ITFirms Scraper

Scrape curated "top IT companies" rankings from ITFirms.co — a B2B research and review platform for technology-service providers. Covers 53 categories spanning web/mobile development, AI, blockchain, digital marketing, cybersecurity, and more. No login, no API key, no cookies required.

Data source note: This actor replaces a directory site that could not be reliably scraped from the Apify cloud (Cloudflare blocked every request from Apify's datacenter IP ranges, including the free AUTO proxy group, with a JS challenge). ITFirms.co serves the same category of business data (curated IT/marketing agency rankings) as plain, unprotected HTML.

What this actor does

• 53 ranking categories — from Web Development and SEO to Blockchain, Generative AI, and Salesforce Consulting
• Multi-category runs — scrape several rankings in a single run
• Keyword and location filters — best-effort client-side match
• Rich per-company data: real website URL, description, services provided, key clients, location, employee count, founded year, hourly rate, phone, and decoded email address
• Automatically engages the free Apify AUTO datacenter proxy if ITFirms.co temporarily rate-limits direct requests
• Empty fields are always omitted — every field in the output is backed by real scraped data

Output per company

• rank, name, websiteUrl
• description, servicesProvided[], keyClients[]
• location, employees, foundedYear, hourlyRate, phone, email
• category, categoryLabel
• scrapedAt

Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
categories	array (select)	["top-web-development-companies"]	One or more of 53 ranking categories
keyword	string	–	Best-effort keyword filter
location	string	–	Filter by listed location text (e.g. India, USA)
maxItems	int	40	Hard cap on emitted records (1-1000)
proxyConfiguration	object	AUTO	Only engaged automatically if ITFirms.co rate-limits

Example: top web development companies

{
  "categories": ["top-web-development-companies"],
  "maxItems": 20
}

Example: multiple categories with a location filter

{
  "categories": ["top-seo-companies", "top-digital-marketing-companies"],
  "location": "USA",
  "maxItems": 40
}

Data source & reliability notes

Each ITFirms category page is a single, non-paginated, server-rendered ranking of up to 20 companies (WordPress-based, no login wall), so this actor works entirely without cookies, sessions, or paid proxies. Selecting more categories increases the total number of possible results (up to 20 per category).

FAQs

Do I need an ITFirms account? No. All data is scraped from public ranking pages.

Why did I get 0 results? Your keyword/location filters likely didn't match anything on the selected category's page — try a broader term or a different category.

Is the email address real? Yes — ITFirms hides company emails behind a client-side Cloudflare obfuscation trick; this actor decodes it back to the original address.

Is this reliable long-term? Yes — the actor uses realistic browser fingerprinting and automatically retries through the free Apify AUTO proxy if ITFirms.co temporarily rate-limits a request.