# Virginia Contractor Licence Leads (`yanairon/virginia-contractor-licence-leads`) Actor

Virginia contractor firm licences (Class A, B, C) from the DPOR public lists: business name, email, address, licence class and expiry. No phone number in the official data. Business records only; individuals removed.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/yanairon/virginia-contractor-licence-leads.md
- **Developed by:** [Yanai Ron](https://apify.com/yanairon) (community)
- **Security:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $5.00 / 1,000 contractor records

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/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Virginia Contractor Licence Leads

Contractor firm leads from the **official Virginia DPOR (Board for Contractors) public regulant lists**: business name, email address, address, licence class (A, B, C), specialty codes and expiry date.

- **Source:** [Virginia DPOR regulant lists](https://www.dpor.virginia.gov/RegulantLists) (public text files, no login, no scraping of web pages).
- **Who it's for:** insurance agents, warranty providers, material and tool suppliers, software vendors and service businesses that sell to licensed contractors.

### What you get

At the last check, the lists held about 53.7k rows. After removing names that look like individuals and duplicates, about 40.9k firms remain, and roughly 83% of them have an email address. Counts change as the state updates the lists. Many licensees are based outside Virginia, so use the `state` filter (for example `VA`) to keep Virginia addresses only.

### What you do not get

The official data has **no phone numbers**. This Actor does not look them up or guess them. Email is the lead field.

### Privacy, best effort

Virginia's files do not flag sole proprietors. The Actor treats a registered name as a business only when it looks like a company (for example LLC, Inc, Construction, Roofing). Names that look like a person's name are treated as individuals: their address and email are removed and they are excluded by default (`businessOnly`). This is a name-based heuristic, so a small number of sole proprietors may remain, and a few real firms with person-like names may be dropped.

### Input

| Field | Default | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `licenceClasses` | A, B, C | Contractor class |
| `specialties` | all | DPOR specialty codes such as ELE, HVA, HIC, RBC, CBC |
| `businessOnly` | `true` | Exclude person-looking names |
| `state`, `city`, `zip` | - | State code, city exact match, ZIP prefix |
| `expiringWithinDays` | - | Only licences expiring within N days |
| `mode` | `full` | `delta` is experimental: change tracking needs persistent storage and currently treats every record as new |
| `deltaDays` | `30` | Expiry window used in delta mode |
| `maxRecords` | `25` | Prefilled so a first test is quick. Set `0` for the full list |

### Output

One item per licence: `licenceNumber`, `businessName`, `licenceClass`, `specialtyCodes`, `issuedDate`, `expirationDate`, `daysUntilExpiration`, `email`, `address`, `city`, `state`, `zip`, `recordType`, `isNewSinceLastRun`, `sourceDataset`. Export as JSON, CSV or Excel.

### Pricing

Pay per result: $5.00 per 1,000 records ($0.005 each).

### Notes

The Actor checks the source layout on every run and fails with a clear error if the state changes it. Data is public record published by the Commonwealth of Virginia; follow applicable email marketing rules (CAN-SPAM) when contacting firms.

# Actor input Schema

## `licenceClasses` (type: `array`):

Virginia contractor classes to include. Leave empty for A, B and C.

## `specialties` (type: `array`):

Keep firms holding any of these DPOR specialty codes (e.g. ELE, HVA, HIC, RBC, CBC). See the DPOR classifications list linked in the README. Leave empty for all.

## `businessOnly` (type: `boolean`):

Keep only records whose registered name looks like a company. Names that look like a person's name (possible sole proprietors) are excluded. Recommended for lead generation.

## `state` (type: `string`):

Filter by the firm's state (2-letter code). Many Virginia licensees are out of state; use VA for Virginia addresses. Optional.

## `city` (type: `string`):

Filter by city (case-insensitive exact match). Optional.

## `zip` (type: `string`):

Filter by ZIP prefix (e.g. 553 or 55401). Optional.

## `expiringWithinDays` (type: `integer`):

Keep only records expiring within this many days from today. Leave empty for all.

## `mode` (type: `string`):

Experimental: change tracking needs persistent storage and currently treats all records as new.

## `deltaDays` (type: `integer`):

Experimental: change tracking needs persistent storage and currently treats all records as new. Expiry window used in delta mode.

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

Cap the number of output records. 0 = no cap. The example input is 25 so a first test run is quick; set 0 for the full list.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "licenceClasses": [],
  "specialties": [],
  "businessOnly": true,
  "state": "",
  "city": "",
  "zip": "",
  "expiringWithinDays": null,
  "mode": "full",
  "deltaDays": 30,
  "maxRecords": 25
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `records` (type: `string`):

Cleaned records matching the input filters.

# 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 = {
    "maxRecords": 25
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("yanairon/virginia-contractor-licence-leads").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 = { "maxRecords": 25 }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("yanairon/virginia-contractor-licence-leads").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 '{
  "maxRecords": 25
}' |
apify call yanairon/virginia-contractor-licence-leads --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,yanairon/virginia-contractor-licence-leads"
        }
    }
}
```

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/UPcmQ3UO93aedrKks/builds/Qwzh6xOqeVHwiT8iH/openapi.json