# NY Contractor Registry Scraper - New Contractor Leads (`loomwise/new-york-contractor-registry`) Actor

Daily list of newly registered New York State contractors from the official NYS DOL Contractor Registry. Businesses only, with license dates, address, phone and compliance flags (debarment, wage, workers' comp). $3/1k.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/loomwise/new-york-contractor-registry.md
- **Developed by:** [Loomwise](https://apify.com/loomwise) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Business, AI
- **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.

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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

## New York Contractor Registry Scraper: new NYS contractor leads (businesses only)

Looking for **new contractor leads in New York** or a **NYS contractor registry lookup** in bulk? Get a **daily feed of newly registered New York State contractors** straight from the official **NYS Department of Labor Contractor Registry** open data on data.ny.gov. Each result is a **business entity** (LLC, Inc., Corp., LLP, PC, PLLC, joint venture and so on) with its certificate number, issue and expiration dates, city and ZIP, business address and phone, and **compliance flags**: debarment, outstanding wage assessments, labor-law and safety findings, workers' comp coverage, and apprenticeship participation.

No scraping, no browser, no proxies. The Actor reads the state's open-data API, so runs take seconds and the data is updated daily.

### Who uses this

- **Suppliers and distributors** (lumber, electrical, HVAC, equipment rental) prospecting for new commercial contractors in New York.
- **Insurance, bonding and surety agents** looking for new businesses that must carry workers' comp and bid on public work.
- **General contractors and prime bidders** vetting subcontractors for prevailing-wage and public-work projects (debarment and wage-assessment flags).
- **Construction software, payroll and certified-payroll vendors** that serve prevailing-wage contractors.
- **Market researchers** tracking contractor formation by region, ZIP code or trade keyword.

### What is the NYS Contractor Registry?

Under New York Labor Law, contractors and subcontractors must register with the NYS DOL Bureau of Public Work and Prevailing Wage Enforcement **before bidding on public work** or starting a private project covered by prevailing wage. That makes a new registration a strong signal that a business is about to work on public or prevailing-wage projects. The state publishes the registry as open data ([dataset page](https://data.ny.gov/d/i4jv-zkey)) and updates it daily.

### Privacy by design: businesses only

- **Officer names are never downloaded.** The registry's officer field is excluded from the API query itself.
- **Sole proprietorships are always excluded.**
- **Each name must carry a legal-entity designator** (LLC, Inc., Corp., Co., Company, Ltd., LP, LLP, PC, PLLC, DPC, Joint Venture/JV). Some registrations typed "Corporation" or "LLC" are listed under a person's name; these are dropped. In our tests about 4% of rows were dropped this way. Each run reports the count in `RUN_SUMMARY`.
- **DBA (trade) names are kept only if they also carry an entity designator**; otherwise the field is left blank.
- Address and phone are the **registered business** address and phone. You can turn them off with `includeContactDetails: false`.

### Input

| Field | What it does | Default |
|---|---|---|
| `issuedWithinDays` | Certificates issued in the last N days (0 = all) | 30 |
| `issuedFrom` / `issuedTo` | Exact issue-date range (YYYY-MM-DD) | none |
| `keywords` | Words in the legal or DBA name, e.g. `electric`, `roofing`, `paving` | none |
| `cities` | Exact cities, e.g. `Buffalo`, `Brooklyn` | none |
| `zipCodes` | ZIP codes or prefixes, e.g. `112`, `14` | none |
| `businessTypes` | Corporation, LLC, LLP, Partnership, Association, Government | all |
| `mwbeOnly` | Only minority- or women-owned (MWBE) businesses | false |
| `excludeDebarred` | Skip debarred businesses | true |
| `cleanRecordOnly` | No wage assessments, debarments, labor/tax or safety findings | false |
| `activeOnly` | Only Active certificates | true |
| `includeContactDetails` | Include business address and phone | true |
| `maxResults` | Cap on results (you pay per result) | 100 |

Example: new electrical contractors in Western New York over the last 90 days:

```json
{ "issuedWithinDays": 90, "keywords": ["electric"], "zipCodes": ["14"], "maxResults": 500 }
```

### Output

One dataset item per registered business:

```json
{
  "certificateNumber": "26-634AK-CR",
  "businessName": "TADCON ELECTRIC LLC",
  "businessType": "LLC",
  "status": "Active",
  "issuedDate": "2026-10-16",
  "expirationDate": "2028-12-29",
  "businessAddress": "28 HAMILTON STREET",
  "city": "Potsdam",
  "state": "NY",
  "zipCode": "13676",
  "businessPhone": "(315) 300-2275",
  "mwbeOwned": false,
  "hasWorkersCompInsurance": true,
  "hasOutstandingWageAssessments": false,
  "debarred": false,
  "hasSafetyStandardViolation": false,
  "apprenticeshipAssociated": true,
  "latitude": 44.66723,
  "longitude": -74.98468,
  "sourceUrl": "https://data.ny.gov/d/i4jv-zkey"
}
```

The dataset has two views, **New contractors** and **Compliance flags**. You can export to CSV, Excel or JSON, or pull results through the Apify API. A `RUN_SUMMARY` record logs rows scanned, results, non-entity rows dropped, and duration.

### Run it on a schedule

Create an Apify **Schedule** that runs daily with `issuedWithinDays: 1` or `2`. You get only the newest registrations, which you can send to a webhook, Google Sheets, Make, Zapier or your CRM.

### Pricing

Pay per result: you are charged only for the contractor records the run returns. `maxResults` and the run's spending limit both cap your cost, and the run stops cleanly when either is reached. See the **Pricing** tab for the current price.

### FAQ

**Is this data legal to use?** Yes. It is official New York State open data, published under the [OPEN-NY Terms of Use](https://data.ny.gov/download/77gx-ii52/application/pdf). Those terms allow free reuse, including commercial use, with no attribution required. Use it lawfully.

**How fresh is it?** The state refreshes the dataset daily. Each run queries it live.

**Does it cover all contractors in New York?** No. It covers businesses registered for public work and prevailing-wage projects, which is about 15,000 active registrations, with roughly 300 to 1,200 new ones per month in 2026. It does not include NYC home-improvement licenses or local municipal licenses.

**Why is a business missing?** It may be a sole proprietorship, or its registered name may have no entity designator (for example "Swinerton Builders"). Such rows are dropped on purpose so the feed never outputs personal names.

**Do I need an API key?** No.

*Not affiliated with or endorsed by the New York State Department of Labor.*

# Actor input Schema

## `issuedWithinDays` (type: `integer`):

Only certificates issued in the last N days (0 = no date limit). Ignored when 'Issued from' is set.

## `issuedFrom` (type: `string`):

Optional start date for the certificate issue date. Overrides 'Registered within the last N days'.

## `issuedTo` (type: `string`):

Optional end date for the certificate issue date.

## `keywords` (type: `array`):

Keep businesses whose legal or DBA name contains any of these words (case-insensitive), e.g. 'electric', 'roofing', 'paving'.

## `cities` (type: `array`):

Keep only these cities (exact match, case-insensitive), e.g. 'Buffalo', 'Brooklyn', 'Albany'.

## `zipCodes` (type: `array`):

Keep only ZIP codes starting with these digits, e.g. '112' for Brooklyn or '14' for Western NY.

## `businessTypes` (type: `array`):

Registered entity types to include. Sole proprietorships are never included.

## `mwbeOnly` (type: `boolean`):

Only businesses that report being minority- or women-owned (MWBE).

## `excludeDebarred` (type: `boolean`):

Skip businesses that report a state or federal debarment.

## `cleanRecordOnly` (type: `boolean`):

Only businesses with no outstanding wage assessments, debarments, labor/tax law determinations or safety violations.

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

Only certificates with status Active.

## `includeContactDetails` (type: `boolean`):

Include the registered business address and business phone. Personal names (officers) are never output.

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

Maximum number of contractors to return. You pay per result.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "issuedWithinDays": 30,
  "mwbeOnly": false,
  "excludeDebarred": true,
  "cleanRecordOnly": false,
  "activeOnly": true,
  "includeContactDetails": true,
  "maxResults": 100
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `contractors` (type: `string`):

No description

## `runSummary` (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 = {
    "issuedWithinDays": 30,
    "maxResults": 100
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("loomwise/new-york-contractor-registry").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 = {
    "issuedWithinDays": 30,
    "maxResults": 100,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("loomwise/new-york-contractor-registry").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 '{
  "issuedWithinDays": 30,
  "maxResults": 100
}' |
apify call loomwise/new-york-contractor-registry --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,loomwise/new-york-contractor-registry"
        }
    }
}
```

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/fyg9afscywUmRwBIW/builds/kViBbgDwYYCxzYNxm/openapi.json