# Scrapebench, pay as you go, x402 pay per call, POST /v1/ca-contractor-directory: Company discovery API

> List every California-licensed contractor in one trade classification and county (e.g. C-10 electrical in Los Angeles), with licence status, address, phone, bond and workers' comp. Read live from the CSLB public data portal.

Scrapebench's x402 pay per call plan for the company discovery API costs $1.60 per 1,000 companies. Scrapebench's docs list 3 of the 13 fields on our checklist: Type and status, Headquarters, Phones.
We haven't run Scrapebench through [our company discovery API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-company-discovery-api.txt) yet.
We rank 1,009 plans for company discovery APIs by price. Half the plans cost $1.00 or less per 1,000 companies. This plan costs less per 1,000 companies than 44% of the 1,009 plans.
[StackScan's $189 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/stackscan/189-monthly-enterprise-post-v1-tech-lookup-lists/llms.txt) is the cheapest paid plan per 1,000 companies. StackScan's $189 monthly plan charges nothing per call. You get as many companies as StackScan's rate limit allows. [Seltz's pay-as-you-go plan](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/seltz/pay-as-you-go-pay-as-you-go-post-v1-search-search-base/llms.txt) costs the least for 10,000 companies a month: $0.03.
[PeopleSearch.im's $5 pack](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/peoplesearch-im/5-pack/llms.txt) covers any number of companies. PeopleSearch.im's $5 pack costs less up front than StackScan's $189 monthly plan.
[GetProspect](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/getprospect/49-monthly/llms.txt), [Hunter](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/hunter/49-monthly-starter-post-discover/llms.txt) and [PeopleSearch.im](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/peoplesearch-im/5-pack/llms.txt) are the best company discovery API providers in the Datacircle benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/scrapebench/pay-as-you-go-x402-pay-per-call-post-v1-ca-contractor-directory
- [Company discovery API: the best of 90+ providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-company-discovery-api.txt)
- Get it: https://scrapebench.dev/api?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing
- Request: `POST https://api.scrapebench.dev/v1/ca-contractor-directory`
- API key: not needed
- Its API docs: https://scrapebench.dev/api?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing
- Sold by: Scrapebench (https://scrapebench.dev?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-08

## In the answer

- Completeness: 23%
- Type and status: ✓
- Headquarters: ✓
- Phones: ✓

## Price

- $ per 1,000 companies: $1.60
- Per: page of 25
- Billing: pay as you go

## Aggregators

- Aggregators: none

## Charges

- Most per search: 10,025
- Also pays for: nothing else

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: List every California-licensed contractor in one trade classification and county (e.g. C-10 electrical in Los Angeles), with licence status, address, phone, bond and workers' comp. Read live from the CSLB public data portal.

## 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: license_class, county. Optional: purpose, page
- Method: POST
- Path: /v1/ca-contractor-directory

## About the plan

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

## The 19 fields the plan's answer can hold

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

## Scrapebench's plans (1)

- [Scrapebench, pay as you go, x402 pay per call, 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): $1.60 per 1,000, 23% complete, live

## Scrapebench's calls for this API (2)

- `POST /v1/ca-contractor-directory`: [Scrapebench, pay as you go, x402 pay per call, 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)
- `POST /v1/business-registrations`: [Scrapebench, pay as you go, x402 pay per call, 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's APIs (3)

- [Scrapebench: business verification API pricing, 1 plan, 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)
- [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: business verification API pricing, 1 plan, 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)
- [Scrapebench: business verification API pricing, 1 plan, 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: 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: 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: company discovery API alternatives

- [UnifAPI, top-up, Starter top-up, POST /maps/search](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/unifapi/top-up-starter-top-up-post-maps-search/llms.txt): $1.00 per 1,000, 38% complete, live
- [FirmenData, top-up from €5, Account, credits from €5 (500 credits), GET /v1/companies/search, Advanced search, full](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/firmendata/top-up-from-5-account-credits-from-5-500-credits-get-v1-companies-search-advanced-search-full/llms.txt): $1.125 per 1,000, 31% complete, live
- [Parse, $1,000 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/parse/1000-monthly/llms.txt): $1.333 per 1,000, 38% complete, live
- [Findymail, $990 yearly, Starter, POST /api/intellimatch/search, Search leads](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/findymail/990-yearly/llms.txt): $1.65 per 1,000, 31% complete, live

## 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=company-discovery-api-pricing
- https://api.scrapebench.dev/docs?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing
- https://api.scrapebench.dev/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing
- https://scrapebench.dev/api?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing