DBPR

Florida Contractor Directory & Leads Scraper (DBPR)

Scrape every licensed Florida contractor in a county from the official DBPR registry — name, license, status, expiration, address — paginated and ready to export.

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Output fields

Authoritative field set from the dataset schema.

Field	Type
`state`	string\|null
`license_number`	string\|null
`business_name`	string\|null
`license_type`	string\|null
`status`	string\|null
`expiration_date`	string\|null
`issue_date`	string\|null
`county`	string\|null
`city`	string\|null
`address`	string\|null
`zip_code`	string\|null
`phone`	string\|null
`person_name`	string\|null
`bond_amount`	string\|null
`bond_company`	string\|null
`insurance_company`	string\|null
`matched_by`	string\|null
`county_value`	string\|null
`county_name`	string\|null
`source_url`	string\|null
`scraped_at`	string\|null

Sample row

{
  "state": "FL",
  "license_number": "CGC1511234",
  "business_name": "TAMPA BAY CONSTRUCTION LLC",
  "person_name": null,
  "license_type": "Certified General Contractor",
  "status": "Current,Active",
  "issue_date": null,
  "expiration_date": "08/31/2026",
  "city": "TAMPA",
  "county": "Hillsborough",
  "address": "1234 KENNEDY BLVD",
  "zip_code": "33602",
  "phone": null,
  "bond_amount": null,
  "bond_company": null,
  "insurance_company": null,
  "matched_by": "county_directory",
  "source_url": "https://www.myfloridalicense.com/LicenseDetail.asp?SID=&id=ABCDEF123456"
}

Inputs

Field	Type	Req	Default	Description
`listCountiesOnly`	boolean	no	`false`	When true, the actor returns all available Florida counties from the DBPR portal and exits immediately (< 10 seconds, no charge). Use this to discover the exact county name to pass into Scrape Mode.
`county`	string	no	`"Hillsborough"`	The Florida county to scrape - full name (e.g. 'Hillsborough') or the DBPR numeric code (e.g. '39'). Common spellings are accepted: 'Miami-Dade County' resolves to DBPR's 'Dade', and 'Saint Lucie' to 'St. Lucie'. If the county is missing or not recognised, the run returns the full list of counties instead of failing, and is not charged.
`counties`	array	no	`["Hillsborough"]`	Look up many in ONE run instead of starting a run per lookup. Takes the same values as 'County'. Combined with 'County' if you fill both, and duplicates are removed. Billing is unchanged: you are charged per record returned, not per entry submitted.
`board`	string	no	`"06"`	DBPR board code to filter by. Default '06' = Construction Industry (the main contractor board covering General, Building, Residential, and specialty contractors). Contact DBPR or run Discovery Mode to find codes for other boards.
`licenseType`	string	no	`"0605"`	DBPR license type code within the selected board. Default '0605' = Certified General Contractor (Board 06). Use '0600' for all license types within the board (if supported by the portal).
`maxResults`	integer	no	`500`	Cap on the number of records returned PER ENTRY, not per run — so a batch cannot silently return only the first 500 rows overall and read as 'the rest don't exist'. A county + license type can have thousands of results; set lower for testing. Default 500.
`proxyConfiguration`	object	no	`{"useApifyProxy":false}`	Optional. The DBPR portal is usually reachable directly from Apify's datacenter IPs. Enable a proxy (e.g. residential) only if a run is blocked or served a challenge page.

Pricing

Pay per result (dataset-item) — no charge for empty runs.
Example: 500 contractor records at $0.002/result ≈ $1.00.

FAQ

Where does the data come from?

The official Florida DBPR 'Verify a Licensee' portal (wl11.asp) — public contractor license data sourced directly from the state registry.

How do I find the right county name?

Run the actor once with listCountiesOnly=true. It returns all available county names and their DBPR codes in under 10 seconds at no charge.

What board and license type should I use?

The defaults (board '06' / licenseType '0605') cover Certified General Contractors under the Construction Industry board — the largest category. Set licenseType to another code (e.g. '0610' for Certified Building Contractor) to target a different trade. DBPR board and license type codes are documented on the DBPR website.

How many records can I get per run?

Hillsborough County alone has 8,000+ Certified General Contractors. The actor paginates automatically; set maxResults to control the cap. For very large counties, split across license types to stay within run time limits.

How am I charged?

Pay per record in Scrape Mode. Discovery Mode (listCountiesOnly=true) is not charged.

How current is the data?

It reflects the live DBPR registry at scrape time — the actor reads the portal itself, so you get whatever DBPR is publishing at that moment rather than a cached copy.

Does this include phone numbers?

No — DBPR does not publish phone numbers on the Verify a Licensee portal. Enrich with a contact-data provider after export.

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