North Carolina Contractor License Search (NCLBGC)

Search and verify North Carolina general contractor licenses directly from the official NC Licensing Board for General Contractors (NCLBGC) public portal.

North Carolina requires a state license for any construction project of $40,000 or more. This actor turns the board's AJAX-heavy portal into clean, structured JSON — ideal for compliance verification, insurance underwriting, sub-contractor vetting, and lead generation.

What it does

• ✅ Searches the official NCLBGC database (portal.nclbgc.org) — not a third-party copy
• 🔍 Flexible search: company name, licensee first/last name (with optional sounds-like matching), license number, city, state, or zip
• 🧾 Full detail records: license number, status (Active/Archived), license limitation (Limited/Intermediate/Unlimited), active classifications (Building, Residential, Highway, Public Utilities, specialty classes), first-issued and expiration dates, address, and phone
• ⚡ Optional list-only mode for fast bulk pulls without per-record details

Use cases

• Compliance & risk: confirm a GC's license is active and unlimited before contract award
• Insurance underwriting: batch-verify license numbers with classifications and limitations
• Sub-contractor vetting: check specialty classifications (grading, masonry, marine, boring & tunneling, etc.)
• Lead generation: pull licensed contractors by city or zip with expiration dates for renewal-timed outreach
• Market research: contractor density and classification mix across North Carolina

Input

Field	Type	Description
companyName	string	Company name (partial match)
firstName / lastName	string	Licensee name
licenseNumber	string	NC license number (digits only)
city / stateCode / postalCode	string	Location filters
useSoundex	boolean	Sounds-like name matching
activeOnly	boolean	Skip archived/inactive licenses
scrapeDetails	boolean	Fetch full detail per record (default true)
maxResults	integer	Max records (0 = unlimited)

At least one search field is required.

Example input

{
    "city": "Charlotte",
    "activeOnly": true,
    "maxResults": 200
}

Output

{
    "licenseNumber": "L.12345",
    "owner": "Example Construction Co.",
    "accountType": "License",
    "licenseActive": true,
    "contactName": "Example Construction Co.",
    "address": "123 Main St, Charlotte, NC 28202",
    "phone": "(704) 555-0100",
    "firstIssuedDate": "03/15/1998",
    "expirationDate": "12/31/2026",
    "status": "Active",
    "licenseLimitation": "Unlimited",
    "classifications": ["Building", "Highway"],
    "source": "NC Licensing Board for General Contractors (NCLBGC)",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-08-15T12:00:00.000Z"
}

Notes

• Search results include both active and archived licenses; use activeOnly to filter.
• The actor rate-limits itself between detail requests to be polite to the state server.
• No proxy needed for normal volumes.

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