BizBuySell Scraper — Businesses for Sale, Franchises & Brokers

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Scrape businesses for sale, franchise opportunities, and business broker data from BizBuySell. Search by US state, city, industry category, keyword, asking price, cash flow (SDE), or paste BizBuySell URLs. Export structured JSON with asking price, SDE / cash flow, gross revenue, EBITDA, inventory, FF&E, real estate, employees, full description, photos, and broker name / phone / brokerage when disclosed.

Built for M&A deal sourcing, business brokerage pipelines, franchise research, market comps, and CRM / spreadsheet enrichment — fast HTTP scraping (curl_cffi), hybrid mobile/desktop routing, optional detail enrichment.

Key Features

• BizBuySell businesses for sale — state, city, category, and marketplace search with pagination
• Financial fields — asking price, cash flow (SDE), gross revenue, EBITDA, inventory, FF&E, rent, established year, employees
• Broker contacts — name, phone, brokerage, license, and profile URL when the listing shows them
• Franchise mode — franchise category directories and brand pages (fees, investment range, unit counts)
• Broker mode — broker directory / profile URLs for lead lists
• Flexible input — filter search, paste URLs, or mix listing + search pages
• Lean or enriched — turn fetchDetails off for fast search-card runs; on for full financials and broker block
• Hybrid routing — path-based geo/category searches use the mobile host when possible; keyword and price filters use www with US Residential proxy and automatic fallback
• Optional image mirror — re-host listing photos in the run Key-Value Store
• Clean flat schema — ready for CRMs, deal pipelines, BI tools, and spreadsheets

Use Cases

Use case	What you get
Deal sourcing / M&A	Fresh BizBuySell businesses for sale with price and cash flow
Market comps	Asking price, SDE, revenue, and EBITDA by geography or industry
Broker outreach	Broker name and phone on broker-listed opportunities
Franchise research	Investment ranges, fees, and unit counts from franchise pages
Lead generation	Structured listing + contact fields for CRM import
Recurring monitors	Scheduled runs on a state, city, or category URL

When to use this Actor

• You need BizBuySell listings as structured data (not screenshots)
• You want filters (location, category, keyword, price, cash flow) or direct URLs
• You need financials and broker contacts from detail pages
• You scrape franchises or broker profiles in the same Actor

When not to use this Actor

• Non-BizBuySell marketplaces — this Actor covers BizBuySell only
• Guaranteed owner emails — owner-posted ads often hide contact behind a form; broker phone appears only when BizBuySell shows it
• Historical sold archives — focuses on currently listed opportunities
• Authenticated / paid BizBuySell EDGE-only fields — public listing data only

Quick Start

State search (California):

{
  "mode": "search",
  "location": "California",
  "maxItems": 50,
  "maxPages": 3,
  "fetchDetails": true
}

Category + location:

{
  "mode": "search",
  "location": "California",
  "category": "restaurants-and-food",
  "maxItems": 100,
  "fetchDetails": true
}

Keyword + asking price (US Residential proxy):

{
  "mode": "search",
  "location": "California",
  "keyword": "laundromat",
  "minAskingPrice": 100000,
  "maxAskingPrice": 500000,
  "fetchDetails": true,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"],
    "apifyProxyCountry": "US"
  }
}

Franchise category:

{
  "mode": "franchise",
  "category": "retail-franchise",
  "maxItems": 40,
  "fetchDetails": true
}

Paste BizBuySell URLs:

{
  "mode": "url",
  "urls": [
    "https://www.bizbuysell.com/california-businesses-for-sale/",
    "https://www.bizbuysell.com/business-opportunity/sample-business/2532016/"
  ],
  "maxItems": 20,
  "fetchDetails": true
}

Input Parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
mode	String	search	search, url, franchise, or broker
keyword	String	—	Free-text keyword (uses www + US Residential)
location	String	—	State or nested location (e.g. California, Florida/Boca Raton)
category	String	—	Industry slug (e.g. restaurants-and-food) or franchise category (e.g. retail-franchise)
listingType	String	all	all, established, or asset-sale
minAskingPrice / maxAskingPrice	Integer	—	Asking price bounds (USD)
minCashFlow	Integer	—	Minimum cash flow / SDE (USD)
minGrossRevenue	Integer	—	Minimum gross revenue (USD)
sortBy	String	default	default, price-asc, price-desc, newest, cashflow-desc
urls	Array	—	BizBuySell search, listing, franchise, or broker URLs
maxItems	Integer	50	Stop after N dataset records (0 = no hard cap besides maxPages)
maxPages	Integer	3	Max search result pages per start URL
fetchDetails	Boolean	true	Open each listing for financials, description, photos, broker contacts
mirrorImages	Boolean	false	Save listing images to this run’s Key-Value Store
proxyConfiguration	Object	US Residential	Used for keyword/price filters, broker mode, and automatic fallback

Output

Each dataset item includes entityType (business | franchise | broker) and fields such as:

Field	Description
id / url / title	Listing identity and canonical URL
city / state / locationFormatted	Location
askingPrice / askingPriceNumeric	Asking price
cashFlow / grossRevenue / ebitda	Financials (after detail fetch)
inventory / ffe / realEstate / employees	Operations
fullDescription / images	Description and photo URLs
brokerName / brokerPhone / brokerageName / brokerLicense	Broker contacts when shown
investmentMin / investmentMax / franchiseFee	Franchise economics
detailsRaw	Verbatim labeled fields from the detail page
kvsImageUrls	Mirrored image URLs when mirrorImages is true
scrapedAt	UTC timestamp

Example (business, enriched):

{
  "entityType": "business",
  "id": "2532016",
  "url": "https://www.bizbuysell.com/business-opportunity/established-central-california-commercial-demolition-company/2532016/",
  "title": "Established Central California Commercial Demolition Company",
  "state": "California",
  "askingPrice": 1650000,
  "cashFlow": null,
  "grossRevenue": 3077000,
  "ebitda": 369000,
  "brokerName": "Jade",
  "brokerPhone": "805-218-0048",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-07-22T13:24:54Z"
}

URL routing notes

Pattern	Typical host	Proxy
State / city / category path (/california-businesses-for-sale/)	Mobile	Often none
Listing detail (/business-opportunity/.../{id}/)	Mobile, fallback desktop	On fallback
Keyword / pmin / pmax / cash-flow query filters	Desktop www	US Residential
Franchise category / brand pages	Mobile	Often none
Broker directory / profiles	Desktop www	US Residential

The mobile host ignores query-string filters (?q=, ?pmin=, …). This Actor routes those requests to www automatically.

Proxy

• Path-based geo and many listing details can run without proxy via the mobile host + Chrome TLS fingerprint
• Keyword, price filters, broker directories, and blocked fast-path responses use US Residential proxy with rotation/fallback

Limitations

• Broker directory pages are JS-heavy; prefer www + US Residential and expect fewer fields than listing-level broker contacts
• Owner-listed businesses may not expose phone/email on the public page
• Image CDN URLs can be blocked in some browsers; enable mirrorImages for durable links
• Public listing data only — no authenticated BizBuySell EDGE-only fields

FAQ

Does this scrape BizBuySell businesses for sale?
Yes — search cards and optional full detail pages with financials and broker contacts.

Can I scrape franchises and brokers too?
Yes — use mode: "franchise" or mode: "broker", or paste franchise/broker URLs in url mode.

Do I always need a proxy?
Not for many state/category path searches. Keyword and price filters need US Residential proxy.

What is cash flow / SDE on BizBuySell?
Seller’s Discretionary Earnings (cash flow) when the seller discloses it on the listing detail page.