Illinois Professional License Search - IDFPR Lookup

Search 4.3 million Illinois professional licenses from the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR) official open-data publication on data.illinois.gov, refreshed daily: roofing contractors, nurses, physicians, pharmacists, real estate brokers, CPAs, engineers, architects, home inspectors, cosmetology, cannabis, collection agencies and more.

Each result includes:

• licensee name or business name and DBA
• license type, description, license number and status (ACTIVE, NOT RENEWED, EXPIRED...)
• original issue, effective and expiration dates
• specialty qualifier (for example LIMITED / UNLIMITED roofing)
• city, state, ZIP and county
• discipline flag, case number, action, start date and reason when present

Results are highest (newest) license number first. No API key, no CAPTCHA. Pricing: $0.002 per license + $0.0001 start.

{ "licenseTypes": ["ROOFING CONTRACTOR"], "counties": ["COOK"], "maxResults": 200 }

{ "names": ["Johnson"], "licenseTypes": ["REAL ESTATE"], "cities": ["CHICAGO"] }

Use cases

License verification for hiring, credentialing, insurance and vendor onboarding (KYB), contractor and real estate lead lists by county or ZIP, and discipline screening.

Limits

This is point-in-time public data. No phone or email is published. Confirm current status with IDFPR license lookup. Names and license types are matched as substrings.

How to use

1. Open Illinois Professional License Search - IDFPR Lookup in Apify Console and click Start (or Try for free).
2. Fill in the input form - start with License Types, Active Licenses Only, Max Results. Every field is optional unless marked required, and the form is prefilled with a working example.
3. Set Maximum results to cap your cost, then run the Actor.
4. Download the results as JSON, CSV, Excel, XML or HTML, or pull them with the Apify API.

Input

Field	Type	Required	Default	Description
query	string	no		Quick single person or business name search (contains match). Leave blank to browse by license type.
names	array	no		Person last/first names or business names, contains match, case-insensitive.
licenseTypes	array	no		Contains match on IDFPR license type or description, e.g. 'ROOFING CONTRACTOR', 'NURSING', 'REAL ESTATE', 'PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT', 'PROF. ENG...
licenseNumbers	array	no		IDFPR license numbers for exact lookup (ignores Active Only).
cities	array	no		City, e.g. 'CHICAGO', 'NAPERVILLE'.
zipCodes	array	no		ZIP code or prefix, e.g. '60614' or '606'.
counties	array	no		County, e.g. 'COOK', 'DUPAGE'. Not every record has a county.
states	array	no		Two-letter state of the licensee address, e.g. 'IL'.
activeOnly	boolean	no	true	Return only ACTIVE licenses (ignored for license number lookups).
maxResults	integer	no	10	Maximum total paid dataset items, split across search terms. The default returns 10 licenses (about $0.0201 including the start event).

Example input

{
  "licenseTypes": [
    "ROOFING CONTRACTOR"
  ],
  "maxResults": 10,
  "activeOnly": true
}

Output example

One record from a real run (long values shortened, contact details partly masked):

{
  "setupStatus": "found",
  "name": "JOEL LOPEZ",
  "businessName": "JOEL LOPEZ",
  "dba": null,
  "isBusiness": "N",
  "licenseType": "ROOFING CONTRACTOR",
  "description": "QUALIFYING PARTY ROOFING CONTRACTOR",
  "licenseNumber": "105012421",
  "licenseStatus": "ACTIVE",
  "originalIssueDate": "2026-10-15",
  "effectiveDate": "2026-10-15",
  "expirationDate": null,
  "specialtyQualifier": "LIMITED",
  "city": "BLOOMINGTON",
  "state": "IL",
  "zipCode": "61701",
  "county": null,
  "everDisciplined": "N",
  "disciplineCaseNumber": null,
  "disciplineAction": null,
  "disciplineStartDate": null,
  "disciplineReason": null,
  "lastModifiedDate": "2026-10-15",
  "searchTerm": "",
  "searchMode": "browse"
}

Pricing

Pay per event: $0.002 per license result plus $0.0001 per run start. No subscription to this Actor is needed. Apify Store discounts apply, so the price per result is lower on Silver, Gold and higher Apify plans. Use Maximum results to cap the cost of each run.

FAQ

How much does Illinois Professional License Search - IDFPR Lookup cost?

$0.002 per license result plus $0.0001 per run. For example, 1,000 results cost about $2.00. Higher Apify plans get a Store discount.

Do I need an API key or login?

No. Just configure the input and run it.

Can I run it on a schedule or from code?

Yes. Use Apify Schedules for recurring runs, or call it from the Apify API, the JavaScript or Python client, Make, Zapier, n8n, or any MCP-compatible AI agent.

Why did my run return no results?

Your filters are probably too narrow. Remove a filter or broaden the search, then run again. You only pay the result price for records that are actually saved.

Is the data accurate and up to date?

Each run fetches live data from the source described above, so results are as current as that source. Verify critical records with the original source before acting on them.

Use with the API

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/pink_comic~illinois-professional-license-search/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"licenseTypes": ["ROOFING CONTRACTOR"], "maxResults": 10, "activeOnly": true}'

Related

• Professional License Lookup (multi-state)
• Chicago Business License Search
• NPPES NPI Registry