# Wa Contractor License Leads Scraper (`gocreative.ai/wa-contractor-license-leads`) Actor

Scrape WA State's official L\&I contractor registry — 75,000+ active licensed businesses, every trade (HVAC, roofing, landscaping, concrete, remodeling). Returns name, owner, phone, address, status, specialty. Filter by trade + city. For distributors, insurance agents, lead-gen.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/gocreative.ai/wa-contractor-license-leads.md
- **Developed by:** [GoCreative AI](https://apify.com/gocreative.ai) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Business
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $4.00 / 1,000 contractor leads

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

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/docs.md):

```bash
npm install apify-client
```

In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.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

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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.

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# README

## 🔨 Washington Contractor Leads — L&I Licensed Businesses, All Trades

### 📊 Example output (real run)

![Sample output](https://api.apify.com/v2/key-value-stores/1ztQFHwG8acESTazI/records/wa-contractor-license-leads-sample)

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


**75,000+ active, licensed Washington State contractors — every trade, one dataset.** Pulled straight from the WA Department of Labor & Industries' own public contractor registry (`data.wa.gov`), not a third-party copy. General contractors, HVAC/refrigeration, roofing, landscaping, concrete, masonry, remodeling, handyman, painting, flooring, fencing, siding, and more — filter by trade specialty and city, get back clean, CRM-ready leads with a **99.9%+ phone-number fill rate.**

Most contractor-lead tools scrape a single trade board or a fragile directory site. This Actor hits the state's own open-data extract of its license system directly — official, current, no login, no CAPTCHA, no anti-bot risk.

### Why this Actor

| | WA Contractor Leads | Single-trade license scrapers | Generic directory scraper |
|---|---|---|---|
| Official state source | ✅ Direct `data.wa.gov` API | ✅ but one trade only | ❌ Unverified web data |
| All trades in one dataset | ✅ 25+ specialties | ❌ | ⚠️ Inconsistent |
| Phone number fill rate | ✅ 99.9%+ | Varies | Varies |
| Filter by specialty + city | ✅ | ⚠️ Limited | ❌ |
| CRM-ready output | ✅ | ⚠️ Raw codes | ⚠️ |

### Example output (real data, live-pulled)

Run input:
```json
{ "specialties": ["Heating/Vent/Air-Conditioning and Refrig (HVAC/R) ", "ROOFING"], "city": "Seattle", "activeOnly": true, "maxResults": 100 }
````

Sample result item (captured live, nothing fabricated):

```json
{
  "businessName": "ACCURATE MECHANICAL LLC",
  "licenseNumber": "ACCURML765JS",
  "licenseStatus": "ACTIVE",
  "licenseType": "CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTOR",
  "specialty": "Heating/Vent/Air-Conditioning and Refrig (HVAC/R)",
  "businessType": "Limited Liability Company",
  "principalName": "Maloney, Terrance Patrick",
  "phone": "2066444200",
  "address": "9632 16Th Ave Sw",
  "city": "Seattle",
  "state": "WA",
  "zip": "98106",
  "licenseEffectiveDate": "2024-04-10",
  "licenseExpirationDate": "2028-05-19",
  "ubi": "605401612",
  "liRegistryUrl": "https://secure.lni.wa.gov/verify/Detail.aspx?UBI=605401612",
  "source": "wa.gov L&I contractor registry"
}
```

### Output fields

| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| `businessName` | Licensed business name |
| `licenseNumber` | WA L\&I contractor license number |
| `licenseStatus` | ACTIVE, EXPIRED, SUSPENDED, RE-LICENSED, etc. |
| `licenseType` | Contractor license type (e.g. Construction Contractor) |
| `specialty` / `secondarySpecialty` | Trade specialty codes decoded to plain English |
| `businessType` | Corporation, LLC, Sole Proprietor, Partnership, etc. |
| `principalName` | Primary owner/principal on file |
| `phone` | Business phone number |
| `address`, `city`, `state`, `zip` | Mailing address |
| `licenseEffectiveDate`, `licenseExpirationDate` | License validity window |
| `ubi` | WA Unified Business Identifier |
| `liRegistryUrl` | Direct link to verify the license on WA L\&I's own site |

### Input options

| Option | Type | Default | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| `specialties` | array | (all) | e.g. `["GENERAL"]`, `["ROOFING", "LANDSCAPING"]` — see full list below |
| `city` | string | (all) | e.g. `Seattle`, `Spokane`, `Tacoma` |
| `activeOnly` | boolean | true | Exclude expired/suspended/re-licensed records |
| `maxResults` | integer | 1000 | Cap on rows (max 20,000) |

**Common specialty values:** GENERAL, Heating/Vent/Air-Conditioning and Refrig (HVAC/R), ROOFING, LANDSCAPING, CONCRETE, MASONRY, PAINTING/WALLCOVERING, HANDYMAN, Cabinets/Millwork and Finish Carpentry, Tile/Ceramic/Mosaic and Stone, Floor Covering and Counter Tops, Siding, DRY WALL, FENCING, Excavation/Grading and Land Clearing, PRESSURE WASHING, GLAZING/GLASS, Framing and Rough Carpentry, Welding and Ornamental Metal, Tree Removal Service, Paving/Striping/Seal Coating.

### Common use cases

- **Building-material & HVAC-equipment distributors** — territory-map every licensed dealer/installer by trade and city.
- **Contractor insurance & bonding agents** — a fresh, statewide prospect list segmented by specialty.
- **Construction-software vendors** (job-management, estimating, scheduling) — target by trade and business size signal.
- **Home-services lead-gen & marketing agencies** — build outreach lists without scraping fragile directory sites.
- **Financing / equipment-leasing companies** — identify active, in-good-standing contractor prospects.

Pay-per-event pricing on the Apify Store. Clean, CRM-ready JSON and CSV output. Source: WA Department of Labor & Industries public contractor registry (`data.wa.gov`, resource `m8qx-ubtq`) — official, current, updated continuously by the state.

# Actor input Schema

## `specialties` (type: `array`):

Only return contractors with one of these trade specialties (e.g. 'GENERAL', 'Heating/Vent/Air-Conditioning and Refrig (HVAC/R)', 'ROOFING', 'LANDSCAPING', 'CONCRETE', 'HANDYMAN', 'ROOFING'). Leave empty for all trades.

## `city` (type: `string`):

Only return contractors headquartered in this WA city (e.g. Seattle, Spokane, Tacoma). Leave empty for statewide.

## `activeOnly` (type: `boolean`):

Only return currently active licenses (excludes expired/revoked/re-licensed records).

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of contractor records to return.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "specialties": [],
  "city": "",
  "activeOnly": true,
  "maxResults": 1000
}
```

# Actor output Schema

# 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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("gocreative.ai/wa-contractor-license-leads").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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("gocreative.ai/wa-contractor-license-leads").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 gocreative.ai/wa-contractor-license-leads --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=gocreative.ai/wa-contractor-license-leads",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

```json
{
    "openapi": "3.0.1",
    "info": {
        "title": "Wa Contractor License Leads Scraper",
        "description": "Scrape WA State's official L&I contractor registry — 75,000+ active licensed businesses, every trade (HVAC, roofing, landscaping, concrete, remodeling). Returns name, owner, phone, address, status, specialty. Filter by trade + city. For distributors, insurance agents, lead-gen.",
        "version": "0.1",
        "x-build-id": "KxNYkb5AdrCrtHFWk"
    },
    "servers": [
        {
            "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2"
        }
    ],
    "paths": {
        "/acts/gocreative.ai~wa-contractor-license-leads/run-sync-get-dataset-items": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-gocreative.ai-wa-contractor-license-leads",
                "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": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/gocreative.ai~wa-contractor-license-leads/runs": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "runs-sync-gocreative.ai-wa-contractor-license-leads",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$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": {
                                    "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema"
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/gocreative.ai~wa-contractor-license-leads/run-sync": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-gocreative.ai-wa-contractor-license-leads",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$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": {
                    "specialties": {
                        "title": "Trade Specialties",
                        "type": "array",
                        "description": "Only return contractors with one of these trade specialties (e.g. 'GENERAL', 'Heating/Vent/Air-Conditioning and Refrig (HVAC/R)', 'ROOFING', 'LANDSCAPING', 'CONCRETE', 'HANDYMAN', 'ROOFING'). Leave empty for all trades.",
                        "items": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "default": []
                    },
                    "city": {
                        "title": "City",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Only return contractors headquartered in this WA city (e.g. Seattle, Spokane, Tacoma). Leave empty for statewide.",
                        "default": ""
                    },
                    "activeOnly": {
                        "title": "Active Licenses Only",
                        "type": "boolean",
                        "description": "Only return currently active licenses (excludes expired/revoked/re-licensed records).",
                        "default": true
                    },
                    "maxResults": {
                        "title": "Max Results",
                        "minimum": 1,
                        "maximum": 20000,
                        "type": "integer",
                        "description": "Maximum number of contractor records to return.",
                        "default": 1000
                    }
                }
            },
            "runsResponseSchema": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                    "data": {
                        "type": "object",
                        "properties": {
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                            "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": {
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                                        "example": 0
                                    },
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                                        "type": "integer",
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                                    },
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                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 1
                                    },
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                                        "example": 0
                                    },
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                                        "example": 0
                                    },
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                                        "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": {
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                                        "type": "integer",
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                                    },
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                                    "DATASET_WRITES": {
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                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": {
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                                        "example": 0.00005
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                                    "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
                                    },
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                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}
```