# Texas Real Estate Agent & Broker License Search - TREC (`pink_comic/texas-real-estate-agent-license-search`) Actor

Search 327k Texas Real Estate Commission license holders (updated daily): sales agents, individual brokers and broker companies with license number, status, original license and expiration dates, county and sponsoring broker. Find newly licensed agents and agents by brokerage.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/pink_comic/texas-real-estate-agent-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 Real Estate Agent & Broker License Search - TREC

Search the **Texas Real Estate Commission (TREC) Broker and Sales Agent License Holder** file on data.texas.gov (about 327,000 licenses, 188k active, refreshed daily).

Each result includes:

- full, first and last name
- license type (Sales Agent, Broker Individual, Broker Company), **license number** and **status**
- **original license date** and expiration date
- county
- **sponsoring broker** name, license number and sponsorship start date
- designated supervisor flag

Results are newest original license date first, so a blank run shows the most recently licensed agents. Newly licensed agents often show status **Inactive** until a broker sponsors them, which makes them strong recruiting leads. No API key, no CAPTCHA. Pricing: **$0.002 per license + $0.0001 start**.

```json
{ "licenseTypes": ["Sales Agent"], "statuses": ["Inactive"], "counties": ["Harris"], "maxResults": 500 }
```

```json
{ "sponsorNames": ["EXP REALTY"], "statuses": ["Active"], "counties": ["Travis"] }
```

### Use cases

Brokerage recruiting, real estate CRM, coaching, MLS and insurance prospecting, agent counts by brokerage and county, license verification.

### Limits

TREC's open file has no phone, email or address. Names are matched as substrings.

### Related

- [New York Real Estate Agent Search](https://apify.com/pink_comic/new-york-real-estate-agent-search)
- [TDLR Texas Professional License Search](https://apify.com/pink_comic/tdlr-texas-professional-license-search)
- [Texas Insurance Agent License Search](https://apify.com/pink_comic/texas-insurance-agent-license-search)

# Actor input Schema

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

Quick single agent, broker or sponsoring brokerage name search (contains match). Leave blank for the most recently licensed agents and brokers.

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

Agent, broker or sponsoring brokerage names, contains match, case-insensitive.

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

'Sales Agent', 'Broker Individual' or 'Broker Company'.

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

E.g. 'Active', 'Inactive' (often newly licensed agents without a sponsoring broker), 'Expired less than 6 months'.

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

County, e.g. 'Harris', 'Dallas', 'Travis', 'Bexar', 'Collin', 'Tarrant'.

## `sponsorNames` (type: `array`):

Contains match on the sponsoring broker, e.g. 'EXP REALTY', 'COMPASS', 'REAL BROKER', 'FATHOM', 'EBBY HALLIDAY'.

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

Exact TREC license numbers, e.g. '859513-SA' or '0123456'.

## `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": [],
  "statuses": [],
  "counties": [],
  "sponsorNames": [],
  "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": [],
    "licenseTypes": [],
    "statuses": [],
    "counties": [],
    "sponsorNames": [],
    "licenseNumbers": [],
    "maxResults": 10
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("pink_comic/texas-real-estate-agent-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": [],
    "statuses": [],
    "counties": [],
    "sponsorNames": [],
    "licenseNumbers": [],
    "maxResults": 10,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("pink_comic/texas-real-estate-agent-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": [],
  "statuses": [],
  "counties": [],
  "sponsorNames": [],
  "licenseNumbers": [],
  "maxResults": 10
}' |
apify call pink_comic/texas-real-estate-agent-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-real-estate-agent-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/mlgFRxcfzR3oQt4xC/builds/vCxbCb4RCdwc5s1r3/openapi.json