# search-specified-business-directories

**Use case:** 

Search user-specified public business directories for companies matching selected industries and locations. The Task extracts and enriches business profiles, deduplicates records, evaluates relevance and contact completeness, preserves source attribution, and exports verified results in JSON, CSV, and XLSX formats. The displayed industries, locations, and directories are editable examples.

## Input

```json
{
  "sourceStrategy": "specified",
  "search": {
    "country": "USA",
    "directories": [
      "growthzone",
      "chambermaster"
    ],
    "industryCount": 2,
    "keyword": [
      "accounting firms",
      "digital marketing agencies"
    ],
    "location": [
      "Rochester, NY",
      "Poughkeepsie, NY"
    ],
    "locationCount": 2,
    "maxCombinations": 4,
    "maxResults": 20,
    "maxResultsPerSearch": 10
  },
  "directoryTargets": [
    {
      "country": "USA",
      "directory": "growthzone",
      "location": "Rochester, NY",
      "url": "https://greaterrochesterchamber.growthzoneapp.com/memberdirectory/Index/4458"
    },
    {
      "country": "USA",
      "directory": "chambermaster",
      "location": "Poughkeepsie, NY",
      "url": "https://dutchesscountyregionalchamberny.chambermaster.com/list/"
    }
  ],
  "mode": "auto",
  "enableProfileEnrichment": true,
  "maxProfilePages": 20,
  "enableWebsiteEnrichment": false,
  "confidenceThreshold": 0,
  "outputColumnsMode": "default",
  "outputCsv": true,
  "outputXlsx": true
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "entity_name": {
    "label": "Business Name",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "category_names_str": {
    "label": "Business Categories",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "service_names_str": {
    "label": "Services",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "location": {
    "label": "Location",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "address": {
    "label": "Address",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "phone": {
    "label": "Phone",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "email": {
    "label": "Email",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "website": {
    "label": "Official Website",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "profile_url": {
    "label": "Business Profile",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "source_url": {
    "label": "Source URL",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "request_label": {
    "label": "User Request",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "source_strategy": {
    "label": "Source Strategy",
    "format": "string"
  }
}
```

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [Universal Business Directory Intelligence](https://apify.com/adinfosys-labs/actor-6-directory-listing-extractor.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/adinfosys-labs/actor-6-directory-listing-extractor.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


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