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NYC Certified Business Directory Scraper

Extract NYC M/WBE certified business data from NYC SBS. 11,400+ businesses with 40 fields: contacts, NAICS codes, ethnicity, certifications, contract experience. Filter by certification type, ethnicity, sector, or city. Pure API, no proxy.

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๐Ÿ™๏ธ NYC Certified Business Scraper - M/WBE Directory

๐Ÿš€ Collect 11,400+ certified businesses from NYC's M/WBE directory with 51 fields per record. Get contact info, certifications, NAICS codes, work experience, contract values, and geographic data.

๐Ÿ•’ Last updated: 2026-04-23

Whether you are a procurement officer finding certified suppliers, a researcher studying minority-owned businesses, or a sales team building B2B lead lists, this scraper delivers comprehensive data from NYC's Minority and Women-owned Business Enterprise certified business directory.

The NYC Certified Business Scraper provides 51 data fields per record including business name, contact person, phone, description, certification type (MBE, WBE, EBE, LDBE), ethnicity, NAICS codes, past work experience with contract values, borough, latitude/longitude, census tract, community board, and council district.

Target AudienceGovernment procurement officers, sales teams, researchers, general contractors, business development professionals
Primary Use CasesSupplier sourcing, M/WBE compliance, B2B lead generation, minority business research, subcontractor discovery, geographic analysis

๐Ÿ“‹ What Does It Do

  • Collects 11,400+ certified business profiles with names, contacts, phone, and descriptions
  • Extracts certification types (MBE, WBE, EBE, LDBE) with renewal dates
  • Gets past work experience with client names, contract values, and project descriptions
  • Provides 6-digit NAICS codes, sectors, subsectors, and NIGP codes
  • Includes addresses, boroughs, lat/lon, census tract, community board, and council district
  • Filters by certification type, ethnicity, NAICS sector, city, or business name search

๐ŸŽฌ How to Use - Full Demo

๐Ÿšง Demo video coming soon.


โš™๏ธ Input

FieldTypeDescriptionDefault
Max ItemsintegerFree users: limited to 10 items. Paid users: up to 1,000,00010
Certification TypestringMBE (Minority), WBE (Women), EBE (Emerging), or LBE (Locally Based)-
EthnicitystringFilter by ethnicity (e.g., Black American, Hispanic American)-
NAICS SectorstringFilter by industry sector (e.g., Construction, Professional Services)-
CitystringFilter by city (e.g., Brooklyn, Manhattan, Bronx, Queens)-
Business Name SearchstringSearch by business name (partial match)-

Example 1:

{
"certification": "MBE",
"city": "Brooklyn",
"maxItems": 100
}

Example 2:

{
"naicsSector": "Construction",
"maxItems": 200
}

โš ๏ธ Certification statuses may change. Always verify current certification status with NYC Small Business Services before contract decisions.


๐Ÿ“Š Output

๐Ÿงพ Schema: vendor_formal_name, first_name, last_name, telephone, business_description, certification, ethnicity, naics_code, naics_title, naics_sector, city, state, zip, borough, latitude, longitude, census_tract, community_board, council_district, largest_value_of_contract, scrapedAt

๐Ÿ“ฆ Sample 1:

{
"vendor_formal_name": "ABC Construction Corp",
"first_name": "John",
"last_name": "Smith",
"telephone": "7185550123",
"business_description": "General contracting and construction management",
"certification": "MBE",
"ethnicity": "BLACK",
"naics_title": "Commercial Building Construction",
"city": "Brooklyn",
"state": "NY",
"largest_value_of_contract": 500000,
"borough": "BROOKLYN",
"latitude": 40.6782,
"longitude": -73.9442,
"scrapedAt": "2026-04-09T00:00:00.000Z"
}

๐Ÿ“ฆ Sample 2:

{
"vendor_formal_name": "GreenTech Solutions LLC",
"first_name": "Maria",
"last_name": "Rodriguez",
"telephone": "2125550456",
"business_description": "Environmental consulting and sustainability services",
"certification": "WBE",
"ethnicity": "HISPANIC",
"naics_title": "Environmental Consulting Services",
"city": "Manhattan",
"state": "NY",
"largest_value_of_contract": 250000,
"borough": "MANHATTAN",
"latitude": 40.7831,
"longitude": -73.9712,
"scrapedAt": "2026-04-09T00:00:00.000Z"
}

๐Ÿ“ฆ Sample 3:

{
"vendor_formal_name": "Precision Electric Inc",
"first_name": "David",
"last_name": "Chen",
"telephone": "7185550789",
"business_description": "Electrical contracting for commercial and industrial projects",
"certification": "MBE",
"ethnicity": "ASIAN-PACIFIC",
"naics_title": "Electrical Contractors",
"city": "Queens",
"state": "NY",
"largest_value_of_contract": 750000,
"borough": "QUEENS",
"latitude": 40.7282,
"longitude": -73.7949,
"scrapedAt": "2026-04-09T00:00:00.000Z"
}

โœจ Why Choose This Tool?

FeatureDetails
11,400+ businessesComplete NYC M/WBE certified business directory
51 data fieldsContact info, certifications, NAICS codes, work experience, and geographic data
Multiple filtersCertification type, ethnicity, NAICS sector, city, and business name search
Work experience dataPast clients, contract values, and project descriptions for each business
Geographic dataBorough, lat/lon, census tract, community board, and council district
Fast collectionComplete dataset in seconds from the NYC open data API
Official data sourceData from NYC Small Business Services certified directory

๐Ÿ“ˆ How It Compares

CapabilityThis ToolOther Solutions
Records available11,400+ certified businessesManual directory browsing
Data fields51 fields per recordBasic contact info only
Filtering5 filter dimensions availableLimited search
Export formatsJSON, CSV, ExcelHTML pages only
Geographic dataLat/lon, census tract, community boardAddress only
Work experienceContract values and client detailsNot available

๐Ÿš€ How to Use

  1. Sign Up - Create a free account w/ $5 credit (takes 2 minutes)
  2. Find the Tool - Search for "NYC Certified Business Scraper" in the Apify Store
  3. Set Input - Configure your search filters using the simple form
  4. Run It - Click "Start" and let it collect your data
  5. Download Data - Get your results in the "Dataset" tab as CSV, Excel, or JSON

๐Ÿ’ผ Business Use Cases

AudienceHow They Use It
Government ProcurementFind certified M/WBE suppliers for contract compliance requirements across NYC agencies
Sales TeamsBuild targeted B2B lead lists by industry, certification type, and location for outreach campaigns
General ContractorsFind certified subcontractors for public projects that require M/WBE participation goals
Business DevelopmentIdentify partnership opportunities with certified firms in your industry and borough


๐ŸŒŸ Beyond business use cases

Data like this powers more than commercial workflows. The same structured records support research, education, civic projects, and personal initiatives.

๐ŸŽ“ Research and academia

  • Empirical datasets for papers, thesis work, and coursework
  • Longitudinal studies tracking changes across snapshots
  • Reproducible research with cited, versioned data pulls
  • Classroom exercises on data analysis and ethical scraping

๐ŸŽจ Personal and creative

  • Side projects, portfolio demos, and indie app launches
  • Data visualizations, dashboards, and infographics
  • Content research for bloggers, YouTubers, and podcasters
  • Hobbyist collections and personal trackers

๐Ÿค Non-profit and civic

  • Transparency reporting and accountability projects
  • Advocacy campaigns backed by public-interest data
  • Community-run databases for local issues
  • Investigative journalism on public records

๐Ÿงช Experimentation

  • Prototype AI and machine-learning pipelines with real data
  • Validate product-market hypotheses before engineering spend
  • Train small domain-specific models on niche corpora
  • Test dashboard concepts with live input

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โ“ Frequently Asked Questions


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โš ๏ธ Disclaimer: This Actor is an independent tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to New York City or NYC Small Business Services. It accesses only publicly available data through official public APIs.