Florida Contractor License Lookup & Verify (DBPR)

Pain points

• Verifying a Florida contractor on the DBPR portal is one slow manual lookup at a time.
• The portal isn't structured for compliance workflows, vetting, or CRM enrichment.
• Checking status, license type, and expiration across many licensees by hand doesn't scale.

What we solve

• Verify any Florida DBPR contractor or tradesperson by license number or name — one search.
• Returns license type, status, expiration, county, and address from the official registry.
• Enrich a license number or name into a full structured record; pay per match, empty searches free.

Summary

Look up and verify any Florida contractor or tradesperson from a single search — type a DBPR license number (e.g. CGC1514724) or a business/licensee name and get back the license type, status, expiration, county, and address, straight from the official Florida DBPR registry. Each match is optionally enriched with its full detail record. Built for fast verification, compliance checks, and enriching a license number or name into a structured record.

Who it's for

• GCs and hiring managers vetting Florida subcontractors
• Insurance underwriters and lenders running KYC on contractors
• Compliance teams and marketplaces verifying DBPR licenses
• RevOps and BD teams enriching contractor records

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:

{
  "query": "CGC1514724",
  "includeDetails": true,
  "maxResults": 25
}

See Inputs below for every available field.

What you get

One row per record:

Field	Description
state	Always 'FL' for this actor
license_number	DBPR license number (class prefix + digits)
business_name	Licensed business or licensee name
person_name	Individual licensee/qualifier name (detail)
license_type	DBPR license/board classification (e.g. Certified General Contractor)
status	License status (e.g. Current,Active, Null and Void)
issue_date	Original licensure date (detail)
expiration_date	License expiration date
city	Licensee city
county	Florida county (detail)
address	Street address (main address; detail)
zip_code	ZIP code
matched_by	Which search surfaced this match: 'license_number' or 'business_name'
source_url	Link to the official DBPR license record

Sample:

{
  "state": "FL",
  "license_number": "CGC1514724",
  "business_name": "ARIZA, JOHN MARIO",
  "person_name": "ARIZA, JOHN MARIO",
  "license_type": "Certified General Contractor",
  "status": "Null and Void",
  "issue_date": "12/21/2007",
  "expiration_date": "08/31/2020",
  "city": "COOPER CITY",
  "county": "Broward",
  "address": "11671 SW 50TH COURT",
  "zip_code": "33330",
  "matched_by": "license_number",
  "source_url": "https://www.myfloridalicense.com/portalsearches/VerifyLicensee/LicenseDetail?lic=CGC1514724"
}

Inputs

Field	Required	Type	Default	Description
query	yes	string	"CGC1514724"	A Florida DBPR license number (class prefix + digits, e.g. 'CGC1514724') OR a name. A number is looked up directly; anything else is searched against the DBPR licensee/business name index. Both return the matching licenses (deduped by license #).
includeDetails	no	boolean	true	When on (default), each match is enriched with its full DBPR license record — license type, issue/expiration dates, county, and full address. Turn off for a faster, lighter result list (license #, name, type, status, expiration, city).
maxResults	no	integer	50	Cap on the number of matches returned (and enriched) in a single run. This is a lookup, not a bulk export — defaults to 50.
proxyConfiguration	no	object	{"useApifyProxy": false}	Optional. The DBPR portal is usually reachable directly; enable a proxy (e.g. residential) only if a run is blocked or served a challenge.

Pricing (Pay Per Event)

You pay per result (dataset-item) — no charge for empty runs. Example: 100 verified license records at $0.004/result ≈ $0.40.

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

Use cases

• License verification — confirm a Florida contractor's license type, status, and expiration before hiring or onboarding.
• Record enrichment — turn a license number or name into a full structured record for a CRM, marketplace, or vetting workflow.
• Compliance checks — pull authoritative DBPR data on demand for audits and due diligence.
• Lender / insurer due diligence — verify a contractor's standing straight from the state registry.

Why this actor

• Straight from the official Florida DBPR registry — authoritative, not a stale third-party copy.
• Search by license number or name; results deduped by license #.
• Pay per match; searches with no results are free.

Limitations & updates

Covers Florida's DBPR public licensee registry only. Results reflect the live registry and change as it updates. A name search matches the DBPR licensee/business name index; runs are bounded (default 50 results) — refine a broad name to narrow it. Bond/insurance/phone fields are included in the schema for suite consistency but DBPR generally does not publish them (returned null).

FAQ

Where does the data come from?

The official Florida DBPR 'Verify a Licensee' registry — public, authoritative license data.

What can I search by?

A DBPR license number (e.g. CGC1514724) or a business/licensee name. Both return the matching licenses, deduped by license number.

What fields do I get?

License number, business/licensee name, license type, status, expiration, plus county and full address when detail enrichment is on.

How am I charged?

Pay-per-result — per license match returned. No charge for searches with no results.

Is this personal data?

It's public professional-license data (business and license-holder records as DBPR publishes them); we add no personal/PII enrichment.

How current is it?

It reflects the live DBPR record at lookup time.

Which actor to choose

Part of the contractor-license verification suite — pick the one that fits your goal:

• California Contractor License Lookup & Verify (CSLB) — You need to verify a California contractor — by license number, business name, or owner/personnel name.
• Multi-State Contractor License Lookup — You want to verify contractor/trade licenses across multiple states (WA, OR, TX, and more) in one search.