# Manta US Small Business Directory Search

> Manta US Small Business Directory Search is a paid API for AI agents from api.companyrecords-api.workers.dev, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-24).

Searches Manta.com's US small-business directory by keyword and city/state, returning ~10 business listings per page with contact details and profile links.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://api.companyrecords-api.workers.dev/api/b2b/manta?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-24
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/manta-us-small-business-directory-search-611c4d5e
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_VMIP8OsgNRx0ynfikIHiG

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability manta-us-small-business-directory-search-611c4d5e
```

Example prompt: Search the Manta directory for plumbers in Austin, TX and give me their names, phone numbers, and websites — show me the first page of results.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need US small-business directory data from Manta.com, especially for local service businesses (plumbers, dentists, contractors) and want structured contact info including phone, website, and claimed status. Prefer over Yellow Pages or generic web search when Manta's small-business focus and profile metadata (claimed flag, Manta URL) are specifically needed.

## Known failure modes

- Missing required query, city, or state parameters returns a validation error
- No results found for obscure business types or very small cities
- Residential proxy rate limiting or blocking may cause intermittent failures
- Page numbers beyond 10 may return empty results
- Manta site structure changes could break parsing temporarily

## How this service works

Pay-per-call company registry, government, legal and B2B data tools for AI agents, from official registers and public sources. Payment: x402, USDC on Base, Solana, Arc, Polygon, Arbitrum, Monad, World Chain, Optimism, Avalanche, Celo or Stellar, or RLUSD/XRP on the XRP Ledger. No signup, no API key; a failed call is not charged.

## Output

Returns approximately 10 business listings per page, each including: business ID, business name, street address, city, state, phone number, website URL, whether the business has claimed its profile, a short business description, and a direct link to the Manta profile page.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [
      "query",
      "city",
      "state"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "city": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "US city, e.g. Austin"
      },
      "page": {
       "type": "number",
       "description": "Result page 1-10 (default 1)"
      },
      "query": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Business type or name, e.g. plumber, dentist, Acme Corp"
      },
      "state": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Two-letter US state, e.g. TX"
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/manta-us-small-business-directory-search-611c4d5e/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from api.companyrecords-api.workers.dev](https://www.zero.xyz/host/api.companyrecords-api.workers.dev/llms.txt)