Sulekha Business Scraper

Extract business and service provider listings from Sulekha.com — India's leading local services marketplace. Get full business profiles with ratings, reviews, contact details, photos, social links, and map coordinates across all major Indian cities and service categories.

What does this actor do?

Sulekha Business Scraper navigates Sulekha's listing pages and profile pages using a real browser (Playwright), extracts structured data from each business card, and optionally deep-scrapes individual profile pages for the richest possible dataset.

Two scraping modes:

• Search mode — Crawl listing pages for a service category + city and collect all businesses
• Profile URL mode — Scrape one or more specific Sulekha business profile URLs directly

Features

• Scrape listings by service category and city with automatic pagination
• Deep search option to enrich listings with full profile data (about, facilities, whyChoose, testimonials, gallery images, social links, map coordinates)
• Profile URL mode to scrape specific business pages directly
• Anti-bot stealth — custom browser fingerprinting, random viewports, human-like delays
• Apify Proxy support for reliable large-scale scraping
• Input validation with clear error messages

Input Parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
mode	string	search	search to scrape by category/city; profileUrl to scrape specific URLs
serviceCategory	string	plumbers	Service category slug (e.g., plumbers, electricians, painters, interior-designers, pest-control, carpenters)
city	string	chennai	City slug (e.g., chennai, bangalore, mumbai, delhi, hyderabad, pune)
profileUrls	array	[]	Direct Sulekha profile URLs to scrape (required when mode is profileUrl)
maxItems	integer	50	Maximum number of businesses to extract (1–500)
maxPages	integer	5	Maximum "View More" pagination clicks (1–20)
deepSearch	boolean	false	Visit each profile page for full details (slower, more data)
headless	boolean	true	Run browser in headless mode
proxyConfiguration	object	—	Apify Proxy or custom proxy settings

Output Fields

Listing Fields (always present)

Field	Type	Description
name	string	Business name
url	string	Full Sulekha profile URL
location	string	Locality and city (e.g., "Adyar, Chennai")
phone	string	Contact phone number
verified	boolean	Whether business has Sulekha verification badge
rating	string	Overall rating score
reviewCount	string	Number of customer reviews
sulekhaScore	string	Sulekha's proprietary score
yearsOfExperience	string	Years in operation
hiredOnSulekha	string	Number of times hired via Sulekha
responseTime	string	Typical response time
openHours	string	Business operating hours
services	array	Services/features listed on the card
description	string	Business description from listing card
detail	boolean	true if profile page was deep-scraped

Detail Fields (present when deepSearch: true)

Field	Type	Description
about	string	Full about/description from profile page
establishedYear	string	Year the business was established
employeeCount	string	Number of employees
whyChoose	array	Reasons to choose this business
facilities	array	Facilities offered
testimonials	array	Customer testimonials {text, author}
reviews	array	Customer reviews
images	array	Gallery photo URLs
logoUrl	string	Business logo image URL
bannerUrl	string	Business banner/cover image URL
mapCoordinates	string	GPS coordinates (lat,lng) for map location
socialLinks	object	Social/digital presence: {email, facebook, instagram, twitter, youtube, linkedin, website}
breadcrumbs	array	Breadcrumb navigation {text, url}
sectionTitles	array	All section headings found on the profile page
initial	string	First letter of business name (for avatar)

Sample Output

{
    "name": "ABC Plumbing Services, Adyar, Chennai",
    "url": "https://www.sulekha.com/profile/abc-plumbing-services-adyar-chennai-1234567",
    "verified": true,
    "location": "Adyar, Chennai",
    "phone": "08069875806",
    "rating": "4.5",
    "reviewCount": "38",
    "sulekhaScore": "8.2",
    "yearsOfExperience": "12",
    "hiredOnSulekha": "25",
    "responseTime": "Within 2 hours",
    "openHours": "Mon–Sat: 9am–7pm",
    "services": ["Pipe repair", "Tap fitting", "Water tank cleaning"],
    "description": "Expert plumbing services across Chennai for residential and commercial clients.",
    "detail": true,
    "about": "Over 12 years of experience providing quality plumbing services...",
    "establishedYear": "2012",
    "employeeCount": "8",
    "whyChoose": ["Certified team", "Same-day service", "Transparent pricing"],
    "facilities": ["On-site service", "Post-service guarantee"],
    "testimonials": [{"text": "Great service!", "author": "Ravi Kumar"}],
    "images": ["https://sulcdn.azureedge.net/..."],
    "logoUrl": "https://sulcdn.azureedge.net/...",
    "mapCoordinates": "13.0067,80.2206",
    "socialLinks": {"email": "abc@gmail.com", "facebook": "https://facebook.com/..."},
    "breadcrumbs": [{"text": "Home", "url": "https://www.sulekha.com/"}]
}

Supported Service Categories

plumbers, electricians, painters, interior-designers, pest-control, packers-and-movers, ac-service-and-repair, carpenters, home-cleaning-services, architects, civil-contractors, yoga-classes, tutors, event-management, catering-services, and many more.

Supported Cities

chennai, bangalore, delhi, mumbai, hyderabad, pune, kolkata, ahmedabad, noida, gurgaon, coimbatore, kochi, lucknow, jaipur, chandigarh, indore, bhopal, surat, vadodara, nagpur, and more.

Usage Examples

Search mode — scrape plumbers in Chennai

{
    "mode": "search",
    "serviceCategory": "plumbers",
    "city": "chennai",
    "maxItems": 20,
    "maxPages": 3,
    "deepSearch": true
}

Profile URL mode — scrape specific profiles

{
    "mode": "profileUrl",
    "profileUrls": [
        "https://www.sulekha.com/profile/xyz-plumbing-services-adyar-chennai-1234567"
    ]
}

Fast listing scrape (no deep search)

{
    "mode": "search",
    "serviceCategory": "interior-designers",
    "city": "bangalore",
    "maxItems": 100,
    "maxPages": 10,
    "deepSearch": false
}

Run Locally

cd sulekha-business-scraper
npm ci
npm start

Input is read from storage/key_value_stores/default/INPUT.json.

Cost & Performance

• Listing-only scrape: ~10–15 businesses per page load
• Deep search adds 1 page load per business profile
• Typical run (50 businesses, deep search): ~55 page loads
• Use proxyConfiguration with Apify residential proxies for best reliability