# Calgary Business License Leads - New Businesses Daily (`pink_comic/calgary-business-license-leads`) Actor

Search 23k City of Calgary business licences (updated daily): trade name, licence types (retail, food service, contractor, personal service and more), address, community, home-based flag, licence status, first issue and expiry dates.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/pink_comic/calgary-business-license-leads.md
- **Developed by:** [Ava Torres](https://apify.com/pink_comic) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Business, Agents
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $2.00 / 1,000 business licences

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.

## How to integrate an Actor?

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.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## Calgary Business License Leads - New Businesses Daily

Search the **City of Calgary Business Licenses** file on data.calgary.ca (about 23,000 licensed businesses, updated daily, 124k page views).

Each result includes:

- trade name and business ID
- **licence types** (retail dealer, food service, contractor, personal service, alcohol, motor vehicle repair, wholesaler and more)
- licence status and home-based flag
- **first issue date** and expiry date
- address, community name and code

Results are newest first licence first, so a blank run shows businesses licensed in the last few days. No API key, no CAPTCHA. Pricing: **$0.002 per licence + $0.0001 start**.

```json
{ "licenceTypes": ["FOOD SERVICE"], "issuedAfter": "2026-10-01", "maxResults": 500 }
```

```json
{ "licenceTypes": ["CONTRACTOR"], "communities": ["BELTLINE"] }
```

### Use cases

New-business leads for accounting, insurance, banking, POS, signage, web design and B2B suppliers; market research by community; competitor tracking.

### Limits

Calgary only (Canada). No phone, email or owner name in the source. Names are matched as substrings.

### Related

- [Edmonton Business License Leads](https://apify.com/pink_comic/edmonton-business-license-leads)
- [Calgary Building Permit Leads](https://apify.com/pink_comic/calgary-building-permit-leads)

# Actor input Schema

## `query` (type: `string`):

Quick single trade name search (contains match). Leave blank for the newest licensed businesses.

## `names` (type: `array`):

Trade names, contains match, case-insensitive.

## `issuedAfter` (type: `string`):

Optional YYYY-MM-DD first issue date.

## `licenceTypes` (type: `array`):

Contains match, e.g. 'RETAIL DEALER', 'FOOD SERVICE', 'CONTRACTOR', 'PERSONAL SERVICE', 'ALCOHOL', 'MOTOR VEHICLE'.

## `communities` (type: `array`):

Calgary community name, e.g. 'BELTLINE', 'DOWNTOWN COMMERCIAL CORE', 'FOREST LAWN'.

## `statuses` (type: `array`):

E.g. 'Licensed', 'Renewal Licensed', 'Pending Renewal', 'Renewal Invoiced'.

## `homeBased` (type: `array`):

'Y' for home occupations only, 'N' for premises only.

## `businessIds` (type: `array`):

Exact City of Calgary business IDs for lookup.

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

Maximum total paid dataset items, split across search terms. The default returns 10 licences (about $0.0201 including the start event).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "query": "",
  "names": [],
  "issuedAfter": "",
  "licenceTypes": [],
  "communities": [],
  "statuses": [],
  "homeBased": [],
  "businessIds": [],
  "maxResults": 10
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

Dataset items.

# 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 = {
    "query": "",
    "names": [],
    "issuedAfter": "",
    "licenceTypes": [],
    "communities": [],
    "statuses": [],
    "homeBased": [],
    "businessIds": [],
    "maxResults": 10
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("pink_comic/calgary-business-license-leads").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 = {
    "query": "",
    "names": [],
    "issuedAfter": "",
    "licenceTypes": [],
    "communities": [],
    "statuses": [],
    "homeBased": [],
    "businessIds": [],
    "maxResults": 10,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("pink_comic/calgary-business-license-leads").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 '{
  "query": "",
  "names": [],
  "issuedAfter": "",
  "licenceTypes": [],
  "communities": [],
  "statuses": [],
  "homeBased": [],
  "businessIds": [],
  "maxResults": 10
}' |
apify call pink_comic/calgary-business-license-leads --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,pink_comic/calgary-business-license-leads"
        }
    }
}
```

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/wf6SHwNVAUc1EZte2/builds/XrJg41eq1UfGUJbfU/openapi.json