# Texas Liquor License Search - TABC Licenses & Permits (`pink_comic/texas-liquor-license-search`) Actor

Search 128k Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission (TABC) licenses and permits: bars, restaurants, package stores, convenience stores, breweries and wineries. Get owner, trade name, address, county, status, issue and expiration dates.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/pink_comic/texas-liquor-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
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## 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

## Texas Liquor License Search - TABC Licenses & Permits

Search **Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission (TABC) licenses and permits** from the official data.texas.gov publication (about 128,000 records, 79,000 active): bars and restaurants with **mixed beverage** permits, wine and beer retailers, **package stores**, convenience and grocery stores, breweries, wineries, distillers and distributors.

Each result includes:

- trade name and **owner**
- license/permit type code, license ID, tier (retail, manufacturing, distribution)
- status and status detail
- **original issue date**, current issue date, **expiration date** and status change date
- premises address, city, ZIP and **county**
- mailing address and subordinate permits

Results are newest license first and active only by default, so a recent issue date gives you **newly licensed Texas bars, restaurants and stores**. No API key, no CAPTCHA. Pricing: **$0.002 per license + $0.0001 start**.

```json
{ "issuedAfter": "2026-09-01", "licenseTypes": ["MB"], "counties": ["Harris"], "maxResults": 200 }
```

```json
{ "names": ["brewing"], "tiers": ["Manufacturing"] }
```

### Use cases

Lead generation for beverage distributors, wine and spirits sales reps, POS and restaurant tech, liquor liability insurance, food service suppliers and security; compliance checks on a licensed premises; market mapping by county.

### Limits

Point-in-time public data from TABC. It has no phone or email, and a few very new records have no issue date yet (they sort last). Confirm status with the [TABC public inquiry](https://www.tabc.texas.gov/public-information/tabc-public-inquiry/). Names are matched as substrings.

### Related

- [New York Liquor License Search](https://apify.com/pink_comic/new-york-liquor-license-search)
- [Texas New Business Leads](https://apify.com/pink_comic/texas-new-business-leads-sales-tax-permits)
- [TDLR Texas Professional License Search](https://apify.com/pink_comic/tdlr-texas-professional-license-search)

# Actor input Schema

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

Quick single owner or trade name search (contains match). Leave blank for the newest licenses statewide.

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

Owner or trade names, contains match, case-insensitive.

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

Optional YYYY-MM-DD. Use a recent date for newly licensed bars, restaurants and stores.

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

TABC license/permit type codes, e.g. 'MB' mixed beverage, 'BG' wine and malt beverage retailer, 'BQ' wine and malt beverage off-premise, 'P' package store.

## `tiers` (type: `array`):

'Retail', 'Manufacturing', 'Distribution' or 'Other'.

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

County name, e.g. 'Harris', 'Dallas', 'Travis', 'Bexar'.

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

City name, e.g. 'Houston', 'Austin'.

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

ZIP code or prefix, e.g. '78701' or '787'.

## `statuses` (type: `array`):

Only used when Active Only is off, e.g. 'Expired - Original Required', 'Surrendered', 'Suspended'.

## `activeOnly` (type: `boolean`):

Return only Active licenses and permits.

## `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": [],
  "tiers": [],
  "counties": [],
  "cities": [],
  "zipCodes": [],
  "statuses": [],
  "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": [],
    "issuedAfter": "",
    "licenseTypes": [],
    "tiers": [],
    "counties": [],
    "cities": [],
    "zipCodes": [],
    "statuses": [],
    "activeOnly": true,
    "maxResults": 10
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("pink_comic/texas-liquor-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": [],
    "tiers": [],
    "counties": [],
    "cities": [],
    "zipCodes": [],
    "statuses": [],
    "activeOnly": True,
    "maxResults": 10,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("pink_comic/texas-liquor-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": [],
  "tiers": [],
  "counties": [],
  "cities": [],
  "zipCodes": [],
  "statuses": [],
  "activeOnly": true,
  "maxResults": 10
}' |
apify call pink_comic/texas-liquor-license-search --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,pink_comic/texas-liquor-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/KJIsAPBBtgegsl738/builds/S5xleg2GimgjDojCT/openapi.json