BusinessesForSale.com Scraper

BusinessesForSale.com Scraper turns listing links and search pages into clean, structured business-for-sale data. Each successful listing is saved to your Apify Dataset as soon as it's ready.

Just add your BusinessesForSale.com links and start the run. There is no proxy or technical setup for you to manage.

We also remove duplicates automatically. If the same listing appears in your input or on more than one search page, we save it once per run. This keeps your Dataset clean and prevents duplicate result charges.

What this scraper collects

The output keeps the same labels used on the listing page. Depending on what the seller has shared, a result can include:

• Listing ID, title, location, and full description
• Asking Price, Sales Revenue, and Cash Flow, using the page's own labels
• Property Information
• Business Operation details
• Other Information, including training and financing
• Seller reference, listing status, and broker information

If the page doesn't show a value, we leave it out instead of guessing.

How to use it

You don't need to write JSON or know how to code:

1. Open the Input tab and keep Form selected.
2. Paste a link into BusinessesForSale.com URLs.
3. Click Start.

We'll take it from there.

1. One or several listings

Paste the listing link into BusinessesForSale.com URLs:

https://canada.businessesforsale.com/canadian/long-est-full-service-towing-and-recovery-business.aspx

To collect several listings in the same run, paste the first link, click + Add, and paste the next one. Put each listing in its own field. You can add up to 100 links at a time.

2. One or several search-results pages

Set your filters on BusinessesForSale.com and copy the search-page link from your browser. We'll collect every business shown on that page and open each listing for its full details:

https://us.businessesforsale.com/us/search/last-14-days-manufacturing-businesses-for-sale

To collect several search pages in the same run, paste the first search-page link, click + Add, and paste the next one. Put each search page in its own field. We'll remove any listing that appears in more than one search.

3. One or several page ranges

To collect several pages, replace the page suffix with a range such as -[1-3]:

https://us.businessesforsale.com/us/search/last-14-days-manufacturing-businesses-for-sale-[1-3]

We'll process page 1, then page 2, and then page 3. You can request up to 100 pages in one range. To collect several ranges in the same run, click + Add and put each range link in its own field.

You can also mix listing links, search pages, and page ranges in one run.

Output

Open the run's Dataset tab to view or download results as JSON, CSV, or Excel. This is a preview of one result; you don't need to create it yourself.

{
  "URL": "https://canada.businessesforsale.com/canadian/long-est-full-service-towing-and-recovery-business.aspx",
  "Listing ID": "3956504",
  "Title": "Long-est. Full-service Towing & Recovery Business For Sale",
  "Location": "Not Disclosed, Ontario, Canada",
  "Asking Price": "$2,400,000 (CAD) Furniture / Fixtures included",
  "Sales Revenue": "$1,233,255 (CAD)",
  "Cash Flow": "$587,998 (CAD)",
  "Business Operation": {
    "Management type": "This business is owner operated.",
    "Reasons for selling": "Owners retiring.",
    "Employees": "5 FT/1 PT",
    "Years established": "35"
  },
  "Listed by": {
    "Name": "Murphy Business & Financial",
    "Profile URL": "https://us.businessesforsale.com/us/agents/murphy-business-and-financial",
    "Listings": "View 454 Murphy Business & Financial listings"
  }
}

During a run

• Each successful listing is saved right away.
• If you stop the run, completed listings stay in your Dataset.
• Duplicate listings are saved and charged once per run.
• Failed listings are not stored as empty or misleading results.

For developers

You can run the Actor through the Apify API using startUrls and read completed records from the default Dataset.

Frequently asked questions

Do I need to know how to code?

No. Keep Form selected, paste your links, and click Start.

Do I need to set up a proxy?

No. There are no proxy settings in the input form.

What happens if the same listing appears more than once?

We remove duplicates automatically and charge a successful listing once per run.

Can I add several search pages to one run?

Yes. Click + Add and paste each search page into its own URL field. You can also combine separate search pages with page ranges.

Why is a field missing?

We collect what the public listing shows. If a seller hasn't provided a value, we leave that field out.

Need help?

Send us the public BusinessesForSale.com URL and your Apify run ID. Please don't include passwords, tokens, or anything private. We'll check what happened.