# Colorado Professional License Search - DORA Lookup (`pink_comic/colorado-professional-license-search`) Actor

Search 1.6M Colorado DORA professional and occupational licenses: nurses, physicians, CPAs, engineers, electricians, plumbers, cosmetologists and more. Get status, issue/expiration dates, discipline and the official verify link.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/pink_comic/colorado-professional-license-search.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 license results

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

## Colorado Professional License Search - DORA Lookup

Search **1.6 million Colorado professional and occupational licenses** from the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA) official open-data publication on data.colorado.gov: nurses, physicians, dentists, pharmacists, CPAs, engineers, architects, electricians, plumbers, cosmetologists, insurance producers, real estate and more.

Each result includes:

- licensee name (first, last) or business entity name
- license type code, subcategory, license number and status (Active, Expired, Revoked...)
- **first issue, last renewal and expiration dates**
- specialty, title and degrees
- city, state and ZIP
- **discipline** case number, action and date when present
- the official DORA **verify link** and healthcare profile link

Results are newest first-issue date first. No API key, no CAPTCHA. Pricing: **$0.002 per license + $0.0001 start**.

```json
{ "licenseTypes": ["EC", "ME"], "cities": ["Denver", "Aurora"], "issuedAfter": "2026-01-01", "maxResults": 200 }
```

```json
{ "names": ["Smith"], "licenseTypes": ["CPA"] }
```

### Use cases

License verification for hiring, credentialing and vendor onboarding (KYB), healthcare staffing and recruiting, and lead lists of newly licensed professionals and trades by city or ZIP.

### Limits

This is point-in-time public data. No phone or email is published. Confirm current status with [DORA license lookup](https://apps2.colorado.gov/dora/licensing/Lookup/LicenseLookup.aspx). Names are matched as substrings.

### Related

- [Professional License Lookup (multi-state)](https://apify.com/pink_comic/professional-license-lookup)
- [Colorado Business Leads](https://apify.com/pink_comic/colorado-business-leads)
- [NPPES NPI Registry](https://apify.com/pink_comic/nppes-npi-registry)

# Actor input Schema

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

Quick single person or business name search (contains match on last, first or entity name). Leave blank for the newest licenses.

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

Last names, first names or business entity names (contains match, case-insensitive).

## `licenseTypes` (type: `array`):

DORA license type codes, e.g. 'RN' registered nurse, 'DR' physician, 'CPA', 'PE' engineer, 'EC' electrical contractor, 'ME' master electrician, 'MP' master plumber, 'COS' cosmetologist, 'ARC' architect, 'IN' insurance producer, 'REG' real estate.

## `licenseNumbers` (type: `array`):

License numbers for exact lookup (ignores Active Only).

## `cities` (type: `array`):

City, e.g. 'Denver', 'Colorado Springs'.

## `zipCodes` (type: `array`):

ZIP code or prefix, e.g. '80202' or '802'.

## `states` (type: `array`):

Two-letter state of the licensee address, e.g. 'CO'.

## `specialties` (type: `array`):

Contains match on specialty or subcategory text.

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

Optional YYYY-MM-DD. Use a recent date for newly licensed professionals.

## `activeOnly` (type: `boolean`):

Return only Active licenses (ignored for license number lookups).

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

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

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "query": "",
  "names": [],
  "licenseTypes": [],
  "licenseNumbers": [],
  "cities": [],
  "zipCodes": [],
  "states": [],
  "specialties": [],
  "issuedAfter": "",
  "activeOnly": true,
  "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": [],
    "licenseTypes": [],
    "licenseNumbers": [],
    "cities": [],
    "zipCodes": [],
    "states": [],
    "specialties": [],
    "issuedAfter": "",
    "activeOnly": true,
    "maxResults": 10
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("pink_comic/colorado-professional-license-search").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": [],
    "licenseTypes": [],
    "licenseNumbers": [],
    "cities": [],
    "zipCodes": [],
    "states": [],
    "specialties": [],
    "issuedAfter": "",
    "activeOnly": True,
    "maxResults": 10,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("pink_comic/colorado-professional-license-search").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": [],
  "licenseTypes": [],
  "licenseNumbers": [],
  "cities": [],
  "zipCodes": [],
  "states": [],
  "specialties": [],
  "issuedAfter": "",
  "activeOnly": true,
  "maxResults": 10
}' |
apify call pink_comic/colorado-professional-license-search --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

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

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/PidBqMjZnEseGyefE/builds/enKp3IIFPTdDwMzc6/openapi.json