Texas State Licensed Contractor Scraper

Scrapes detailed contractor licensing data from the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR). Useful for compliance checks, market research, lead generation, and license verification.

Overview

This actor collects structured data from the TDLR public database. It supports both broad searches and targeted queries for specific contractors, returning comprehensive licensing and business details.

Key Features

• Comprehensive Data Extraction: Pulls a wide range of fields from TDLR records.
• Flexible Search: Allows filtering by license type, number, business name, owner name, city, and ZIP code.
• Scalable Results: Users can set a maxItems limit. Free users are capped at 100 items; paid users can scrape up to 1,000,000.
• Structured Output: Returns clean, organized data in JSON format, downloadable as Excel, CSV, JSON, XML, or HTML.

Extracted data includes:
* License Info: Number, type, description, class, status, issue/expiration dates.
* Business Details: Company name, contact name, full address, phone, email.
* Additional Records: Sponsor information, bond amounts, violation history, and direct URLs to official TDLR detail pages.

How to Use

Configure the actor via its input schema. The primary control is maxItems, which defines the result limit. Use the filter parameters to narrow your search.

Input/Output

Input: Configure the run using JSON. At minimum, define maxItems. Add filter parameters to refine your search.

{
  "maxItems": 250,
  "licenseType": "Electricians",
  "city": "Austin"
}

Available Filters:
* licenseType (e.g., "Electricians", "RAIC")
* licenseNumber
* businessName
* ownerName
* city
* zipCode

Output: The dataset contains an array of objects, one per contractor record.

{
  "licenseNumber": "RAIC-12345",
  "businessName": "TEXAS PREMIER CONSTRUCTION LLC",
  "contactName": "JOHNSON, MICHAEL DAVID",
  "licenseType": "RAIC",
  "licenseDescription": "Residential Appliance Installation Contractor",
  "status": "Active",
  "expirationDate": "12/15/2025",
  "address": "1234 Main Street, Suite 200",
  "city": "Houston",
  "state": "TX",
  "zipCode": "77001",
  "phone": "(713) 555-0123",
  "email": "michael.johnson@texaspremier.com"
}

Results can be downloaded directly from the Apify dataset storage in your preferred format.