DesignRush Agency Scraper

DesignRush lists thousands of agencies, but there's no download button. If you want that data in a spreadsheet, you end up copying firm names, ratings, and hourly rates by hand, card by card. This scraper handles that part. Point it at a category page like web design companies or SEO companies, and it walks the listings and returns each agency as a clean row: name, rating, services, location, and pricing. Run one category or a whole stack, and cap the run wherever you want.

What you get

Every agency comes back as one row with the same set of columns, so the data drops straight into a sheet or database. Fields that DesignRush does not show for a given firm arrive as null rather than disappearing, which keeps your table rectangular. Three groups per agency:

• Identity — firmId, firmName, profileLink, siteUrl, locationName, categoryName
• Reputation — ratingScore, reviewsTotal, googleScore, googleReviewsTotal
• Profile and pricing — firmSummary, serviceList, staffCount, rateRange, minBudget, projectCount

Each row also carries collectedAt (capture timestamp) and errorMessage (null when the row scraped cleanly).

Quick start

1. Press Try for free and open the input form.
2. Paste one or more DesignRush category or profile URLs into Start URLs. Leave it blank to use the default web design companies category, or list Category slugs instead.
3. Set Max listing pages and Max records to size the run, and flip on Fetch full profiles only if you need profile-only fields.
4. Click Start, then export the results as JSON, CSV, Excel, or XML once the run finishes.

Use cases

• Lead generation — build a list of agencies in a niche, complete with website and profile link, to feed an outreach campaign
• Competitor research — see how rival agencies position their services, pricing bands, and team size
• Market sizing — count agencies by category and location to gauge how crowded a segment is
• Vendor shortlisting — filter by rating, review volume, and minimum budget to find firms that fit a brief
• Pricing benchmarks — compare hourly rate ranges across categories before you set or negotiate your own
• Directory enrichment — turn a category page into a structured dataset you can cross-reference with other sources

Input

Field	Type	Required	Description
targetUrls	array of objects	No	DesignRush category or profile URLs to crawl. Leave empty to fall back to the web design companies category.
categorySlugs	array of strings	No	Category slugs such as software-development or branding. Applied only when targetUrls is empty.
fetchProfiles	boolean	No	Visit each agency profile page for profile-only detail. Default false, since the listing card already covers most fields.
pageLimit	integer	No	How many pagination pages to follow per start URL. Default 2.
resultsLimit	integer	No	Upper bound on agency rows per run. Default 50.
timeoutSeconds	integer	No	Seconds to wait on each request before giving up. Default 45.

Example input

{
    "targetUrls": [
        { "url": "https://www.designrush.com/agency/software-development" },
        { "url": "https://www.designrush.com/agency/branding" }
    ],
    "categorySlugs": [],
    "fetchProfiles": false,
    "pageLimit": 2,
    "resultsLimit": 50,
    "timeoutSeconds": 45
}

Output

Each agency becomes one row, and every field is always present — values DesignRush does not publish come back as null so the dataset stays consistent across firms.

Example output

{
    "firmId": "48217",
    "firmName": "Bluewave Digital Studio",
    "profileLink": "https://www.designrush.com/agency/profile/bluewave-digital-studio",
    "siteUrl": "https://www.bluewavestudio.com",
    "locationName": "Austin, TX, United States",
    "ratingScore": 4.9,
    "reviewsTotal": 38,
    "googleScore": 4.8,
    "googleReviewsTotal": 112,
    "firmSummary": "Bluewave is a full-service design and development studio building web and mobile products for B2B brands.",
    "serviceList": ["Web Design", "Web Development", "UX/UI Design", "Branding"],
    "staffCount": "10-49",
    "rateRange": "$100-$149/hr",
    "minBudget": "$10,000+",
    "projectCount": 17,
    "categoryName": "Web Design Companies",
    "collectedAt": "2026-06-29T12:00:00.000000+00:00",
    "errorMessage": null
}

Output fields

Field	Type	Description
firmId	string	Internal DesignRush ID from the agency card
firmName	string	Agency name as listed
profileLink	string	Full DesignRush profile URL
siteUrl	string	The agency's own website address
locationName	string	Location text as shown on the page
ratingScore	number	DesignRush rating, usually 0 to 5
reviewsTotal	integer	Number of client reviews on DesignRush
googleScore	number	Google rating, 0 to 5; null when absent
googleReviewsTotal	integer	Count of Google reviews; null when absent
firmSummary	string	Overview text from the agency profile
serviceList	array	Service categories the agency offers
staffCount	string	Employee count or band, such as 10-49
rateRange	string	Hourly billing band, such as $100-$149/hr
minBudget	string	Smallest project budget the agency accepts
projectCount	integer	Portfolio or case study entries on the profile
categoryName	string	Main category the agency is listed under
collectedAt	string	ISO 8601 timestamp of when the row was captured
errorMessage	string	Reason a row failed; null on success

Tips for best results

• Start with a single page. Run one category with pageLimit at 1 to confirm the columns match your pipeline before you scale up.
• Keep fetchProfiles off unless you need it. The listing card already carries name, website, location, services, staff count, rate, and budget. Visiting each profile costs extra requests, so turn it on only when a profile-only field matters.
• Use resultsLimit to control spend. Set a low cap for test runs, then raise it for the full pull.
• Reach for categorySlugs when you have no URL. Listing slugs such as seo-companies or branding builds the category URLs for you.
• Raise timeoutSeconds if heavier category pages start timing out.

How can I use DesignRush agency data?

How can I use the DesignRush Agency Scraper to build an agency lead list? Point it at a category that matches your target market, such as web design companies or PPC agencies, and it returns each firm's name, website, location, services, and pricing band as a row. Filter the export by rating or minimum budget, then load the websites into your outreach tool to start a campaign.

How can I compare agency pricing across DesignRush categories? Run the scraper on several category slugs in one go and read the rateRange and minBudget fields side by side. Because every agency lands in the same column layout, you can sort and average hourly bands per category to benchmark where your own pricing sits.

How can I research competitor agencies and their services? Scrape the categories your competitors appear in and review serviceList, staffCount, and the rating fields. The ratingScore, reviewsTotal, and Google review numbers show how each firm is rated, while the service list reveals how they position their offering, which is useful for shaping your own pitch.

How can I export DesignRush listings to a spreadsheet? Set your category URLs and a resultsLimit, run the actor, and download the dataset as CSV or Excel. Each agency is one row with consistent columns, so it opens cleanly in any spreadsheet or BI tool with no reshaping needed.

Is it legal to scrape data?

Our actors are ethical and do not extract any private user data, such as email addresses or private contact information. They only extract what the user has chosen to share publicly. We therefore believe that our actors, when used for ethical purposes by Apify users, are safe.

However, you should be aware that your results could contain personal data. Personal data is protected by the GDPR in the European Union and by other regulations around the world. You should not scrape personal data unless you have a legitimate reason to do so. If you're unsure whether your reason is legitimate, consult your lawyers.

You can also read Apify's blog post on the legality of web scraping.

Support

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