# Florida Contractor License Scraper — DBPR Records (`scrapersdelight/florida-dbpr-license-scraper`) Actor

Licensed Florida construction contractors from the official DBPR public records: name, full address, city, ZIP, license number and type, status, issue and expiry dates. 250,000+ licensees, or switch to the applicant file for phone numbers. Filter by license type, city or ZIP.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/scrapersdelight/florida-dbpr-license-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Scrapers Delight](https://apify.com/scrapersdelight) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Business, Automation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

$4.00 / 1,000 per license record returneds

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/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
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.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## 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.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
- **JavaScript/TypeScript projects** — the official [JS/TS client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): `npm install apify-client`.
- **Python projects** — the official [Python client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): `pip install apify-client`.
- **Any other language** — the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

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

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).

# README

## Florida Contractor License Scraper — DBPR Records

Licensed Florida construction contractors from the state's own public-records extracts:
**name, full street address, city, ZIP, license number and type, status, issue and expiry dates.**

Certified general, building, roofing, plumbing, HVAC, pool and specialty contractors, plus business
qualifiers. Filter by license type, city or ZIP.

### Two record sets — pick the one you need

DBPR publishes these as separate files and they carry **different fields**. This Actor exposes both
through one schema rather than silently merging them.

| `source` | Rows | Has phone | Has license status & expiry |
|---|---:|---|---|
| **`licensed`** (default) — the contractor roster | **250,000+** | ❌ | ✅ |
| **`applicants`** — license applicants | 104,359 | ✅ **76%** | ❌ |

If you need to **call** people, use `applicants`. If you need **verified license status, numbers and
renewal dates**, use `licensed`. The roster genuinely contains no phone column — this Actor will not
pretend otherwise.

### Example — `licensed`

```json
{
  "licenseNumber": "CBC028081",
  "licenseTypeCode": "CBC",
  "name": "KALLINOSIS, LOUIS C",
  "entityType": "INDIVIDUAL",
  "address1": "17494 SW 83 COURT",
  "city": "MIAMI", "state": "FL", "zip": "33157",
  "status": "Current", "isCurrent": true,
  "originalIssueDate": "1984-03-06",
  "expirationDate": "2028-08-31", "daysUntilExpiry": 750
}
```

Measured on a live run (CGC + CBC in Miami / Orlando / Tampa): **100% fill on name, license number,
type, address, city, ZIP, county, status and expiry.** `applicants` returns 76% phone fill, normalised
to `(941) 330-5058`.

### License type codes

`QB` business qualifier · `CGC` certified general · `CBC` certified building · `CAC` air conditioning ·
`CCC` roofing · `CFC` plumbing · `CRC` residential · `CPC` pool · `SCC` specialty · `FRO`

(The applicant file uses numeric codes instead — `0605` = Certified General Contractor.)

### Reliability note — why this needs a residential proxy

DBPR's download host sits behind Cloudflare. Measured:

| Route | Result |
|---|---|
| No proxy / plain datacenter | **403** "Just a moment…" |
| Apify **datacenter** proxy | **403** |
| Apify **residential**, no session pin | intermittent SSL failure |
| **Apify residential + pinned session** | **200 `text/csv`** |

Sustained-load test: **17 of 18 calls succeeded (94.4%)** with a fresh pinned session per request. The
Actor defaults to RESIDENTIAL/US and retries with a new session on failure, which clears the
occasional bad exit IP. The unwalled sibling host `www.myfloridalicense.com` serves the search form but
**404s** on these files — there is no datacenter-reachable route.

### What this Actor deliberately does **not** pull

`cilb_certified.csv` is 708 MB / ~4.1 million rows and looks like the obvious prize. It isn't a license
roster — it's the **continuing-education transcript**, one row per course per licensee, with the same
license number repeating dozens of times. Billing you per row for that would be billing you for
duplicates. `cilb_registered.csv` (28 MB) is the same shape. Neither is used.

### Pricing

**$0.004 per record** ($4 per 1,000).

Public records published by the Florida Department of Business & Professional Regulation. You are
responsible for complying with DBPR's terms and with how you use the data.

# Actor input Schema

## `source` (type: `string`):

licensed = the contractor roster (250,000+ licensees with license number, status and expiry, but NO phone). applicants = license applicants (104,000 rows, 76% carry a phone number, but no license status or expiry).

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

Roster codes: QB (business qualifier), CGC (certified general), CBC (certified building), CAC (air conditioning), CCC (roofing), CFC (plumbing), CRC (residential), CPC (pool), SCC (specialty), FRO. Applicant codes are numeric (0605 = Certified General Contractor). Empty = all.

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

Florida cities as DBPR stores them, e.g. MIAMI, ORLANDO, TAMPA, JACKSONVILLE. Empty = statewide.

## `zips` (type: `array`):

5-digit ZIPs. Empty = all.

## `onlyCurrent` (type: `boolean`):

Keep only status C (Current) — 99.9% of the roster. Ignored for the applicant file, which carries no status.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Cap the number of records returned.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Defaults to Apify RESIDENTIAL (US). REQUIRED — the DBPR download host is behind Cloudflare and rejects datacenter IPs.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "source": "licensed",
  "licenseTypes": [
    "CGC",
    "CBC"
  ],
  "cities": [
    "MIAMI",
    "ORLANDO",
    "TAMPA"
  ],
  "onlyCurrent": true,
  "maxItems": 5000,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `items` (type: `string`):

One row per license or applicant: name, address, city, ZIP, license number and type, status and expiry.

# 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 = {
    "source": "licensed",
    "licenseTypes": [
        "CGC",
        "CBC"
    ],
    "cities": [
        "MIAMI",
        "ORLANDO",
        "TAMPA"
    ],
    "maxItems": 5000
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("scrapersdelight/florida-dbpr-license-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 = {
    "source": "licensed",
    "licenseTypes": [
        "CGC",
        "CBC",
    ],
    "cities": [
        "MIAMI",
        "ORLANDO",
        "TAMPA",
    ],
    "maxItems": 5000,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("scrapersdelight/florida-dbpr-license-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 '{
  "source": "licensed",
  "licenseTypes": [
    "CGC",
    "CBC"
  ],
  "cities": [
    "MIAMI",
    "ORLANDO",
    "TAMPA"
  ],
  "maxItems": 5000
}' |
apify call scrapersdelight/florida-dbpr-license-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,scrapersdelight/florida-dbpr-license-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/Qama6jTYsCZhqpUKw/builds/i6zp4mY3YzCeVrU7M/openapi.json