mobile.de Car Scraper - Germany’s Largest Car Marketplace

What does mobile.de Car Scraper do?

mobile.de Car Scraper extracts structured listing data from mobile.de — including seller ratings. It supports keyword search and controllable result limits, so you can run the same query consistently over time. The actor also offers detail enrichment (full descriptions) where the source provides them.

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Key features

• ♻️ Incremental mode — daily runs emit only listings that are new or whose price/condition changed since last run. Perfect for inventory-diff dashboards and competitive pricing alerts. Saves 80–95% on recurring monitoring.
• 🔔 Notifications — telegram / Slack / Discord / WhatsApp / webhook alerts on each run. Combine with incremental to ping only when prices or inventory actually move.
• 🔗 Paste-mode — paste any mobile.de URL — single-listing pages, search-results, or category SEO URLs. Build the filter you want in the browser, copy, paste; the actor parses every query param.
• 📧 Email + phone extraction — best-effort regex extraction of contact emails and phone numbers from descriptions — emitted as extractedEmails[] and extractedPhones[] on every record.
• 💵 Structured pricing — listing price parsed into a numeric price field plus filter inputs (priceFrom / priceTo) so you can target a budget band. Use priceType (where supported) to exclude leasing or wholesale listings.
• 🎯 Batch searches — run multiple search variants in one job — shared dedup, single dataset for compare/diff downstream.
• 📦 Compact mode — light payload with core fields only — comparable rows across listings without HTML or metadata overhead. Perfect for pricing dashboards.
• ✂️ Description truncation — cap description length with descriptionMaxLength to control LLM prompt cost and dataset size — set 0 for full descriptions, or any char-limit to trim.
• 📌 Change classification — each record carries a changeType of NEW / UPDATED / UNCHANGED / REAPPEARED / EXPIRED. Default emits NEW + UPDATED + REAPPEARED; opt into the others with emitUnchanged / emitExpired. Repost detection flags previously-expired listings that come back.
• 📤 Export anywhere — Download the dataset as JSON, CSV, or Excel from the Apify Console, or stream live via the Apify API and integrations (Make, Zapier, Google Sheets, n8n, …).

What data can you extract from mobile.de?

Each result includes Core listing fields (listingId, listingKey, canonicalUrl, title, make, model, price, and priceCurrency, and more). In standard mode, all fields are always present — unavailable data points are returned as null, never omitted. In compact mode, only core fields are returned.

Enable detail enrichment in the input to get richer fields such as full descriptions where the source provides them.

Input

The main inputs are a search keyword and a result limit. Additional filters and options are available in the input schema.

Key parameters:

• query — Free-text search keywords (e.g. 'VW Golf GTI'). Use a JSON array for multi-query.
• make — Car make / brand (e.g. 'Volkswagen', 'BMW', 'Mercedes-Benz').
• model — Single model name (e.g. 'Golf'), comma-separated list, or JSON array. Requires make.
• category — Vehicle type. mobile.de carries cars, motorbikes, motorhomes, trucks, vans, buses, trailers, agricultural and construction machinery. (default: "CAR")
• startUrls — Paste mobile.de search URLs directly. Use this for full filter control beyond the structured fields below.
• maxResults — Maximum total listings to return (0 = unlimited). mobile.de SERPs cap at ~2,000 per query. (default: 25)
• maxPages — Maximum search result pages to scrape per source (~26 listings per page). Defensive safety bound — maxResults is the primary record cap. (default: 5)
• condition — Filter by vehicle condition. Multi-select: hold Ctrl / Cmd to select several.
• fuelType — Filter by fuel type. Multi-select.
• transmission — Filter by transmission. Multi-select.
• bodyType — Filter by body type. Multi-select.
• sellerType — Filter by seller type.
• ...and 43 more parameters

Input examples

Basic search — Keyword-driven search with a result cap.

→ Full payload per result — all standard fields populated where the source provides them.

{
  "query": "volkswagen golf",
  "maxResults": 50
}

Incremental tracking — Only emit vehicles that changed since the previous run with this stateKey.

→ First run builds the baseline state. Subsequent runs emit only records that are new or whose tracked content changed. Set emitUnchanged: true to include unchanged records as well.

{
  "query": "volkswagen golf",
  "maxResults": 200,
  "incrementalMode": true,
  "stateKey": "volkswagen-golf-tracker"
}

Compact filtered output — Combine filters with compact mode for a lightweight AI-agent or MCP data source.

→ Core fields only — ideal for piping into LLMs or downstream tools without token overhead.

{
  "query": "volkswagen golf",
  "category": "CAR",
  "maxResults": 50,
  "compact": true
}

Output

Each run produces a dataset of structured listing records. Results can be downloaded as JSON, CSV, or Excel from the Dataset tab in Apify Console.

Example listing record

{
  "listingId": "7a358277a4357caa4233978183ddb9ae0a1ae164a14d260fcf531c3dc19b875f",
  "listingKey": "444927632",
  "canonicalUrl": "https://suchen.mobile.de/fahrzeuge/details.html?id=444927632",
  "title": "Volkswagen GolfVIII GTI Clubsport 2.0 TSI Performance IQ-L",
  "make": "Volkswagen",
  "model": "GolfVIII",
  "price": 43933,
  "priceCurrency": "EUR",
  "priceType": "FIXED",
  "vatDeductible": true,
  "mileageKm": 13614,
  "firstRegistration": "09/2024",
  "fuelType": "Benzin",
  "powerKw": 221,
  "powerPs": 300,
  "condition": null,
  "priceRating": null,
  "sellerName": "Volkswagen Automobile Berlin GmbH",
  "sellerType": "DEALER",
  "sellerRating": 4.8,
  "sellerReviewCount": 218,
  "location": "10587 Berlin",
  "imageUrls": [
    "https://img.classistatic.de/api/v1/mo-prod/images/7d/7ddc08c6-d05a-4f5e-8640-295d97bc4bf7?rule=mo-160w"
  ],
  "numImages": 1,
  "sourceUrl": "https://suchen.mobile.de/fahrzeuge/details.html?id=444927632",
  "searchQuery": "volkswagen golf",
  "searchUrl": "https://suchen.mobile.de/fahrzeuge/search.html?s=Car&isSearchRequest=true&q=volkswagen+golf&sr=0",
  "isSponsored": true,
  "scrapedAt": "2026-03-21T23:05:24.446Z"
}

Incremental fields

When incremental: true, each record also carries:

• changeType — one of NEW, UPDATED, UNCHANGED, REAPPEARED, EXPIRED. Default output covers NEW / UPDATED / REAPPEARED; set emitUnchanged: true or emitExpired: true to opt into the others.
• firstSeenAt, lastSeenAt — ISO-8601 timestamps tracking the listing across runs.
• isRepost, repostOfId, repostDetectedAt — populated when a new listing matches the tracked content of a previously expired one. Set skipReposts: true to drop detected reposts from the output.

How to scrape mobile.de

1. Go to mobile.de Car Scraper in Apify Console.
2. Enter a search keyword.
3. Set maxResults to control how many results you need.
4. Enable includeDetails if you need full descriptions.
5. Click Start and wait for the run to finish.
6. Export the dataset as JSON, CSV, or Excel.

Use cases

• Extract listing data from mobile.de for market research and competitive analysis.
• Track pricing trends across regions and categories over time.
• Monitor new and changed listings on scheduled runs without processing the full dataset every time.
• Feed structured data into AI agents, MCP tools, and automated pipelines using compact mode.
• Export clean, structured data to dashboards, spreadsheets, or data warehouses.
• Benchmark seller / dealer reputation using rating fields.

How much does it cost to scrape mobile.de?

mobile.de Car Scraper uses pay-per-event pricing. You pay a small fee when the run starts and then for each result that is actually produced.

• Run start: $0.005 per run
• Per result: $0.001 per listing record

Example costs:

• 10 results: $0.01
• 100 results: $0.11
• 500 results: $0.51

Example: recurring monitoring savings

These examples compare full re-scrapes with incremental runs at different churn rates. Churn is the share of listings that are new or whose tracked content changed since the previous run. Actual churn depends on your query breadth, source activity, and polling frequency — the scenarios below are examples, not predictions.

Example setup: 100 results per run, daily polling (30 runs/month). Event-pricing examples scale linearly with result count.

Churn rate	Full re-scrape run cost	Incremental run cost	Savings vs full re-scrape	Monthly cost after baseline
5% — stable niche query	$0.11	$0.01	$0.10 (90%)	$0.30
15% — moderate broad query	$0.11	$0.02	$0.09 (81%)	$0.60
30% — high-volume aggregator	$0.11	$0.03	$0.07 (67%)	$1.05

Full re-scrape monthly cost at daily polling: $3.15. First month with incremental costs $0.40 / $0.68 / $1.12 for the 5% / 15% / 30% scenarios because the first run builds baseline state at full cost before incremental savings apply.

FAQ

How many results can I get from mobile.de?

The number of results depends on the search query and available listings on mobile.de. Use the maxResults parameter to control how many results are returned per run.

Does mobile.de Car Scraper support recurring monitoring?

Yes. Enable incremental mode to only receive new or changed listings on subsequent runs. This is ideal for scheduled monitoring where you want to track changes over time without re-processing the full dataset.

Can I integrate mobile.de Car Scraper with other apps?

Yes. mobile.de Car Scraper works with Apify's integrations to connect with tools like Zapier, Make, Google Sheets, Slack, and more. You can also use webhooks to trigger actions when a run completes.

Can I use mobile.de Car Scraper with the Apify API?

Yes. You can start runs, manage inputs, and retrieve results programmatically through the Apify API. Client libraries are available for JavaScript, Python, and other languages.

Can I use mobile.de Car Scraper through an MCP Server?

Yes. Apify provides an MCP Server that lets AI assistants and agents call this actor directly. Use compact mode and descriptionMaxLength to keep payloads manageable for LLM context windows.

Is it legal to scrape mobile.de?

This actor extracts publicly available data from mobile.de. Web scraping of public information is generally considered legal, but you should always review the target site's terms of service and ensure your use case complies with applicable laws and regulations, including GDPR where relevant.

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