# New York Cannabis License Search - OCM Dispensaries & Growers (`pink_comic/new-york-cannabis-license-search`) Actor

Search 3,000 New York Office of Cannabis Management licenses: adult-use dispensaries, microbusinesses, processors, cultivators and distributors, updated daily. Get entity and DBA name, address, status, issue and expiry dates, hours and contact name.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/pink_comic/new-york-cannabis-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

## New York Cannabis License Search - OCM Dispensaries & Growers

Search **New York cannabis licenses** from the Office of Cannabis Management's official **Current OCM Licenses** file on data.ny.gov (about 3,000 records, refreshed daily): adult-use **retail dispensaries**, conditional dispensaries, **microbusinesses, processors, cultivators, distributors** and registered organizations.

Each result includes:

- entity name and **DBA**, license type, license number and application number
- license status and operational status, business purpose
- **issued, effective and expiration dates**, date opened to the public
- address, city, ZIP, county and region
- **primary contact name**, hours of operation and social and economic equity category

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

```json
{ "licenseTypes": ["Retail Dispensary"], "licenseStatuses": ["Active"], "counties": ["Kings"] }
```

```json
{ "issuedAfter": "2026-09-01", "licenseTypes": ["Cultivator", "Processor"] }
```

### Use cases

B2B leads for cannabis brands, distributors, packaging, POS and compliance software, security, insurance and banking; market maps of NY dispensaries; license checks on a partner or supplier.

### Limits

Point-in-time public data from OCM. It has no phone or email, and some pending records have no issue date (they sort last). Names are matched as substrings.

### Related

- [New York Liquor License Search](https://apify.com/pink_comic/new-york-liquor-license-search)
- [New York Business Leads](https://apify.com/pink_comic/new-york-business-leads)
- [NYC Licensed Business Search](https://apify.com/pink_comic/nyc-licensed-business-search)

# Actor input Schema

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

Quick single entity or DBA name search (contains match). Leave blank for the newest licenses.

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

Entity (legal) or DBA names, contains match, case-insensitive.

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

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

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

Contains match, e.g. 'Retail Dispensary', 'Microbusiness', 'Processor', 'Cultivator', 'Distributor'.

## `licenseStatuses` (type: `array`):

e.g. 'Active', 'In-Process', 'Amendment Under Review', 'Inactive'.

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

County, e.g. 'Kings', 'New York', 'Queens', 'Erie', 'Monroe'.

## `regions` (type: `array`):

OCM region, e.g. 'Brooklyn', 'Manhattan', 'Western NY', 'Long Island'.

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

City, e.g. 'Brooklyn', 'Buffalo', 'Rochester'.

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

ZIP code or prefix, e.g. '11249' or '142'.

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

Exact OCM license numbers, e.g. 'OCM-RETL-25-000306'.

## `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": [],
  "issuedAfter": "",
  "licenseTypes": [],
  "licenseStatuses": [],
  "counties": [],
  "regions": [],
  "cities": [],
  "zipCodes": [],
  "licenseNumbers": [],
  "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": "",
    "licenseTypes": [],
    "licenseStatuses": [],
    "counties": [],
    "regions": [],
    "cities": [],
    "zipCodes": [],
    "licenseNumbers": [],
    "maxResults": 10
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("pink_comic/new-york-cannabis-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": [],
    "issuedAfter": "",
    "licenseTypes": [],
    "licenseStatuses": [],
    "counties": [],
    "regions": [],
    "cities": [],
    "zipCodes": [],
    "licenseNumbers": [],
    "maxResults": 10,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("pink_comic/new-york-cannabis-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": [],
  "issuedAfter": "",
  "licenseTypes": [],
  "licenseStatuses": [],
  "counties": [],
  "regions": [],
  "cities": [],
  "zipCodes": [],
  "licenseNumbers": [],
  "maxResults": 10
}' |
apify call pink_comic/new-york-cannabis-license-search --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,pink_comic/new-york-cannabis-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/TsWNGwTUByqhwHLiS/builds/n0tgs0vjGgmSMx3KG/openapi.json