Houzz Pros Scraper

Pull every interior designer, architect, builder, kitchen remodeler, photographer, contractor and home stylist on Houzz, with 35+ fields per pro: ratings, reviews, awards, services, full address, GPS, contact, social links, project counts, and a featured review excerpt. Three modes (search by category + location, free-text keyword, paginate by URL) plus a fourth review mode for deep-fetching specific pros. Works on every Houzz country site (.com, .com.au, .co.nz, .ie, .com.sg, .in, .it, .es, .dk, .se).

Why This Scraper?

• 35+ fields per pro vs 8-10 in alternatives: per-aspect ratings (communication / on time / quality / value), Best of Houzz awards by year, full services list, operating hours, GPS, social links across six platforms.
• Four modes in one actor: search by category + city, free-text keyword, paste pro URLs, or paste any directory URL.
• Worldwide coverage: same input shape for ten Houzz country sites; the actor maps your category choice to the right country category id automatically.
• Filter at the source: minimum rating, minimum review count, verified-only toggle. Sort by rating, review count, newest, or alphabetical.
• 15 pros per fetch + gzip on the wire: under one cent of bandwidth per 1000 results on standard plans.
• Free plan compatible: the default proxy setting works on Apify's free tier without paid Residential.
• Self-recovering: connections are refreshed automatically on the rare soft-rejection; pagination resumes seamlessly.

Data You Get

Sample shape, values are illustrative placeholders, not from a live listing.

Field	Example
id	"00000001"
userId	00000001
professionalId	0000
displayName	"Sample Design Studio"
userName	"sample_studio"
proType	2
proTypeDisplayName	"Interior Designers & Decorators"
country	"US"
state	"NY"
city	"New York"
zip	"10001"
latitude	40.0000
longitude	-74.0000
formattedAddress	"100 Sample Ave, New York, NY 10001"
formattedPhone	"(000) 000-0000"
website	"sample-studio.com"
numReviews	0
reviewRating	0.0
aspectCommunication	0.0
aspectOnTime	0.0
aspectQuality	0.0
aspectValue	0.0
featuredReviewText	"Sample featured review excerpt appears here when present in the page."
mostRecentReview	{ "id": "0", "rating": 0.0, "text": "...", "author": "Reviewer Name", "date": "2026-01-01" }
verified	false
hasVerifiedLicense	false
awards	[] (Best of Houzz year + category when present)
badges	[]
merits	[]
aboutMe	"Sample about-me text describing the pro's specialty and approach."
aiDescription	"Sample AI summary if Houzz pre-generated one."
servicesProvided	["3D Rendering", "Bathroom Design", "..."]
areasServed	["..."]
costEstimate	null
socialFacebook	"https://facebook.com/..."
socialInstagram	"https://instagram.com/..."
socialLinkedin	null
profileImage	{ ... } (Houzz CDN image record)
coverImage	{ ... }
siteOrigin	"houzz.com"
url	"https://www.houzz.com/professionals/interior-designers-and-decorators/sample-design-studio-pfvwus-pf~00000001"
mode	"search"
category	"interior-designers"
location	"New-York--NY"

How to Use

Search by category + location (most common):

{
  "mode": "search",
  "site": "houzz.com",
  "category": "interior-designers",
  "locations": ["New-York--NY", "Los-Angeles--CA"],
  "maxPages": 5,
  "maxListings": 100
}

Search Australia for Sydney architects:

{
  "mode": "search",
  "site": "houzz.com.au",
  "category": "architects",
  "locations": ["Sydney--NSW"],
  "minRating": 4,
  "minReviewCount": 5,
  "sortBy": "rating-desc",
  "maxPages": 10
}

Free-text keyword search:

{
  "mode": "keyword",
  "site": "houzz.com",
  "queries": ["mid century kitchen designer", "sustainable architect"],
  "locations": ["San-Francisco--CA"],
  "maxPages": 3
}

Deep-fetch specific pros (review mode, with full reviews + aggregates):

{
  "mode": "review",
  "proUrls": [
    "https://www.houzz.com/professionals/interior-designers-and-decorators/sample-pro-pfvwus-pf~00000001",
    "https://www.houzz.com/pro/another-pro/__public"
  ]
}

Paste any Houzz directory URL:

{
  "mode": "url",
  "urls": [
    "https://www.houzz.com/professionals/kitchen-and-bath/probr0-bo~t_11790",
    "https://www.houzz.com.au/professionals/interior-designers-and-decorators/c/Sydney--NSW"
  ],
  "maxPages": 3
}

Input Parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
mode	enum	"search"	"search", "keyword", "review", or "url".
site	enum	"houzz.com"	Country site: houzz.com, houzz.com.au, houzz.co.nz, houzz.ie, houzz.com.sg, houzz.in, houzz.it, houzz.es, houzz.dk, houzz.se.
category	enum	"interior-designers"	Service category. Auto-mapped per country.
locations	array of strings	[]	Format: City--State, City--Country, or just State / Region. Empty = all locations for the category.
queries	array of strings	[]	Free-text queries (keyword mode).
proUrls	array of strings	[]	Houzz pro profile URLs or raw pro IDs (review mode).
urls	array of strings	[]	Any Houzz directory URLs (url mode).
minRating	integer	0	Filter to pros with rating >= this (0-5).
minReviewCount	integer	0	Filter to pros with at least N reviews.
verifiedOnly	boolean	false	Skip pros without a verified company profile.
sortBy	enum	"default"	default, rating-desc, review-count-desc, newest, name-asc.
maxPages	integer	5	Max pagination pages per search. 15 pros per page.
maxListings	integer	0	Total cap across all searches. 0 = unlimited (still capped by maxPages).
fetchDetails	boolean	false	Visit each pro detail page for richer fields. Auto-on in review mode.
proxy	object	Apify Datacenter	Proxy configuration. Datacenter works fine; Residential recommended for very large runs.

Output Example

Sample shape, values are illustrative placeholders, not from a live listing.

{
  "id": "00000001",
  "userId": 1,
  "professionalId": 0,
  "displayName": "Sample Design Studio",
  "userName": "sample_studio",
  "proType": 2,
  "proTypeDisplayName": "Interior Designers & Decorators",
  "country": "US",
  "state": "NY",
  "city": "New York",
  "zip": "10001",
  "latitude": 40.0,
  "longitude": -74.0,
  "formattedAddress": "100 Sample Ave, New York, NY 10001",
  "formattedPhone": "(000) 000-0000",
  "website": "sample-studio.com",
  "numReviews": 0,
  "reviewRating": 0.0,
  "aspectCommunication": null,
  "aspectOnTime": null,
  "aspectQuality": null,
  "aspectValue": null,
  "featuredReview": {
    "id": "0",
    "rating": 0.0,
    "text": "Sample featured review excerpt appears here.",
    "author": "Reviewer Name",
    "date": "2026-01-01"
  },
  "mostRecentReview": {
    "id": "0",
    "rating": 0.0,
    "text": "Sample most-recent review excerpt.",
    "author": "Reviewer Name",
    "date": "2026-01-01"
  },
  "verified": true,
  "awards": [],
  "badges": [],
  "aboutMe": "Sample about-me text describing the pro's specialty.",
  "servicesProvided": ["3D Rendering", "Bathroom Design", "Kitchen Design"],
  "areasServed": ["Manhattan", "Brooklyn"],
  "socialFacebook": null,
  "socialInstagram": null,
  "siteOrigin": "houzz.com",
  "url": "https://www.houzz.com/professionals/interior-designers-and-decorators/sample-design-studio-pfvwus-pf~00000001",
  "mode": "search",
  "category": "interior-designers",
  "location": "New-York--NY"
}

Plan Requirement

Works on every Apify plan including the free tier. The default proxy setting (Apify Datacenter) is enabled on every plan. Residential proxy is optional and recommended only for very large runs (10k+ results) where you want extra exit-IP rotation. Country-pin the proxy to match the Houzz country site you are scraping for the most stable results.