ICAEW Find Scraper

Professional scraper for ICAEW Find (https://find.icaew.com/) - the official search engine of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.

Search and extract information about accounting firms and chartered accountant members registered with ICAEW in the United Kingdom.

Features

• Firms Search: Find accounting firms and audit companies
• Members Search: Find individual ICAEW professionals
• Flexible Filters: Search by term (audit, tax, etc.) and location
• Automatic Pagination: Automatically navigates through all result pages
• Detail Pages: Extracts additional information (email, phone, website)
• PPE Cost Management: CostProtectionManager integration for Pay-Per-Event monetization
• Advanced Logging: Logging system with Sentry for error tracking
• Rate Limiting: Respects server with configurable delays

Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
search_type	String	"firm"	Search type: "firm" or "member"
term	String	""	Search term (e.g. "audit", "tax", "accounting")
location	String	""	Location (e.g. "London", "Manchester")
max_pages	Integer	10	Maximum number of search pages
max_results	Integer	100	Maximum number of results
scrape_details	Boolean	false	Visit detail pages for additional information

Input Example

{
  "search_type": "firm",
  "term": "audit",
  "location": "London",
  "max_pages": 5,
  "max_results": 50,
  "scrape_details": true
}

Generated URL

The search URL is built automatically:

https://find.icaew.com/search?searchType=firm&term=audit&location_freetext=London#results

Output

Basic Data (from results list)

{
  "id": "Z5XTtJ",
  "name": "MG Audit Services Ltd",
  "type": "Firm",
  "search_type": "firm",
  "services": ["Audit"],
  "address": "M G Audit Services Ltd, 166 College Road, Harrow, Middlesex, HA1 1BH",
  "detail_url": "https://find.icaew.com/firms/harrow/mg-audit-services-ltd/Z5XTtJ",
  "scraped_at": "2024-01-20T10:30:00.000Z"
}

Extended Data (with scrape_details: true)

{
  "id": "Z5XTtJ",
  "name": "MG Audit Services Ltd",
  "type": "Firm",
  "search_type": "firm",
  "services": ["Audit", "Accounts"],
  "address": "166 College Road, Harrow, Middlesex, HA1 1BH",
  "full_address": "M G Audit Services Ltd, 166 College Road, Harrow, Middlesex, HA1 1BH, United Kingdom",
  "detail_url": "https://find.icaew.com/firms/harrow/mg-audit-services-ltd/Z5XTtJ",
  "email": "info@mgaudit.co.uk",
  "phone": "+44 20 1234 5678",
  "website": "https://www.mgaudit.co.uk",
  "description": "MG Audit Services Ltd is a professional accounting firm...",
  "scraped_at": "2024-01-20T10:30:00.000Z"
}

Search Examples

Scenario	Input
All audit firms in London	{"search_type": "firm", "term": "audit", "location": "London"}
All members in Manchester	{"search_type": "member", "location": "Manchester"}
Tax firms in the United Kingdom	{"search_type": "firm", "term": "tax"}
Full details (email, phone)	{"scrape_details": true, ...}

Support

• Bug reports: GitHub Issues
• Apify Documentation: docs.apify.com