Connecticut Home Improvement Contractor Leads

📊 Example output (real run)

A real record from a live run — clean structured data, exported as CSV / JSON / Excel or via API.

Export every registered Home Improvement Contractor (HIC) in Connecticut — remodelers, roofers, siding, kitchen & bath, decks, windows, painters, and general home-improvement firms — straight from the official Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection (DCP) credential registry. The data is pulled live from the State of Connecticut Open Data portal, so every record is authoritative and free of third-party scraping risk. Filter by city, ZIP, or entity type and download clean B2B leads as JSON, CSV, or Excel.

This Actor runs on the Apify platform, so you get scheduled runs, an HTTP API, dataset storage, webhooks, and integrations (Zapier, Make, Google Sheets) on top of the data.

What does this Actor do?

It queries the CT DCP "Home Improvement Contractor Licenses" registry (~134,000 records, ~27,000+ currently active) and returns a structured lead for every contractor matching your filters. Each lead includes the company / contractor name, DBA, entity type, full HIC license code, registration status with reason, issue / effective / expiration dates, and city / state / ZIP — plus a one-click state verification URL.

Why use Connecticut Home Improvement Contractor Leads?

• Authoritative source. Data comes directly from the state regulator, not a scraped directory — accurate names, real license numbers, and current status.
• Territory targeting. Filter by city or ZIP prefix to build route-density lead lists for a sales rep or a delivery zone.
• License-status verification. Confirm a contractor's HIC registration is active (and when it expires) before extending credit, a contract, or a partnership.
• Clean enrichment base. Name + DBA + city + ZIP + license is the ideal seed for an email/phone enrichment step.

Who buys this data?

• Building-materials, roofing, window, and siding suppliers & manufacturers building dealer / installer networks
• Home-services SaaS (CRM, field service, scheduling, invoicing) prospecting contractors
• Contractor financing, factoring, and insurance providers
• Franchise & dealer-development teams and home-improvement trade-show / association organizers

How to use it

1. Click Try for free / Start.
2. (Optional) Enter a City or ZIP Code Prefix to narrow the territory.
3. (Optional) Choose Entity Type — businesses only, individuals only, or all.
4. Leave Active Licenses Only on to get only current contractors.
5. Run it, then download the results from the Output tab as JSON, CSV, or Excel.

Input

Field	Description
city	CT city/town filter (case-insensitive), e.g. STAMFORD. Blank = whole state.
zip_prefix	ZIP or ZIP prefix, e.g. 069 for the Fairfield County area, 06902 for one ZIP.
entity_type	all, business (companies only), or individual.
active_only	If on (default), returns only currently active registrations.
max_results	Cap on rows returned (default 5,000; up to 140,000).

Example input:

{
  "city": "STAMFORD",
  "entity_type": "business",
  "active_only": true,
  "max_results": 5000
}

Output

Each item looks like this (real record from the live registry):

{
  "company_name": "SHORELINE POOLS INC",
  "contractor_name": "SHORELINE POOLS INC",
  "dba": "",
  "entity_type": "CORPORATION",
  "license_code": "HIC.0508652",
  "license_number": "508652",
  "credential": "HOME IMPROVEMENT CONTRACTOR",
  "status": "ACTIVE",
  "status_reason": "CURRENT",
  "is_active": true,
  "issue_date": "1999-04-26",
  "effective_date": "2026-04-01",
  "expiration_date": "2027-03-31",
  "city": "Stamford",
  "state": "CT",
  "zip_code": "06902",
  "verify_url": "https://www.elicense.ct.gov/Lookup/LicenseLookup.aspx",
  "source": "CT DCP (data.ct.gov 5r9m-qgni)",
  "scraped_at": "2026-06-27T16:00:00Z"
}

You can download the dataset in JSON, HTML, CSV, or Excel. A CRM-ready CSV of the full run is also saved to the run's key-value store.

Data fields

Field	Description
company_name	Business name (falls back to contractor name for individuals)
contractor_name	Registered name on the credential
dba	Doing-business-as name, when present
entity_type	LLC, corporation, partnership, sole proprietor, individual, etc.
license_code / license_number	Full HIC code (e.g. HIC.0508652) and number
status / status_reason / is_active	Registration status and current/expired reason
issue_date / effective_date / expiration_date	Key dates (YYYY-MM-DD)
city / state / zip_code	Location (ZIP normalized to ZIP or ZIP+4)
verify_url	Official CT eLicense lookup to confirm any record

How much does it cost?

This Actor uses Pay-Per-Result pricing — you only pay for the contractor records you actually receive, with no monthly subscription. Pulling a city or ZIP segment is a few cents; the full active statewide list is still inexpensive. The Actor uses lightweight HTTP requests against an official open-data API (no proxies or browsers required), so platform compute cost is minimal.

Tips

• Start with a city or ZIP prefix to keep runs small and targeted, then widen.
• Turn Active Licenses Only off to also capture recently-expired contractors (good for win-back / re-registration campaigns).
• Schedule a monthly run to keep your CRM in sync as registrations renew and lapse.

FAQ, disclaimers & support

Is this legal? Yes. This Actor reads publicly available license data the State of Connecticut publishes as open data for public use.

Does it include email or phone? No. Connecticut law does not publish street address, phone, or email for HIC credentials, so this Actor returns every field the state makes public (name, DBA, license, status, dates, city, ZIP). That is ideal for territory targeting, status verification, and as a clean base for an enrichment step — but it is not a phone/email list.

How fresh is the data? It is fetched live from the state portal on every run; the registry itself is refreshed by CT DCP regularly.

For feature requests or issues, use the Issues tab. Custom registry scrapers for other states are available on request.