# Texas Business Leads Scraper - Companies by Industry (NAICS) (`scrapesage/texas-business-leads-scraper`) Actor

Scrape Texas businesses from the official Comptroller Active Sales Tax Permit Holders open data: company & DBA name, address, NAICS industry, entity type, county, permit & first-sale dates. Filter by industry, city/county & new-business date; monitor only-new. Keyless, no browser.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/scrapesage/texas-business-leads-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Scrape Sage](https://apify.com/scrapesage) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Automation, Developer tools
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

$5.00 / 1,000 business records

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Texas Business Leads Scraper — Companies & New Businesses by Industry (NAICS)

Build **targeted Texas B2B lead lists** from the official **Texas Comptroller "Active Sales Tax Permit Holders"** open dataset — **every active business in Texas** with a sales-tax permit. Filter by **NAICS industry**, **city / county**, **entity type**, and **permit date**, and get clean records with **legal & DBA name, business address, decoded industry, entity type, county, and the permit & first-sales dates that flag brand-new businesses**.

This is the data the Secretary-of-State name-lookup scrapers don't have: **industry codes (NAICS) at state scale** plus a **new-business intent signal** you can monitor on a schedule.

No login, no API key, no browser — fast JSON extraction straight from the state open-data API.

### Why this Texas business scraper?

Most "Texas business" scrapers only look up a single company name in the Secretary of State registry. This actor turns the **entire Texas business universe into a filterable prospecting database** — and ships the richest record in the category:

| Data | Name-lookup scrapers | This actor |
|---|---|---|
| Bulk prospecting by **NAICS industry** (statewide) | ❌ | ✅ exact codes, prefixes & sectors |
| Decoded NAICS **title + sector name** | ❌ raw code at best | ✅ 1,394 industry titles |
| **New-business** signal (permit / first-sales date) | ❌ | ✅ filter & monitor |
| Business (outlet) **address + ZIP + county name** | partial | ✅ |
| Legal **entity type** (LLC / corp / sole prop / …) decoded | ❌ raw code | ✅ + out-of-state-owner flag |
| DBA / outlet trade name vs legal name | ❌ | ✅ |
| One-record-per-location **or** per-company | ❌ | ✅ toggle |
| Lead score (0–100) | ❌ | ✅ |
| Only-new monitoring across runs | ❌ | ✅ |

### Use cases

- **Lead generation** — pull every business in an industry + area (e.g. all `Accommodation & Food Services` in `Harris` county) as a ready-to-enrich prospect list for B2B sales, direct mail, and ABM.
- **New-business outreach** — banks, insurers, POS/payroll/SaaS vendors, accountants, marketing agencies and suppliers all want **newly opened businesses first**. Filter `newBusinessWithinDays` and sort by newest permit.
- **Market & competitive intelligence** — count and map businesses by NAICS, city, county and entity type; track where a category is growing.
- **Territory & TAM building** — size and segment the Texas market for any vertical by industry code and geography.
- **Recurring monitoring** — schedule the actor with **monitor mode** to receive only newly-permitted Texas businesses each day/week.

### How to use

1. [Sign up for Apify](https://console.apify.com/sign-up) — the free plan is enough to try this actor.
2. Open the **Texas Business Leads Scraper**, pick an **industry sector** (or NAICS codes) and a **city/county**, optionally set **New businesses within N days**, and click **Start**.
3. Watch results stream into the dataset table.
4. **Export** as JSON, CSV, Excel, or XML — or pull results programmatically via the [Apify API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2).

### Input

```json
{
    "industrySectors": ["Accommodation & Food Services"],
    "cities": ["Austin"],
    "newBusinessWithinDays": 90,
    "sortBy": "newest",
    "maxResults": 500
}
```

- **industrySectors** — friendly NAICS sector names (`Construction`, `Retail Trade`, `Health Care & Social Assistance`, …). Maps to 2-digit NAICS.
- **naicsCodes** — exact 6-digit codes, e.g. `722511` (full-service restaurants), `541110` (law offices).
- **naicsPrefixes** — 2–5 digit prefixes for sub-sector targeting, e.g. `722` (food & drink), `2382` (building-equipment contractors).
- **cities / counties / zipCodes** — geographic filters (county accepts names like `Harris` or the Comptroller code).
- **organizationTypes** — `llc`, `corporation`, `nonprofit`, `soleProprietor`, `partnership`, `professional`, `association`, `government`, `financial`, `trust`.
- **businessNameQuery** — only businesses whose legal name or DBA contains this text.
- **newBusinessWithinDays** — only businesses permitted in the last N days (the high-intent new-business signal).
- **permitIssuedAfter / Before, firstSalesAfter / Before** — date-range filters.
- **outOfStateOwnersOnly** — only out-of-state companies operating in Texas.
- **dedupeByTaxpayer** *(default false)* — one record per company instead of one per location.
- **sortBy** *(default `newest`)* — `newest` permit first is best for fresh leads.
- **monitorMode / monitorKey** — emit only businesses not seen in previous runs (per key).

### Output

One record per business location (`recordType: "business"`):

```json
{
    "recordType": "business",
    "source": "tx-comptroller",
    "state": "TX",
    "taxpayerNumber": "32012345678",
    "taxpayerName": "Blackbird & Bayou Llc",
    "businessName": "Blackbird & Bayou",
    "dbaName": "Blackbird & Bayou",
    "hasDistinctDba": true,
    "entityTypeCode": "CL",
    "entityType": "Limited Liability Company (Texas)",
    "entityCategory": "LLC",
    "isOutOfStateOwner": false,
    "naicsCode": "722330",
    "naicsTitle": "Mobile food services",
    "naicsSector": "72",
    "naicsSectorName": "Accommodation & Food Services",
    "industryCategory": "Accommodation & Food Services",
    "outletName": "Blackbird & Bayou",
    "outletStreet": "123 Main St",
    "outletCity": "Houston",
    "outletZip": "77002",
    "outletCounty": "Harris",
    "outletFullAddress": "123 Main St Houston, TX 77002",
    "insideCityLimits": true,
    "taxpayerCity": "Houston",
    "taxpayerState": "TX",
    "taxpayerCounty": "Harris",
    "permitIssueDate": "2026-06-20",
    "firstSalesDate": "2026-06-01",
    "businessAgeYears": 0.1,
    "businessAgeTier": "startup",
    "isNewBusiness": true,
    "leadScore": 89,
    "leadSignals": ["very_new_business", "llc_or_corporation", "has_dba"],
    "scrapedAt": "2026-06-20T15:00:00.000Z"
}
```

Every record also carries the full raw state row under `sourceFields` so nothing is lost.

### Automate & schedule

Run this actor on autopilot and pull results into your own stack:

- **[Apify API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2)** — start runs, fetch datasets, and manage schedules over REST.
- **[apify-client for JavaScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/)** and **[apify-client for Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/)** — official SDKs.
- **[Schedules](https://docs.apify.com/platform/schedules)** — run it daily/weekly with **monitor mode** to capture only newly-permitted Texas businesses; perfect for new-business lead pipelines.
- **[Webhooks](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/webhooks)** — trigger downstream actions (CRM import, Slack alert, email sequence) the moment a run finishes.

```js
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

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

const run = await client.actor('scrapesage/texas-business-leads-scraper').call({
    industrySectors: ['Construction'],
    counties: ['Travis'],
    newBusinessWithinDays: 30,
    sortBy: 'newest',
    maxResults: 1000,
});

const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
console.log(`Got ${items.length} Texas business leads`);
```

### Integrate with any app

Connect the dataset to 5,000+ apps — no code required:

- **[Make](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/make)** — multi-step automation scenarios.
- **[Zapier](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/zapier)** — push new business leads straight into your CRM.
- **[Slack](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/slack)** — get notified when a monitored search finds new businesses.
- **[Google Drive / Sheets](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/drive)** — auto-export every run to a spreadsheet.
- **[Airbyte](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/airbyte)** — pipe results into your data warehouse.
- **[GitHub](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/github)** — trigger runs from commits or releases.

### Use with AI assistants (MCP)

The output is clean, LLM-ready JSON. You can call this actor from Claude, ChatGPT, or any agent framework through the **[Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp)** — ask your assistant to "list new restaurants permitted in Austin this month" and let it run this scraper for you.

### Agent-ready: autonomous payments (x402 & Skyfire)

This actor is **agent-ready** — AI agents can discover it, run it, and **pay for it autonomously**, with no Apify account and no human in the loop. It uses [pay-per-event](https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/publishing/monetize/pay-per-event) pricing and [limited permissions](https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/development/permissions), so it qualifies for Apify's agentic-payment standards:

- **[x402](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/x402)** — an open, HTTP-native payment protocol. Agents pay per run in USDC on the Base network directly through the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp) — no account, no API key.
- **[Skyfire](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/skyfire)** — agent-to-service payments for fully autonomous AI-agent workflows.

Building an AI agent, MCP tool, or autonomous data pipeline? This scraper is ready to plug in and pay as it goes.

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Build a complete **US B2B lead-gen & company-intelligence stack**:

- **[US Business Formation Scraper](https://apify.com/scrapesage/us-business-formation-scraper)** — newly registered LLCs & companies from state Secretary-of-State registries.
- **[US Property Records Scraper](https://apify.com/scrapesage/us-property-records-scraper)** — property & parcel owner leads with mailing addresses.
- **[US Professional License Scraper](https://apify.com/scrapesage/us-professional-license-scraper)** — licensed professionals from official state boards.
- **[US Contractor License Scraper](https://apify.com/scrapesage/us-contractor-license-scraper)** — licensed contractor & trade leads with bond/insurance.
- **[FMCSA Trucking Scraper](https://apify.com/scrapesage/fmcsa-trucking-scraper)** — motor carriers & brokers with phone, email & authority.
- **[SBA Loan Leads Scraper](https://apify.com/scrapesage/sba-loan-leads-scraper)** — small businesses that took SBA 7(a) / 504 financing.
- **[PPP Loan Data Scraper](https://apify.com/scrapesage/ppp-loan-data-scraper)** — 11M+ PPP borrowers with industry & demographics.
- **[NPI Registry Scraper](https://apify.com/scrapesage/npi-nppes-scraper)** — US healthcare provider & organization records.
- **[Nonprofit & IRS 990 Scraper](https://apify.com/scrapesage/nonprofit-990-scraper)** — charities with officers, financials & contacts.

### Tips

- **Whole-state pulls**: leave the geographic filters empty and set `maxResults` high to export a full industry across Texas.
- **Fresh new-business feed**: combine `newBusinessWithinDays` + `sortBy: "newest"` + **monitor mode** on a daily [Schedule](https://docs.apify.com/platform/schedules).
- **Companies vs locations**: enable `dedupeByTaxpayer` to collapse multi-location chains to one record per business.
- **Cost control**: there's no start fee — you pay only per business record returned. Tighten filters to pay only for the leads you want.

### FAQ

**Where does the data come from?** The official Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts **Active Sales Tax Permit Holders** open dataset (Tax Code Chapter 151), published on the Texas Open Data Portal and refreshed daily. It lists every business holding an active Texas sales-tax permit.

**Does monitor mode conflict with Apify Schedules?** No — they complement each other. A [Schedule](https://docs.apify.com/platform/schedules) decides *when* the actor runs; **monitor mode** decides *what* it emits (only businesses not seen on previous runs, tracked per `monitorKey`). Use both together for a clean new-business feed.

**Does it include phone numbers or emails?** No — the state permit dataset is firmographic (name, address, industry, entity type, dates). It does not publish phone/email, so this actor never fabricates them. Pair it with website/contact enrichment for outreach.

**How do I target a specific industry?** Pick an **industry sector**, or enter exact **NAICS codes** (e.g. `722511` restaurants, `238220` plumbing/HVAC, `541110` law offices) or **prefixes** (e.g. `23` construction).

**Can I export to Google Sheets, CSV, or Excel?** Yes — one click in the dataset view, or automatically on every run via the [Google Drive integration](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/drive).

**Is scraping this data legal?** This actor collects publicly available government open data only. You are responsible for using it in compliance with applicable laws and the source's terms.

**A field is null — why?** Some rows genuinely don't publish a value (e.g. a missing NAICS code or first-sales date). Fields are `null` only when the source doesn't provide them, not because the scraper skipped them.

### Need help?

Open an issue on the actor's **Issues** tab, or visit the [Apify help center](https://help.apify.com/). Feature requests are welcome — this actor is actively maintained.

# Actor input Schema

## `industrySectors` (type: `array`):

Filter by broad NAICS industry sector(s). Pick one or more friendly sector names — they map to the underlying 2-digit NAICS codes. Leave empty for all industries. For finer targeting use NAICS codes / prefixes below.

## `naicsCodes` (type: `array`):

Exact 6-digit NAICS industry codes to include, e.g. `722511` (full-service restaurants), `236115` (single-family home construction), `541110` (law offices). One per row.

## `naicsPrefixes` (type: `array`):

Industry code prefixes for sub-sector targeting, e.g. `722` (food services & drinking places), `2382` (building equipment contractors), `5413` (architectural / engineering). Matches any NAICS starting with the prefix. One per row.

## `cities` (type: `array`):

Filter to one or more Texas cities (business / outlet location), e.g. `Houston`, `Austin`, `Dallas`. Case-insensitive. Leave empty for the whole state.

## `counties` (type: `array`):

Filter by Texas county name(s), e.g. `Harris`, `Travis`, `Bexar` (or the Comptroller numeric county code). One per row.

## `zipCodes` (type: `array`):

Filter by ZIP code or ZIP prefix, e.g. `7704` matches all `7704x` ZIPs. One per row.

## `organizationTypes` (type: `array`):

Filter by legal entity type. `llc`, `corporation`, `nonprofit`, `soleProprietor`, `partnership`, `professional`, `association`, `government`, `financial`, `trust`.

## `businessNameQuery` (type: `string`):

Only return businesses whose legal name or DBA / outlet name contains this text (case-insensitive), e.g. `coffee`, `dental`, `roofing`.

## `newBusinessWithinDays` (type: `integer`):

Only return businesses whose sales-tax permit was issued in the last N days — the high-intent new-business signal. E.g. `30` for businesses permitted this month. Leave empty to ignore.

## `permitIssuedAfter` (type: `string`):

Only businesses with a permit issue date on/after this date (YYYY-MM-DD).

## `permitIssuedBefore` (type: `string`):

Only businesses with a permit issue date on/before this date (YYYY-MM-DD).

## `firstSalesAfter` (type: `string`):

Only businesses whose first taxable-sales date is on/after this date (YYYY-MM-DD).

## `firstSalesBefore` (type: `string`):

Only businesses whose first taxable-sales date is on/before this date (YYYY-MM-DD).

## `insideCityLimitsOnly` (type: `boolean`):

Only return outlets located inside an incorporated city's limits.

## `outOfStateOwnersOnly` (type: `boolean`):

Only return businesses whose legal taxpayer (owner) mailing state is outside Texas — out-of-state companies operating in TX.

## `taxpayerNumbers` (type: `array`):

Look up specific businesses by their 11-digit Texas taxpayer number. One per row.

## `dedupeByTaxpayer` (type: `boolean`):

By default each record is one outlet / location (a business with several stores returns several rows). Enable this to keep only one record per taxpayer (company).

## `sortBy` (type: `string`):

Result ordering. `newest` = most recently permitted businesses first (best for fresh new-business leads).

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of business records to return.

## `monitorMode` (type: `boolean`):

Remember businesses seen in previous runs (per monitor key) and emit ONLY newly-permitted businesses on each run. Ideal on a schedule to receive a fresh new-business feed. Works alongside Apify Schedules.

## `monitorKey` (type: `string`):

Names the monitor state so different saved tasks keep separate memory. Use one key per saved search.

## `socrataAppToken` (type: `string`):

Optional Socrata application token to raise the public API rate limit. Not required for typical runs.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Optional proxy. The Texas open-data API needs no proxy; leave disabled for the cheapest runs.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "naicsCodes": [],
  "naicsPrefixes": [],
  "cities": [],
  "counties": [],
  "zipCodes": [],
  "insideCityLimitsOnly": false,
  "outOfStateOwnersOnly": false,
  "taxpayerNumbers": [],
  "dedupeByTaxpayer": false,
  "sortBy": "newest",
  "maxResults": 1000,
  "monitorMode": false,
  "monitorKey": "default",
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

All scraped Texas business / outlet lead records as JSON items in the default dataset.

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "naicsCodes": [],
    "naicsPrefixes": [],
    "cities": [],
    "counties": [],
    "zipCodes": [],
    "taxpayerNumbers": []
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("scrapesage/texas-business-leads-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "naicsCodes": [],
    "naicsPrefixes": [],
    "cities": [],
    "counties": [],
    "zipCodes": [],
    "taxpayerNumbers": [],
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("scrapesage/texas-business-leads-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "naicsCodes": [],
  "naicsPrefixes": [],
  "cities": [],
  "counties": [],
  "zipCodes": [],
  "taxpayerNumbers": []
}' |
apify call scrapesage/texas-business-leads-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=scrapesage/texas-business-leads-scraper",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/sX242n24tgkJLYX04/builds/F5RR96ZuaNkcWmf5H/openapi.json