BBB Business Directory Scraper 🏢

Extract detailed business information from the Better Business Bureau (BBB.org) website. This actor helps you gather comprehensive data about businesses, their ratings, and accreditation status across different locations and categories in the United States.

🎯 Use Cases

• Market research and competitive analysis
• Lead generation for B2B sales
• Verify business credibility and ratings
• Monitor business reputation
• Build business directories and databases

✨ Features

• 🔍 Search by location, category, or specific business criteria
• 📊 Get detailed business information including:
  • Company name and category
  • BBB rating
  • Contact information (phone numbers)
  • Physical address
  • Profile URL
  • Accreditation status
• ⚡ Fast and efficient scraping with pagination support
• 📅 Timestamp for each scraped record
• 🛡️ Built-in anti-blocking measures
• 🎚️ Configurable maximum items limit

📋 Input Parameters

The actor accepts the following input parameters:

• searchUrls: Array of BBB search URLs to scrape
• maxItems: Maximum number of results to collect

📝 Tips for Usage

1. Start with a specific location and category to get targeted results
2. Use the maxItems parameter to control the amount of data collected
3. Consider rate limiting and fair usage of the BBB website
4. Check the BBB website's terms of service before scraping

⚠️ Important Notes

• This actor respects BBB.org's structure and implements necessary delays
• Results may vary based on BBB's data availability
• Some businesses might not have complete information

Input Example

A full explanation of an input example in JSON.

1{
2    "searchUrls": [
3        "https://www.bbb.org/search?find_country=USA&find_entity=50544-000&find_id=4847_19000&find_latlng=40.762801%2C-73.977818&find_loc=New+York%2C+NY&find_text=Restaurants&find_type=Category&page=1&touched=10"
4    ],
5    "maxItems": 30
6}

Output sample

The results will be wrapped into a dataset which you can always find in the Storage tab. Here's an excerpt from the data you'd get if you apply the input parameters above:

And here is the same data but in JSON. You can choose in which format to download your data: JSON, JSONL, Excel spreadsheet, HTML table, CSV, or XML.

1[
2    {
3        "searchUrl": "https://www.bbb.org/search?find_country=USA&find_entity=50544-000&find_id=4847_19000&find_latlng=40.762801%2C-73.977818&find_loc=New+York%2C+NY&find_text=Restaurants&find_type=Category&page=1&touched=10",
4        "listing": {
5            "name": "Cityspree, Inc.",
6            "category": "Restaurants",
7            "rating": "BBB Rating: NR",
8            "phone": "(850) 359-9121",
9            "address": "1350 6th Avenue, New York, NY 10019",
10            "profileUrl": "https://www.bbb.org/us/ny/new-york/profile/restaurants/cityspree-inc-0121-60114",
11            "isAccredited": false
12        },
13        "scrapedAt": "2025-01-20T07:25:42.022Z"
14    },
15    ...
16]