LinkedIn Profile Search Scraper

LinkedIn people search scraper for lead generation, recruiting, and sales prospecting — no LinkedIn cookies or login required. Discover public /in/ profiles and /company/ pages, export structured JSON or CSV, or enrich rows in Full mode from publicly visible profile pages.

What does this Actor do?

This Actor finds public LinkedIn /in/ profile pages and /company/ pages from your search criteria and saves structured rows to the Apify Dataset. It can return fast discovery results in Short mode or enrich discovered profiles from publicly visible LinkedIn pages in Full mode.

The Actor is useful when you need profile URLs, company URLs, names, headlines, locations, company and title hints, education and experience summaries, and export-ready LinkedIn search data.

Features

• Search public LinkedIn profiles and companies without LinkedIn cookies or account login
• Find profiles and companies by keyword, job title, location, company, school, or industry ID
• Supports direct LinkedIn profile URLs, pasted URL lists, and CSV/TXT uploads
• Multiple searchQueries in one run for batch lead list building
• preferBuiltinSearch to skip external SERP Actor charges when you want predictable cost
• Apify Proxy support in Full mode with automatic retries on login walls
• Short mode for fast profile discovery
• Full mode for public profile page enrichment
• Deduplicates normalized LinkedIn profile and company URLs
• Returns result rank, page number, search query, and confidence score
• Keeps partial rows when a profile is limited or login-only
• Structured Apify Dataset output for JSON, CSV, Excel, XML, RSS, HTML, or API usage

Use cases

• Build LinkedIn lead lists from job titles, companies, schools, or locations
• Source candidates and recruiter longlists
• Find founders, executives, engineers, salespeople, agencies, or creators
• Map employees, alumni, or professional segments
• Enrich CRM and prospecting workflows with public profile URLs
• Run market research on professional audiences
• Export public LinkedIn search results for manual review

Input

At least one of searchQuery, searchQueries, keywords, profileUrls, profileUrlsText, or profileUrlsFile must be provided.

Field	Type	Required	Description
profileScraperMode	string	No	Short returns fast profile search results. Full also opens public LinkedIn profile pages and merges available data. Default: Short.
searchQuery	string	Yes*	Main search query, for example Founder, Marketing Manager, or John Doe.
searchQueries	array	No	Additional keyword searches in the same run (each uses the same filters).
keywords	string	No	Legacy alias for one extra search query.
preferBuiltinSearch	boolean	No	Use built-in search only (no external SERP Actor). Default: false.
currentJobTitles	array	No	Current job titles to include in the profile search. Multiple values are grouped together.
pastJobTitles	array	No	Past job titles to include in the profile search.
locations	array	No	Cities, regions, or countries to include in the profile search.
currentCompanyUrls	array	No	LinkedIn company URLs, company slugs, or company names to include in the profile search.
pastCompanyUrls	array	No	Past company URLs, company slugs, or company names to include in the profile search.
schoolUrls	array	No	LinkedIn school URLs, school slugs, or school names to include in the profile search.
industryIds	array	No	LinkedIn industry IDs accepted for compatibility.
profileUrls	array	No	Direct LinkedIn /in/ profile URLs.
profileUrlsText	string	No	Paste URLs (one per line, CSV, or comma-separated).
profileUrlsFile	file	No	Upload TXT/CSV with LinkedIn /in/ URLs.
startPage	integer	No	First search results page to process. Default: 1.
takePages	integer	No	Number of search result pages to process for each query. Default: 1, maximum: 100.
maxItems	integer	No	Maximum number of unique profile or company results to output. Use 0 to process all results found in the selected pages. Default: 50.
includeExperience	boolean	No	In Full mode, include public experience data when available. Default: true.
includeEducation	boolean	No	In Full mode, include public education data when available. Default: true.
maxConcurrency	integer	No	Maximum number of public LinkedIn profile pages processed in parallel in Full mode. Default: 2.
useApifyProxy	boolean	No	In Full mode, route profile requests through Apify Proxy. Default: true.
proxyConfiguration	object	No	Optional Apify Proxy groups (for example residential) in Full mode.
maxProfileParseRetries	integer	No	Retries per profile on login walls in Full mode. Default: 2.

Example input

{
  "profileScraperMode": "Short",
  "searchQuery": "machine learning engineer",
  "currentJobTitles": ["Founder", "Chief Executive Officer"],
  "locations": ["Istanbul", "London"],
  "currentCompanyUrls": ["https://www.linkedin.com/company/example-company/"],
  "schoolUrls": ["https://www.linkedin.com/school/example-university/"],
  "startPage": 1,
  "takePages": 2,
  "maxItems": 50,
  "includeExperience": true,
  "includeEducation": true,
  "maxConcurrency": 2
}

Output

The Actor stores results in the default Apify Dataset. Each dataset item is one LinkedIn profile row or one LinkedIn company row. Empty searches are logged in the run log only and are not saved as billable dataset rows.

Field	Type	Description
id	string/null	LinkedIn internal profile ID when available.
resultType	string/null	profile, company, or null for diagnostic rows.
publicIdentifier	string/null	LinkedIn public profile slug.
linkedinUrl	string/null	Normalized LinkedIn profile or company URL.
profileUrl	string/null	Profile URL for profile rows, otherwise null.
url	string/null	Normalized LinkedIn profile or company URL.
status	string	Row status: search_result, discovered, success, partial, login_required, no_results, or failed.
firstName	string/null	Parsed first name.
lastName	string/null	Parsed last name.
fullName	string/null	Full name from public profile search or profile page data.
headline	string/null	LinkedIn headline or title-derived headline.
jobTitle	string/null	Best-effort current title.
company	string/null	Best-effort current company.
currentCompany	string/null	Alias-style current company field.
currentTitle	string/null	Alias-style current title field.
locationText	string/null	Human-readable location text.
location	object/null	Location object with linkedinText and parsed placeholders.
about	string/null	Public about text or profile summary when available.
profileSummary	string/null	Best available profile summary.
experienceSummary	string/null	Best available experience summary.
educationSummary	string/null	Best available education summary.
profilePicture	object/null	Profile image object when available.
photo	string/null	Profile photo URL when available.
currentPosition	array	Current position array.
profileTopEducation	array	Top education array.
experience	array	Experience rows or raw public experience text.
education	array	Education rows or raw public education text.
skills	array	Skills array when available.
searchQuery	string/null	User-facing query used to discover the profile.
resultRank	integer/null	Result rank within the search page.
sourceProvider	string/null	Source label for this row.
dataSource	string/null	Main row source, for example search_result, linkedin_profile, or direct_url.
confidence	integer/null	0-100 quality score based on populated useful fields.
matchedFields	array	Fields used to calculate confidence.
searchTitle	string/null	Original public result title.
searchSnippet	string/null	Original public result snippet.
_meta	object	Search query, result rank, source, and pagination details.
checkedAt	string/null	ISO timestamp when the row was generated.
error	string/null	Error message for failed, login wall, or no-result rows.

Example output

{
  "id": null,
  "resultType": "profile",
  "publicIdentifier": "jane-doe",
  "linkedinUrl": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/jane-doe/",
  "profileUrl": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/jane-doe/",
  "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/jane-doe/",
  "status": "search_result",
  "firstName": "Jane",
  "lastName": "Doe",
  "fullName": "Jane Doe",
  "headline": "Founder - Example AI",
  "jobTitle": "Founder",
  "company": "Example AI",
  "currentCompany": "Example AI",
  "currentTitle": "Founder",
  "locationText": "London",
  "location": {
    "linkedinText": "London",
    "parsed": {
      "text": "London",
      "countryCode": null,
      "regionCode": null,
      "country": null,
      "countryFull": null,
      "state": null,
      "city": null
    }
  },
  "about": "Experience: Example AI - Education: University of Example - Location: London",
  "profileSummary": "Experience: Example AI - Education: University of Example - Location: London",
  "experienceSummary": "Example AI",
  "educationSummary": "University of Example",
  "profilePicture": null,
  "photo": null,
  "currentPosition": [
    {
      "companyId": null,
      "companyLinkedinUrl": null,
      "companyName": "Example AI",
      "title": "Founder",
      "dateRange": null
    }
  ],
  "profileTopEducation": [
    {
      "schoolId": null,
      "companyId": null,
      "schoolLinkedinUrl": null,
      "schoolName": "University of Example"
    }
  ],
  "experience": [{ "raw": "Example AI" }],
  "education": [{ "raw": "University of Example" }],
  "skills": [],
  "searchQuery": "founder",
  "resultRank": 1,
  "sourceProvider": "profile_search",
  "dataSource": "search_result",
  "confidence": 100,
  "matchedFields": ["name", "headline", "jobTitle", "company", "location", "profileSummary", "experience", "education"],
  "searchTitle": "Jane Doe - Founder - Example AI | LinkedIn",
  "searchSnippet": "Experience: Example AI - Education: University of Example - Location: London",
  "_meta": {
    "searchQuery": "founder",
    "resultRank": 1,
    "sourceProvider": "profile_search",
    "pagination": {
      "pageNumber": 1,
      "totalElements": 100
    }
  },
  "checkedAt": "2026-05-18T10:00:00.000Z",
  "error": null
}

How to use

1. Enter a searchQuery, direct profileUrls, or both.
2. Add filters such as currentJobTitles, locations, currentCompanyUrls, or schoolUrls.
3. Choose Short for faster discovery or Full for public profile page enrichment.
4. Set takePages and maxItems to control result volume.
5. Run the Actor.
6. Export the dataset as JSON, CSV, Excel, XML, RSS, HTML, or consume it via API.

Pricing and total run cost

This Actor uses Apify pay-per-event pricing based on Actor start and saved dataset rows.

What you pay on this Actor

• Actor start event (if enabled in your pricing model).
• One event per profile or company row saved to the dataset.
• No charge for empty searches — when nothing is found, no dataset row is written.

Extra costs to plan for

Cost	When	How to control it
Google SERP Actor	Default search mode (preferBuiltinSearch: false)	Enable preferBuiltinSearch to use built-in search only (may return fewer results).
Apify Proxy	Full mode with useApifyProxy: true (default)	Set useApifyProxy: false or tune proxyConfiguration.
Compute time	Large maxItems, takePages, or Full mode	Use Short mode for discovery; limit pages and concurrency.

On run start, the log shows which search backend is used (serp:<actorId> or builtin) and whether proxy is enabled.

Example pricing behavior:

• Each Short or Full profile result is one dataset row.
• Each company result is one dataset row.
• Higher takePages and maxItems values may create more dataset rows and increase runtime.

Limitations

• This Actor is independent and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by LinkedIn.
• Search filtering is text based and cannot perfectly reproduce LinkedIn internal filters.
• Full mode can only extract data visible on public LinkedIn pages without login.
• LinkedIn may show login walls, unavailable pages, or incomplete public profile data.
• Some fields may be missing depending on profile visibility, language, region, and source availability.
• Email search and hidden contact enrichment are not included.
• Very large runs may take longer depending on result count and platform usage.

FAQ

Why are some fields empty?

Some fields are not publicly available. Full mode can enrich some profiles, but it cannot access private or login-only data.

Does this Actor require LinkedIn cookies?

No. It does not use LinkedIn cookies, LinkedIn login sessions, or private LinkedIn APIs.

What is the difference between Short and Full mode?

Short mode returns fast public search results. Full mode also opens each discovered public LinkedIn profile page and merges any readable public details. Company rows remain search-result rows.

Can I provide direct profile URLs?

Yes. Use profileUrls, paste a list into profileUrlsText, or upload profileUrlsFile (TXT/CSV). You can combine direct URLs with search queries.

Why was I charged by another Actor?

By default, search uses a Google SERP Actor to discover LinkedIn URLs. That is a separate Apify run with its own pricing. Turn on preferBuiltinSearch if you want this Actor to search without calling the SERP Actor.

Are empty searches billed?

No. If no profiles or companies are found, the run logs a warning and does not write a paid dataset row for that empty query.

Can I continue from a later page?

Yes. Set startPage to the first page you want to process and takePages to the number of pages to process.

Can I export results to Excel?

Yes. Apify datasets can be exported as Excel, CSV, JSON, XML, RSS, HTML, or accessed via API.

Does this Actor support API usage?

Yes. You can run the Actor via Apify API and consume the default dataset programmatically.

Does this Actor find emails?

No. Email search is not included in this version.

Support

If you have questions, feature requests, or find a bug, open an issue on the Actor page.