# Chicago Contract Awards & New Business Licenses API (B2B Leads) (`implementable_antler/chicago-opportunity-wire`) Actor

Chicago city contract awards (vendor, $ amount, department) + newly issued Chicago business licenses from official open data. B2B sales leads, government contracts data, CSV/JSON/API. Personal names withheld.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/implementable_antler/chicago-opportunity-wire.md
- **Developed by:** [Blake Runckel](https://apify.com/implementable_antler) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Business, Open source
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $3.00 / 1,000 results

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/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
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.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## 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.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Chicago Contract Awards & New Business Licenses API (B2B Leads)

**Chicago government contract awards** (vendor, award amount, department, procurement type, contract PDF) and **newly issued Chicago business licenses** (business name, license type, activity, address, ward, coordinates) from the official City of Chicago Data Portal, merged into one dated feed. Export as CSV, Excel or JSON, or call it as an API.

Who uses it: B2B sales teams and suppliers looking for **new business leads in Chicago** (new restaurants, retail, contractors opening), subcontractors chasing **city contract winners**, and analysts tracking **public procurement spend**.

### Sample output

| date | recordType | title | businessName | amount | department / activity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-16 | contract_award | DFSS-ECBG-CS-CEL: | CHINESE AMERICAN SERVICE LEAGUE, INC. | $47,207 | DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND SUPPORT SE |
| 2026-10-16 | contract_award | DFSS-ECBG-CS-CEL: | CUDDLE CARE, INC | $18,680 | DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND SUPPORT SE |
| 2026-10-16 | contract_award | DFSS-ECBG-CS-CEL: | A-KARRASEL GALEWOOD CHILDCARE, LLC | $46,077 | DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND SUPPORT SE |
| 2026-10-16 | business_license | Retail Food Establishment | FRUTT & TRANZNER LLC |  | Sale of Food Prepared Onsite With D |
| 2026-10-16 | business_license | Retail Food Establishment | SDJ Hospitality LLC |  | Preparation of Food and Dining on P |
| 2026-10-16 | business_license | Public Place of Amusement | SDJ Hospitality LLC |  | Charges a Fee for Entertainment or  |

### Quick start

```json
{
  "days": 30,
  "feeds": [
    "contracts",
    "licenses"
  ],
  "minAwardAmount": 0,
  "maxItems": 200
}
```

### Input

| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| `days` | Days back from today (contract approval date / license issue date). |
| `feeds` | Which feeds to include. |
| `keyword` | Case-insensitive match on contract description or license type/business activity, e.g. ASPHALT, Retail Food. |
| `minAwardAmount` | Only contracts with award_amount at or above this. |
| `newAwardsOnly` | Skip contract modifications (revision > 0). |
| `newLicensesOnly` | Only new / change-of-location / expansion licenses (best for new-business leads). |
| `dateFrom` | YYYY-MM-DD; overrides Days back. |
| `dateTo` | YYYY-MM-DD; defaults to today. |
| `maxItems` | Maximum records per feed and in total. |

### Fields

`recordId`, `recordType` (contract_award / business_license), `date` (contract approval or license issue date), `title`, `businessName`, `nameWithheld`, `category`, `department`, `amount` (USD award amount; revisions show the modification amount as published), `status`, `contractNumber`, `revision`, `procurementType`, `startDate`, `endDate`, `licenseNumber`, `applicationType`, `expirationDate`, `address`, `city`, `state`, `zip`, `ward`, `communityArea`, `latitude`, `longitude`, `documentUrl`, `sourceUrl`, `source`.

### Privacy

Only business names are output. When a vendor or licensee name has no business marker (LLC, INC, CO, a business word) it could be a sole proprietor's personal name, so `businessName` is null, `nameWithheld` is true, and the street address is dropped. The record, amount and location fields stay.

### Sources

- Contracts: https://data.cityofchicago.org/d/rsxa-ify5
- Business Licenses: https://data.cityofchicago.org/d/r5kz-chrr

Requests are rate-limited to follow the portal's robots.txt crawl delay. A copy of the notice below is saved to the run's key-value store as `DISCLAIMER`.

### Disclaimer

This site provides applications using data that has been modified for use from its original source, www.cityofchicago.org, the official website of the City of Chicago. The City of Chicago makes no claims as to the content, accuracy, timeliness, or completeness of any of the data provided at this site. The data provided at this site is subject to change at any time. It is understood that the data provided at this site is being used at one's own risk.

This is an independent tool by Ledger and is not affiliated with or endorsed by the City of Chicago.

# Actor input Schema

## `days` (type: `integer`):

Days back from today (contract approval date / license issue date).

## `feeds` (type: `array`):

Which feeds to include.

## `keyword` (type: `string`):

Case-insensitive match on contract description or license type/business activity, e.g. ASPHALT, Retail Food.

## `minAwardAmount` (type: `integer`):

Only contracts with award_amount at or above this.

## `newAwardsOnly` (type: `boolean`):

Skip contract modifications (revision > 0).

## `newLicensesOnly` (type: `boolean`):

Only new / change-of-location / expansion licenses (best for new-business leads).

## `dateFrom` (type: `string`):

YYYY-MM-DD; overrides Days back.

## `dateTo` (type: `string`):

YYYY-MM-DD; defaults to today.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum records per feed and in total.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "days": 30,
  "feeds": [
    "contracts",
    "licenses"
  ],
  "newAwardsOnly": false,
  "newLicensesOnly": true,
  "maxItems": 200
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# 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 = {
    "days": 30,
    "feeds": [
        "contracts",
        "licenses"
    ],
    "maxItems": 200
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("implementable_antler/chicago-opportunity-wire").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 = {
    "days": 30,
    "feeds": [
        "contracts",
        "licenses",
    ],
    "maxItems": 200,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("implementable_antler/chicago-opportunity-wire").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "days": 30,
  "feeds": [
    "contracts",
    "licenses"
  ],
  "maxItems": 200
}' |
apify call implementable_antler/chicago-opportunity-wire --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,implementable_antler/chicago-opportunity-wire"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/4OB0jsFwy7IMsE5uz/builds/ju9Vg13A7MDqAgFKQ/openapi.json