LinkedIn Profile & Company Scraper — Free, No Login Required

Scrape public LinkedIn profile and company page data without login credentials or API access. Extracts information from publicly visible meta tags and structured data (JSON-LD).

What It Does

This actor fetches publicly available data from LinkedIn profiles and company pages. It works by reading meta tags, Open Graph data, and JSON-LD structured data — no LinkedIn login or cookies required.

Supports batch scraping of multiple profiles or companies in a single run.

Input Parameters

Field	Type	Required	Default	Description
action	string	No	profile	profile for personal profiles, company for company pages
username	string	Yes	—	LinkedIn username or company slug. Comma-separated for multiple.
maxResults	integer	No	1	Max profiles/companies to scrape (max 50)

Username examples:

• Profile: williamhgates (from linkedin.com/in/williamhgates)
• Company: microsoft (from linkedin.com/company/microsoft)

Output Format

Profile

{
  "username": "williamhgates",
  "name": "Bill Gates",
  "headline": "Co-chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation",
  "location": "Seattle, Washington, United States",
  "profileUrl": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/williamhgates",
  "profileImage": "https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/...",
  "source": "meta_tags"
}

Company

{
  "slug": "microsoft",
  "name": "Microsoft",
  "description": "Every company has a mission...",
  "website": "https://www.microsoft.com",
  "industry": "Software Development",
  "companySize": "10,001+ employees",
  "headquarters": "Redmond, Washington",
  "companyUrl": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/microsoft",
  "logoUrl": "https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/...",
  "source": "json_ld"
}

Use Cases

• Sales prospecting — Gather basic profile info for outreach lists
• Company research — Get company overview, size, and industry classification
• Recruiting — Quickly collect candidate headline and location data
• Competitive intelligence — Monitor company pages for description and headcount changes

How to Run via API

import requests

run = requests.post(
    "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/cryptosignals~linkedin-profile-scraper/runs",
    params={"token": "YOUR_API_TOKEN"},
    json={
        "action": "profile",
        "username": "williamhgates,satyanadella",
        "maxResults": 2
    }
).json()

dataset_id = run["data"]["defaultDatasetId"]
results = requests.get(
    f"https://api.apify.com/v2/datasets/{dataset_id}/items"
).json()

for p in results:
    print(f"{p['name']} — {p['headline']}")

Proxy Recommendation

LinkedIn can restrict access from datacenter IPs. For reliable scraping at scale, use residential proxies. We recommend ThorData — their residential proxies provide consistent access to LinkedIn public pages.

Related Actors

• cryptosignals/google-search-scraper — Find LinkedIn profiles via search
• cryptosignals/producthunt-daily-scraper — Discover new companies launching daily

Handling CAPTCHAs and IP Blocks

Many websites detect and block datacenter IPs. If you're seeing empty results or CAPTCHA errors, use a residential proxy service.

Recommended: ThorData Residential Proxies — rotating residential IPs that bypass most anti-bot systems. Configure in the Proxy settings when running this Actor.

Without a proxy, this Actor works best for low-volume, non-commercial use cases.