# Find ThomasNet Industrial Suppliers and Public Contacts

**Use case:** 

Build industrial sourcing lists from public ThomasNet searches and profiles. Collect supplier websites, phones, published certifications, employee and revenue ranges, with optional homepage email enrichment. Start with three CNC machining supplier records, then narrow the search by certification.

## Input

```json
{
  "searchUrls": [
    "https://www.thomasnet.com/nsearch.html?cov=NA&heading=45330503"
  ],
  "enrichEmailsFromWebsite": true,
  "maxItems": 3,
  "timeoutSecs": 15,
  "maxConcurrency": 25
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "companyName": {
    "label": "Company",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "status": {
    "label": "Status",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "supplierType": {
    "label": "Supplier type",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "phone": {
    "label": "Phone",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "primaryEmail": {
    "label": "Primary email",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "websiteUrl": {
    "label": "Website",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "city": {
    "label": "City",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "state": {
    "label": "State / province",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "country": {
    "label": "Country",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "annualSalesRange": {
    "label": "Annual sales",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "employeeCountRange": {
    "label": "Employees",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "certifications": {
    "label": "Certifications",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "diversityBadges": {
    "label": "Diversity badges",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "thomasnetProfileUrl": {
    "label": "ThomasNet profile",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "errorMessage": {
    "label": "Error",
    "format": "string"
  }
}
```

## How it works

### 1. Sign up on Apify or log in

The Thomasnet Industrial Manufacturers Suppliers Scraper Actor is ready to run with the inputs already set for "Find ThomasNet Industrial Suppliers and Public Contacts". [Sign up or log in](https://console.apify.com/create-task-from-example/AD9iyUrV4dagJciJh) and you'll land in Apify Console with a copy of this exact task.

### 2. Start the "Find ThomasNet Industrial Suppliers and Public Contacts" task

The Thomasnet Industrial Manufacturers Suppliers Scraper Actor will start running based on the input automatically. You can also change all the input fields, like thomasnet search or profile urls, find public website contacts, and more, to match your specific use case.

### 3. Receive the "Find ThomasNet Industrial Suppliers and Public Contacts" output

Monitor the progress in real time. You will be notified as soon as your dataset is complete and ready for review. Each result includes data such as company, status, supplier type, and more.

### 4. Integrate into your workflow

The final output is delivered in JSON, CSV, or Excel format, ready to be plugged into your workflow. You can also [run the "Find ThomasNet Industrial Suppliers and Public Contacts" task via API](https://apify.com/arezdev/thomasnet-industrial-manufacturers-suppliers-scraper.md).

## FAQ

### Which supplier directories are supported?

Use public ThomasNet search, category or company profile URLs. This Actor covers ThomasNet suppliers; Kompass is outside its supported coverage.

### What does each supplier record contain?

Results include available company names, supplier types, websites, phones, locations, certifications, diversity badges, revenue ranges and employee ranges, plus public website contacts when enrichment succeeds.

### How does certification filtering work?

Enter a published certification such as ISO 9001, AS9100 or ITAR. Suppliers without a matching published certification are excluded. The ISO 9001 filter can also match versioned labels such as ISO 9001:2015.

### Where do supplier email addresses come from?

Optional enrichment visits the supplier's public homepage for published emails and a LinkedIn link. It does not crawl every contact page or infer addresses. A missing or unreachable website does not discard the supplier's directory record.

### Why might the task return fewer records than requested?

The category may have fewer accessible suppliers, the certification filter may exclude matches, or a source may block requests. The saved-record limit is a ceiling, and source-reported company fields can remain empty.

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [Thomasnet Industrial Manufacturers Suppliers Scraper](https://apify.com/arezdev/thomasnet-industrial-manufacturers-suppliers-scraper.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/arezdev/thomasnet-industrial-manufacturers-suppliers-scraper.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


## How to integrate an Actor?

This Task's input is already configured above. Use it as-is rather than inventing a new one.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For full API examples (JavaScript, Python, CLI, MCP, OpenAPI), see this Task's Actor page: https://apify.com/arezdev/thomasnet-industrial-manufacturers-suppliers-scraper.md

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).