Yelp Scraper Pro

Fast, HTTP-based Yelp business scraper with richer data than browser-based tools. Extract business details, customer reviews, hours of operation, services & amenities, photo galleries by category, menu items, claim status, owner replies, and geographic coordinates from any Yelp business page or search result.

Built for speed: no browser, no JavaScript rendering, no wasted compute. Ideal for lead generation, competitive analysis, market research, and review monitoring at scale.

Why Yelp Scraper Pro?

• Significantly faster than browser-based Yelp scrapers — pure HTTP extraction
• Richer output: hours, services, photos by category, owner replies, coordinates, claim status, menu (restaurants)
• Clean output — fields are omitted when data is unavailable, no null placeholders
• Robust session and proxy rotation for Cloudflare-protected pages
• No login, no cookies required — only public data is collected

Features

• Search Yelp by keyword and location across the US and international markets
• Scrape specific businesses via direct URL input
• Business profile data — name, phone, address, categories, price range, cuisine, website, description
• Customer reviews — text, star rating, per-review date, attached photos, Useful/Funny/Cool reactions
• Hours of operation — one entry per weekday, normalized to 12-hour format
• Services & amenities — takeout, delivery, accepts credit cards, and more
• Geographic coordinates — latitude and longitude for mapping
• Photo galleries grouped by category (food, inside, outside, menu)
• Owner replies — when the business has publicly responded to reviews
• Menu items — name, price, description (restaurants only, when available)
• Claim status — whether a business has been claimed by its owner on Yelp

Input Parameters

Field	Type	Default	Description
searchTerms	Array of strings	[]	Search queries (e.g., "pizza", "plumber", "hair salon")
locations	Array of strings	[]	Locations to search (e.g., "New York, NY", "Los Angeles, CA")
directUrls	Array of URLs	[]	Direct Yelp business page URLs to scrape
searchLimit	Integer	10	Maximum results per search query (1-100)
reviewLimit	Integer	5	Maximum reviews per business (0-50)
fetchPhotos	Boolean	true	Extract gallery photos grouped by category
fetchHours	Boolean	true	Extract hours of operation
fetchMenu	Boolean	false	Attempt to extract menu items (restaurants only)
proxy	Object	Apify residential	REQUIRED. Residential proxy configuration

You must provide at least one of searchTerms or directUrls.

Output Fields

Each business record includes the fields that are available on Yelp. Fields with no data are omitted from the record — there are no empty strings, empty arrays, or null values in the output.

Field	Type	Description
directUrl	String	Full Yelp URL of the business page
bizId	String	Yelp business slug identifier
name	String	Business name
description	String	Business description from structured data
categories	Array	Business categories (e.g., "Pizza", "Italian")
type	String	Business type (e.g., "Restaurant", "LocalBusiness")
phone	String	Business phone number
reviewCount	String	Total number of reviews
aggregatedRating	String	Average star rating (e.g., "4.5")
priceRange	String	Price level ("$", "$$", "$$$")
cuisine	String	Cuisine type (restaurants)
website	String	Business website URL
images	Array	Business hero image URLs
address	Object	streetAddress, addressLocality, addressRegion, postalCode, addressCountry
coordinates	Object	latitude, longitude
hours	Object	Mon-Sun → opening range (e.g., "Mon": "11:00 AM - 10:00 PM")
services	Array	Amenities and services (Takeout, Delivery, Parking, etc.)
photoCategories	Object	Photo URLs grouped by category (food, inside, outside, menu)
menu	Array	Menu items {name, price, description} (restaurants)
claimStatus	String	"claimed" or "unclaimed"
ownerReplies	Array	Business responses to reviews {reviewDate, reply, replyDate}
reviews	Array	Customer reviews — see below
scrapedAt	String	ISO 8601 UTC timestamp

Review Object

Field	Type	Description
date	String	Review date (per-review, correctly anchored)
rating	String	Star rating ("1"-"5")
text	String	Review text content
photos	Array	URLs of photos attached to the review
isUsefulCount	Integer	Number of "Useful" reactions
isFunnyCount	Integer	Number of "Funny" reactions
isCoolCount	Integer	Number of "Cool" reactions

Supported URL Formats

• Business pages: https://www.yelp.com/biz/business-name-city
• Business pages with disambiguation suffix: https://www.yelp.com/biz/business-name-city-2

Example Input

Search for businesses

{
    "searchTerms": ["pizza", "sushi"],
    "locations": ["New York, NY", "San Francisco, CA"],
    "searchLimit": 5,
    "reviewLimit": 3,
    "fetchPhotos": true,
    "fetchHours": true,
    "fetchMenu": false,
    "proxy": {
        "useApifyProxy": true,
        "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"]
    }
}

Scrape specific businesses with menus

{
    "directUrls": [
        { "url": "https://www.yelp.com/biz/prince-street-pizza-new-york-2" },
        { "url": "https://www.yelp.com/biz/joes-pizza-new-york" }
    ],
    "reviewLimit": 10,
    "fetchMenu": true,
    "proxy": {
        "useApifyProxy": true,
        "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"]
    }
}

Use Cases

• Lead generation — collect business contact information with phone, website, and address
• Competitive analysis — compare ratings, price points, and services across similar businesses
• Market research — evaluate business density, pricing, and customer sentiment by neighborhood
• Restaurant intelligence — track menus, cuisine types, and hours across competitors
• Review monitoring — track customer sentiment and owner responses over time
• Local SEO — audit how businesses appear in Yelp search results for target keywords

Tips for Best Results

• Start small — run with searchLimit: 3 and reviewLimit: 3 for initial testing
• Use direct URLs when possible — faster than search and more reliable for known businesses
• Residential proxies are mandatory — Yelp blocks datacenter IPs via Cloudflare
• Daily recurring runs — schedule on Apify to keep your dataset current
• Menu extraction — only works for US restaurants that have enabled Yelp Menu

Limitations

• Only publicly visible data is collected
• Yelp caps public review visibility at approximately 30 reviews per business; reviewLimit is capped at 50
• Cloudflare protection may occasionally throttle requests despite proxy rotation
• Menu extraction is best-effort and only succeeds for restaurants that have configured a Yelp Menu
• Question & Answer content is not included in this version

FAQ

Do I need a proxy? Yes. Yelp uses Cloudflare and blocks datacenter IPs. The default input uses Apify's residential proxy group and this is strongly recommended.

How many reviews can I get per business? Up to 50, subject to Yelp's public review page limit (usually around 30).

Why are some businesses missing a menu? Yelp's menu feature is opt-in, US-only, and not available for every restaurant. When no menu is published on Yelp, the menu field is omitted from the output.

Why are some fields missing from my output? Yelp Scraper Pro omits fields when data is not available, so every field you see contains real data. This makes downstream processing easier and avoids null checks.

Can I scrape businesses outside the US? Yes. Yelp operates in many countries; international business pages work the same way. Some fields (menu, certain services) are US-centric.

How is this different from the basic Yelp Scraper? Yelp Scraper Pro is faster (no browser), extracts more fields (hours, services, photo categories, owner replies, coordinates, claim status, menu), and correctly anchors review dates per review (avoiding cross-review date bleed in simpler extractors).

Is my data fresh? Every run fetches live data directly from Yelp. Schedule recurring runs on Apify to keep datasets updated.

Does this require login or cookies? No. Yelp Scraper Pro extracts only publicly available data. No authentication is needed.