USAspending Loans Scraper | Federal Loan Programs Data
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USAspending Loans Scraper | Federal Loan Programs Data
Export federal loan and loan guarantee awards from USAspending.gov: recipient, awarding agency, loan value, subsidy cost, CFDA number, issued date and description. Filter by recipient name, fiscal year and agency. CSV, Excel, JSON or XML for credit research, compliance and policy work.
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🏦 USAspending Loans Scraper
🚀 Export federal loan and loan guarantee awards in seconds. Recipients, agencies, loan value, subsidy cost — straight to CSV, Excel, JSON, or XML.
🕒 Last updated: 2026-05-26 · 📊 11 fields per record · Federal scale · All federal loan programs
USAspending.gov is the official source for federal financial assistance. This actor focuses on loan programs (award codes 07 and 08), turning USAspending search results into a clean dataset with one row per loan award.
Coverage spans every federal loan program (Small Business Administration, Department of Education direct loans, USDA Rural Development, etc.), every fiscal year from 2008 forward, with full recipient and sub-agency attribution.
| 🎯 Target Audience | 💡 Primary Use Cases |
|---|---|
| Lending and credit analysts | Track federal loan recipients |
| Journalists and researchers | Audit federal loan portfolios |
| Compliance teams | Verify recipient activity |
| Policy researchers | Quantify loan program reach |
📋 What the USAspending Loans Scraper does
- Pulls loan and loan guarantee awards from the USAspending search API
- Filters by recipient keyword, fiscal year, and awarding agency
- Returns recipient, agency, loan value, subsidy cost, CFDA number, and description
- Provides a direct link to each award page on USAspending.gov
💡 Why it matters: Federal loan portfolios are public record. This scraper makes them queryable in seconds.
🎬 Full Demo (🚧 Coming soon)
⚙️ Input
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| maxItems | integer | Cap on rows (free plan: 10) |
| recipientSearch | string | Optional recipient keyword filter |
| fiscalYear | integer | Fiscal year (2008-2030) |
| agency | string | Awarding agency keyword filter |
⚠️ Good to Know: USAspending serves data with a delay of up to several days. Awards may be modified retroactively.
📊 Output
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 📌 awardId | string | USAspending award identifier |
| 🏢 recipientName | string | Award recipient |
| 🏛 awardingAgency | string | Top-level federal agency |
| awardingSubAgency | string | Sub-agency |
| 💲 loanValue | number | Face value of the loan |
| subsidyCost | number | Estimated subsidy cost |
| cfdaNumber | string | CFDA / Assistance Listing |
| description | string | Award description |
| issuedDate | string | Date the loan was issued |
| 🔗 url | string | Award detail page |
| 🕒 scrapedAt | string | ISO timestamp |
✨ Why choose this Actor
- Direct USAspending API: no scraping fragility
- Real-time data, no cached responses
- Works with Make, Zapier, Airbyte, GitHub Actions, Google Sheets
📈 How it compares to alternatives
| Approach | Cost | Maintenance | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|
| This actor | Pay per result | None | Full |
| Manual USAspending download | Free | High | Limited UI |
| Commercial federal-loan databases | $$$ | None | Curated |
🚀 How to use
- Create a free account w/ $5 credit
- Open the actor page
- Set inputs
- Run
- Download dataset as CSV, Excel, JSON, or XML
💼 Business use cases
Competitor and market monitoring
Watch which lenders or recipients are receiving federal loan guarantees in your sector.
Pipeline expansion
Identify federal agencies actively issuing loans in adjacent industries.
Compliance and due diligence
Validate that prospects received federal loans before doing diligence.
Market sizing and research
Aggregate loan value per program or fiscal year for portfolio analysis.
🔌 Automating USAspending Loans Scraper
Connects with Make, Zapier, Slack, Airbyte, GitHub Actions, and Google Drive via Apify's standard integrations.
🌟 Beyond business use cases
Research
Academic studies on federal credit programs and subsidy cost.
Personal
Curious citizens tracking how loan guarantees are awarded.
Non-profit
Watchdog organizations auditing loan recipient categories.
Experimentation
Train models on labelled federal loan data.
🤖 Ask an AI assistant about this scraper
ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, or Copilot can explain inputs, sample outputs, and integration patterns.
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
Q: Is the data real-time? A: USAspending publishes with a several-day lag. Q: Are SBA 7(a) and 504 loans included? A: Yes, all federal loan programs (codes 07 and 08). Q: How far back does data go? A: FY2008 via the search API. Q: Is recipient name standardized? A: It is the recipient name as reported. Q: Can I filter by CFDA? A: Use the recipient or agency filters. CFDA appears in output. Q: Are dollar amounts inflation-adjusted? A: No, nominal dollars. Q: Does this include classified programs? A: No, only publicly disclosed records. Q: Are sub-awards included? A: This actor returns prime awards. Q: How accurate is the data? A: As accurate as the USAspending source data. Q: Can I get loans by state? A: Use recipient or agency filters; state filtering is a future enhancement.
🔌 Integrate with any app
Make, Zapier, Slack, Airbyte, GitHub Actions, Google Sheets, Webhooks.
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⚠️ Disclaimer: independent tool, not affiliated with the source organization. Only publicly available data collected.
