# ATF Federal Firearms Licensee (FFL) Verification Data (`kempdata/us-federal-firearms-licensees`) Actor

Verify Federal Firearms Licensee status in bulk from the official ATF monthly listing. 77,150 active FFLs nationwide - dealers, pawnbrokers, manufacturers, importers - with license type decoded, expiration dates, premise and mailing addresses, and phone.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/kempdata/us-federal-firearms-licensees.md
- **Developed by:** [Mark Kemp](https://apify.com/kempdata) (community)
- **Categories:**
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## Pricing

from $2.50 / 1,000 record scrapeds

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

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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## ATF Federal Firearms Licensee (FFL) Verification Data

Verify Federal Firearms Licensee status in bulk from the official ATF monthly listing — every active FFL in the United States, from the federal source, with a monthly archive back to 2021.

### Who this is for

FFL-transfer marketplaces and shipping platforms confirming a receiving dealer is licensed. Distributors and manufacturers prospecting dealers by state and licence type. Insurers and lenders underwriting firearms businesses. Compliance teams checking a counterparty's licence class before a transfer.

### What you get

One record per licence: the full FFL number (`license_number`, in ATF's region-district-county-type-expiry-sequence form), the licensee as `full_name` and the trade name as `business_name`, `credential` decoded from ATF's licence-type code (dealer, pawnbroker, manufacturer, importer, and the destructive-device classes), the premise `city`, `state` and `zip_code`, the mailing address, and the listed phone.

`status` is `active` for every record — presence in the month's listing *is* the licence being active — and `status_basis` says exactly that. ATF's two-character expiration code is preserved as `expiration_code` and decoded into `expiration_date` (**MM/DD/YYYY**, with an `_iso` twin), so `expires_in_days` and `is_expiring_soon` work the same way they do across the whole catalogue.

`listing_month` records which monthly file the record came from.

### One schema across every source

Every roster in this catalogue delivers **the same columns, in the same order, meaning the same thing**. Names arrive SHOUTING; they leave in proper case, with `name_raw` holding the source's exact rendering. Dates are **MM/DD/YYYY**, with an `_iso` twin for spreadsheets and imports.

Full column reference: `docs/SCHEMA.md` in the source repository.

### Coverage

National — all 50 states, DC and the territories — from a single federal source. The listing is refreshed monthly by ATF; this Actor fetches the latest month by default, or any month back to 2021 when you set `month` and `year`. Collectors of curios and relics (type 03) are hobbyists rather than businesses and are excluded unless `includeCollectors` is on.

### Input

- `states` — premise states; empty for the whole country.
- `licenseTypes` — ATF codes (01 dealer, 02 pawnbroker, 03 collector, 06 ammunition manufacturer, 07 firearms manufacturer, 08 importer, 09/10/11 destructive-device classes); empty for all.
- `includeCollectors` — include type 03; off by default.
- `month`, `year` — a specific listing; empty for the latest.
- `maxRecords` — hard cap; the run also honours your Apify maximum-charge setting.

### Data source & fair use

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives publishes the complete listing of active FFLs each month as a public file. This Actor reads that file directly — no scraping, no lookups, no forms. The listing is a US Government work, published for exactly this use. No personal data is added beyond what ATF itself prints.

### Pricing

Pay per record delivered: **$2.50 per 1,000 records**, plus a nominal start fee. Filters run before delivery, so you are never charged for a record you did not ask for.

### Support

Answered by a person. Open an issue on this Actor or write to the address on kempdata.com.

# Actor input Schema

## `states` (type: `array`):

Two-letter state or territory codes of the licensed premises (e.g. TX, LA). Leave empty for the whole country.

## `licenseTypes` (type: `array`):

ATF license type codes: 01 dealer, 02 pawnbroker, 03 collector, 06 ammunition manufacturer, 07 firearms manufacturer, 08 importer, 09 destructive-device dealer, 10 DD manufacturer, 11 DD importer. Leave empty for all.

## `includeCollectors` (type: `boolean`):

Type 03 collectors of curios and relics are hobbyists, not businesses. Off by default.

## `month` (type: `integer`):

Pull a specific month's listing. Leave empty (with Year) for the latest available.

## `year` (type: `integer`):

Four-digit year of the listing. The archive runs back to 2021. Leave empty for the latest.

## `maxRecords` (type: `integer`):

Hard cap on delivered records. Your Apify maximum-charge setting is honoured as well.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "states": [],
  "licenseTypes": [],
  "includeCollectors": false,
  "maxRecords": 1000
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `records` (type: `string`):

Dataset of normalized nursing home administrator license records with expiring-license and new-license lead flags.

# 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("kempdata/us-federal-firearms-licensees").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("kempdata/us-federal-firearms-licensees").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 '{}' |
apify call kempdata/us-federal-firearms-licensees --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,kempdata/us-federal-firearms-licensees"
        }
    }
}

```

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/qdyjoRdEzK5uleT3X/builds/LC5XttcFu70lsZfmk/openapi.json