SBA Small Business Search Scraper

Pull the U.S. Small Business Administration's Dynamic Small Business Search (DSBS) directory at scale — legal business names, verified contacts, federal UEI and CAGE identifiers, NAICS industry codes, and SBA set-aside certifications for the ~450,000 small businesses registered for government contracting. Built for government-contracting business developers, supplier-diversity teams, and prime contractors who need a clean, deduplicated list of certified small-business suppliers without registering, filling in an intake survey, or paging through the official portal by hand.

Why This Scraper?

• ~450,000 registered small businesses — the full federal DSBS directory across all 50 states, DC, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. territories (Guam, American Samoa, Northern Mariana Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Pacific freely-associated states).
• Six SBA set-aside certification filters, named individually — 8(a) Business Development, HUBZone, Women-Owned (WOSB), Economically-Disadvantaged Women-Owned (EDWOSB), Veteran-Owned (VOSB), and Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned (SDVOSB), including their Joint-Venture variants.
• Federal identifiers on every row — the SAM Unique Entity ID (UEI) and CAGE code, the two identifiers every prime contractor and contracting officer uses to look a supplier up in SAM.gov and DSBS.
• NAICS industry targeting with a primary-only switch — filter to one or more NAICS codes and choose whether to match a business's primary industry only, or any of its primary and secondary codes.
• Business contacts on most records — primary contact person, email, phone, and street address pulled straight from each firm's own DSBS profile, ready for outreach (email, phone, and street address populate on the large majority of records; website on roughly half).
• Congressional district on every business — target suppliers by district for set-aside sourcing, in-district hiring claims, and constituent-business outreach.
• Full-text keyword search over names and capabilities — search "cybersecurity", "solar installation", or any capability term across the whole directory; the official portal never exposed this.
• Capabilities narrative and named principals on every profile — each row carries the firm's self-written capabilities statement and its current principals (owners and officers), so you can qualify a supplier and find the right person to contact in one pass.
• Deduplicated by Unique Entity ID — a business that matches several states or filters appears exactly once, keyed on its federal UEI, not a listing row.
• Zero-friction input — no account, no required intake survey, no raw certification codes. Human-readable state and certification pickers, sensible defaults, runs on empty input.

Use Cases

Lead Generation for Government Contracting

• Build outreach lists of certified small businesses by state, industry, and set-aside program
• Pull contact person, email, and phone for every firm in a target NAICS code
• Assemble a teaming-partner shortlist keyed on UEI and CAGE for capture planning
• Target businesses by congressional district for in-district partnership pitches

Supplier Diversity & Supplier Discovery

• Source WOSB, EDWOSB, VOSB, SDVOSB, HUBZone, and 8(a) suppliers for diversity spend goals
• Verify a supplier's active SBA certifications before awarding a set-aside
• Map certified suppliers by industry to fill category-management gaps
• Refresh a supplier master with current UEI, CAGE, and contact details

Subcontractor Sourcing for Prime Contractors

• Find qualified small-business subcontractors in a specific NAICS code and region
• Meet small-business subcontracting-plan goals with a ready pool of certified firms
• Build a bench of set-aside-eligible partners ahead of a solicitation
• Filter to businesses whose primary industry matches the scope of work

Market Research

• Size the certified small-business population by state, industry, or certification
• Track how many firms hold a given set-aside in a target market
• Compare industry concentration across states using NAICS distributions
• Benchmark a market before deciding where to compete for set-aside work

Competitive Intelligence

• Profile competitors' certifications, industries, and locations from their DSBS records
• Discover which firms in your NAICS code hold the same set-asides you do
• Monitor new and updated registrations in your market using the last-update date
• Map the certified-supplier landscape around a specific opportunity

Getting Started

Browse a Single State

The simplest run — every registered business in Wyoming, up to 100 rows:

{
    "states": ["Wyoming"],
    "maxResults": 100
}

Certified Suppliers in an Industry

Women-owned and service-disabled-veteran-owned firms in custom computer programming (NAICS 541511) across two states:

{
    "states": ["Texas", "California"],
    "naicsCodes": ["541511"],
    "sbaCertifications": ["wosb", "sdvosb"],
    "maxResults": 500
}

Keyword Search, Primary Industry Only

Every business whose capabilities mention "cybersecurity" and whose primary industry is 541512, nationwide:

{
    "searchQuery": "cybersecurity",
    "naicsCodes": ["541512"],
    "naicsPrimaryOnly": true,
    "maxResults": 1000
}

Nationwide 8(a) Sweep

Leave states empty to sweep all 50 states, DC, Puerto Rico, and the territories at once:

{
    "sbaCertifications": ["8a"],
    "maxResults": 5000
}

Input Reference

Search

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
searchQuery	string	""	Optional keyword searched across business names and capabilities (for example "solar installation" or "cybersecurity"). Leave blank to browse all businesses that match your filters.
states	string[]	[]	One or more U.S. states or territories to include, picked by full name from the dropdown (for example "California"). Leave empty to include the whole country.

Industry

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
naicsCodes	string[]	[]	One or more NAICS industry codes, for example 541511 for custom computer programming or 236220 for commercial building construction. Leave empty to include all industries.
naicsPrimaryOnly	boolean	false	When on, keep only businesses whose primary industry matches one of the NAICS codes. When off, keep a business if any of its industry codes (primary or secondary) matches.

Certifications

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
sbaCertifications	string[]	[]	Keep only businesses that currently hold one or more of these SBA certifications: 8(a), HUBZone, Women-Owned (WOSB), Economically-Disadvantaged Women-Owned (EDWOSB), Veteran-Owned (VOSB), or Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned (SDVOSB). Leave empty to include businesses regardless of certification.

Limits

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
maxResults	integer	100	How many businesses to collect in total. Set to 0 to collect as many as possible.

Output

Each row is one small business — a flat record with identity, contacts, address, industry codes, and certifications. Here is a representative result:

{
    "legalBusinessName": "Summit Ridge Technologies LLC",
    "dbaName": "Summit Ridge Tech",
    "contactPerson": "Jordan Avery",
    "email": "contracts@summitridgetech.com",
    "phone": "3078567013",
    "fax": "3078567099",
    "website": "https://www.summitridgetech.com",
    "additionalWebsite": "https://www.summitridge.gov-contracts.com",
    "address1": "1420 Grand Avenue, Suite 210",
    "address2": "Attn: Contracts Office",
    "city": "Cheyenne",
    "state": "Wyoming",
    "zipcode": "82001",
    "county": "Laramie",
    "fipsCode": "56021",
    "congressionalDistrict": "00",
    "msa": "Cheyenne, WY",
    "uei": "ZQ7MDXK4L2P8",
    "cageCode": "9AB27",
    "naicsPrimary": "541512",
    "naicsSmallCodes": ["541512", "541511", "541519", "518210"],
    "naicsAllCodes": ["541512", "541511", "541519", "518210", "541513"],
    "businessTypeCodes": "27~2X~XS",
    "legalStructure": "2L",
    "yearEstablished": "2011",
    "currentPrincipals": "Jordan Avery, President; Morgan Lee, CFO",
    "capabilitiesNarrative": "Custom software development, cloud migration, and cybersecurity services for federal agencies.",
    "sbaCertifications": ["Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business", "HUBZone"],
    "activeCertifications": ["SDVOSB", "HUBZone"],
    "lastUpdateDate": "2026-05-18",
    "sbaProfileUrl": "https://search.certifications.sba.gov/profile/ZQ7MDXK4L2P8/9AB27"
}

Business Identity

Field	Type	Description
legalBusinessName	string	Official registered business name
dbaName	string	"Doing business as" trade name, when provided
uei	string	SAM Unique Entity Identifier — the row's deduplication key
cageCode	string	Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) code
legalStructure	string	Legal entity type code (e.g. LLC, corporation)
yearEstablished	string	Year the business was founded
sbaProfileUrl	string	Canonical DSBS / SBA certifications profile link

Contact & Address

Field	Type	Description
contactPerson	string	Primary contact name
email	string	Business email (present on most records)
phone	string	Business phone number (present on most records)
fax	string	Business fax number, when provided
website	string	Business website, when the firm lists one
additionalWebsite	string	Secondary website, when the firm lists one
address1	string	Street address (present on most records)
address2	string	Second address line (suite, attention line), when provided
city	string	City
state	string	State or territory (full name)
zipcode	string	ZIP / postal code
county	string	County name, when available
fipsCode	string	County FIPS code, when available — useful for geographic joins
msa	string	Metropolitan Statistical Area, when available
congressionalDistrict	string	Congressional district number

Industry & Certifications

Field	Type	Description
naicsPrimary	string	Primary NAICS industry code
naicsSmallCodes	string[]	NAICS codes the business is registered under as a small business
naicsAllCodes	string[]	Every NAICS code on the record, small-business and otherwise
sbaCertifications	string[]	Self-reported SBA certifications and designations, in full-text form
activeCertifications	string[]	Compact list of currently-held set-aside certifications, in short form (e.g. SDVOSB, HUBZone, 8(a))
businessTypeCodes	string	Business-type / self-certification codes

Business Profile

Field	Type	Description
currentPrincipals	string	Current principals — owners and officers — listed on the firm's profile, when provided
capabilitiesNarrative	string	The firm's self-written capabilities statement, when provided

Metadata

Field	Type	Description
lastUpdateDate	string	Date the DSBS record was last updated (ISO date)

Tips for Best Results

• Leave states empty to sweep the whole country, or list specific states to focus a run — pairing a state list with a single NAICS code is the fastest way to a precise, on-topic vertical list.
• Start small to validate. Set maxResults to 50–100 on your first run to confirm the states, industries, and certifications match what you need, then scale up.
• Use naicsPrimaryOnly for tighter lists. With it off you also catch firms that list your NAICS code as a secondary industry — great for reach, noisier for precision. Turn it on when you only want firms whose core business is that industry.
• Combine a certification with an industry to build a supplier-diversity shortlist in one pass — for example WOSB plus a construction NAICS code returns women-owned construction firms directly.
• WOSB already covers EDWOSB. Selecting Women-Owned (WOSB) returns economically-disadvantaged women-owned firms too, since EDWOSB is a subset — only add EDWOSB when you want that subset exclusively.
• email, phone, and address1 populate on the large majority of records but not every one; website appears on roughly half. Filter downstream on the contact field your workflow requires.
• Match on UEI and CAGE, not on business name. These federal identifiers are stable and unique, making them the reliable join key when enriching an existing supplier or CRM record.

Pricing

From $1.50 per 1,000 results — a flat pay-per-result rate with no intake survey and no per-event upcharges. Bronze, Silver, and Gold subscribers pay progressively less; the table below shows total cost at each discount tier.

Results	No discount	Bronze	Silver	Gold
100	$0.18	$0.17	$0.16	$0.15
1,000	$1.80	$1.70	$1.60	$1.50
10,000	$18.00	$17.00	$16.00	$15.00
100,000	$180.00	$170.00	$160.00	$150.00

A "result" is any business row in the output dataset. No compute or time-based charges — you pay per result, plus a small fixed per-run start fee.

Integrations

Export data in JSON, CSV, Excel, XML, or RSS. Connect to 1,500+ apps via:

• Zapier / Make / n8n — Workflow automation
• Google Sheets — Direct spreadsheet export
• Slack / Email — Notifications on new results
• Webhooks — Trigger custom APIs on run completion
• Apify API — Full programmatic access

Legal & Ethical Use

This actor collects business records from a public U.S. federal directory maintained by the Small Business Administration for government-contracting purposes. Use the data for legitimate business development, supplier discovery, market research, and diversity sourcing. You are responsible for complying with applicable laws, the SBA's terms of use, and anti-spam and data-protection regulations when contacting the businesses listed. Do not use extracted data for harassment, misrepresentation, or any unlawful purpose.