BizBuySell Scraper | Fast & Reliable

Slug: fatihtahta/bizbuysell-scraper

Overview

BizBuySell Scraper collects business-for-sale listings and key attributes such as asking price, cash flow, revenue, location, and broker contact details. It turns BizBuySell search pages, category pages, and listing pages into consistent JSON records you can analyze or feed into pipelines. BizBuySell is a leading marketplace for buying and selling businesses, making its data valuable for market sizing, valuation comps, and deal sourcing. Runs are automated and consistent, saving teams time while improving coverage and data quality.

Why Use This Actor

• Market research & analytics: Build comps on price, cash flow, and revenue to spot trends by industry or geography.
• Product & content teams: Identify popular categories, emerging niches, and listing language for content planning.
• Developers & data pipelines: Ingest structured listings into analytics stacks, CRMs, or BI tools with minimal cleanup.
• Lead gen & enrichment: Source qualified listings and broker contacts for outreach or enrichment workflows.
• Monitoring & competitive tracking: Track changes in pricing, availability, or listing activity over time.

Input Parameters

Provide any combination of URLs, queries, and filters…

Parameter	Type	Description	Default
startUrls	string[]	BizBuySell URLs to collect directly. You can mix search pages, category pages, and individual listing pages.	–
useQueryBuilder	boolean	When enabled, builds BizBuySell search URLs from the filters and keywords below.	false
state	string	US state name or slug to filter searches (e.g., california, new-york). Use with the query builder.	–
area	string	City or metro area within the selected state (e.g., los-angeles, new-york-city). Use with the query builder.	–
minCashflow	integer	Minimum annual cash flow to include.	–
maxCashflow	integer	Maximum annual cash flow to include.	–
minGrossIncome	integer	Minimum gross income/revenue to include.	–
maxGrossIncome	integer	Maximum gross income/revenue to include.	–
minAskingPrice	integer	Minimum asking price to include.	–
maxAskingPrice	integer	Maximum asking price to include.	–
establishmentDate	integer	Only include listings established after this year (e.g., 2010).	–
industryIds	string[]	Industry filters. Allowed values: 88 (Agriculture), 136 (Automotive & Boat), 141 (Beauty & Personal Care), 81 (Building & Construction), 89 (Communication & Media), 27 (Education & Children), 22 (Entertainment & Recreation), 118 (Financial Services), 31 (Health Care & Fitness), 57 (Manufacturing), 92 (Non-Classifiable Establishments), 115 (Online & Technology), 188 (Pet Services), 17 (Restaurants & Food), 1 (Retail), 20 (Service Businesses), 30 (Transportation & Storage), 206 (Travel), 78 (Wholesale & Distributors).	–
queries	string[]	Search keywords (e.g., business type, industry, or location). Use with the query builder.	–
limit	integer	Maximum listings to save per query or URL set.	50000
enrich_data	boolean	Adds extra listing details including richer financials and listing attributes.	true

Example Inputs

1. Direct URL crawl

{
  "startUrls": [
    "https://www.bizbuysell.com/california/los-angeles-county-businesses-for-sale/",
    "https://www.bizbuysell.com/business-opportunity/sugar-bear-candy-store-at-westchester-mall-strong-roi/2445189/"
  ],
  "limit": 200
}

2. Query builder search by geography and industry

{
  "useQueryBuilder": true,
  "state": "new-york",
  "area": "new-york-city",
  "industryIds": ["17"],
  "queries": ["cafe", "bakery"],
  "minAskingPrice": 250000,
  "maxAskingPrice": 1500000,
  "minCashflow": 100000,
  "limit": 500
}

3. Enriched discovery run

{
  "useQueryBuilder": true,
  "enrich_data": true,
  "state": "florida",
  "industryIds": ["31", "118"],
  "queries": ["medical practice", "insurance agency"],
  "minGrossIncome": 500000,
  "establishmentDate": 2015,
  "limit": 500
}

Output

6.1 Output destination

The actor writes structured business listing records to the default Apify dataset. Records follow a grouped business-acquisition shape so users can inspect, export, join, and load the data without flattening every field by hand.

6.2 Record envelope

Every listing record includes:

• record_type (string, required)
• record_id (string, required)
• source_context (object, required)
• entity (object, required)

Recommended idempotency key: record_type + ":" + record_id

Use this key to deduplicate or upsert records when the same listing appears across multiple inputs. Use entity.url as the human review link.

6.3 Examples

Example: business listing (record_type = "business_listing")

{
  "record_type": "business_listing",
  "record_id": "2423057",
  "source_context": {
    "seed_type": "url",
    "source_url": "https://www.bizbuysell.com/florida/restaurants-and-food-businesses-for-sale/",
    "page_number": 1,
    "position": 0,
    "search_results_total": 1673,
    "search_header": "Restaurants and Food Businesses For Sale in Florida"
  },
  "entity": {
    "title": "**50% OWNER FINANCE**Established Pizza Franchise - High Traffic Area",
    "description": "This established, profitable pizza franchise restaurant presents an exceptional opportunity in Florida's rapidly growing St. Johns County.",
    "url": "https://www.bizbuysell.com/business-opportunity/50-owner-finance-established-pizza-franchise-high-traffic-area/2423057/"
  },
  "location": {
    "display_location": "St. Johns County, FL",
    "state_code": "FL"
  },
  "pricing": {
    "asking_price": 249999,
    "asking_price_display": "$249,999",
    "price_reduced": false
  },
  "financials": {
    "cash_flow": 101000,
    "cash_flow_display": "$101,000",
    "gross_revenue": 706648,
    "gross_revenue_display": "$706,648",
    "ebitda_display": "Not Disclosed"
  },
  "business": {
    "industry": "Pizza Restaurants",
    "category": "Food & Beverage",
    "year_established": 2019,
    "real_estate_included": false,
    "franchise_resale": 0
  },
  "listing": {
    "listing_id": 2423057,
    "listing_type_id": 40,
    "source_type": 5,
    "ad_level_id": 5,
    "financing_type_id": 1,
    "recently_updated": true,
    "is_hot_property": true,
    "search_offset": 0
  },
  "broker": {
    "contact_person_id": 715936,
    "contact_name": "Shane Chetty",
    "contact_phone": "(904) 333-2808",
    "active_listings": 0,
    "sold_listings": 0
  },
  "media": {
    "main_image_url": "https://images.bizbuysell.com/shared/listings/242/2423057/3261fcd6-47ea-423f-b93d-c5cecabe10c5-W336.webp",
    "image_urls": [
      "https://images.bizbuysell.com/shared/listings/242/2423057/3261fcd6-47ea-423f-b93d-c5cecabe10c5-W336.webp",
      "https://images.bizbuysell.com/shared/listings/242/2423057/3261fcd6-47ea-423f-b93d-c5cecabe10c5-W768.webp"
    ]
  },
  "attributes": {
    "detail_requests": {
      "request_contact_available_funds": false,
      "request_contact_zip": false,
      "request_contact_time_frame": false
    },
    "bizquest_primary_business_type_id": 225,
    "bizquest_primary_business_type_name": "Food & Beverage"
  }
}

Field reference

• source_context: compact source provenance, result count, page number, result position, and source URL context.
• entity: listing title, description, and canonical listing URL.
• location: display location, city/county/state/postal signals, and location breadcrumbs when available.
• pricing: asking price, display price, lease values, inventory/real-estate values, and seller-financing signals.
• financials: cash flow, gross revenue, EBITDA, SDE, and source display strings. Enriched runs usually contain more of these fields.
• business: industry, category, year established, employee count, real-estate/inventory flags, and franchise-resale signals.
• listing: listing IDs, listing type, source type, placement IDs, dates, hot/recent flags, and search offset. Use listing.listing_id when you need the source listing identifier separately from record_id.
• broker: broker/contact IDs, names, phone, profile URL, and active/sold listing counts.
• franchise: franchise category, cash required, franchise fee, total investment, royalty, franchising year, and franchise detail values.
• media: listing images, contact images, and company images in source order when available.
• attributes: useful source-specific identifiers and review fields that do not belong in the standard groups.

Data guarantees & handling

• Best-effort extraction: fields may vary by region/session/availability/UI experiments.
• Optional fields: null-check in downstream code.
• Deduplication: recommend record_type + ":" + id.

Notes & Limitations

• Respect BizBuySell’s terms of service and applicable laws.
• Avoid excessive request frequency.
• Pricing and availability signals can vary by region, time, and session.
• Validate and review data for compliance before use.

Support

For help, open an issue from the actor page on Apify. Include the input you used (redacted), the run ID, the expected vs actual behavior, and a small output sample if available.