# Scrapebench, pay as you go, x402 pay per call, POST /v1/ca-contractor-lookup: Business verification API

> 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.

Scrapebench's x402 pay per call plan for the business verification API costs $40.00 per 1,000 companies. Scrapebench's docs list 3 of the 11 fields on our checklist: Registered name, Status, Principal address.
We haven't run Scrapebench through [our business verification API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-business-verification-api.txt) yet.
We rank 1,165 plans for business verification APIs by price. Half the plans cost $8.182 or less per 1,000 companies. This plan costs less per 1,000 companies than 25% of the 1,165 plans.
[CharityAPI's $15 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/charityapi/15-monthly-paid-get-api-organizations-ein/llms.txt) is the cheapest paid plan per 1,000 companies. CharityAPI's plan covers companies in the United States only. CharityAPI's $15 monthly plan charges nothing per call. You get as many companies as CharityAPI's rate limit allows. [ApiZero's CNY 399 yearly plan](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/apizero/cny-399-yearly-diamond-membership-get-api-company-search/llms.txt) costs the least for 10,000 companies a month: about $4.97.
[Scoris's €19 pack](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/scoris/19-pack/llms.txt) covers any number of companies in 8 countries only. Scoris's €19 pack costs more up front than CharityAPI's $15 monthly plan.
[GovFiles](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/govfiles/top-up/llms.txt), [Didit](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/didit/top-up-from-50/llms.txt) and [CompanyData.com](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/companydata-com/249-monthly/llms.txt) are the best business verification API providers in the Datacircle benchmark for companies in any country.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/scrapebench/pay-as-you-go-x402-pay-per-call-post-v1-ca-contractor-lookup
- [Business verification API: the 13 best providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-business-verification-api.txt)
- Get it: https://scrapebench.dev/api?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing
- Request: `POST https://api.scrapebench.dev/v1/ca-contractor-lookup`
- API key: not needed
- Its API docs: https://scrapebench.dev/api?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing
- Sold by: Scrapebench (https://scrapebench.dev?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-08

## In the answer

- Completeness: 27%
- Registered name: ✓
- Status: ✓
- Principal address: ✓

## Price

- $ per 1,000 companies: $40.00
- Per: call
- Billing: pay as you go

## Aggregators

- Aggregators: none

## Charges

- Also pays for: nothing else

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: 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.

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Countries: United States
- Keep data: no API terms
- Use data: no API terms

## Plan

- Pay: per call

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: nothing required. Optional: license_number, name, city, purpose, page
- Method: POST
- Path: /v1/ca-contractor-lookup

## About the plan

- Plan: x402 pay per call
- Who can get it: anyone

## The 22 fields the plan's answer can hold

source URL, next page, license number, registered name, name type, matched by, status, status description, city, business type, address, state, ZIP code, phone, issue date, expiration date, classifications, surety company, bond number, bond amount, workers' comp type, workers' comp company

## Scrapebench's plans (1)

- [Scrapebench, pay as you go, x402 pay per call, POST /v1/ca-contractor-lookup](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/scrapebench/pay-as-you-go-x402-pay-per-call-post-v1-ca-contractor-lookup/llms.txt): $40.00 per 1,000, 27% complete, live

## Scrapebench's calls for this API (4)

- `POST /v1/business-entity-check`: [Scrapebench, pay as you go, x402 pay per call, POST /v1/business-entity-check](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/scrapebench/pay-as-you-go-x402-pay-per-call-post-v1-business-entity-check/llms.txt)
- `POST /v1/ca-contractor-lookup`: [Scrapebench, pay as you go, x402 pay per call, POST /v1/ca-contractor-lookup](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/scrapebench/pay-as-you-go-x402-pay-per-call-post-v1-ca-contractor-lookup/llms.txt)
- `POST /v1/nm-contractor-licenses`: [Scrapebench, pay as you go, x402 pay per call, POST /v1/nm-contractor-licenses](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/scrapebench/pay-as-you-go-x402-pay-per-call-post-v1-nm-contractor-licenses/llms.txt)
- `POST /v1/va-contractor-licenses`: [Scrapebench, pay as you go, x402 pay per call, POST /v1/va-contractor-licenses](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/scrapebench/pay-as-you-go-x402-pay-per-call-post-v1-va-contractor-licenses/llms.txt)

## Scrapebench's APIs (3)

- [Scrapebench: business verification API pricing, 1 plan, POST /v1/ca-contractor-lookup](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/scrapebench/pay-as-you-go-x402-pay-per-call-post-v1-ca-contractor-lookup/llms.txt)
- [Scrapebench: company discovery API pricing, 1 plan, POST /v1/ca-contractor-directory](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/scrapebench/pay-as-you-go-x402-pay-per-call-post-v1-ca-contractor-directory/llms.txt)
- [Scrapebench: company discovery API pricing, 1 plan, POST /v1/business-registrations](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/scrapebench/pay-as-you-go-x402-pay-per-call-post-v1-business-registrations/llms.txt)
- [Scrapebench: local business search API pricing, 1 plan, POST /v1/malaysia-business-directory](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/scrapebench/pay-as-you-go-x402-pay-per-call-post-v1-malaysia-business-directory/llms.txt)
- [Scrapebench: local business search API pricing, 1 plan, POST /v1/philippines-business-directory](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/scrapebench/pay-as-you-go-x402-pay-per-call-post-v1-philippines-business-directory/llms.txt)

## Scrapebench: business verification API alternatives

- [CoreSoft, COP 51,000 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/coresoft/cop-51000-monthly/llms.txt): $32.172 per 1,000, 55% complete, live
- [ArquivoNfe, R$1,000 monthly, CORPORATE, POST /prod/cnpj_receita](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/arquivonfe/r-1000-monthly-corporate-post-prod-cnpj-receita/llms.txt): $39.348 per 1,000, 45% complete, live
- [Parse, $100 monthly, Developer, GET /scraper/ad5c628f-a108-4dce-acda-d2d0813409f6/search](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/parse/100-monthly-developer-get-scraper-ad5c628f-a108-4dce-acda-d2d0813409f6-search/llms.txt): $40.00 per 1,000, 55% complete, live
- [W System EU Business Data, €199 monthly, Peppol Growth, POST /kyb/check](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/w-system-eu-business-data/199-monthly-peppol-growth-post-kyb-check/llms.txt): $44.787 per 1,000, 55% complete, live (sanctions status, sanctions top score, sanctions matches, sanctions lists date: 1 day)

## Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-11-08.

- https://api.scrapebench.dev/.well-known/x402?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing
- https://api.scrapebench.dev/docs?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing
- https://api.scrapebench.dev/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing
- https://scrapebench.dev/api?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing