Colorado Professional License Scraper

Colorado Professional License Scraper — DORA License Data for Nurses, Doctors, Contractors, Engineers, Brokers & 60+ Regulated Occupations

Extract official Colorado DORA professional, occupational, and contractor license records at scale. This Colorado professional license scraper pulls nightly-refreshed license records — every registered nurse, physician, electrical/plumbing/mechanical contractor, professional engineer, real estate broker, CPA, cosmetologist, pharmacist, counselor, dentist, and dozens more regulated trades across Colorado — as clean, structured data ready for compliance, primary-source license verification, B2B lead generation, healthcare recruiting, credentialing, and market intelligence. No login, no proxy, no coding required.

Export to JSON, CSV, Excel (XLSX), HTML, XML, or REST API.

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⚡ At a glance

Feature	Details
Regulator Covered	Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA)
Professions & Trades	60+ regulated license types — Electrical (EC), Plumbing (PC), HVAC (ME), Engineering (PE), Architecture (ARC), Nursing (RN/PN/APN), Medicine (DR/MD/PA), Real Estate (REB), Accounting (CPA), Dental (DEN), Pharmacy (PHA), Behavioral Health (PSY/LPC/LCSW), and more
Search & Filter Modes	Multi-select dropdowns for Profession, License Status, Colorado City, plus custom cities and First-Issue Date Range (issuedAfter / issuedBefore)
Pagination & Scale	Automatic deep pagination (1,000+ to 100,000+ records per run) with deterministic sorting and 0 duplicates
Core Output Fields	licenseNumber, licenseType, status, firstName, lastName, entityName, city, state, zipCode, firstIssueDate, lastRenewedDate, expirationDate, verifyUrl, healthcareProfileUrl
Refresh Cadence	Updated nightly by the State of Colorado
Proxy Requirement	None — runs at full speed on standard Apify datacenter IPs
Export Formats	JSON, CSV, Excel, HTML, XML, JSON Lines, RSS, Apify REST API

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🧭 Table of contents

• Why scrape Colorado DORA licenses?
• What this Colorado license scraper does
• Supported professions & license codes
• High-value use cases
• Input parameters
• Output schema & field reference
• Sample output records
• Pagination & 1,000+ scale
• How to use & API examples
• Pro tips for B2B lead gen & compliance
• FAQ
• Related state license scrapers
• Changelog

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🔎 Why scrape Colorado DORA licenses?

The Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA) is the umbrella state agency that licenses, registers, and regulates more than sixty professional, occupational, and trade categories statewide — from individual nurses, physicians, and counselors to electrical contracting firms, plumbing contractors, professional engineers, CPAs, pharmacists, and real estate brokers.

That roster is a goldmine of verified, authoritative B2B intelligence and compliance data:

• It tells you who is licensed, in what profession and specialty, in which Colorado city and ZIP code, under what current status (Active, Expired, Suspended, Revoked, Active - With Conditions), and when their license was first issued, last renewed, and expires.
• Every record includes a direct verifyUrl pointing straight to the official DORA license-lookup verification page — creating an instant, auditable primary-source verification trail.
• Healthcare records include education/degree credentials (degrees) and a direct healthcareProfileUrl snapshot link.

Collecting and normalizing this data manually is slow and error-prone: web tables only show a handful of rows at a time, raw bulk exports use inconsistent field names, mixed individual/firm schemas, tilde-delimited degree strings (~Bachelors of Science in Nursing), and nested link objects. This Colorado professional license scraper handles all query building, pagination, date normalization, degree formatting, and deduplication automatically — returning analysis-ready JSON, CSV, or Excel in seconds.

Common reasons teams use this scraper:

• Primary-source license verification for nurses, physicians, contractors, engineers, and brokers before hiring, onboarding, or underwriting
• Targeted Colorado B2B lead generation by trade, status, and metro (e.g., every active Electrical and Plumbing Contractor in Denver, Colorado Springs, and Aurora)
• New-business & new-licensee discovery using issuedAfter to capture newly licensed contractors, brokers, and clinicians every week
• Continuous compliance & expiration monitoring across an existing roster of employees, providers, or subcontractors
• Healthcare staffing & locum tenens recruiting by city, license type (RN, APN, PA, MD), specialty, and degree
• CRM, BI, and data-warehouse enrichment with authoritative state license attributes

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✨ What this Colorado license scraper does

• ✅ Covers 60+ Colorado DORA license categories — select specific professions from the curated dropdown or leave empty to pull across all regulated occupations statewide.
• ✅ Multi-criteria targeting — combine any number of Professions, Statuses (Active, Expired, Suspended, Revoked, etc.), Cities (30 major Colorado cities in the dropdown + unlimited custom cities via citiesCustom), and Issue Date Ranges (issuedAfter / issuedBefore).
• ✅ Zero-config empty run — run with default/empty filters to immediately get a clean sample of recently issued Active licenses across Colorado.
• ✅ Unified individual + entity schema — seamlessly normalizes both individual licensees (firstName, middleName, lastName, suffix) and business/firm licenses (entityName) into a single consistent table structure.
• ✅ Healthcare credential enrichment — automatically cleans tilde-delimited DORA degree strings into readable ; -separated lists (degrees) and extracts the healthcareProfileUrl snapshot link.
• ✅ Direct verification link (verifyUrl) on 100% of records — every row carries its unique DORA lookup URL for one-click audit verification.
• ✅ Unlocked 1,000+ deep pagination — deterministic multi-page offset pagination pulls 1,000, 10,000, or 100,000+ deduplicated records without hitting artificial page caps.
• ✅ Fast, lightweight, proxy-free execution — pure HTTP requests finish 100 records in ~3 seconds and 1,000+ records in ~10–15 seconds on standard datacenter IPs.

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🏛️ Supported professions & license codes

Pick one or more professions from the Professions / license types dropdown (licenseTypes), or leave it empty to include all 60+ DORA license prefixes:

🏗️ Construction, Trades & Engineering

Code	Profession / License Type	Typical Use Case
EC	Electrical Contractor	Commercial/residential subcontractor vetting, B2B equipment & fleet sales
PC	Plumbing Contractor	Plumbing supply outreach, GC compliance verification, home-service directories
ME	Mechanical / HVAC	HVAC dealer networks, commercial maintenance sourcing
JW	Journeyman Wireman (Electrical)	Skilled-trade recruiting, electrical workforce analytics
MP	Master Plumber	Senior trade recruiting, contractor qualification
JP	Journeyman Plumber	Plumbing technician hiring and verification
PE	Professional Engineer	Engineering firm verification, AEC recruiting, infrastructure bidding
PLS	Professional Land Surveyor	Land development, GIS, and surveying partnerships
ARC	Architect	Architectural specification outreach, design-build partnering

🩺 Healthcare, Medical & Behavioral Health

Code	Profession / License Type	Typical Use Case
RN	Registered Nurse	Travel nursing, hospital credentialing, clinician recruiting
PN	Practical Nurse (LPN)	Long-term care, clinic, and home-health staffing
APN	Advanced Practice Nurse (NP/CNS/CRNA)	Primary-care provider recruiting, telehealth credentialing
NA	Nurse Aide (CNA)	Senior-living and healthcare facility staffing
PA	Physician Assistant	Medical group recruiting, urgent-care staffing
DR / MD	Doctor / Medical Physician	Provider directory enrichment, payer credentialing, medical device sales
DEN	Dentist	Dental DSO acquisition targeting, dental supply sales
DH	Dental Hygienist	Dental practice recruiting
PHA	Pharmacist	Retail & hospital pharmacy staffing, pharmacy compliance
VET	Veterinarian	Veterinary clinic outreach, animal-health B2B sales
PSY	Psychologist	Behavioral health network building, telehealth onboarding
LPC	Licensed Professional Counselor	Mental-health group practice recruiting & verification
LCSW	Clinical Social Worker	Healthcare & behavioral-health staffing
OT / PT / SLP	Occupational / Physical / Speech Therapist	Rehab staffing, pediatric & outpatient therapy networks
MT / CHR / AP	Massage Therapist / Chiropractor / Acupuncturist	Wellness clinic lead generation & credential verification

💼 Real Estate, Finance & Personal Services

Code	Profession / License Type	Typical Use Case
REB	Real Estate Broker	PropTech lead generation, mortgage/title partnerships, brokerage recruiting
CPA	Certified Public Accountant	B2B SaaS partnerships, financial/advisory directory building
COS	Cosmetologist	Salon supply distribution, beauty-tech prospecting
BAR	Barber	Barbershop & personal-care B2B outreach

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🎯 High-value use cases

1. 🧲 B2B Lead Generation & Territory Planning

Build hyper-targeted lists of active Colorado contractors (EC, PC, ME), real estate brokers (REB), CPAs (CPA), or healthcare providers segmented by city (Denver, Colorado Springs, Aurora, Fort Collins, Boulder). Combine with issuedAfter to reach newly licensed businesses the week they receive their state credential.

2. 🛡️ Automated Compliance & Credentialing Audits

Healthcare networks, general contractors, property managers, and marketplaces must ensure every clinician or subcontractor holds an Active license without disciplinary restrictions. Schedule this scraper weekly or nightly and join on licenseNumber to flag Expired, Suspended, or Revoked statuses automatically.

3. 👩‍⚕️ Healthcare & Skilled-Trade Recruiting

Filter by RN, APN, PA, MD, PE, JW, or MP across Front Range or Western Slope cities to map licensed talent supply, inspect nursing degrees and specialty fields, and prioritize outreach.

4. 📈 Market Intelligence & Workforce Analytics

Analyze licensing velocity across Colorado counties and cities over time using firstIssueDate and expirationDate. Track which metros are adding electrical contractors, real estate brokers, or behavioral-health clinicians fastest.

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📥 Input parameters

All fields are optional. Running with no filters returns a fast 100-record sample of recently issued licenses across Colorado.

Parameter	Type	Default / Prefill	Description
licenseTypes	array<string>	[] (All types)	Pick one or more professions from the 33-option dropdown (EC, PC, ME, PE, RN, MD, REB, CPA, etc.). Leave empty to include all 60+ DORA license types.
statuses	array<string>	Prefill: ["Active"]	Filter by license status (Active, Expired, Cancelled, Revoked, Surrendered, Voluntary Surrender, Inactive, Retired, Suspended, Active - With Conditions, Active - Provisional, Active - Restricted). Leave empty for all statuses.
cities	array<string>	[] (All cities)	Select from 30 major Colorado cities (Denver, Colorado Springs, Aurora, Fort Collins, Lakewood, Boulder, Pueblo, Grand Junction, etc.).
citiesCustom	array<string>	[]	Type any additional Colorado city names not listed in the dropdown (case-insensitive).
issuedAfter	string	""	Only return licenses first issued on or after YYYY-MM-DD (e.g., "2025-01-01"). Ideal for net-new licensee discovery.
issuedBefore	string	""	Only return licenses first issued on or before YYYY-MM-DD.
maxRecords	integer	Default 0, Prefill 100	Maximum number of unique license records to collect. Set 1000+ for large exports or 0 for unlimited.
pageSize	integer	1000	Number of records fetched per batch request (100–50000). Default 1000 is optimal for both small and 10,000+ runs.
requestDelay	integer	200	Pause between batch requests in milliseconds (0–5000).

Example input (1,500 Active Contractors in Front Range Cities)

{
  "licenseTypes": ["EC", "PC", "ME", "PE", "ARC"],
  "statuses": ["Active"],
  "cities": ["Denver", "Colorado Springs", "Aurora", "Fort Collins", "Boulder"],
  "citiesCustom": ["Golden", "Telluride"],
  "issuedAfter": "2020-01-01",
  "issuedBefore": "",
  "maxRecords": 1500,
  "pageSize": 1000,
  "requestDelay": 200
}

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📤 Output schema & field reference

Every record is normalized into a flat 20-field JSON structure. All values are strings or null for clean downstream ingestion into SQL databases, CSV/Excel spreadsheets, and CRM pipelines.

🪪 License Identity & Status

Field	Type	Coverage	Description
licenseNumber	string	🟢 High (100%)	Official DORA license or registration number (used as primary deduplication key)
licenseType	string	🟢 High (100%)	DORA license prefix code (e.g., RN, EC, PC, PE, REB, CPA)
subCategory	string | null	🟡 Conditional (~15%)	Sub-category code where applicable (e.g., NP, CNS, TEMP)
status	string	🟢 High (100%)	Current license status (Active, Expired, Suspended, Revoked, etc.)

👤 Licensee Name & Organization

Field	Type	Coverage	Description
firstName	string | null	🟢 High (~95% individuals)	Licensee given name (null on corporate/entity licenses)
middleName	string | null	🟡 Conditional (~60%)	Licensee middle name or initial
lastName	string | null	🟢 High (~95% individuals)	Licensee family name (null on corporate/entity licenses)
suffix	string | null	🟡 Conditional (~3%)	Name suffix (Jr, Sr, III, etc.)
entityName	string | null	🟡 Conditional (Firm licenses)	Registered company, LLC, corporation, or DBA name for business licenses

📍 Location & Credentials

Field	Type	Coverage	Description
city	string	🟢 High (~100%)	Mailing city on file with DORA
state	string	🟢 High (~99%)	Two-letter state code (CO for in-state; mailing state for out-of-state holders)
zipCode	string	🟢 High (~99%)	5-digit or 9-digit mailing ZIP code
specialty	string | null	🟡 Conditional (~20%)	Clinical or trade specialty area where recorded by the board
degrees	string | null	🟡 Conditional (Healthcare)	Semicolon-separated academic degrees (e.g., Bachelors of Science in Nursing; Masters of Science in Nursing)

📅 Dates & Verification Links

Field	Type	Coverage	Description
firstIssueDate	string	🟢 High (100%)	Date the license was originally issued (YYYY-MM-DD)
lastRenewedDate	string | null	🟢 High (~99%)	Date of most recent license renewal (YYYY-MM-DD)
expirationDate	string | null	🟢 High (~97%)	Current license expiration date (YYYY-MM-DD)
verifyUrl	string	🟢 High (100%)	Direct link to the official DORA license verification detail page
healthcareProfileUrl	string | null	🟡 Conditional (~60% healthcare)	Direct link to DORA's Healthcare Professions Profile snapshot viewer
scrapedAt	string	🟢 High (100%)	ISO-8601 UTC timestamp when the record was extracted

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📋 Sample output records

Individual Healthcare Licensee (Registered Nurse)

{
  "licenseNumber": "1713372",
  "licenseType": "RN",
  "subCategory": null,
  "status": "Active",
  "firstName": "Alicia",
  "lastName": "Torres",
  "middleName": "Carmen",
  "suffix": null,
  "entityName": null,
  "city": "Trinidad",
  "state": "CO",
  "zipCode": "81082",
  "specialty": null,
  "degrees": "Assoc of Science in Nursing; Certificate in Nursing",
  "firstIssueDate": "2026-10-30",
  "lastRenewedDate": "2026-10-30",
  "expirationDate": "2028-09-30",
  "verifyUrl": "https://www.colorado.gov/dora/licensing/Lookup/PrintLicenseDetails.aspx?cred=1762457&contact=1549937",
  "healthcareProfileUrl": "https://www.colorado.gov/dora/licensing/SnapshotViewer.aspx?cid=1762457&Key=0E80D339-6DEA-4E4F-99F0-3C0F745534A0",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-11-10T03:00:00.000Z"
}

Corporate / Entity License

{
  "licenseNumber": "3803",
  "licenseType": "OUT",
  "subCategory": null,
  "status": "Active",
  "firstName": null,
  "lastName": null,
  "middleName": null,
  "suffix": null,
  "entityName": "Colorado Trophies LLC",
  "city": "Norwood",
  "state": "CO",
  "zipCode": "81423",
  "specialty": null,
  "degrees": null,
  "firstIssueDate": "2026-10-30",
  "lastRenewedDate": "2026-10-30",
  "expirationDate": "2027-03-31",
  "verifyUrl": "https://www.colorado.gov/dora/licensing/Lookup/PrintLicenseDetails.aspx?cred=1761339&contact=1880801",
  "healthcareProfileUrl": null,
  "scrapedAt": "2026-11-10T03:00:00.000Z"
}

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🔁 Pagination & 1,000+ scale

• Deterministic multi-page pagination: Results are ordered by licensefirstissuedate DESC, licensenumber ASC and fetched in batches of pageSize (default 1,000). The secondary sort key (licensenumber ASC) guarantees deterministic page boundaries even when hundreds of licenses share the exact same issue date.
• Guaranteed target fulfillment: The paginator continues advancing $offset across batch pages until totalSaved reaches your requested maxRecords (e.g., 1,000, 5,000, 50,000) or the matching dataset is completely exhausted — so duplicate rows in the upstream source never cut your export short.
• Client-side deduplication: Every record is deduplicated in memory by licenseNumber (with a composite name+type fallback), ensuring 0 duplicate records across multi-page runs.

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⚙️ How to use & API examples

1. Open Colorado Professional License Scraper in Apify Console.
2. Select your target Professions, License statuses, and Cities (or leave blank for a statewide mix).
3. Set Max records (100 for a quick test, 1000–50000 for bulk exports, or 0 for unlimited).
4. Click Start and download your results in JSON, CSV, or Excel.

Python (apify-client)

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN")

run = client.actor("haketa/colorado-professional-license-scraper").call(run_input={
    "licenseTypes": ["EC", "PC", "ME"],
    "statuses": ["Active"],
    "cities": ["Denver", "Colorado Springs", "Aurora"],
    "maxRecords": 2000,
})

for record in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    holder = record["entityName"] or f"{record['firstName']} {record['lastName']}"
    print(f"{record['licenseNumber']} | {record['licenseType']} | {holder} | {record['city']} | Exp: {record['expirationDate']}")

Node.js (apify-client)

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: 'YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN' });

const run = await client.actor('haketa/colorado-professional-license-scraper').call({
    licenseTypes: ['RN', 'APN', 'PA'],
    statuses: ['Active'],
    cities: ['Denver', 'Boulder', 'Fort Collins'],
    maxRecords: 1000,
});

const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
console.log(`Fetched ${items.length} verified Colorado licenses`);

cURL

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/haketa~colorado-professional-license-scraper/runs?token=YOUR_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"licenseTypes":["REB"],"statuses":["Active"],"cities":["Denver","Aurora","Lakewood"],"maxRecords":2500}'

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💡 Pro tips for B2B lead gen & compliance

• Capture new licensees weekly with issuedAfter: Schedule a weekly run with issuedAfter set to 7 days ago and statuses: ["Active"] to feed brand-new Colorado contractors, brokers, and clinicians directly into HubSpot, Salesforce, or Clay.
• Discover all 60+ license type codes: Leave licenseTypes: [] on a 500-record sample run and group by licenseType to inspect every specialty code DORA publishes beyond the 33 most popular dropdown entries.
• Filter in-state vs. out-of-state licensees: Some Colorado license holders maintain an out-of-state mailing address (state != "CO"). Filter state === "CO" downstream if your campaign only targets Colorado-resident professionals.
• Monitor sanctions & revocations: Set statuses: ["Suspended", "Revoked", "Surrendered", "Active - With Conditions"] to run automated risk and disciplinary screening across regulated professions.

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❓ FAQ

How many Colorado license records can I extract in one run?

From a 100-record sample up to hundreds of thousands of records. Set maxRecords: 1000 (or 5000, 25000, or 0 for unlimited) and the actor will automatically paginate through the entire matching dataset.

How fast is the scraper?

Because it uses lightweight pure-HTTP requests without browser overhead, a 100-record prefill run completes in ~3–6 seconds, and a 1,000+ record export finishes in ~10–20 seconds.

Do I need proxies or a DORA login?

No. Neither proxies nor login credentials are required. Standard Apify datacenter execution works reliably at full speed.

How fresh is the Colorado license data?

The underlying DORA licensing dataset is refreshed nightly by the State of Colorado, so every run reflects license issuances, renewals, and status changes within 24 hours.

Are phone numbers or email addresses included?

DORA does not publish licensee phone numbers or email addresses in the public licensing record. Each record provides full individual or entity name, city, state, ZIP code, license type, status, issue/renewal/expiration dates, academic degrees (for healthcare), and the direct verifyUrl. Pair with our Angi Scraper or BBB Business Scraper to enrich contractor phone numbers and ratings.

Why are entityName or firstName/lastName sometimes null?

Individual licenses populate firstName, middleName, lastName, and suffix (leaving entityName as null), whereas corporate/firm licenses populate entityName (leaving individual name fields as null).

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🔗 Related state license scrapers

• California DCA Professional License Scraper
• Ohio eLicense Professional License Scraper
• Texas Pharmacy License Scraper (TSBP)
• Illinois IDFPR License Scraper
• Virginia DPOR Professional License Scraper
• Minnesota DLI Professional License Scraper
• Washington L&I Contractor License Scraper
• Arizona ROC Contractor License Scraper
• NC Licensing Board for General Contractors Scraper
• Angi Scraper — US Home Service Pros & Contractors

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📋 Changelog

Version	Date	Notes
1.2.0	2026-11	Unlocked 1,000+ deep pagination & deterministic sorting. Fixed $offset pagination loop so deduplicated records never stop a run short of maxRecords, added secondary sort key (licensenumber ASC) to prevent boundary duplicates on same-day issuances, changed maxRecords default to 0 (unlimited when filters are provided, 100-record fast sample on empty runs), and expanded documentation.
1.1.0	2026-11	Healthcare enrichment & field normalization. Added cleaned degrees and healthcareProfileUrl extraction, normalized Socrata URL objects to plain strings, and ensured licensefirstissuedate IS NOT NULL ordering surfaces complete, recently issued records first.
1.0.0	2026-04	Initial public release of Colorado Professional License Scraper covering 60+ DORA license types with profession, status, city, and issue-date filtering.