NASBA CPAverify - US CPA License Verification Scraper

Note: the actor's store title uses an em dash between "CPAverify" and "US"; it is rendered as a hyphen here so this README contains no em dashes.

Here is one real result, with every field the actor returns:

{
  "licenseeGeneralId": 510247833,
  "licenseeId": 500224958,
  "fullName": "JOHN ANTHONY NESMITH",
  "firstName": "JOHN",
  "middleName": "ANTHONY",
  "lastName": "NESMITH",
  "maidenName": null,
  "suffix": "JR",
  "jurisdiction": "GA",
  "jurisdictionName": "GEORGIA STATE BOARD OF ACCOUNTANCY",
  "jurisdictionId": 110,
  "licenseNumber": "CPA024516",
  "licenseType": "CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT",
  "licenseStatus": "ACTIVE",
  "licenseStatusType": "ACTIVE",
  "active": true,
  "regulated": true,
  "hasDisciplinary": false,
  "linkedLicenseeCount": 1,
  "detailsFetched": true,
  "dateOfBirth": "1979-01-21",
  "gender": "M",
  "cpeId": "CPE-5A48D",
  "licenseIssueDate": "2004-12-15",
  "licenseExpirationDate": "2027-12-31",
  "licenseBasis": "EXAMINATION",
  "registrationNumber": null,
  "certIssuedByExam": "Y",
  "examCount": 0,
  "educationCount": 0,
  "disciplinaryCount": 0,
  "firstDisciplinaryDescription": null,
  "firmName": null,
  "firmCity": null,
  "firmState": null,
  "searchLastName": "Smith",
  "searchFirstName": "John",
  "searchJurisdiction": null,
  "source": "NASBA Accountancy Licensee Database (CPAverify)",
  "observedAt": "2026-08-11T11:09:39.746Z"
}

The most complete NASBA CPAverify scraper available. It returns every field the national CPA licensee database exposes for each licensee across roughly 53 participating jurisdictions, plus detail-phase fields like issue and expiration dates, licensure basis and disciplinary counts, and gives you name, license-number, jurisdiction, type and status filters plus an all-jurisdictions sweep to target exactly the licensees you need.

📥 Input · 📤 Output · 💰 Pricing · ▶️ Examples

Table of contents

• What it does
• Quickstart
• Input reference
• Output reference
• Example output record
• Run via API and CLI
• Fetch results
• Billing and limits
• FAQ and troubleshooting

What it does

The actor searches the NASBA Accountancy Licensee Database (CPAverify), which aggregates US CPA licenses from roughly 53 participating state boards of accountancy. For each last name you provide it runs a national search, applies your filters, and writes one normalized record per licensee to the run's dataset. Each record carries the licensee name, jurisdiction, license number, type and status. When withDetails is enabled it enriches each licensee with issue and expiration dates, licensure basis, exam and education counts and disciplinary records. Missing source values are returned as null.

Quickstart

Open the actor, paste this into the input, and press Run. It looks up CPAs named John Smith across the national database.

{
  "lastNames": ["Smith"],
  "firstName": "John",
  "maxLicensees": 50,
  "sweepAllJurisdictions": false,
  "withDetails": true
}

Pass several lastNames to search each separately. Add jurisdictions to restrict to specific states, or set sweepAllJurisdictions to true to exceed the per-search result cap.

Input reference

Field	Type	Required	Default	Description
lastNames	string[]	no	["Smith"]	One or more licensee last names. Each runs a separate national search.
firstName	string	no	John	First name to narrow the search, applied to every last name.
middleName	string	no	(empty)	Middle name to further narrow matches.
licenseNumber	string	no	(empty)	Exact license / permit / certificate number to filter matches.
jurisdictions	string[]	no	(all)	Two-letter state board abbreviations, for example TX, NY, CA, to restrict results. Also used to shard large result sets.
sweepAllJurisdictions	boolean	no	false	Search every participating state board separately for each last name, to exceed the per-search result cap.
licenseType	string	no	(any)	Keep only records whose license type contains this text, for example CPA.
status	string	no	(any)	Keep only records whose status contains this text, for example ACTIVE, EXPIRED.
withDetails	boolean	no	true	Enrich each licensee with issue/expiration dates, licensure basis, exam/education counts and disciplinary records. Turn off to pay the base rate only.
maxLicensees	integer	no	50	Maximum number of licensee records to return across the whole run.

Output reference

One dataset item per licensee. Types: string, integer, boolean, or null when the source value is absent. Fields marked (details) are populated only when withDetails is on.

Field	Type	Description
fullName	string	Full licensee name as published by the state board.
firstName / middleName / lastName	string	Parsed name parts.
maidenName	string	Maiden name where published, or null.
suffix	string	Name suffix (for example JR), or null.
jurisdiction	string	Two-letter state board abbreviation.
jurisdictionName	string	Full name of the issuing state board of accountancy.
jurisdictionId	integer	Internal jurisdiction identifier.
licenseNumber	string	License / permit / certificate number.
licenseType	string	License type description, for example CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT.
licenseStatus / licenseStatusType	string	Current license status, for example ACTIVE, EXPIRED, ISSUED.
active	boolean	Whether the license is currently active.
regulated	boolean	Whether the licensee is a regulated CPA.
hasDisciplinary	boolean	Whether a disciplinary action is on record.
linkedLicenseeCount	integer	Number of linked licensee records.
detailsFetched	boolean	Whether the details phase ran for this record.
dateOfBirth	string	Date of birth where the board publishes it (details), or null.
gender	string	Gender where published (details), or null.
cpeId	string	CPE identifier (details), or null.
licenseIssueDate	string	Original license issue date (details).
licenseExpirationDate	string	License expiration date (details).
licenseBasis	string	Basis of licensure, for example EXAMINATION or reciprocity (details).
registrationNumber	string	Registration number (details), or null.
certIssuedByExam	string	Whether the certificate was issued by examination (Y/N) (details).
examCount / educationCount	integer	Exam and education record counts (details).
disciplinaryCount	integer	Number of disciplinary records on file (details).
firstDisciplinaryDescription	string	Description of the first disciplinary record, or null.
firmName / firmCity / firmState	string	Associated firm details where the board publishes them, or null.
licenseeGeneralId / licenseeId	integer	Stable licensee identifiers in the national database.
searchLastName / searchFirstName / searchJurisdiction	string	The search terms that produced this record.
source	string	Data source label (NASBA Accountancy Licensee Database (CPAverify)).
observedAt	string	ISO 8601 timestamp of when the record was collected.

Example output record

Real record from a live run (input {"lastNames":["Smith"],"firstName":"John","withDetails":true}):

{
  "licenseeGeneralId": 510247833,
  "fullName": "JOHN ANTHONY NESMITH",
  "firstName": "JOHN",
  "middleName": "ANTHONY",
  "lastName": "NESMITH",
  "suffix": "JR",
  "jurisdiction": "GA",
  "jurisdictionName": "GEORGIA STATE BOARD OF ACCOUNTANCY",
  "licenseNumber": "CPA024516",
  "licenseType": "CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT",
  "licenseStatus": "ACTIVE",
  "active": true,
  "hasDisciplinary": false,
  "licenseIssueDate": "2004-12-15",
  "licenseExpirationDate": "2027-12-31",
  "licenseBasis": "EXAMINATION",
  "certIssuedByExam": "Y",
  "disciplinaryCount": 0,
  "firmName": null,
  "source": "NASBA Accountancy Licensee Database (CPAverify)",
  "observedAt": "2026-08-11T11:09:39.746Z"
}

Run via API and CLI

Start a run and wait for it to finish, then read the dataset. Replace <TOKEN> with your Apify API token.

Run synchronously and get dataset items in one call:

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/scrapers_lat~nasba-cpaverify-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=<TOKEN>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"lastNames":["Smith"],"firstName":"John","maxLicensees":25,"withDetails":true}'

Start a run asynchronously:

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/scrapers_lat~nasba-cpaverify-scraper/runs?token=<TOKEN>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"lastNames":["Nesmith"],"jurisdictions":["GA"],"status":"ACTIVE","maxLicensees":100}'

Apify CLI:

apify call scrapers_lat/nasba-cpaverify-scraper \
  --input '{"lastNames":["Smith"],"sweepAllJurisdictions":true}'

Fetch results

Every run writes to a dataset. Fetch items as JSON, CSV, or Excel by changing format:

# JSON
curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/datasets/<DATASET_ID>/items?token=<TOKEN>&clean=true&format=json"

# CSV
curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/datasets/<DATASET_ID>/items?token=<TOKEN>&clean=true&format=csv"

# Paginate large datasets
curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/datasets/<DATASET_ID>/items?token=<TOKEN>&offset=1000&limit=1000"

<DATASET_ID> is returned as defaultDatasetId in the run object. Use offset and limit to page through large result sets. clean=true drops empty and internal fields.

Billing and limits

• Pay per result. You are charged per licensee record returned (result event). See the pricing tab for the current per-result price.
• Details add-on. When withDetails is on, a details charge applies once per licensee whose detail page is successfully fetched. Turn it off to pay the base rate only.
• No charge on failure. If a run errors, the actor writes a single item with a populated error field and does not charge for it. Empty runs cost nothing.
• Spend cap respected. Set maxTotalChargeUsd on the run; once reached, the actor stops emitting and charging further billable results.
• Free Apify plans are capped at 10 records per run. Upgrade for higher maxLicensees.

FAQ and troubleshooting

A run returned 0 records. Why? No licensee matched. Try just a lastNames value with no firstName, or widen filters (remove jurisdictions or status). Zero-result runs are not charged.

How do I search the whole country? Set sweepAllJurisdictions to true. The actor searches every participating state board separately for each last name, which also lets you exceed the per-search result cap.

How do I get issue and expiration dates? Keep withDetails enabled (the default). It adds licenseIssueDate, licenseExpirationDate, licenseBasis, exam/education counts and disciplinary records.

Does it flag disciplinary actions? Yes. hasDisciplinary is a boolean, and with details on, disciplinaryCount and firstDisciplinaryDescription are populated when records exist.

Is this an official NASBA tool? No. This actor is independent and has no affiliation with NASBA or any state board of accountancy. It reads only data that is publicly available through CPAverify. Use it in accordance with the source terms of service and applicable law.

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Independent tool, not affiliated with NASBA or any state board of accountancy. Accesses only publicly available CPAverify data. Use in accordance with the source terms of service.