BBB Business Scraper

Pull business listings from the Better Business Bureau (bbb.org) directory by keyword and location. For every business you get the name, street address, phone numbers, BBB categories, the BBB rating (A+ to F) and numeric score, accreditation status, coordinates, service areas and the local BBB chapter. Covers the United States and Canada (Mexico has very few listings). No login, no cookies, only public business listings.

What you get

Field	Example
name, url	Calixto Plumbing, BBB profile link
primaryCategory, categories	Plumber; Plumbing Renovation; Commercial Plumber
rating, ratingScore	A+, 98.49
isAccredited	true
address, city, state, postalCode, country	8410 Georgian Dr # B, Austin, TX, 78753-6003, US
phone, phones	(512) 945-3143
latitude, longitude	30.3, -97.76
serviceAreas	Travis County, TX
bbbName, bbbId, logoUrl	BBB Heart of Texas

Not included: websites, opening hours, years in business and complaint counts. BBB only exposes those on profile pages, which are protected by a bot challenge, so this Actor deliberately sticks to the search data. No reviewer or complainant data is collected.

Input

{
  "searchTerms": ["plumber", "roofing contractor"],
  "locations": ["Austin, TX", "78701", "Toronto, ON"],
  "maxItems": 500,
  "accreditedOnly": false,
  "minRating": "A-"
}

• searchTerms - business types or names. One search per term and location.
• locations - City, ST, a ZIP/postal code or a state. Empty means everywhere.
• country - optional USA, CAN, MEX.
• maxItems - exact cap on saved businesses.
• accreditedOnly / minRating / includeOutOfBusiness - filters.
• skipLikelyIndividuals (default on) - drops listings that look like a person's name only.
• expandQueries (default on) - BBB shows at most 225 results per query. Large searches are split automatically (sort order, accreditation, category, state) and de-duplicated so you can go far beyond 225.
• proxyConfiguration - datacenter by default; switches to US residential IPs automatically if BBB blocks requests.

Output example

{
  "id": "1000223803",
  "name": "Calixto Plumbing",
  "url": "https://www.bbb.org/us/tx/austin/profile/plumber/calixto-plumbing-0825-1000223803",
  "primaryCategory": "Plumber",
  "categories": ["Plumber", "Plumbing Renovation", "Commercial Plumber", "Plumbing Plan"],
  "rating": "A+", "ratingScore": 98.49, "isAccredited": true,
  "address": "8410 Georgian Dr # B", "city": "Austin", "state": "TX", "postalCode": "78753-6003", "country": "US",
  "phone": "(512) 945-3143", "phones": ["(512) 945-3143"],
  "serviceAreas": ["Travis County, TX", "Williamson County, TX"],
  "bbbName": "BBB Heart of Texas"
}

Pricing

Pay per event: US$2.00 per 1,000 businesses (business-result), plus a tiny actor-start fee. You only pay for businesses saved, and the Actor respects your spending limit.

FAQ

Can I get websites or years in business? Not from this Actor; the BBB search data does not include them. Why fewer results than the site shows? BBB reports thousands of matches but only serves 225 per query; enable expandQueries (default) to split the query. Is personal data collected? No. Only business listings; listings that look like individuals are skipped by default.

Use cases

Lead lists by trade and city, reputation screening of contractors, competitor mapping, accredited-business directories.

En español

Extrae fichas de empresas del directorio del Better Business Bureau (EE. UU., Canadá): nombre, dirección, teléfono, categorías, calificación A+ a F, acreditación y coordenadas. Busca por rubro y ubicación ("Austin, TX"). Precio: US$2 por 1.000 empresas. No incluye sitio web ni años en el negocio.