South Carolina Contractor License Lookup & Verify (SC LLR)

Pain points

• The SC LLR portal is one slow manual lookup at a time — and every search makes you pass a CAPTCHA.
• It isn't built for compliance workflows, CRM enrichment, or bulk contractor vetting.
• Checking license status, type, and classification across many contractors by hand doesn't scale.

What we solve

• Search the SC LLR contractor board by name, license number, city, or classification — one call, the CAPTCHA handled for you.
• Returns the license number, status, type, business/licensee name, and city for every match.
• Turn a name or classification into a full structured table of contractors, ready for a CRM or spreadsheet.

Summary

Search and verify South Carolina contractors straight from the official SC Department of Labor, Licensing & Regulation (LLR) registry. Enter a business or licensee name, a license number, a city, or a contractor classification and get back a structured table of matches — license number, status, type, business/licensee name, and city. The portal gates every search behind a CAPTCHA; this actor clears it for you, so a single search can return a whole board of contractors. Built for license verification, compliance checks, and turning a name or classification into a clean contractor list.

Who it's for

• GCs and hiring managers vetting South Carolina subcontractors
• Insurance underwriters and lenders running KYC on contractors
• Compliance teams and marketplaces verifying SC LLR licenses
• RevOps and BD teams building contractor lead lists by classification

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:

{
  "lastName": "Smith",
  "classification": "All",
  "maxResults": 25
}

See Inputs below for every available field.

What you get

One row per record:

Field	Description
state	Always 'SC' for this actor
license_number	SC LLR contractor license number
status	License status (e.g. Active, Lapsed)
license_type	Contractor classification (e.g. GENERAL CONTRACTOR, MECHANICAL CONTRACTOR)
business_name	Licensed business name (and DBA, when listed)
person_name	Individual licensee name (LAST, FIRST), when held by a person
city	Licensee city
matched_by	Which input surfaced this match: license_number, name, city, or classification
source_url	Direct link to the official SC LLR license detail page

Sample:

{
  "state": "SC",
  "license_number": "116578",
  "business_name": "PAUL L.W. SMITH INC \u2014 DBA: SMITH CONSTRUCTION",
  "person_name": null,
  "license_type": "GENERAL CONTRACTOR",
  "status": "Active",
  "issue_date": null,
  "expiration_date": null,
  "city": "KINGSTON",
  "county": null,
  "address": null,
  "zip_code": null,
  "phone": null,
  "bond_amount": null,
  "bond_company": null,
  "insurance_company": null,
  "matched_by": "name",
  "source_url": "https://verify.llronline.com/LicLookup/Contractors/Contractor2.aspx?LicNum=116578&cdi=697"
}

Inputs

Field	Required	Type	Default	Description
lastName	no	string	"Smith"	Search by business name or an individual licensee's last name (partial matches allowed, e.g. 'Smith'). Combine with other fields to narrow results.
firstName	no	string	—	Individual licensee's first name. Only useful together with a last name.
licenseNumber	no	string	—	Exact SC contractor license number (numeric, e.g. '116578'). When set, returns that specific license.
city	no	string	—	Filter results to a licensee city (e.g. 'Columbia').
classification	no	string	"All"	Filter to a contractor classification. 'All' returns every classification (must be combined with another field). Tip: a name or classification search returns many licenses from one lookup.
maxResults	no	integer	50	Cap on the number of license matches returned in a single run. Defaults to 50.

Pricing (Pay Per Event)

Two charges: a per-search fee (search, $0.02/search) that covers the live, gated lookup, plus a per-match fee (license-match, $0.01/match). Example: a search returning 25 license matches ≈ $0.27 ($0.02 search + 25 matches). A search with no matches is billed only the $0.02 search fee.

Illustrative — final prices are set at publish time. This actor solves a CAPTCHA on every search (a real per-run cost), so it charges a small per-search fee plus a per-match fee. Apify platform usage (compute) is billed separately per your plan.

Use cases

• License verification — confirm a South Carolina contractor's license number, status, and type before hiring or onboarding.
• List building — pull every contractor of a given classification (e.g. GENERAL CONTRACTOR) or surname into a structured table.
• Compliance checks — pull authoritative SC LLR 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 South Carolina LLR public registry — authoritative, not a stale third-party copy.
• Clears the portal's search CAPTCHA for you — one search can return a whole board of contractors.
• Search by name, license number, city, or classification; results deduped by license #.
• Per-search fee covers the live lookup; per-match fee only for real records returned.

Limitations & updates

Covers the South Carolina LLR public contractor registry only. Results reflect the live registry and change as it updates. The list view returns license number, status, type, business/licensee name, and city; detail-only fields (street address, county, expiration date, bond/insurance) are not in the list view and are returned null. A single run reads the first results page bounded by maxResults (default 50); 'classification=All' must be combined with another field. Bond/insurance fields are included in the schema for suite consistency but are not published here (returned null).

FAQ

Where does the data come from?

The official South Carolina Department of Labor, Licensing & Regulation (LLR) public contractor registry at verify.llronline.com.

What can I search by?

A business or licensee last name, a first name, an exact license number, a city, and/or a contractor classification (e.g. GENERAL CONTRACTOR). Combine fields to narrow results; results are deduped by license number.

What fields do I get?

License number, status, license type/classification, business name (and DBA), individual licensee name, and city — plus a direct link to the official SC LLR record.

How am I charged?

Two charges: a small per-search fee that covers the live, CAPTCHA-gated lookup, plus a per-match fee for each license returned. A search with no matches is billed only the per-search fee.

Why is there a per-search fee when other lookup actors don't have one?

The SC LLR portal gates every search behind a CAPTCHA, which costs real money to clear on each run. The per-search fee covers that; because one search can return many contractors, the per-match cost stays low.

Is this personal data?

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

How current is it?

It reflects the live SC LLR registry 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.
• Tennessee Contractor License Lookup & Verify (TN DOCI) — You need to verify a Tennessee contractor — by license number or business/licensee name.
• Multi-State Contractor License Lookup — You want to verify contractor/trade licenses across multiple states in one search.