Verify a California contractor licence by CSLB licence number or business name,
Verify a California contractor licence by CSLB licence number or business name, returning licence status (normalised and as CSLB words it), classifications, issue and expiry dates, bond and workers' comp. Read live from the CSLB 'Check A License' registry; an unknown licence number is answered free.
Answeringour last check, 2026-10-18
1 of 1checks answered this week
1908 msmedian answer time
$0.04listed price per call
$0.04price it asked us
Paid test badge: not yet. The checks above are free: we call the tool without paying and read the payment request it sends back. The Verified badge needs paid calls whose answers match the promised output, and nobody can buy a badge.
Endpoint
POST https://api.scrapebench.dev/v1/ca-contractor-lookup
| Category | Company and compliance |
|---|---|
| Provider host | api.scrapebench.dev |
| Networks | eip155:8453 |
| Payment schemes | exact |
| Self-reported calls, 30 days | 2 from 2 payers (the provider's figure, not ours) |
Our checks, last 30 days
| Day | Result | HTTP | Asked | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-18 | valid payment request | 402 | $0.04 | 1908 ms |
Example input (from the provider)
{
"body": {
"license_number": "22726"
},
"bodyType": "json",
"method": "POST",
"type": "http"
}
Promised output schema (from the provider)
{
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"properties": {
"input": {
"additionalProperties": false,
"properties": {
"body": {
"properties": {
"city": {
"anyOf": [
{
"maxLength": 60,
"minLength": 2,
"type": "string"
},
{
"type": "null"
}
],
"default": null,
"description": "Optional: keep only name matches whose city of record is this (case ignored).",
"title": "City"
},
"license_number": {
"anyOf": [
{
"pattern": "^\\d{1,8}$",
"type": "string"
},
{
"type": "null"
}
],
"default": null,
"description": "CSLB licence number, digits only, e.g. '22726'. Send this or name.",
"title": "License Number"
},
"name": {
"anyOf": [
{
"maxLength": 100,
"minLength": 2,
"type": "string"
},
{
"type": "null"
}
],
"default": null,
"description": "Business name or its start, e.g. 'RANSOME' (case ignored). Matches names beginning with it. Send this or license_number.",
"title": "Name"
}
},
"title": "Input",
"type": "object"
},
"bodyType": {
"enum": [
"json",
"form-data",
"text"
],
"type": "string"
},
"method": {
"enum": [
"POST",
"PUT",
"PATCH"
],
"type": "string"
},
"type": {
"const": "http",
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"type",
"method",
"bodyType",
"body"
],
"type": "object"
},
"output": {
"properties": {
"example": {
"properties": {
"next_page": {
"anyOf": [
{
"type": "integer"
},
{
"type": "null"
}
],
"description": "Page to request next, or null when this is the last.",
"title": "Next Page"
},
"page": {
"description": "Zero-based page number of this response.",
"title": "Page",
"type": "integer"
},
"page_size": {
"description": "Most rows a page can hold; one page is one price.",
"title": "Page Size",
"type": "integer"
},
"rows": {
"description": "Data rows, or free Notice rows explaining a gap.",
"items": {
"anyOf": [
{
"additionalProperties": false,
"properties": {
"address": {
"anyOf": [
{
"type": "string"
},
{
"type": "null"
}
],
"default": null,
"description": "Business street address of record.",
"title": "Address"
},
"bond_amount": {
"anyOf": [
{
"type": "string"
},
{
"type": "null"
}
],
"default": null,
"description": "Contractor's bond amount in USD, e.g. '25,000'.",
"title": "Bond Amount"
},
"bond_number": {
"anyOf": [
{
"type": "string"
},
{
"type": "null"
}
],
"default": null,
"description": "Contractor's bond number.",
"title": "Bond Number"
},
"business_name": {
"anyOf": [
{
"type": "string"
},
{
"type": "null"
}
],
"default": null,
"description": "Licensed business name.",
"title": "Business Name"
},
"business_type": {
"anyOf": [
{
"type": "string"
},
{
"type": "null"
}
],
"default": null,
"description": "Entity type, e.g. Corporation, Sole Ownership.",
"title": "Business Type"
},
"city": {
"anyOf": [
{
"type": "string"
},
{
"type": "null"
}