North Carolina NCLBGC General Contractor License Scraper

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

{
  "licenseNumber": "L.03947",
  "name": "Rodgers Builders, Inc.",
  "accountType": "License",
  "status": "Active",
  "phone": "7045376044",
  "addressStreet": "PO Box 18446",
  "city": "Charlotte",
  "state": "NC",
  "zip": "28218",
  "addressFull": "PO Box 18446, Charlotte, NC 28218",
  "firstIssuedDate": "02/20/1964",
  "expirationDate": "12/31/2026",
  "licenseLimitation": "Unlimited",
  "activeClassifications": [
    "Unclassified"
  ],
  "searchType": "classification",
  "searchQuery": "Building",
  "detailFetched": true,
  "source": "North Carolina NCLBGC (Licensing Board for General Contractors)",
  "observedAt": "2026-08-09T05:08:17.514Z"
}

The most complete North Carolina NCLBGC general contractor license scraper available. It returns every field the NCLBGC registry exposes for each licensee, including phone, full mailing address and active classifications, and gives you eight ways to search so you can target exactly the contractors 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 North Carolina Licensing Board for General Contractors (NCLBGC) public license registry by classification, city, company name, qualifier/owner name, license number or phone, and writes one normalized record per licensee to the run's dataset. Each result row carries the license number, name, account type and status; when full details are enabled (default), the record is enriched from the licensee detail page with phone, full mailing address, first-issued and expiration dates, license limitation and active classifications. Missing source values are returned as null.

Data covers North Carolina licensed general contractors only. No account, key or login is required.

Quickstart

Open the actor, paste this into the input, and press Run. It returns up to 10 Building-classification licensees with full details.

{
  "classificationTypes": ["Building"],
  "withDetails": true,
  "maxLicensees": 10
}

Provide at least one search: classificationTypes, cities, companyNames, lastNames, licenseNumbers or phoneNumbers. One search runs per list item. Set activeOnly to true to skip archived, expired or revoked records.

Input reference

Field	Type	Required	Default	Description
classificationTypes	string[]	no	["Building"]	License classifications to pull, by name (for example Building, Residential, Highway, Public Utilities) or numeric id. One search per item.
cities	string[]	no	(empty)	North Carolina cities to pull contractors from, for example Charlotte, Raleigh, Durham. One search per city.
companyNames	string[]	no	(empty)	Company / business names to look up. Partial names match. One search per name.
lastNames	string[]	no	(empty)	Last names of the license qualifier or owner. One search per name.
firstName	string	no	(empty)	Optional first name applied to the last-name searches.
licenseNumbers	string[]	no	(empty)	Specific NCLBGC license / account numbers to fetch, for example L.06263. One lookup per number.
phoneNumbers	string[]	no	(empty)	Reverse-lookup licensees by phone number. One search per number.
stateCode	string	no	(empty)	Optional 2-letter state filter for the mailing address, for example NC.
postalCode	string	no	(empty)	Optional ZIP filter applied to city / classification searches.
streetAddress	string	no	(empty)	Optional street address filter.
useSoundex	boolean	no	false	Include phonetically similar (soundex) name matches.
activeOnly	boolean	no	false	Return only currently active / valid licenses and skip archived, expired or revoked records.
withDetails	boolean	no	true	Fetch each licensee's detail page for phone, full address, expiration, license limitation and active classifications. Turn off for a faster name/license-only list.
maxLicensees	integer	no	100	Maximum number of licensee records to return across all searches. Free Apify plans are capped at 10 per run.

Output reference

One dataset item per licensee. Types: string, string[], boolean, or null when the source value is absent.

Field	Type	Description
licenseNumber	string	NCLBGC license / account number (unique per licensee).
name	string	Contractor name.
accountType	string	Account type, for example License.
status	string	License status, for example Active.
phone	string	Phone, from the detail page, or null.
addressStreet	string	Street or PO box line, or null.
city	string	Mailing city, or null.
state	string	Two-letter state code, or null.
zip	string	ZIP code, or null.
addressFull	string	Full single-line mailing address, or null.
firstIssuedDate	string	First-issued date as shown by the source (MM/DD/YYYY), or null.
expirationDate	string	Expiration date as shown by the source (MM/DD/YYYY), or null.
licenseLimitation	string	Monetary limitation, for example Unlimited, or null.
activeClassifications	string[]	Active trade classifications, or null.
searchType	string	Which search produced the record, for example classification, city, licenseNumber.
searchQuery	string	The search value used.
detailFetched	boolean	true when the detail page was fetched and merged, else false.
source	string	Data source. Always North Carolina NCLBGC (Licensing Board for General Contractors).
observedAt	string	ISO 8601 timestamp of when the record was collected.
error	string	Present only on a failed run, when a single item with a populated error field is written instead.

Example output record

Real record from a live run (input {"classificationTypes":["Building"],"withDetails":true,"maxLicensees":10}):

{
  "licenseNumber": "L.03947",
  "name": "Rodgers Builders, Inc.",
  "accountType": "License",
  "status": "Active",
  "phone": "7045376044",
  "addressStreet": "PO Box 18446",
  "city": "Charlotte",
  "state": "NC",
  "zip": "28218",
  "addressFull": "PO Box 18446, Charlotte, NC 28218",
  "firstIssuedDate": "02/20/1964",
  "expirationDate": "12/31/2026",
  "licenseLimitation": "Unlimited",
  "activeClassifications": ["Unclassified"],
  "searchType": "classification",
  "searchQuery": "Building",
  "detailFetched": true,
  "source": "North Carolina NCLBGC (Licensing Board for General Contractors)",
  "observedAt": "2026-08-09T05:08:17.514Z"
}

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~north-carolina-nclbgc-contractors-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=<TOKEN>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"cities":["Raleigh"],"activeOnly":true,"maxLicensees":25}'

Start a run asynchronously:

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/scrapers_lat~north-carolina-nclbgc-contractors-scraper/runs?token=<TOKEN>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"classificationTypes":["Residential"],"maxLicensees":100}'

Apify CLI:

apify call scrapers_lat/north-carolina-nclbgc-contractors-scraper \
  --input '{"licenseNumbers":["L.03947"]}'

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 record returned (result event). When full details are fetched, an additional details add-on is charged for that record. See the pricing tab for current prices.
• 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? Your search matched nothing, or activeOnly filtered everything out. Try a broader classification or city, or turn off activeOnly. Zero-result runs are not charged.

How do I export an entire trade? Pass the classification name in classificationTypes (for example Building, Residential). The actor runs one search per classification and captures the licensees.

Can I reverse-lookup by phone? Yes. Pass one or more numbers in phoneNumbers. One search runs per number.

What is the difference between listing-only and full details? With withDetails OFF you get license number, name, account type and status. With it ON, each record is also enriched with phone, full address, dates, limitation and active classifications from the detail page.

Why is a field null? The NCLBGC registry did not publish that value, or full details were turned off. Missing source values are returned as null, never invented.

Is this an official NCLBGC tool? No. This actor is independent and has no affiliation with the North Carolina Licensing Board for General Contractors. It reads only data that is publicly available in the NCLBGC registry. Use the results in accordance with the source's terms.

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Independent tool, not affiliated with the North Carolina Licensing Board for General Contractors. Accesses only publicly available license data. Use the results in accordance with the source's terms.