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

Search 41k City of Edmonton business licences (updated daily): business name, licence category and type (commercial, home based, non-resident), address, neighbourhood, ward, business improvement area, original and latest issue dates, expiry and coordinates.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/pink_comic/edmonton-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
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## 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

## Edmonton Business License Leads - New Businesses Daily

Search the **City of Edmonton Business Licences** file on data.edmonton.ca (about 41,000 current business licences, updated daily, 93k page views).

Each result includes:

- business name and licence number
- **licence category** (construction, food service, retail, professional, vehicle repair and more)
- licence type: commercial, home based, non-resident
- **original issue date** (when the business was first licensed), latest issue and expiry dates
- address, neighbourhood, ward, business improvement area and latitude/longitude

Results are newest original 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
{ "categories": ["Restaurant or Food Service"], "issuedAfter": "2026-10-01", "maxResults": 500 }
```

```json
{ "categories": ["Construction"], "licenceTypes": ["Home Based"] }
```

### Use cases

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

### Limits

Edmonton only (Canada). No phone, email or owner name in the source. Home-based businesses show a placeholder address, and individual practitioner licences the City redacts are left out. Names are matched as substrings.

### Related

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

# Actor input Schema

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

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

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

Business names, contains match, case-insensitive.

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

Optional YYYY-MM-DD original issue date, e.g. to get only businesses licensed this month.

## `categories` (type: `array`):

Contains match, e.g. 'Construction', 'Restaurant or Food Service', 'Retail Sales', 'Personal Service', 'Vehicle Repair', 'Professional Service'.

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

'Commercial', 'Home Based' or 'Non-Resident'.

## `neighbourhoods` (type: `array`):

Edmonton neighbourhood, e.g. 'DOWNTOWN', 'OLIVER', 'WINDERMERE'.

## `wards` (type: `array`):

Ward name, e.g. 'Métis', 'O-day'min', 'Ipiihkoohkanipiaohtsi'.

## `licenceNumbers` (type: `array`):

Exact licence numbers for lookup, e.g. '100234128-002'.

## `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": "",
  "categories": [],
  "licenceTypes": [],
  "neighbourhoods": [],
  "wards": [],
  "licenceNumbers": [],
  "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": "",
    "categories": [],
    "licenceTypes": [],
    "neighbourhoods": [],
    "wards": [],
    "licenceNumbers": [],
    "maxResults": 10
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("pink_comic/edmonton-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": "",
    "categories": [],
    "licenceTypes": [],
    "neighbourhoods": [],
    "wards": [],
    "licenceNumbers": [],
    "maxResults": 10,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("pink_comic/edmonton-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": "",
  "categories": [],
  "licenceTypes": [],
  "neighbourhoods": [],
  "wards": [],
  "licenceNumbers": [],
  "maxResults": 10
}' |
apify call pink_comic/edmonton-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/edmonton-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/ns2KbytUCyFElqyE4/builds/vwkXKnHnLIqeCelse/openapi.json