# South Carolina Contractor License Lookup & Verify (SC LLR) (`fried_calamaries/south-carolina-contractor-license-lookup`) Actor Search and verify South Carolina contractors by name, license number, city, or classification — license #, status, type, and city — from the official SC LLR registry. - **URL**: https://apify.com/fried\_calamaries/south-carolina-contractor-license-lookup.md - **Developed by:** [ByteMe](https://apify.com/fried_calamaries) (community) - **Categories:** Lead generation - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 80.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $0.01 / license match 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 ## 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: ```json { "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: ```json { "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. # Actor input Schema ## `lastName` (type: `string`): 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` (type: `string`): Individual licensee's first name. Only useful together with a last name. ## `licenseNumber` (type: `string`): Exact SC contractor license number (numeric, e.g. '116578'). When set, returns that specific license. ## `city` (type: `string`): Filter results to a licensee city (e.g. 'Columbia'). ## `classification` (type: `string`): 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` (type: `integer`): Cap on the number of license matches returned in a single run. Defaults to 50. ## Actor input object example ```json { "lastName": "Smith", "classification": "All", "maxResults": 50 } ``` # Actor output Schema ## `matches` (type: `string`): The matched licenses — number, status, type, business/licensee name, and city. # 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 = { "lastName": "Smith" }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("fried_calamaries/south-carolina-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 = { "lastName": "Smith" } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("fried_calamaries/south-carolina-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 '{ "lastName": "Smith" }' | apify call fried_calamaries/south-carolina-contractor-license-lookup --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fried_calamaries/south-carolina-contractor-license-lookup", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "South Carolina Contractor License Lookup & Verify (SC LLR)", "description": "Search and verify South Carolina contractors by name, license number, city, or classification — license #, status, type, and city — from the official SC LLR registry.", "version": "0.0", "x-build-id": "0zThbIId0cO9NBVMV" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/fried_calamaries~south-carolina-contractor-license-lookup/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-fried_calamaries-south-carolina-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": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/fried_calamaries~south-carolina-contractor-license-lookup/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-fried_calamaries-south-carolina-contractor-license-lookup", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$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": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/fried_calamaries~south-carolina-contractor-license-lookup/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-fried_calamaries-south-carolina-contractor-license-lookup", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$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": { "lastName": { "title": "Company / last name", "type": "string", "description": "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": { "title": "First name", "type": "string", "description": "Individual licensee's first name. Only useful together with a last name." }, "licenseNumber": { "title": "License number", "type": "string", "description": "Exact SC contractor license number (numeric, e.g. '116578'). When set, returns that specific license." }, "city": { "title": "City", "type": "string", "description": "Filter results to a licensee city (e.g. 'Columbia')." }, "classification": { "title": "Classification", "enum": [ "All", "AC", "AP", "BL", "BT", "BR", "BD", "CT", "CP", "CCM", "EL", "GG", "GD", "HT", "HY", "HI", "LP", "MR", "MS", "MM", "NR", "PK", "PL", "PB", "MB", "1P", "1U", "RR", "RG", "RF", "SF", "SP", "CLT", "WL", "WP", "WF" ], "type": "string", "description": "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.", "default": "All" }, "maxResults": { "title": "Maximum results", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 500, "type": "integer", "description": "Cap on the number of license matches returned in a single run. Defaults to 50.", "default": 50 } } }, "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 } } } } } } } } } } ```