data.

How fresh is it?

It reflects the live CSLB registry at run time.

Which actor to choose

Part of the California CSLB contractor suite — pick the one that fits your goal:

• California Contractor Directory by Trade & County (CSLB) (this actor) — You want a bulk lead list — every licensed contractor of a given trade (classification) in a county, in one run.
• California Contractor License Lookup & Verify (CSLB) — You want to verify or look up specific contractors — by license number, business name, or a person's name (owner/personnel).