# Alabama LBGC General Contractor License Scraper (`scrapers_lat/alabama-lbgc-contractors-scraper`) Actor

Export licensed Alabama general contractors with business name, license #, specialty, phone, street address, bid limit & expiration. JSON, CSV or Excel.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/scrapers\_lat/alabama-lbgc-contractors-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Scrapers Lat](https://apify.com/scrapers_lat) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $17.00 / 1,000 contractor records

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Alabama LBGC General Contractor License Scraper

> Bulk-search and export Alabama's Licensing Board for General Contractors (LBGC) registry — by specialty classification, city, business name, license number or phone — with clean, spreadsheet-ready records including phone and full street address.

**📥 [Input](https://apify.com/scrapers_lat/alabama-lbgc-contractors-scraper/input-schema) · 📤 [Output](https://apify.com/scrapers_lat/alabama-lbgc-contractors-scraper/output-schema) · 💰 [Pricing](https://apify.com/scrapers_lat/alabama-lbgc-contractors-scraper/pricing) · ▶️ [Examples](https://apify.com/scrapers_lat/alabama-lbgc-contractors-scraper/examples)**

### What you get

For every matching contractor you receive a flat, spreadsheet-ready record:

- **Business / company name** and **license number**
- **Specialty classification** (Building Construction, Subcontractor, Electrical, Highway/Railroad, Municipal Utility and many more) plus a short **specialty code**
- **Phone number** — populated for the vast majority of licensees
- **Full street address**, **city**, **state** and **ZIP**
- **Fax number**
- **Bid limit** (bond / bonding capacity, e.g. Unlimited)
- **License expiration date** and any **extension date**, plus a derived **license status** (Active / Expired)
- A capture timestamp

Run one job across many filters at once: pass a list of classifications, cities, business names, license numbers or phone numbers and the actor returns every match, de-duplicated by license number.

### Who is it for

- **Lead generation & sales teams** targeting licensed Alabama general contractors by trade and city — with phone included
- **KYB, compliance and due-diligence** teams verifying a contractor's license, specialty, bid limit and expiration
- **Suppliers, insurers and marketplaces** building or refreshing a vetted contractor directory
- **Researchers and analysts** studying the Alabama construction market

### How to use it

1. Add one or more filters: **Classifications / Specialties**, **Cities**, **Business Names**, **License Numbers** or **Phone Numbers** (leave them all empty to export the full roster).
2. Set **Max Contractors To Scrape**.
3. Keep **Fetch full details** on to capture street address, ZIP, fax, bid limit and expiration (turn it off for a faster name/license/phone-only list).
4. Run the actor and export to JSON, CSV or Excel, or pull the results via the Apify API.

### Good to know

- Only **real records are billed** — an empty or failed run costs you nothing.
- **Phone** ships with the base record; **street address, ZIP, fax, bid limit and expiration** come from each contractor's full detail record (fetched by default).
- Records are **de-duplicated by license number**.

### FAQ

**Which filters are supported?** By specialty classification, city, business name, license number, and phone number — combine any of them.

**Do I need an account or login?** No. Just provide your filters.

**Can I export a whole trade or city?** Yes — provide a classification (e.g. BC) and/or a list of cities and raise the max.

### Related actors

Explore more public-registry and contractor-license scrapers from **scrapers.lat** on our Apify profile.

***

*scrapers.lat is an independent provider and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by the Alabama Licensing Board for General Contractors. All data is sourced from publicly available records.*

# Actor input Schema

## `classifications` (type: `array`):

Filter by specialty classification code or text (e.g. BC, BC-S, Building Construction, Subcontractor, Electrical). Matches the specialty column; one filter per item (any match kept).

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

Filter to Alabama cities (e.g. Birmingham, Montgomery, Huntsville, Mobile). One filter per item.

## `companyNames` (type: `array`):

Filter by business name. Partial names match. One filter per item.

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

Look up specific license numbers (exact match). One per item.

## `phoneNumbers` (type: `array`):

Filter by phone number (digits are matched, formatting ignored). One per item.

## `withDetails` (type: `boolean`):

When ON (default), each contractor is enriched from its detail page with street address, ZIP, fax, bid limit (bond) and expiration date. Turn OFF to pay for the listing-only fields (name, license #, city, specialty, phone).

## `withLeadScore` (type: `boolean`):

When ON, each contractor is scored 0-100 as a B2B outreach lead with a hot/warm/cold tier and rationale (AI). Paid add-on, charged only when a score is produced. Requires a paid Apify plan.

## `withProfileSummary` (type: `boolean`):

When ON, each contractor gets a concise plain-language business profile summary (AI). Paid add-on, charged only when a summary is produced. Requires a paid Apify plan.

## `maxContractors` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of contractors to return this run.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "classifications": [
    "BC",
    "Building Construction"
  ],
  "cities": [
    "Birmingham"
  ],
  "withDetails": true,
  "withLeadScore": false,
  "withProfileSummary": false,
  "maxContractors": 50
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# 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 = {
    "classifications": [
        "BC"
    ],
    "maxContractors": 50
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("scrapers_lat/alabama-lbgc-contractors-scraper").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 = {
    "classifications": ["BC"],
    "maxContractors": 50,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("scrapers_lat/alabama-lbgc-contractors-scraper").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 '{
  "classifications": [
    "BC"
  ],
  "maxContractors": 50
}' |
apify call scrapers_lat/alabama-lbgc-contractors-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,scrapers_lat/alabama-lbgc-contractors-scraper"
        }
    }
}

```

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/631aDeMSAlbeNpgKO/builds/baHY66AtdsHOm4beh/openapi.json