Grotal India Business Scraper for Leads: City and Category Data

Build cleaner Indian business lead lists from Grotal Collect public city and category listings with phones, emails when listed, websites, ratings, and change signals.

Public business contacts Names, addresses, phones, emails, websites, and source links.

City and category targeting Use verified Grotal pages or city and area helpers.

Change-ready output Compare scheduled snapshots with factual change states.

Clean lead records Typed fields and absent values omitted automatically.

🔍 What does this Actor do?

Grotal India Business Scraper turns public Grotal directory pages into structured business leads. Use it for city prospecting, category research, local market analysis, or scheduled listing checks.

It fetches the public category card and its public business detail page. The result includes source-backed names, categories, addresses, phone numbers, directory emails, websites, descriptions, ratings, review counts, images, and links.

The default run starts with Delhi AC repair listings. Change the source URLs or use the city and category helpers for another Indian market.

👥 Who is it for?

• Sales teams building Indian SMB prospect lists by city and service.
• Agencies researching local suppliers, competitors, and service coverage.
• Directory builders that need public business records with traceable source links.
• Operations teams that want to see new, changed, unchanged, and removed listings on a schedule.

⚙️ How it works

STEP 1 Choose sources Paste verified Grotal category pages, or enter city and category terms.

STEP 2 Enrich public details The Actor combines category cards with public business detail pages.

STEP 3 Use the dataset Filter lead fields, export records, or schedule the same state for change tracking.

🧾 Input

Field	Type	Required	Description
startUrls	array of URLs	No	Public Grotal city and category pages. The default is a Delhi AC repair page.
searchTerms	array of strings	No	Category or service terms used with selected cities.
locations	array of strings	No	Indian city names resolved from Grotal's public city list.
areas	array of strings	No	Optional city areas resolved from Grotal's public area list.
categoryContains	string	No	Keep records whose public categories contain this text.
cityContains	string	No	Keep records whose source city contains this text.
areaContains	string	No	Keep records whose public area contains this text.
minRating	number	No	Minimum source-backed rating from 0 to 5.
minReviewCount	integer	No	Minimum source-backed review count.
requirePublicPhone	boolean	No	Keep only records with a public phone number.
requirePublicEmail	boolean	No	Keep only records with a directory or opt-in website email.
requireWebsite	boolean	No	Keep only records with a source-linked website.
requireDescription	boolean	No	Keep only records with a public description.
proxyConfiguration	object	No	Direct access is the default. Apify Proxy is optional.
includeImages	boolean	No	Include a source-backed business image when available.
includePublicWebsiteContacts	boolean	No	Check linked business websites for visible business emails and social links.
maxWebsiteRequests	integer	No	Maximum optional website checks.
maxItems	integer	No	Maximum emitted businesses, from 1 to 500.
maxPages	integer	No	Maximum discovered pages per source, from 1 to 25.
outputMode	enum	No	snapshot, snapshotAndChanges, or changesOnly.
stateName	string	No	Stable label for scheduled snapshots.

Example input

{
  "startUrls": [
    { "url": "https://www.grotal.com/Delhi/AC-Repair-C44/" }
  ],
  "maxItems": 20,
  "outputMode": "snapshotAndChanges",
  "stateName": "delhi-ac-repair"
}

Search helper example

{
  "searchTerms": ["AC Repair", "Refrigerator Repair"],
  "locations": ["Delhi", "Mumbai"],
  "areas": [],
  "maxItems": 20
}

Helper searches use Grotal's public city and area options. Unknown values are reported as warnings instead of being guessed.

📊 Data table

Field	Type	Description
businessName	string	Public business name.
listingId	string	Numeric Grotal listing ID when exposed.
categoryNames	array	Public category memberships.
city, area, streetAddress, postalCode, state, country	string	Public location fields when available.
phoneNumbers	array	Public phone numbers from the directory.
directoryEmail	string	Email listed on the public Grotal detail page.
websiteUrl, websiteDomain	string	Public business website when explicitly linked.
description	string	Public business description.
ratingValue, reviewCount	number	Source-backed aggregate rating fields.
websiteEmails, publicSocialLinks	array	Opt-in public website contacts.
publicContactChannels	array	Factual channels present in the record.
leadCompletenessScore	number	Deterministic score based on public field presence.
sourceUrl, profileUrl	string	Traceable Grotal source links.
changeType	enum	new, changed, unchanged, or removed.
changedFields	array	Factual fields that changed since the previous complete run.

The dataset has three views:

• 🔍 Business leads for prospecting records.
• ☎️ Contact coverage for public contact completeness.
• 🔄 Listing changes for scheduled monitoring.

🔄 Monitoring and change states

Use the same stateName for scheduled runs. The first complete run marks records as new. Identical records become unchanged. Factual updates become changed. A listing becomes removed only after a complete, uncapped source run confirms it is absent.

Partial, failed, capped, or pagination-incomplete runs never infer removals. Diagnostics are available in the RUN_SUMMARY key-value record.

🛡️ Public data boundaries

This Actor collects anonymous public business pages only. It does not access accounts, private portals, payment paths, or private APIs. Contact-person names, reviewer names, and review bodies are not included. Missing values are omitted rather than replaced with placeholders.

💰 Pricing

Pricing is pay per result. Empty runs cost nothing, and there are no subscriptions. Review the current Store pricing before running a large job.

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❓ FAQ

Can I use a Grotal category URL directly?

Yes. Use a public city and category page such as the default Delhi AC repair URL. Profile URLs are fetched automatically from category cards and should not be used as source inputs.

Can I search by city and category without crafting URLs?

Yes. Enter searchTerms and locations. The Actor resolves Grotal's public city IDs and verifies each generated page before collecting records.

Does it collect private-person information?

No. The output is limited to public business fields. Contact-person names, reviewer identities, review text, credentials, and private pages are excluded.

How do change records work?

Use a stable stateName. Complete repeated runs compare factual business fields. Partial or capped runs do not infer removals.

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