local.ch scraper

Build contact-ready lists of Swiss businesses and healthcare providers in minutes — phone, email, website, address, ratings, specialties, and more — from local.ch, Switzerland's leading local directory.

Covers all of Switzerland and major regions: Geneva, Vaud (Lausanne), Zurich, Bern, Basel, Valais, Ticino, and every canton via local.ch search URLs.

Paste a search link to discover businesses by category and region, or paste profile URLs to enrich a list you already have. No login. No API key. No code. Export to CSV, Excel, or JSON.

Built for: Lead generation · CRM enrichment · Territory mapping · Outbound prospecting · Market research

📄 ./sample-output.csv — see exactly what you get before running anything.

Custom automation or integrations: corentin@outreacher.fr

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Why use this scraper?

• Two workflows in one tool — territorial search or enrich existing profile links
• Any category — dentists, surgeons, restaurants, lawyers, physiotherapists, and more
• Any region — whole Switzerland, a canton, or a single city
• Contact-focused — phone, email, and website when the business publishes them
• Rich profiles — ratings, languages, treatments, payment methods, opening hours
• CRM-ready — one row per business, structured fields, instant export
• Lower cost — Swiss DATACENTER proxy enabled by default (~10× cheaper than residential)

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Two ways to use it

Mode	What you get	Best for
Search URL	Every business on a local.ch search page, with full contact details	Prospecting by category + region — e.g. all dentists in Geneva, all restaurants in Zurich
Profile URLs	Full details for the profile pages you paste	Refreshing or enriching a CRM list when you already have local.ch links

1 — Search by category and region

You copy a local.ch search URL from your browser — same filters, same region as if you searched manually.

How to start:

1. On local.ch, run your search (category + location)
2. Copy the URL from the address bar (/fr/s/… or /de/s/…)
3. In the Actor, choose Search URL mode and paste the link
4. Optional: set Max rows to 50–200 for a first test
5. Run — open Dataset when finished

Examples of search URLs:

• Dentists in Geneva: …/fr/s/dentiste/geneve
• Dentists in Zurich (DE): …/de/s/zahnarzt/zuerich
• Surgeons (broad): …/fr/s/chirurgien
• Restaurants in Lausanne: …/fr/s/restaurant/lausanne
• Lawyers in Bern: …/fr/s/avocat/berne

You can paste several regional URLs in one run (e.g. Geneva + Lausanne + Zurich in a single export).

2 — Enrich profile URLs you already have

You already collected local.ch profile links (spreadsheet, CRM, previous export). Paste them — no search crawl, detail only.

How to start:

1. Choose Profile URLs mode
2. Paste one business page URL per line (/fr/d/… or /de/d/…)
3. Run

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What you get

One row per business (detail records):

Field	What it is	Example
name	Business or practitioner name	Cabinet dentaire Example
phone	Phone number (Swiss format)	+41 22 123 45 67
email	Email when published	contact@cabinet.ch
websiteUrl	Primary website	https://www.cabinet.ch
address	Full address line	Rue Example 1, 1200 Genève
city	City	Genève
zipCode	Postal code	1200
state	Canton / region	Genève
specialties	Categories / rubriques	["Dentiste", "Orthodontie"]
spokenLanguages	Languages spoken	["Français", "Deutsch"]
treatments	Services / treatments	["Implants", "Blanchiment"]
paymentMethods	Accepted payment	["Carte", "Facture"]
openingHours	Opening schedule	structured hours
ratingValue / ratingCount	local.ch ratings	4.8 / 42
bookable	Online booking available	true / false
latitude / longitude	GPS coordinates	map & territory tools
profileUrl	local.ch profile link	https://www.local.ch/fr/d/…

Download as JSON, CSV, Excel, or connect via Apify API to your CRM.

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What you get — and what you don't

Data	Available
Phone number	✅ When published on local.ch
Email address	✅ When published on the profile
Website	✅ When listed on the profile
Address & GPS	✅ For most businesses
Ratings & reviews count	✅ When the profile has ratings
Specialties, languages, treatments	✅ On complete profiles
Private messages or login-only data	❌ Not scraped
Data behind a login	❌ Public profiles only

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Example output

{
  "recordType": "detail",
  "name": "Dr Chiou Auguste",
  "medicalSpecialty": "Ophtalmologue",
  "phone": "+41 58 274 22 30",
  "email": "eauxvives@swissvisio.net",
  "websiteUrl": "https://www.swissvisio.net/centres/eaux-vives",
  "address": "Rue du Nant 4, 1207 Genève",
  "city": "Genève",
  "zipCode": "1207",
  "specialties": ["Ophtalmologue", "Ophtalmochirurgie"],
  "spokenLanguages": ["Français", "Deutsch", "Anglais"],
  "ratingValue": 4.9,
  "ratingCount": 12,
  "bookable": true,
  "profileUrl": "https://www.local.ch/fr/d/geneve/1207/ophtalmologue/dr-chiou-auguste-…"
}

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No code required

This Actor runs entirely from the Apify Console — no Python, no JavaScript, no server to manage.

1. Open the Actor on Apify and click Start
2. Choose Search URL or Profile URLs
3. Paste your local.ch link(s)
4. Click Run
5. Download CSV or Excel from the Dataset tab — or schedule weekly refreshes

Perfect for marketing teams, SDRs, and agency owners who need Swiss business leads without hiring a developer.

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Export to your CRM

Download the dataset and import into the tools you already use:

Tool	How
HubSpot	Import CSV → map phone, email, websiteUrl, city to contact properties
Salesforce	Data Import Wizard or Apify → Zapier/Make → Salesforce
Pipedrive	Import spreadsheet → match name, phone, organization
Lemlist / outreach tools	CSV with phone & email columns for cold email or call lists
Google Sheets / Excel	Direct CSV download — filter by canton, category, or city

Each row is one business with stable fields (name, phone, email, profileUrl, address, city, zipCode, state) so mapping stays consistent run after run.

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Switzerland coverage

local.ch organizes searches by category + location. You can export:

• National — e.g. all dentists or all surgeons in Switzerland
• City — Geneva, Lausanne, Zurich, Bern, Basel, Winterthur, Lucerne, St. Gallen, Lugano…
• Canton / region — whatever local.ch exposes in the URL when you search in your browser

Common prospecting setups: dentists in Geneva + Vaud, restaurants in Zurich, or a full Switzerland file for market mapping.

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Use cases

I want to…	Mode	How
Build a list of dentists in a canton	Search URL	Paste the local.ch search URL for that category + region
Map all restaurants in a city	Search URL	Paste the city search URL
Enrich my CRM with phone & email	Profile URLs	Paste the local.ch links from your spreadsheet
Test before a large export	Search URL	Set Max rows to 50–200, then remove the cap
Cover several cities in one run	Search URL	Paste one URL per city (Geneva, Lausanne, Zurich…)

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Tips for best results

• Test first. Set Max rows to 100 before a full national run — check the output matches your needs.
• Copy the URL from local.ch. Use the exact search you would run in your browser.
• Broad categories need filtering. A search like chirurgien includes dentists, vets, and ophthalmologists — narrow with city or a more specific term.
• Emails are optional. Many rows will have phone and website without email — that's normal on local.ch.
• Proxy is pre-configured. Swiss DATACENTER proxy runs automatically on Apify — nothing to configure.
• Schedule it. Use Apify's scheduler to refresh your business database monthly.

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Also scraping OneDoc?

local.ch is Switzerland's main business directory — healthcare providers and other local businesses, with ratings, treatments, and payment methods.

For practitioners on the medical booking platform OneDoc.ch — specialties, expertises, booking flags, FAQ — use our OneDoc practitioner scraper on Apify.

Same idea: paste a search URL to discover listings, or profile URLs to enrich a list you already have.

Source	Best for
local.ch (this Actor)	Broad directory coverage — any /fr/s/… search or /fr/d/… detail page
OneDoc	Doctors and healthcare professionals active on OneDoc.ch

Many teams run both and merge in Excel or their CRM for maximum Swiss coverage.

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FAQ

Is it only for healthcare?
No — any local.ch category works: restaurants, lawyers, plumbers, dentists, etc.

Do I need a local.ch account?
No. Only public profile data is collected.

Do I need a proxy?
No. Swiss DATACENTER proxy is applied automatically on Apify cloud runs.

French, German, Italian URLs?
Yes — /fr/s/…, /de/s/…, and other local.ch locales are supported.

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Important

• Use exported data in line with local.ch Terms of Service and Swiss data-protection rules.
• Field availability depends on what each business publishes — not every row has every column filled.

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Support

Contact corentin@outreacher.fr for custom scraping, scheduling, or CRM integrations.

Last updated: May 2026