# IT Recruitment Agency Scraper — US + UK Directory (`belcaidsaad/it-recruitment-agencies-ashish`) Actor Scrape 8,000+ IT recruitment and staffing agencies from ASA (US) and REC (UK) directories. Optional Companies House enrichment for UK firms. Pure fetch, no browser. - **URL**: https://apify.com/belcaidsaad/it-recruitment-agencies-ashish.md - **Developed by:** [Saad Belcaid](https://apify.com/belcaidsaad) (community) - **Categories:** Jobs, AI, Agents - **Stats:** 7 total users, 6 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, NaN bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing Pay per usage This Actor is paid per platform usage. The Actor is free to use, and you only pay for the Apify platform usage, which gets cheaper the higher subscription plan you have. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-usage ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours, and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store. In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server. Actors are written with capital "A". ## How to integrate an Actor? If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects. You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## IT Recruitment Agencies — US + UK Directory Scraper 3,938 US + 4,460 UK = **8,000+ IT recruitment and staffing agencies** from two industry directories. Built for Ashish from the SSM community. Two-country coverage from the official trade associations that IT staffing firms register with. **US source:** American Staffing Association (ASA) — the main trade body for US staffing firms. Every IT staffing company worth talking to is listed here. **UK source:** Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC) — the UK equivalent. 4,460+ member agencies. ### What You Get Per Record - **Agency name** — cleaned, no directory suffix - **Location** — city and state/region - **Country** — US or UK - **Services** — Direct Hire, Temporary Help, Contract, RPO, etc. (US firms) - **Specialties** — Information Technology, Engineering, Healthcare, etc. (US firms) - **Profile URL** — link to their directory listing - **Date created** — when the company was registered (UK firms, with enrichment) - **Registered address** — official filing address (UK firms, with enrichment) - **Company number** — official registration number (UK firms, with enrichment) - **Source** — "ASA (US)" or "REC (UK)" ### How Much Data | Source | Country | Volume | |---|---|---| | ASA (IT category) | US | ~3,938 agencies | | REC (all sectors) | UK | ~4,460 agencies | | **Total** | | **~8,400 agencies** | | Setting | What you get | |---|---| | maxResults: 500 | 500 agencies, ~30 seconds | | maxResults: 2000 | 2,000 agencies, ~60 seconds | | maxResults: 8000 | Everything, ~3 minutes | ### Slice By Country Use the `country` dropdown: | Value | What you get | |---|---| | Both | US + UK merged (default) | | US | ASA only — 3,938 IT staffing firms | | UK | REC only — 4,460 recruitment agencies | ### Slice By Specialty Use `specialtyFilter`. Only affects US/ASA records (the ASA directory tags firms by industry): | Specialty | What it covers | |---|---| | Information Technology | IT staffing, software, cybersecurity | | Engineering | Technical engineering staffing | | Healthcare | Medical staffing | | Industrial | Manufacturing, warehouse, logistics | | Office-Clerical & Administrative | Admin and office temp | | Professional-Managerial | Executive and management staffing | Leave empty for all IT firms (default). ### Slice By Service Type Use `serviceFilter`. Only affects US/ASA records: | Service | What it means | |---|---| | Direct Hire | Permanent placement | | Temporary Help | Temp staffing | | Contract | Contract staffing | | Temp-to-Hire | Try-before-you-buy | | RPO | Recruitment process outsourcing | | Managed Services | MSP/VMS programs | ### UK Enrichment Turn on `enrichWithCompaniesHouse` to add official registration data to UK firms: - **Date created** — when they incorporated (tells you how established they are) - **Registered address** — official filing address - **Company number** — Companies House registration number Adds ~2 minutes per 100 firms. Uses the free Companies House API. ### Quick Start 1. Click **Start** 2. Wait 30-60 seconds 3. Click **Export** -> CSV 4. Filter by country, service type, or specialty ### Data Sources - [American Staffing Association](https://americanstaffing.net) — US staffing industry trade association - [Recruitment & Employment Confederation](https://www.rec.uk.com) — UK recruitment industry trade body - [Companies House](https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/companies-house) — UK official company register (enrichment only) # Actor input Schema ## `maxResults` (type: `integer`): How many agencies to return. Default 500. ## `country` (type: `string`): Which country to scrape. US = ASA directory only. UK = REC directory only. Both = merge everything. ## `specialtyFilter` (type: `string`): Only include agencies with this specialty (e.g., 'Information Technology', 'Engineering'). Leave empty for all. ## `serviceFilter` (type: `string`): Only include agencies offering this service (e.g., 'Direct Hire', 'Temporary Help', 'RPO'). Leave empty for all. Only applies to US/ASA records. ## `enrichWithCompaniesHouse` (type: `boolean`): Adds registration date, address, and company number to UK firms. Slower — adds ~2 min per 100 firms. ## `companiesHouseApiKey` (type: `string`): Required if enrichment is enabled. Free key from Companies House developer portal. ## Actor input object example ```json { "maxResults": 500, "country": "Both", "enrichWithCompaniesHouse": false } ```` # 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 '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = {}; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("belcaidsaad/it-recruitment-agencies-ashish").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 '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = {} # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("belcaidsaad/it-recruitment-agencies-ashish").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{}' | apify call belcaidsaad/it-recruitment-agencies-ashish --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=belcaidsaad/it-recruitment-agencies-ashish", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "IT Recruitment Agency Scraper — US + UK Directory", "description": "Scrape 8,000+ IT recruitment and staffing agencies from ASA (US) and REC (UK) directories. Optional Companies House enrichment for UK firms. Pure fetch, no browser.", "version": "1.0", "x-build-id": "afY9RP22OAlY3SUdG" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/belcaidsaad~it-recruitment-agencies-ashish/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-belcaidsaad-it-recruitment-agencies-ashish", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/belcaidsaad~it-recruitment-agencies-ashish/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-belcaidsaad-it-recruitment-agencies-ashish", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/belcaidsaad~it-recruitment-agencies-ashish/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-belcaidsaad-it-recruitment-agencies-ashish", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } } }, "components": { "schemas": { "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "maxResults": { "title": "Max Results", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 15000, "type": "integer", "description": "How many agencies to return. Default 500.", "default": 500 }, "country": { "title": "Country", "enum": [ "US", "UK", "Both" ], "type": "string", "description": "Which country to scrape. US = ASA directory only. UK = REC directory only. Both = merge everything.", "default": "Both" }, "specialtyFilter": { "title": "Specialty Filter", "type": "string", "description": "Only include agencies with this specialty (e.g., 'Information Technology', 'Engineering'). Leave empty for all." }, "serviceFilter": { "title": "Service Filter (ASA only)", "type": "string", "description": "Only include agencies offering this service (e.g., 'Direct Hire', 'Temporary Help', 'RPO'). Leave empty for all. Only applies to US/ASA records." }, "enrichWithCompaniesHouse": { "title": "Enrich UK firms with Companies House data", "type": "boolean", "description": "Adds registration date, address, and company number to UK firms. Slower — adds ~2 min per 100 firms.", "default": false }, "companiesHouseApiKey": { "title": "Companies House API Key", "type": "string", "description": "Required if enrichment is enabled. Free key from Companies House developer portal." } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "resurrectCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "computeUnits": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "options": { "type": "object", "properties": { "build": { "type": "string", "example": "latest" }, "timeoutSecs": { "type": "integer", "example": 300 }, "memoryMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 1024 }, "diskMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 2048 } } }, "buildId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultKeyValueStoreId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultDatasetId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultRequestQueueId": { "type": "string" }, "buildNumber": { "type": "string", "example": "1.0.0" }, "containerUrl": { "type": "string" }, "usage": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } } } } } } } } } ```