# Bark.com Sellers Scraper (`ahmed_jasarevic/bark-sellers-scraper`) Actor

Extract Bark.com seller profiles (UK/US): business name, address, categories, rating, reviews, hire count, response time, website and public phone/email.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/ahmed\_jasarevic/bark-sellers-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Ahmed Jasarevic](https://apify.com/ahmed_jasarevic) (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

from $5.00 / 1,000 results

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

## What's an Apify Actor?

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

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# README

## Bark.com Sellers Scraper — Local Service Provider Profiles & Reviews

**Scrape public service-provider profiles from Bark.com** (UK & US) — the go-to marketplace for plumbers, electricians, roofers, builders, cleaners and 1,000+ other local services. This actor extracts business name, address/service area, service categories, rating, review text, hire count, response time, website and any **publicly visible phone/email** from each seller profile.

Built on the **Apify platform**: run it on a schedule, trigger it via API, download results as JSON/CSV/Excel, and integrate straight into your CRM or outreach tooling.

### Why use Bark.com Sellers Scraper?

- **B2B outbound lead-gen** — build cold-call and email lists of local service providers (plumbers, electricians, roofers, painters, landscapers…) with their public contact details and social proof (rating, review count, hire count, response time).
- **Local-service agencies** — profile competitors, size a niche, or qualify providers in a city or category before running an outreach campaign.
- **Two input modes**:
  - **Direct**: paste seller profile URLs (`bark.com/en/gb/company/<slug>/<id>/` or `bark.com/en/us/company/<slug>/<id>/`) and scrape exactly those. (Note: profile URLs look like `/company/<name>/<short-id>/`, not `/sellers/...`.)
  - **Discovery**: give a category listing URL (e.g. `bark.com/en/gb/plumbers/london/`) — the actor renders the page, finds every seller profile on it and scrapes them all. You can also just supply a category + location and the actor builds the URL for you.

### How to use Bark.com Sellers Scraper

1. Open the actor and click **Start**.
2. Choose a mode:
   - Paste seller profile URLs into **Seller profile URLs**, or
   - Paste category listing URLs into **Category listing URLs**, or
   - Enter a **Category** (e.g. `plumbers`) and **Location** (e.g. `london`).
3. Set **Max sellers** (how many profiles to scrape per run) and **Max reviews per seller**.
4. Start the run and open the **Output** tab when it finishes.

The first run is quick to test — set `Max sellers` to 5–10.

### Input

| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `startUrls` | array | Seller profile URLs to scrape directly. |
| `categoryUrls` | array | Category/directory URLs to discover sellers from. |
| `country` | string | `gb` or `us` — used when building a category URL from category+location. |
| `category` | string | Service category slug (e.g. `plumbers`). |
| `location` | string | City/location slug (e.g. `london`). |
| `maxSellers` | integer | Max seller profiles per run (default 50). |
| `maxReviewsPerSeller` | integer | Max review texts per seller (default 20). |
| `maxRequestsPerCrawl` | integer | Hard safety cap on page loads (default 200). |
| `proxy` | object | Apify proxy config — residential IPs recommended. |
| `debug` | boolean | Saves each seller page's raw HTML to the key-value store. |

### Output

One dataset item per seller profile:

```json
{
  "url": "https://www.bark.com/en/gb/company/sma-plumbing-and-bathrooms-ltd/8myB6/",
  "name": "SMA Plumbing And Bathrooms Ltd",
  "location": "NW2, London",
  "rating": "5/5",
  "reviewCount": 26,
  "hireCount": 17,
  "responseTime": "9 min response time",
  "website": "https://myplumbingco.co.uk",
  "description": "We are a family run plumbing and heating business based in North West London...",
  "phone": null,
  "phoneIsPublic": false,
  "email": null,
  "emailIsPublic": false,
  "categories": ["Plumbing", "Boiler Installation", "Boiler Repair"],
  "reviews": [
    { "author": "John D.", "date": "2024-03-11", "rating": "5", "service": "Plumbing", "text": "Great job, arrived on time and fixed the leak...", "verified": true }
  ],
  "scrapedAt": "2026-08-13T10:00:00.000Z"
}
```

You can download the dataset in **JSON, HTML, CSV or Excel** from the Output tab or via the Apify API.

### Data table

| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| `url` | Profile URL on Bark.com |
| `name` | Business / seller name |
| `location` | Address or service area (best-effort) |
| `categories` | Service categories/tags shown on the profile |
| `rating` | Star rating (as displayed) |
| `reviewCount` | Number of reviews |
| `reviews` | Review texts (capped by `maxReviewsPerSeller`) |
| `hireCount` | Times the seller has been hired (if shown) |
| `responseTime` | Response time (if shown) |
| `description` | Company "About" text (if the seller filled it in) |
| `website` | Business website (first external link) |
| `phone` / `email` | Public phone/email if displayed on the profile |

### How much does it cost to scrape Bark.com?

Bark.com's directory pages are a JavaScript-rendered React app, so the actor uses a headless browser (Playwright). Each seller profile costs roughly **0.3–0.5 compute units**; discovering sellers from a category page adds about one page load. A run of 50 sellers typically costs well under $1 of Apify compute. Set `Max sellers` carefully — larger runs scale linearly.

**Free users** get a preview of up to **10 seller profiles** per run.

### Tips and advanced options

- **Avoid blocking**: keep the default **Residential** proxy — Bark sits behind CloudFront and is more lenient with residential IPs.
- **Discovery from the sitemap**: Bark publishes category/region URLs in `sitemaps.bark.com/sitemap-1.xml.gz` — paste a batch of those URLs into `categoryUrls` to build a large seller universe.
- **Not every field is always public**: Bark hides most phone numbers and all emails behind a "request contact" flow. The actor returns `phone`/`email` **only when they are publicly rendered**, plus `phoneIsPublic`/`emailIsPublic` flags so you can filter leads with direct contact info.
- **Debug mode** saves the raw HTML of each seller page so you can verify selectors or adapt the actor.

### FAQ, disclaimers and support

**Is scraping Bark.com legal?** Check Bark.com's terms of service and your local laws before scraping. This actor only extracts publicly displayed business information; do not use it to collect personal data or to send unsolicited spam.

**Why is some data missing?** Some profiles omit ratings, hire counts or response times, and phone/email is often contact-gated. Fields the page doesn't publicly show are returned as `null` with `phoneIsPublic`/`emailIsPublic` set to `false`.

Found a bug or want a custom version (e.g. reviews-only, more countries, contact-unlock automation)? Open an issue on the **Issues** tab — custom solutions are available.

# Actor input Schema

## `startUrls` (type: `array`):

Bark.com seller profile URLs to scrape, e.g. https://www.bark.com/en/gb/company/sma-plumbing-and-bathrooms-ltd/8myB6/

## `categoryUrls` (type: `array`):

Bark.com category/directory URLs, e.g. https://www.bark.com/en/gb/plumbers/london/. The actor renders the page, extracts seller profile links and scrapes each profile. Also accepts the sitemap category URLs from sitemaps.bark.com.

## `country` (type: `string`):

Country used when building a category URL from category + location.

## `category` (type: `string`):

Service category slug for discovery mode, e.g. plumbers, electricians, roofers. Used together with 'Location'.

## `location` (type: `string`):

City/location slug for discovery mode, e.g. london, manchester, new-york.

## `maxSellers` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of seller profiles to scrape in one run.

## `maxReviewsPerSeller` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of review texts captured per seller profile.

## `maxRequestsPerCrawl` (type: `integer`):

Hard safety cap on the total number of page loads (category + seller pages).

## `proxy` (type: `object`):

Apify Proxy with Residential IPs is recommended to avoid blocking.

## `debug` (type: `boolean`):

Save the raw HTML of each scraped seller page to the key-value store (key: debug-<slug>.html).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.bark.com/en/gb/company/sma-plumbing-and-bathrooms-ltd/8myB6/"
    }
  ],
  "categoryUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.bark.com/en/gb/plumbers/london/"
    }
  ],
  "country": "gb",
  "maxSellers": 50,
  "maxReviewsPerSeller": 20,
  "maxRequestsPerCrawl": 200,
  "proxy": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  },
  "debug": false
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `profiles` (type: `string`):

No description

# 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 = {
    "startUrls": [
        {
            "url": "https://www.bark.com/en/gb/company/sma-plumbing-and-bathrooms-ltd/8myB6/"
        }
    ],
    "categoryUrls": [
        {
            "url": "https://www.bark.com/en/gb/plumbers/london/"
        }
    ],
    "proxy": {
        "useApifyProxy": true,
        "apifyProxyGroups": [
            "RESIDENTIAL"
        ]
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("ahmed_jasarevic/bark-sellers-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 = {
    "startUrls": [{ "url": "https://www.bark.com/en/gb/company/sma-plumbing-and-bathrooms-ltd/8myB6/" }],
    "categoryUrls": [{ "url": "https://www.bark.com/en/gb/plumbers/london/" }],
    "proxy": {
        "useApifyProxy": True,
        "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"],
    },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("ahmed_jasarevic/bark-sellers-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

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

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

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.bark.com/en/gb/company/sma-plumbing-and-bathrooms-ltd/8myB6/"
    }
  ],
  "categoryUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.bark.com/en/gb/plumbers/london/"
    }
  ],
  "proxy": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  }
}' |
apify call ahmed_jasarevic/bark-sellers-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,ahmed_jasarevic/bark-sellers-scraper"
        }
    }
}

```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/BkDfeIUscmOh5mM3e/builds/iHYLcumh6dXIw6Sba/openapi.json