# Illinois Professional License Search - IDFPR Lookup (`pink_comic/illinois-professional-license-search`) Actor

Search 4.3M Illinois IDFPR professional licenses: roofing contractors, nurses, physicians, real estate, CPAs, engineers, cosmetology, cannabis and more. Get status, issue/expiration dates, discipline, city and county.

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

## 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**.

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

```json
{ "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](https://online-dfpr.micropact.com/lookup/licenselookup.aspx). Names and license types are matched as substrings.

### Related

- [Professional License Lookup (multi-state)](https://apify.com/pink_comic/professional-license-lookup)
- [Chicago Business License Search](https://apify.com/pink_comic/chicago-business-license-search)
- [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). Leave blank to browse by license type.

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

Person last/first names or business names, contains match, case-insensitive.

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

Contains match on IDFPR license type or description, e.g. 'ROOFING CONTRACTOR', 'NURSING', 'REAL ESTATE', 'PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT', 'PROF. ENGINEER', 'HOME INSPECTOR', 'CANNABIS', 'COLLECTION AGENCY'.

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

IDFPR license numbers for exact lookup (ignores Active Only).

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

City, e.g. 'CHICAGO', 'NAPERVILLE'.

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

ZIP code or prefix, e.g. '60614' or '606'.

## `counties` (type: `array`):

County, e.g. 'COOK', 'DUPAGE'. Not every record has a county.

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

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

## `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": [
    "ROOFING CONTRACTOR"
  ],
  "licenseNumbers": [],
  "cities": [],
  "zipCodes": [],
  "counties": [],
  "states": [],
  "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": [
        "ROOFING CONTRACTOR"
    ],
    "licenseNumbers": [],
    "cities": [],
    "zipCodes": [],
    "counties": [],
    "states": [],
    "activeOnly": true,
    "maxResults": 10
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("pink_comic/illinois-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": ["ROOFING CONTRACTOR"],
    "licenseNumbers": [],
    "cities": [],
    "zipCodes": [],
    "counties": [],
    "states": [],
    "activeOnly": True,
    "maxResults": 10,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("pink_comic/illinois-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": [
    "ROOFING CONTRACTOR"
  ],
  "licenseNumbers": [],
  "cities": [],
  "zipCodes": [],
  "counties": [],
  "states": [],
  "activeOnly": true,
  "maxResults": 10
}' |
apify call pink_comic/illinois-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/illinois-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/TNKhUAobnTik1QiG5/builds/mKgxYF0wZUzlvni1e/openapi.json