# Louisiana Contractor License Lookup (`fried_calamaries/louisiana-contractor-license-lookup`) Actor Download the full Louisiana State Licensing Board for Contractors (LSLBC) roster — 50,000+ commercial, residential, and specialty licenses as structured JSON. - **URL**: https://apify.com/fried\_calamaries/louisiana-contractor-license-lookup.md - **Developed by:** [ByteMe](https://apify.com/fried_calamaries) (community) - **Categories:** Lead generation, Real estate - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing $0.004 / license records 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/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. 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. Actors are written with capital "A". ## How to integrate an Actor? If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects. You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## Louisiana Contractor License Lookup ### Pain points - The LSLBC portal only lets you check one Louisiana contractor at a time — there's no way to pull the whole list. - There's no official structured export, so the data isn't usable for lead-gen, CRM enrichment, or market analysis as-is. - Compiling Louisiana contractors by parish, trade, or status by hand doesn't scale. ### What we solve - Download the entire Louisiana LSLBC roster — 50,000+ commercial, residential, and specialty licenses — in one run. - Get clean structured JSON: company, classifications, qualifying party, parish, status, dates, phone, and email. - Filter by license type, status, or parish; pay per record returned, never for empty results. ### Summary Get every active and expired Louisiana contractor license in one run. The LSLBC free bulk roster delivers 50,000+ records — company name, classifications, qualifying parties, parish, status, dates, phone, and email — with no auth, no CAPTCHA, and no per-record charge. ### Who it's for - Lead-gen and B2B sales teams targeting Louisiana contractors - Building-material suppliers and distributors prospecting by trade and parish - Insurance underwriters and surety/bond agencies sizing the LA contractor market - Background-check, compliance, and license-verification vendors ### 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: ```json { "contractorTypes": [ "commercial" ], "statusFilter": "Active", "maxResults": 500 } ```` See **Inputs** below for every available field. ### What you get One row per record: | Field | Description | |---|---| | `license_number` | LSLBC license number | | `company_name` | Registered business name | | `status` | Active, Expired, etc. | | `contractor_type` | Commercial / Residential / Home Improvement / Mold Remediation | | `parish` | Louisiana parish where the contractor is registered | | `city` | Mailing city | | `state_code` | Mailing state (LA for in-state, or out-of-state code) | | `phone` | Business phone number | | `email` | Business email address | | `classifications` | List of trade classifications (e.g. BUILDING CONSTRUCTION) | | `qualifying_parties` | List of responsible individuals on the license | | `effective_date` | Current license period start date | | `expiration_date` | License expiration date | | `first_effective_date` | Date the contractor first obtained this license | | `out_of_state` | True if contractor is based outside Louisiana | | `address` | Mailing street address | | `zip_code` | Mailing ZIP code | Sample: ```json { "license_number": "68755", "company_name": "09 Construction Services, LLC", "status": "Active", "contractor_type": "Commercial License Certificate", "parish": "Bossier", "city": "Bossier City", "state_code": "LA", "phone": "(318) 564-8455", "email": "09construction@gmail.com", "classifications": [ "BUILDING CONSTRUCTION", "HEAVY CONSTRUCTION", "HIGHWAY, STREET AND BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION" ], "qualifying_parties": [ "Kent Gardner Jones" ], "effective_date": "07/19/2026", "expiration_date": "07/18/2029", "first_effective_date": "07/18/2019", "out_of_state": false, "address": "1009 Creole Drive", "zip_code": "71111", "source_url": "https://arlspublic.lslbc.louisiana.gov/Public/Search" } ``` ### Inputs | Field | Required | Type | Default | Description | |---|---|---|---|---| | `contractorTypes` | no | array | `["commercial", "residential", "home_improvement", "mold_remediation"]` | Which license types to include. Leave empty for all four types. (values: commercial, residential, home\_improvement, mold\_remediation) | | `statusFilter` | no | string | — | Only return licenses with this exact status (e.g. "Active", "Expired"). Leave blank for all. | | `parishFilter` | no | string | — | Only return licenses in this Louisiana parish (e.g. "Orleans", "Jefferson"). Leave blank for all. | | `maxResults` | no | integer | `500` | Cap on the number of unique license records to return per run. | ### Pricing (Pay Per Event) You pay per result (`dataset-item`) — **no charge for empty runs**. Example: **500 license records** at *$0.004/result* ≈ **$2.00**. Illustrative — final per-result price set at publish time; Apify platform usage billed separately. ### Use cases - Build lead lists of active Louisiana contractors by trade, parish, or license type for B2B sales and marketing - Verify contractor license status and expiration before awarding subcontracts or insurance coverage - Enrich construction-industry databases with qualifying-party names, classifications, and contact details ### Why this actor - Straight from the official LSLBC roster — authoritative, regularly refreshed, not a stale third-party copy. - Whole-database export, not one-at-a-time lookups; filter by contractor type, status, or parish. - Pay per record returned; filtered runs that match nothing are free. ### Limitations & updates Data reflects the LSLBC public roster at time of run; license status changes are only captured on the next run. The actor fetches the full roster CSV — all 50,000+ rows — so runs with no filters will be larger and slower than filtered runs. ### FAQ **Where does the data come from?** The official Louisiana State Licensing Board for Contractors (LSLBC) public roster — authoritative license data, no third-party copy. **Can I get the whole state?** Yes — it returns the full LSLBC roster (50,000+ licenses), not a sample. Use the filters to narrow it. **What can I filter by?** Contractor type (commercial, residential, home improvement, mold remediation), status, and parish. Use maxResults to bound a run. **What fields do I get?** License number, company name, status, contractor type, parish, city, phone, email, classifications, and qualifying party. **How is it priced?** Per record returned (a dataset item). Filtered runs that match no records are free. ### Which actor to choose Part of the same contractor-license suite — pick the state that fits your workflow: - **Multi-State Contractor License Lookup** — You want to verify contractor/trade licenses across multiple states (WA, OR, TX, and more) by license number or name. - **California Contractor License Lookup & Verify (CSLB)** — You need to verify a single California contractor by license number, business name, or owner/personnel name. - **Florida Contractor License Lookup & Verify (DBPR)** — You need to verify a single Florida contractor by license number or name. # Actor input Schema ## `contractorTypes` (type: `array`): Which license types to include. Leave empty for all four types. (values: commercial, residential, home\_improvement, mold\_remediation) ## `statusFilter` (type: `string`): Only return licenses with this exact status (e.g. "Active", "Expired"). Leave blank for all. ## `parishFilter` (type: `string`): Only return licenses in this Louisiana parish (e.g. "Orleans", "Jefferson"). Leave blank for all. ## `maxResults` (type: `integer`): Cap on the number of unique license records to return per run. ## Actor input object example ```json { "contractorTypes": [ "commercial", "residential", "home_improvement", "mold_remediation" ], "maxResults": 500 } ``` # Actor output Schema ## `results` (type: `string`): Dataset of Louisiana contractor license records from the LSLBC public roster. # 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 '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = {}; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("fried_calamaries/louisiana-contractor-license-lookup").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 '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = {} # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("fried_calamaries/louisiana-contractor-license-lookup").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{}' | apify call fried_calamaries/louisiana-contractor-license-lookup --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fried_calamaries/louisiana-contractor-license-lookup", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Louisiana Contractor License Lookup", "description": "Download the full Louisiana State Licensing Board for Contractors (LSLBC) roster — 50,000+ commercial, residential, and specialty licenses as structured JSON.", "version": "0.0", "x-build-id": "GNlqtzV0C28HqUZsX" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/fried_calamaries~louisiana-contractor-license-lookup/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-fried_calamaries-louisiana-contractor-license-lookup", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/fried_calamaries~louisiana-contractor-license-lookup/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-fried_calamaries-louisiana-contractor-license-lookup", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/fried_calamaries~louisiana-contractor-license-lookup/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-fried_calamaries-louisiana-contractor-license-lookup", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } } }, "components": { "schemas": { "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "contractorTypes": { "title": "Contractor types", "uniqueItems": true, "type": "array", "description": "Which license types to include. Leave empty for all four types. (values: commercial, residential, home_improvement, mold_remediation)", "items": { "type": "string" }, "default": [ "commercial", "residential", "home_improvement", "mold_remediation" ] }, "statusFilter": { "title": "Status filter", "type": "string", "description": "Only return licenses with this exact status (e.g. \"Active\", \"Expired\"). Leave blank for all." }, "parishFilter": { "title": "Parish filter", "type": "string", "description": "Only return licenses in this Louisiana parish (e.g. \"Orleans\", \"Jefferson\"). Leave blank for all." }, "maxResults": { "title": "Maximum results", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 100000, "type": "integer", "description": "Cap on the number of unique license records to return per run.", "default": 500 } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "resurrectCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "computeUnits": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "options": { "type": "object", "properties": { "build": { "type": "string", "example": "latest" }, "timeoutSecs": { "type": "integer", "example": 300 }, "memoryMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 1024 }, "diskMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 2048 } } }, "buildId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultKeyValueStoreId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultDatasetId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultRequestQueueId": { "type": "string" }, "buildNumber": { "type": "string", "example": "1.0.0" }, "containerUrl": { "type": "string" }, "usage": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } } } } } } } } } ```