Mobile.de Scraper: German Used Car Data, Prices & Dealer Listings

Scrape vehicle listings from mobile.de — Germany's largest automotive marketplace (~1.9M active listings) — including search results (suchen.mobile.de), full listing details, and dealer inventories (home.mobile.de). Returns structured JSON with price (gross + net + VAT), mileage, power, fuel, gearbox, price-rating band, dealer contact & rating, features, description and images.

Built for DE/EU car dealers (competitor pricing), auto-market analysts, export/resale arbitragers and dealer lead-gen. Runs on the Apify platform — schedule it, call it via API, and export to JSON/CSV/Excel.

Use Cases: Competitor Price Monitoring, Dealer Inventory Extraction & Car Market Research

• Dealer competitor pricing — monitor your competitors' stock and price movements across Germany without an official mobile.de API.
• Dealer inventory extraction — point the scraper at any home.mobile.de/<slug> dealer homepage and pull that dealer's entire vehicle stock.
• German used car market research — build datasets on pricing, mileage, fuel types and equipment across makes/models.
• Export & resale analysis — compare DE market prices against your target market to find arbitrage opportunities.
• Dealer lead generation (GDPR-aware) — collect publicly displayed dealer names, phones, addresses and ratings from listings.

Mobile.de Without an Official API — No Login, No Account

mobile.de offers no public REST API for listing data — the only sanctioned way to access it is through partner agreements. This actor talks to the site's own consumer BFF JSON API, so you can collect listings without signing up:

• Search (SRP): GET https://www.mobile.de/consumer/api/search/srp?url=<url-encoded search.html URL>
• Detail (VIP): GET https://www.mobile.de/consumer/api/search/vip?url=<url-encoded details.html URL>

How it works under the hood (WAF & endpoint)

• WAF: mobile.de's HTML pages (www.mobile.de, suchen.mobile.de, m.mobile.de) sit behind Akamai Bot Manager (403 "Zugriff verweigert" for datacenter IPs). This actor does not touch those HTML pages.
• The one gate is an API-contract header — x-mobile-client: de.mobile.consumer-webapp. Without it every call returns 400 Missing or invalid client header.
• Dealer inventory: a home.mobile.de/<slug> URL is resolved via a HEAD request — the x-middleware-rewrite response header contains the internal customerId, which is then used as the sid filter on the search API.
• Pagination: the SRP endpoint returns searchResults.{numResultsTotal, page, numPages, hasNextPage, items}. mobile.de caps deep pagination at ~50 pages (~1300 listings) per search.
• Proxy: mobile.de blocks datacenter IPs. Enable the Apify proxy (RESIDENTIAL group) for reliable runs — the actor works from any residential IP, DE not required.

How to Use Suchen Mobile Scraper

1. Open the actor in Apify Console and click Start.
2. Enter one or more search queries (e.g. volkswagen golf, bmw 320d) — or paste start URLs (a search URL, a listing URL, or a home.mobile.de dealer homepage).
3. Optionally set Max items and toggle Fetch full listing detail.
4. Enable the proxy (RESIDENTIAL group) in the Proxy configuration.
5. Run and download the dataset as JSON, HTML, CSV or Excel.

Example input

{
  "searchQueries": ["volkswagen golf"],
  "maxItems": 50,
  "fetchDetail": true,
  "maxConcurrency": 3,
  "proxy": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"]
  }
}

Input

Field	Type	Required	Default	Notes
searchQueries	array of strings	no	[]	Free-text search terms (e.g. volkswagen golf). Each query runs as a separate search on mobile.de.
startUrls	array	no	[]	mobile.de search-result URLs, individual listing URLs, or dealer homepage URLs (home.mobile.de/<slug>).
maxItems	integer	no	50	Max listings to extract (0–5000). 0 = up to ~1300 per search (pagination cap).
fetchDetail	boolean	no	true	Fetch full detail page per listing (equipment, description, gallery, dealer address & phones). Doubles request count.
maxConcurrency	integer	no	10	Parallel requests (1–10). Higher = faster.
proxy	object	no	Apify proxy	Select proxies for the crawler (RESIDENTIAL recommended).

Output: Vehicle Pricing, Specs & Dealer Data

{
  "id": 457981580,
  "url": "https://suchen.mobile.de/auto-inserat/volkswagen-golf-r-4motion-2-0-tfsi-dsg-led-leder-peine/457981580.html",
  "title": "Volkswagen Golf R 4Motion 2.0 TFSI DSG LED/LEDER",
  "make": "Volkswagen",
  "model": "Golf",
  "trim": "R 4Motion 2.0 TFSI DSG LED/LEDER",
  "price": {
    "gross": "€21,990",
    "grossAmount": 21990,
    "net": null,
    "netAmount": null,
    "vat": null,
    "currency": "EUR",
    "type": "FIXED"
  },
  "priceRating": {
    "rating": "VERY_GOOD_PRICE",
    "ratingLabel": "Very good price",
    "thresholdLabels": ["€17,700", "€23,000", "€24,800", "€27,600", "€29,600", "€32,900"],
    "vehiclePriceOffset": 80
  },
  "mileage": "80,000 km",
  "mileageKm": 80000,
  "firstRegistration": "05/2017",
  "power": "228 kW (310 hp)",
  "powerKw": 228,
  "powerPs": 310,
  "fuel": "Petrol",
  "gearbox": "Automatic",
  "dealer": {
    "name": "Cars4You GmbH",
    "type": "Dealer",
    "sellerType": "DEALER",
    "phone": "+49 (0)5171 7726384",
    "phones": ["+49 (0)5171 7726384", "+49 (0)15566 534374"],
    "location": "31226 Peine",
    "address": "Alte Landstraße 18, DE-31226 Peine",
    "rating": { "score": 4.9, "count": 59, "totalCount": 88 },
    "latLong": { "lat": 52.2977888, "lon": 10.2694877 },
    "homepage": "https://home.mobile.de/home/redirect.html?customerId=47546627"
  },
  "features": ["ABS", "Apple CarPlay", "Sitzheizung", "..."],
  "description": "INNENAUSSTATTUNG UND KOMFORT: ...",
  "images": ["https://img.classistatic.de/api/v1/mo-prod/images/..."],
  "kba": { "hsn": "0603", "tsn": "CBM" },
  "scrapedAt": "2026-09-16T10:11:14.019Z"
}

Data fields

Field	Description
id	mobile.de listing ID
url	Absolute listing URL
title / shortTitle / trim	Full title, short title, trim/variant
make / model	Vehicle make and model
price.gross / grossAmount	Gross price (display + number)
price.net / netAmount	Net price (display + number)
price.vat	VAT rate (e.g. "19% MwSt.")
priceRating	Price-rating band (GOOD_PRICE, VERY_GOOD_PRICE, ...) + thresholds
mileage / mileageKm	Odometer reading (display + km number)
firstRegistration	First registration (MM/YYYY)
power / powerKw / powerPs	Power (display + kW + PS/hp)
fuel / gearbox / engineSize	Fuel type, transmission, engine displacement
color / bodyType / doors	Exterior color, body type, doors
tuvHu / emissionClass	TÜV/HU date, emission class
dealer	Name, type, phones, address, GPS, rating, opening hours, homepage
features	Equipment list (detail mode)
description	Seller description, HTML stripped (detail mode)
images	Image gallery URLs (detail mode)
kba	German type-approval numbers (HSN/TSN)
query	The search query / dealer that produced this record
scrapedAt	UTC timestamp of collection

Cost Estimation: How Much Does It Cost to Scrape Mobile.de?

Plain HTTP JSON calls — no browser, no rendering, 256 MB memory. A typical run with 50 listings + full detail costs a few hundred requests. The main cost driver is the Apify RESIDENTIAL proxy (required because mobile.de blocks datacenter IPs) — proxy traffic is billed per GB by Apify. Free-tier users get a capped preview of 10 items per run.

Tips & Advanced Options

• Dealer inventory: paste https://home.mobile.de/<dealer-slug> into Start URLs to scrape that dealer's full stock.
• Existing search URLs: configure filters on mobile.de, copy the search URL, and paste it into Start URLs — all filters pass through verbatim.
• Keep concurrency low (2-4) to avoid rate-limiting.
• fetchDetail: false halves the request count if you only need search-level data (price, specs, dealer name/location/rating).
• maxItems: 0 fetches up to ~1300 listings per search (mobile.de's pagination cap).
• Schedule it for recurring used-car price monitoring or competitor stock tracking.

Related Actors

• Mobile.de Scraper (crawloop) — the largest mobile.de scraper in this cluster
• AutoScout24 Germany Scraper (glaswasser) — AutoScout24 DE data, mobile.de's sister marketplace
• AutoScout24 Scraper — EU car data & specs for cross-market comparison
• Kleinanzeigen Scraper — German classifieds: cars, real estate & seller data
• Willhaben Scraper — Austrian marketplace data (property & cars) for DACH coverage

FAQ

Does mobile.de have an API? mobile.de's listing data is not available through a public, documented REST API — access requires a partner agreement. This actor reads the site's own consumer BFF JSON endpoints, so it works as a mobile.de API alternative for anonymous, publicly visible listing data.

Is AutoScout24 or mobile.de bigger in Germany? mobile.de is Germany's largest vehicle marketplace by listings (~1.9M active); AutoScout24 is its sister platform by the same parent (eBay-owned Adevinta/Mobile.de group). Use both — this actor plus the AutoScout24 Scraper — for full DE market coverage.

How can I monitor competitor dealer prices? Schedule the actor daily on your competitors' home.mobile.de dealer URLs (dealer inventory mode) or on brand/model search queries, and diff the price fields across runs.

Wie kann ich mobile.de Daten exportieren? The dataset can be exported as JSON, CSV, HTML or Excel directly from Apify, or fetched programmatically via the Apify API.

Which fields include personal data? dealer contains publicly displayed business contact data (phone, address, homepage). Handle it in compliance with GDPR when building dealer lead lists — do not use it for unsolicited outreach that would breach mobile.de's terms or data-protection law.

Is this legal? Scraping publicly available data is generally permitted, but you are responsible for complying with mobile.de's Terms of Service and applicable law (including GDPR for personal data). This actor only collects publicly visible listing data — no login, no account-gated content.

Known limitations: mobile.de caps deep pagination at ~50 pages (~1300 listings) per search. Some private sellers have no phone/rating. The BFF API occasionally rate-limits — keep concurrency low.

Support: open an issue on the actor's Issues tab, or contact us for custom scraping solutions.

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For AI Agents & LLM Apps

One dataset record per mobile.de vehicle listing: pricing (gross + net + VAT), mileage, power, fuel, gearbox, price-rating band, dealer contact & rating, features, description and images — wired for the Apify MCP server and the Apify API.

Minimal working input:

{
  "searchQueries": ["volkswagen golf"],
  "maxItems": 10
}

Variant 1 — full detail mode (equipment, description, gallery, dealer address & phones):

{
  "searchQueries": ["bmw 320d"],
  "maxItems": 25,
  "fetchDetail": true
}

Variant 2 — dealer inventory (entire stock of one dealer):

{
  "startUrls": ["https://home.mobile.de/cars4you"],
  "maxItems": 100
}

Output field list: id, url, title, shortTitle, trim, make, model, category, segment, price{gross,grossAmount,net,netAmount,vat,currency,type}, priceRating, mileage, mileageKm, firstRegistration, power, powerKw, powerPs, fuel, gearbox, engineSize, color, bodyType, tuvHu, emissionClass, doors, rawAttributes, dealer{name,type,sellerType,phone,phones,location,address,rating,latLong,homepage,openingHours,languages,logo,messengers}, kba{hsn,tsn}, numImages, previewImage, sellerId, query, scrapedAt, description, htmlDescription, features, highlights, attributes, images, vehicleCondition, isNew, isDamageCase, readyToDrive, financePlan, created, modified, renewed, version.

Behaviors an agent should know:

• startUrls takes priority over searchQueries; dealer-homepage URLs automatically switch the actor into dealer-inventory (customerId) mode.
• maxItems: 0 means "as many as possible" (up to mobile.de's ~1300-per-search pagination cap) — not zero results; set an explicit number to bound cost.
• Set fetchDetail: true only when you need equipment/description/gallery/dealer-address fields — it roughly doubles the request count.
• Mobile.de blocks datacenter IPs — enable residential proxies for reliable runs.
• Private sellers may lack phone/rating fields; deutsche Angaben (German display strings) are returned as-is for mileage/power/first-registration, alongside numeric fields.

Billing model: pay-per-event (compute + Apify proxy traffic actually consumed); pricing from $0.70 per 1,000 results.

Legal & Compliance Disclaimer

This actor is independent and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by mobile.de / Adevinta. It collects publicly visible listing data via mobile.de's own consumer BFF JSON endpoints — no login, no account-gated content, no bypass of authentication. Users are responsible for complying with mobile.de's Terms of Service and applicable law, including the GDPR when handling dealer contact data contained in the output (business contact details such as phones and addresses should not be used for unsolicited commercial outreach in violation of applicable law).