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California Franchise Scraper

Scrape franchise registration filings from the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation. Search by name, filing type, or date range to extract franchisor names, application IDs, filing dates, enforcement flags, and detail page links. Covers 68,000+ historical records.

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You can access the California Franchise Scraper programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in API & Integrations in Apify Console.

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California Franchise Scraper - DFPI Registrations OpenAPI definition

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