🔧 CSLB California Contractor Scraper

🚀 Collect licensed contractor data from California's CSLB database in minutes. Filter by city, ZIP code, or license classification. Export license numbers, business names, addresses, phone numbers, and license status. No coding, no CSLB account required.

The CSLB California Contractor Scraper collects contractor data from the California State License Board (CSLB), returning 15+ fields per record: business name, license number, license classification and type, status, address (street, city, state, ZIP), phone number, and license validity dates. Runs support up to 1,000,000 records on a paid plan.

The Actor supports location-based searches by city or ZIP code, with optional license classification filtering (General Engineering, General Building, Electrical, Plumbing, HVAC, and 40+ specialty classifications). Results are sorted alphabetically for easy lookup.

🎯 Target Audience	💡 Primary Use Cases
Construction companies, project managers, compliance officers, real estate developers, general contractors, insurance adjusters	Contractor verification, compliance audits, lead generation, subcontractor sourcing, market research, project bidding

📋 What the CSLB Contractor Scraper does

Location-based search with classification filters:

• 🏙️ City filter. Search for contractors registered in a specific California city.
• 📮 ZIP code filter. Narrow to a specific ZIP code area.
• 📋 License classification filter. Filter by contractor type: General Engineering (A), General Building (B), Electrical (C-10), Plumbing (C-36), HVAC (C-20), and 40+ other specialty classifications.
• ✅ License status. Each record includes current license status and validity.

Each contractor record includes business name, license number, license classification, license type, status, full address (street, city, state, ZIP), phone number, and license dates.

💡 Why it matters: verifying contractor licenses manually through the CSLB website means searching one at a time and copying details by hand. This Actor exports structured contractor data in bulk, ready for your compliance checks, bidding workflows, or lead-generation pipelines.

⚠️ Good to Know: the CSLB database is California-specific. All contractors in the results hold California state licenses. For other states, check our collection of state-specific licensing scrapers.

🚀 How to use

1. 📝 Sign up. Create a free account with $5 credit (takes 2 minutes).
2. 🌐 Open the Actor. Go to the CSLB California Contractor Scraper page on the Apify Store.
3. 🎯 Set input. Enter a city or ZIP code, pick a license classification, and set maxItems.
4. 🚀 Run it. Click Start and let the Actor collect your data.
5. 📥 Download. Grab your results in the Dataset tab as CSV, Excel, JSON, or XML.

⏱️ Total time from signup to downloaded dataset: 3-5 minutes. No coding required.

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⚠️ Disclaimer: this Actor is an independent tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by the California Contractors State License Board (CSLB) or the State of California. All trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners. Only publicly available license data is collected.

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