# New Liquor License Monitor — Restaurant & Bar Leads (`scrapersdelight/liquor-license-monitor`) Actor

Monitor newly-filed liquor & alcohol license applications in CA, NY and TX — a fresh feed of soon-to-open restaurants, bars and stores for lead gen. Returns applicant, business name, address, license type, status and date. Schedule it for new-permit alerts via Slack, email or webhook.

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

## Pricing

from $4.00 / 1,000 per 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 a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases.
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.

In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md):

```bash
npm install apify-client
```

In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md):

```bash
pip install apify-client
```

In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md):

````bash
# MacOS / Linux
curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash
# Windows
irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex
```bash

In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md).

If your project is in a different language, use 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

## 🍾 New Liquor License Monitor — Restaurant & Bar Opening Leads

**Catch new restaurants, bars, and liquor stores the moment they file for a license. This actor pulls newly-filed / newly-issued alcohol license records from public state ABC data (California, New York, Texas) — applicant, business name, premises address, license type, status, and date — and runs on a schedule to alert you to NEW filings via Slack, email, or webhook. A pre-opening lead feed for POS, payments, insurance, distribution, and B2B sales.**

No login, no anti-bot — every source is a public state record.

---

### Why this actor?

A newly-filed liquor license is one of the strongest **"a business is about to open"** signals there is — the venue is 2–6 months from opening and actively buying: POS, payments, insurance, furniture, food & beverage distribution, signage, payroll. Most existing scrapers dump the **full active license roster**; this one is a **delta monitor** that emits only the **new** records since your last run — the part a salesperson actually wants.

---

### What it does

- 🆕 **New-filing monitor** — schedule it; each run outputs (and alerts on) only licenses that newly appeared.
- 🗺️ **Three big states out of the box** — California, New York, Texas (more being added).
- 🎯 **Filter** by date window, keyword (e.g. `restaurant`, `brew`), or — for CA — application action type.
- 🔔 **Alerts** — Slack, email, and webhook for every new record.

---

### States & sources (all public, validated)

| State | Source | Signal | Notes |
|-------|--------|--------|-------|
| **CA** | California ABC "Daily Report of New Applications" | **Application filed** | Owner + premises, license type, action (ORI = brand-new), escrow, county. |
| **NY** | NY State Liquor Authority "Pending Licenses" | **Application filed** (true `received_date`) | Tags the business type (Restaurant, Grocery Store, …), DBA, premises county. ⭐ |
| **TX** | Texas TABC "License Information" | **License issued** (`current_issued_date`) | Trade name, owner, county, expiration. |

> More states (CO, FL, WA, …) are on the roadmap — the actor uses per-state adapters so coverage grows without breaking your runs.

---

### Output (one record per license)

`state` · `source` · `license_id` · `event_type` (application_filed / license_issued) · `event_date` ·
`status` · `license_type` (+ `license_type_code`) · `business_name` · `applicant_name` ·
`owner_and_premises` (CA raw) · `address` · `city` · `county` · `state_code` · `zip` ·
`mailing_address` · `expiration_date` · `action` / `action_desc` (CA) · `detail_url` · `is_new` · `scraped_at`

Export to **JSON, CSV, Excel, HTML, or RSS**, or pull via the Apify API straight into your CRM / n8n / Make / Clay workflow.

---

### How to use it

1. Click **Try for free**.
2. Pick your **states** (default CA, NY, TX) and a **lookback window** (e.g. 7 days).
3. *(Optional)* add a **keyword** like `restaurant` to keep only the records you sell to.
4. Click **Start**, then open the **Dataset** tab.
5. **For a live lead feed:** turn on **Monitor mode**, add a **Schedule** (e.g. daily), and set a **Slack/email/webhook** — you'll get only the new filings each day.

#### Quick start
```json
{ "states": ["CA", "NY", "TX"], "lookbackDays": 7, "keyword": "restaurant" }
````

#### Daily monitor

```json
{ "states": ["CA", "NY", "TX"], "monitorMode": true, "alertOnNewLicense": true, "slackWebhookUrl": "https://hooks.slack.com/services/…" }
```

***

### Pricing (pay-per-event)

You pay only for what you pull:

| Event | What it covers | Suggested price |
|-------|----------------|-----------------|
| `lot-scraped` | each license record returned | ~$3–4 / 1,000 |
| `monitor-run-completed` | each scheduled watch run | ~$0.05 / run |
| `new-lot-detected` | each newly-appearing license | ~$0.02 / record |
| `alert-delivered` | each Slack/email/webhook alert | ~$0.005 / alert |

*(Final prices are set on the actor's pricing page.)*

***

### Is it legal / private?

Every source is a **public state government record** of **business** licensees — no consumer personal data. Use it for legitimate B2B outreach and market research, and **comply with TCPA/DNC and CAN-SPAM** for any contact you make (skip-tracing / dialing is your separate step, not part of this actor). Review each state agency's site terms; you're responsible for your use.

***

### FAQ

**How fresh is it?** CA and NY publish new filings daily; TX updates issued licenses daily. Schedule the monitor daily to stay current.

**Will it double-count?** No — monitor mode remembers what it's seen (per state + filter scope) in a persistent named store and emits each record only once.

**Can I get just restaurants?** Use `keyword: "restaurant"` (NY tags business type directly; CA/TX match on license type / name).

**More states?** Yes — adapters for CO/FL/WA and others are planned. Open an issue with the state you need.

# Actor input Schema

## `states` (type: `array`):

Which states to pull new liquor-license activity from. Supported: CA (new applications), NY (pending applications — true filing date), TX (newly issued). More states are being added.

## `dateFrom` (type: `string`):

Start of the date window (filing/issue date). Leave empty to use today minus 'Lookback days'.

## `dateTo` (type: `string`):

End of the date window. Leave empty for today.

## `lookbackDays` (type: `integer`):

When no explicit 'Date from' is given, scan the last N days up to today. Great for a daily monitor.

## `keyword` (type: `string`):

Optional. Keep only records whose license type, business name, or applicant contains this text (case-insensitive), e.g. 'restaurant' or 'brew'.

## `caActionFilter` (type: `array`):

California only. Keep only these action types, e.g. \['ORI'] for brand-new (original) applications. Empty = all.

## `socrataAppToken` (type: `string`):

Optional Socrata app token for the NY/TX open-data APIs to raise rate limits. Works fine without one for normal volumes.

## `maxRecords` (type: `integer`):

Hard cap on records per run (0 = no cap).

## `monitorMode` (type: `boolean`):

Recurring watcher: diff against the prior run (per state+filter scope) and output/alert ONLY newly-appearing license records. Pair with an Apify Schedule.

## `alertOnNewLicense` (type: `boolean`):

In monitor mode, send an alert for each new license record.

## `webhookUrl` (type: `string`):

POST endpoint for new-license alerts.

## `slackWebhookUrl` (type: `string`):

Slack incoming-webhook URL.

## `emailRecipients` (type: `array`):

Emails for the new-license digest (via apify/send-mail).

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

Proxy settings. Public state sites; datacenter rotation is plenty.

## `diagnose` (type: `boolean`):

Dev only. Pulls one state for the window and logs the first parsed record, then exits.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "states": [
    "CA",
    "NY",
    "TX"
  ],
  "lookbackDays": 7,
  "maxRecords": 0,
  "monitorMode": false,
  "alertOnNewLicense": true,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  },
  "diagnose": false
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `licenses` (type: `string`):

The dataset of new license applications / issuances (one item per record).

# 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 = {
    "states": [
        "CA",
        "NY",
        "TX"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("scrapersdelight/liquor-license-monitor").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 = { "states": [
        "CA",
        "NY",
        "TX",
    ] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("scrapersdelight/liquor-license-monitor").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "states": [
    "CA",
    "NY",
    "TX"
  ]
}' |
apify call scrapersdelight/liquor-license-monitor --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=scrapersdelight/liquor-license-monitor",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

```json
{
    "openapi": "3.0.1",
    "info": {
        "title": "New Liquor License Monitor — Restaurant & Bar Leads",
        "description": "Monitor newly-filed liquor & alcohol license applications in CA, NY and TX — a fresh feed of soon-to-open restaurants, bars and stores for lead gen. Returns applicant, business name, address, license type, status and date. Schedule it for new-permit alerts via Slack, email or webhook.",
        "version": "0.1",
        "x-build-id": "sZ4VuV1dJhOeavbE8"
    },
    "servers": [
        {
            "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2"
        }
    ],
    "paths": {
        "/acts/scrapersdelight~liquor-license-monitor/run-sync-get-dataset-items": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-scrapersdelight-liquor-license-monitor",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
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                    "content": {
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                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/scrapersdelight~liquor-license-monitor/runs": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "runs-sync-scrapersdelight-liquor-license-monitor",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
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                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
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                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK",
                        "content": {
                            "application/json": {
                                "schema": {
                                    "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema"
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/scrapersdelight~liquor-license-monitor/run-sync": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-scrapersdelight-liquor-license-monitor",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    },
    "components": {
        "schemas": {
            "inputSchema": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                    "states": {
                        "title": "States",
                        "type": "array",
                        "description": "Which states to pull new liquor-license activity from. Supported: CA (new applications), NY (pending applications — true filing date), TX (newly issued). More states are being added.",
                        "default": [
                            "CA",
                            "NY",
                            "TX"
                        ],
                        "items": {
                            "type": "string"
                        }
                    },
                    "dateFrom": {
                        "title": "Date from (MM/DD/YYYY)",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Start of the date window (filing/issue date). Leave empty to use today minus 'Lookback days'."
                    },
                    "dateTo": {
                        "title": "Date to (MM/DD/YYYY)",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "End of the date window. Leave empty for today."
                    },
                    "lookbackDays": {
                        "title": "Lookback days",
                        "minimum": 1,
                        "type": "integer",
                        "description": "When no explicit 'Date from' is given, scan the last N days up to today. Great for a daily monitor.",
                        "default": 7
                    },
                    "keyword": {
                        "title": "Keyword filter",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Optional. Keep only records whose license type, business name, or applicant contains this text (case-insensitive), e.g. 'restaurant' or 'brew'."
                    },
                    "caActionFilter": {
                        "title": "CA action filter",
                        "type": "array",
                        "description": "California only. Keep only these action types, e.g. ['ORI'] for brand-new (original) applications. Empty = all.",
                        "items": {
                            "type": "string"
                        }
                    },
                    "socrataAppToken": {
                        "title": "Socrata app token (optional)",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Optional Socrata app token for the NY/TX open-data APIs to raise rate limits. Works fine without one for normal volumes."
                    },
                    "maxRecords": {
                        "title": "Max records per run",
                        "minimum": 0,
                        "type": "integer",
                        "description": "Hard cap on records per run (0 = no cap).",
                        "default": 0
                    },
                    "monitorMode": {
                        "title": "Monitor mode (new-application watcher)",
                        "type": "boolean",
                        "description": "Recurring watcher: diff against the prior run (per state+filter scope) and output/alert ONLY newly-appearing license records. Pair with an Apify Schedule.",
                        "default": false
                    },
                    "alertOnNewLicense": {
                        "title": "Alert on new applications",
                        "type": "boolean",
                        "description": "In monitor mode, send an alert for each new license record.",
                        "default": true
                    },
                    "webhookUrl": {
                        "title": "Webhook URL",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "POST endpoint for new-license alerts."
                    },
                    "slackWebhookUrl": {
                        "title": "Slack webhook URL",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Slack incoming-webhook URL."
                    },
                    "emailRecipients": {
                        "title": "Email recipients",
                        "type": "array",
                        "description": "Emails for the new-license digest (via apify/send-mail).",
                        "items": {
                            "type": "string"
                        }
                    },
                    "proxyConfiguration": {
                        "title": "Proxy",
                        "type": "object",
                        "description": "Proxy settings. Public state sites; datacenter rotation is plenty.",
                        "default": {
                            "useApifyProxy": true
                        }
                    },
                    "diagnose": {
                        "title": "Diagnostic mode (dev)",
                        "type": "boolean",
                        "description": "Dev only. Pulls one state for the window and logs the first parsed record, then exits.",
                        "default": false
                    }
                }
            },
            "runsResponseSchema": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                    "data": {
                        "type": "object",
                        "properties": {
                            "id": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "actId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "userId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "startedAt": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "format": "date-time",
                                "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
                            },
                            "finishedAt": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "format": "date-time",
                                "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
                            },
                            "status": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "example": "READY"
                            },
                            "meta": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "origin": {
                                        "type": "string",
                                        "example": "API"
                                    },
                                    "userAgent": {
                                        "type": "string"
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "stats": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "inputBodyLen": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 2000
                                    },
                                    "rebootCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "restartCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "resurrectCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "computeUnits": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "options": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "build": {
                                        "type": "string",
                                        "example": "latest"
                                    },
                                    "timeoutSecs": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 300
                                    },
                                    "memoryMbytes": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 1024
                                    },
                                    "diskMbytes": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 2048
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "buildId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultKeyValueStoreId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultDatasetId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultRequestQueueId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "buildNumber": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "example": "1.0.0"
                            },
                            "containerUrl": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "usage": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 1
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_SERPS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "usageTotalUsd": {
                                "type": "number",
                                "example": 0.00005
                            },
                            "usageUsd": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "number",
                                        "example": 0.00005
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_SERPS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}
```