# North Carolina NCLBGC General Contractor License Scraper (`scrapers_lat/north-carolina-nclbgc-contractors-scraper`) Actor

Bulk-export North Carolina licensed general contractors: name, license #, classifications, status, expiration, address and phone. Filter by classification, city, company or name. Export to JSON, CSV or Excel.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/scrapers\_lat/north-carolina-nclbgc-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 $10.20 / 1,000 licensee 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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and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## North Carolina NCLBGC General Contractor License Scraper

> Bulk-search and export North Carolina's Licensing Board for General Contractors (NCLBGC) registry — by classification, city, company, name, license number or phone — with clean, spreadsheet-ready records including phone and full address.

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

### What you get

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

- **Licensee / company name** and **license (account) number**
- **Active classifications** (Building, Residential, Highway, Public Utilities, specialty trades and more)
- **License status**, **license limitation** (Limited / Unlimited) and **expiration date**
- **First issued date**
- **Phone number** and **full mailing address** — street, city, state and ZIP
- The **search type** and **search query** that produced each record, plus a capture timestamp

Run one job across many searches at once: pass a list of classifications, cities, company names, qualifier 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 general contractors across North Carolina by trade and city — with phone included
- **KYB, compliance and due-diligence** teams verifying a contractor's license, classification, limitation and expiration
- **Suppliers, insurers and marketplaces** building or refreshing a vetted contractor directory
- **Researchers and analysts** studying the North Carolina construction market

### How to use it

1. Choose one or more searches: **Classification Types**, **Cities**, **Company Names**, **Last Names**, **License Numbers** or **Phone Numbers**.
2. Optionally add a **State** / **ZIP** filter, enable **like-sounding name** matching, and set **Max Licensees To Scrape**.
3. Keep **Fetch full details** on to capture phone, address and classifications (turn it off for a faster name/license-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 and address** are captured from each licensee's full detail record (fetched by default).
- Phone is generally well-populated for active licensees; archived / inactive records may omit it.

### FAQ

**Which searches are supported?** By classification, city, company name, qualifier/owner last name, license number, and phone number.

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

**Can I export a whole trade or city?** Yes — provide a classification (e.g. Building) 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 North Carolina Licensing Board for General Contractors. All data is sourced from publicly available records.*

# Actor input Schema

## `classificationTypes` (type: `array`):

License classifications to pull, by name (e.g. Building, Residential, Highway, Public Utilities) or numeric id. One search per item. Full population export by trade.

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

North Carolina cities to pull licensed contractors from (e.g. Charlotte, Raleigh, Durham). One search per city.

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

Company / business names to look up. Partial names match. One search per name.

## `lastNames` (type: `array`):

Last names of the license qualifier or owner. One search per name. Use 'First Name' to narrow.

## `firstName` (type: `string`):

Optional first name applied to the last-name searches.

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

Specific NCLBGC license / account numbers to fetch (e.g. L.06263). One lookup per number.

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

Reverse-lookup licensees by phone number. One search per number.

## `stateCode` (type: `string`):

Optional 2-letter state filter for the licensee mailing address (e.g. NC).

## `postalCode` (type: `string`):

Optional ZIP filter applied to city / classification searches.

## `streetAddress` (type: `string`):

Optional street address filter.

## `useSoundex` (type: `boolean`):

Include phonetically similar (soundex) name matches.

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

Return only currently active / valid licenses and skip archived, expired or revoked records. Best for lead generation.

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

Fetch each licensee's detail record to capture phone, full address, expiration, license limitation and active classifications. Turn off for a faster name/license-only list.

## `maxLicensees` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of licensee records to return across all searches.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "classificationTypes": [
    "Building",
    "Residential"
  ],
  "cities": [
    "Charlotte"
  ],
  "useSoundex": false,
  "activeOnly": false,
  "withDetails": true,
  "maxLicensees": 40
}
```

# 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 = {
    "classificationTypes": [
        "Building"
    ],
    "maxLicensees": 40
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("scrapers_lat/north-carolina-nclbgc-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 = {
    "classificationTypes": ["Building"],
    "maxLicensees": 40,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("scrapers_lat/north-carolina-nclbgc-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 '{
  "classificationTypes": [
    "Building"
  ],
  "maxLicensees": 40
}' |
apify call scrapers_lat/north-carolina-nclbgc-contractors-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,scrapers_lat/north-carolina-nclbgc-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/AGrz36NtXuDWAZKy7/builds/RiyidvqZrQ3ESGelc/openapi.json