Houzz Scraper — Professionals, Photos, Projects & Reviews

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Houzz Scraper for Apify — scrape Houzz professionals, design photos, projects, and reviews into flat JSON without a public Houzz API. Extract name, phone, website, rating, review count, badges, typical job cost, sponsored vs organic rank, photo URLs, project portfolios, and review text.

Built for contractor lead lists (interior designers, architects, remodelers by city) and design research (kitchen/bath photo galleries, project portfolios). This Actor does not hunt emails on company websites. Run from the Console or with Python, Node.js, cURL, or MCP / AI assistants. A practical Houzz API alternative.

When to use this Actor

• You need a Houzz scraper for a profession + city (interior designers in Austin, kitchen remodelers in London)
• You want organic rank vs sponsored directory cards
• You are pulling Houzz photos for styles, rooms, and owner pros (modern kitchen, farmhouse bath)
• You need project portfolios or review rows tied to a professional — not contact emails

When not to use this Actor

• Email enrichment / website crawling for inboxes — out of scope on purpose
• Houzz Shop / product SKUs — the consumer marketplace is discontinued; use photos for product-in-room images
• Posting jobs or messaging pros through Houzz — read-only extraction
• Datacenter-only high volume — use Apify residential proxies for stable directory crawls

Key features

• Houzz API alternative — structured dataset instead of nested raw Houzz objects
• No pasted URL required — profession + Austin, TX (or 14 country sites) builds the directory for you
• Start URLs still work — directory, pf~ profiles, photo galleries, pj-vj~ projects; type is auto-detected
• Flat CRM fields — phone, decoded website, socials, rating, badges, cost band, lat/long on profiles
• Sponsored flag + listing position — paid vs organic cards (15 pros per ?fi= page)
• Photos — React Query galleries (?pg=) and classic SpaceStore pages; owner pro + image URL
• Projects — portfolio rows from a pro profile or a project URL
• Reviews — featured / listing reviews nested or as separate recordType=review rows
• Filters — minRating, minReviewCount, verifiedOnly, excludeSponsored
• Monitor — scheduled NEW/UPDATED vs last run (rating, reviews, phone, verified). Skip UNCHANGED.
• HTTP — curl_cffi (no browser). Residential recommended.

Use cases

Buyer	Job to be done
Supplier / trade BD	Build a city list of kitchen remodelers: phone, cost band, hire badges, organic rank
Design / SEO research	Scrape modern kitchen photos with owner pro and tags
Market mapping	Compare ratings and review volume for architects in a metro
Reputation workflow	Pull Houzz reviews, then run Trustpilot on the decoded website

Input parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
startUrls	Array	Austin interior designers	Directory, profile, photo, or project URLs.
recordType	Enum	professionals	professionals / photos / projects / reviews.
site	Enum	houzz.com	Country site when building from profession + location.
profession	Enum	interior-designers	Directory category slug.
locations	Array	Austin, TX	Cities (Austin, TX → /c/Austin--TX).
searchQueries	Array		Photo keywords, or extra professional slugs × each location.
fetchDetails	Boolean	false	Open profiles for services, areas, aspect ratings, hires, website.
includeReviews	Boolean	false	Nest reviews on each professional row.
emitReviewRows	Boolean	false	Also push recordType=review rows.
minRating / minReviewCount	Number		Shortlist floors.
verifiedOnly / excludeSponsored	Boolean	false	Trust and organic filters.
maxItems	Integer	50	Max primary rows (0 = unlimited within maxPages).
maxPages	Integer	5	Max listing pages per start URL.
incrementalMode	Boolean	false	Emit NEW/UPDATED vs KV baseline.
proxyConfiguration	Object	US residential	Residential recommended.

Example — Austin interior designers (no URL)

{
  "recordType": "professionals",
  "profession": "interior-designers",
  "locations": ["Austin, TX"],
  "maxItems": 50,
  "maxPages": 3,
  "excludeSponsored": true,
  "minRating": 4.5
}

Example — modern kitchen photos

{
  "recordType": "photos",
  "searchQueries": ["modern kitchen"],
  "maxItems": 40,
  "maxPages": 2
}

Example — profile + reviews

{
  "startUrls": [{ "url": "https://www.houzz.com/professionals/upholstery/spruce-pfvwus-pf~1988573048" }],
  "fetchDetails": true,
  "includeReviews": true,
  "emitReviewRows": true
}

Output

Each default row is a professional, photo, project, or review (recordType). Reviews can also nest on reviews when includeReviews is on.

Field	Description
professionalId / userId / url	Stable Houzz ids and profile URL (pf~).
displayName / profession / phone / website	Identity and decoded website (unwraps Houzz /trk/ redirects).
rating / reviewCount / costEstimate	Directory score (5.0 scale) and typical job cost.
city / state / formattedAddress / latitude	Geography.
isSponsored / isProVerified / listingPosition	Paid vs organic + verification.
badges / hireCount / aspectQuality	Best of Houzz, hires, aspect ratings (on profile fetch).
photoId / imageUrl / ownerName	Design photo rows.
projectId / photoCount / professionalName	Portfolio project rows.

{
  "recordType": "professional",
  "professionalId": "86143",
  "displayName": "Calming Spaces Interiors, Design & Remodeling",
  "profession": "Interior Decorators",
  "phone": "(512) 842-4664",
  "city": "Austin",
  "state": "TX",
  "rating": 4.8,
  "reviewCount": 50,
  "isSponsored": true,
  "listingPosition": 1,
  "url": "https://www.houzz.com/professionals/interior-decorators/calming-spaces-interiors-design-and-remodeling-pfvwus-pf~436247126"
}

Integration examples

Node.js

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: process.env.APIFY_TOKEN });
const run = await client.actor('crawloop/houzz-scraper').call({
  profession: 'interior-designers',
  locations: ['Austin, TX'],
  maxItems: 25,
  excludeSponsored: true,
});
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
console.log(items);

Python

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient(token="YOUR_TOKEN")
run = client.actor("crawloop/houzz-scraper").call(
    run_input={
        "profession": "interior-designers",
        "locations": ["Austin, TX"],
        "maxItems": 25,
        "excludeSponsored": True,
    }
)
items = client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).list_items().items
print(items)

cURL

curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/crawloop~houzz-scraper/runs?token=YOUR_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"profession":"interior-designers","locations":["Austin, TX"],"maxItems":25}'

MCP and AI assistants

Use this Actor from AI tools via Apify MCP. Connect your Apify account, then call this Actor by its Store ID crawloop/houzz-scraper.

Example prompts:

• "Run Houzz Scraper for kitchen remodelers in Austin, TX, exclude sponsored listings, min rating 4.5, and return the top 20 rows as JSON"
• "Scrape modern kitchen photos with Houzz Scraper and summarize owner professionals and styles"
• "Chain Houzz Scraper then Trustpilot Scraper on the decoded websites for public reputation"

Suite next step

After a Houzz contractor shortlist, run Trustpilot Scraper on the same websites for public reviews, or Glassdoor Scraper for employer/team signals.

FAQ

Is this a Houzz API?
No. Houzz does not offer a public directory API. This Actor is a Houzz API alternative that reads public listing, profile, and gallery HTML.

Why not emails?
Lead workflows already get phones, websites, and socials published on Houzz. Third-party inbox hunting is noisy, extra-billed, and not this product.

How many professionals per page?
A directory page currently renders 15 cards. Pagination is ?fi=15, ?fi=30, …. Photo galleries paginate with ?pg=2 (20 images).

Does it work with Python / Node.js / MCP?
Yes. Use the Apify client examples above or Apify MCP prompts.

Which country sites?
houzz.com, .co.uk, .com.au, .de, .fr, .it, .es, and other Houzz locales in the site enum.

Related Actors

• Trustpilot Scraper
• Glassdoor Scraper
• ThomasNet Scraper
• Kompass Scraper