# NYC M/WBE Certified Vendor Leads - SBS Certified Businesses (`pink_comic/nyc-mwbe-certified-vendor-leads`) Actor

Search 11.8k NYC SBS certified minority-, women- and emerging-owned businesses (M/WBE, EBE, LBE): company, DBA, owner contact, phone, website, NAICS, business description, certification renewal, bonding limit, address and borough.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/pink_comic/nyc-mwbe-certified-vendor-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 vendors

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

## NYC M/WBE Certified Vendor Leads - SBS Certified Businesses

Search the **NYC Department of Small Business Services (SBS) Certified Business List** on NYC Open Data (about 11,800 certified firms, 521k downloads, refreshed regularly). These are the minority-owned (MBE), women-owned (WBE), emerging (EBE) and locally based (LBE) enterprises certified to win NYC agency contracts.

Each result includes:

- company legal name, DBA and **owner contact name**
- **phone** and **website**
- certification type(s), renewal date and owner ethnicity as published
- **business description** (capabilities), NAICS code, sector and title, NIGP commodity codes
- date established, aggregate bonding limit, largest contract value, union signatory, construction project types
- address, city, state, ZIP and NYC borough, SBS account number

No API key, no CAPTCHA. Pricing: **$0.002 per vendor + $0.0001 start**.

```json
{ "certifications": ["WBE"], "naicsSectors": ["Construction"], "boroughs": ["BROOKLYN", "QUEENS"], "maxResults": 500 }
```

```json
{ "query": "IT consulting", "maxResults": 100 }
```

### Use cases

Diversity subcontractor sourcing for primes bidding NYC, state and federal work (M/WBE participation goals), supplier diversity programs, B2B sales and partnership leads, procurement consultants and bonding/insurance brokers.

### Limits

NYC SBS certifications only. Owner email is not published. ZIP codes are as published (some lose a leading zero). Names and keywords are matched as substrings.

### Related

- [NYC City Record Procurement Leads](https://apify.com/pink_comic/nyc-city-record-procurement-leads)
- [SAM.gov Contract Opportunities](https://apify.com/pink_comic/sam-gov-contract-opportunities)

# Actor input Schema

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

Quick search across company name, DBA and business description (contains match), e.g. 'electrical', 'janitorial', 'IT consulting'. Leave blank to browse.

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

Company names, DBAs or capability keywords, contains match, case-insensitive.

## `certifications` (type: `array`):

'MBE', 'WBE', 'EBE' or 'LBE' (contains match, so 'WBE' also returns MBE,WBE firms).

## `naicsSectors` (type: `array`):

Contains match, e.g. 'Construction', 'Professional, Scientific', 'Wholesale Trade', 'Health Care'.

## `naicsCodes` (type: `array`):

NAICS code or prefix (2-6 digits), e.g. '2382' building equipment contractors, '5415' IT services.

## `boroughs` (type: `array`):

'MANHATTAN', 'BROOKLYN', 'QUEENS', 'BRONX', 'STATEN IS'.

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

Business city, e.g. 'New York', 'Brooklyn', 'Jersey City'.

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

Two-letter state, e.g. 'NY', 'NJ', 'CT'.

## `ethnicities` (type: `array`):

As published, e.g. 'BLACK', 'HISPANIC', 'ASIAN', 'CAUCASIAN FEMALE'.

## `accountNumbers` (type: `array`):

Exact SBS vendor account numbers for lookup.

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

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

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "query": "",
  "names": [],
  "certifications": [],
  "naicsSectors": [],
  "naicsCodes": [],
  "boroughs": [],
  "cities": [],
  "states": [],
  "ethnicities": [],
  "accountNumbers": [],
  "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": [],
    "certifications": [],
    "naicsSectors": [],
    "naicsCodes": [],
    "boroughs": [],
    "cities": [],
    "states": [],
    "ethnicities": [],
    "accountNumbers": [],
    "maxResults": 10
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("pink_comic/nyc-mwbe-certified-vendor-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": [],
    "certifications": [],
    "naicsSectors": [],
    "naicsCodes": [],
    "boroughs": [],
    "cities": [],
    "states": [],
    "ethnicities": [],
    "accountNumbers": [],
    "maxResults": 10,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("pink_comic/nyc-mwbe-certified-vendor-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": [],
  "certifications": [],
  "naicsSectors": [],
  "naicsCodes": [],
  "boroughs": [],
  "cities": [],
  "states": [],
  "ethnicities": [],
  "accountNumbers": [],
  "maxResults": 10
}' |
apify call pink_comic/nyc-mwbe-certified-vendor-leads --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,pink_comic/nyc-mwbe-certified-vendor-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/2Puhh1WFkRbgK51CV/builds/Gp8kqW1k1sPtKEDWB/openapi.json