Yelp Business Scraper

Extract business listings, ratings, reviews, contact info, hours, and location data from Yelp search results and business pages.

What does Yelp Business Scraper do?

Yelp Business Scraper is a powerful data extraction tool that collects structured business information from Yelp.com. It can scrape search results for any business type in any location, or extract detailed data from individual business pages.

The actor navigates Yelp search results and business detail pages, extracting comprehensive data including business name, rating, review count, price range, categories, full address, phone number, website, GPS coordinates, business hours, photos, and optionally the top reviews. All data is exported in a clean, structured format.

Whether you need restaurant data for market analysis, local business contact info for lead generation, or competitor research data, this scraper handles pagination automatically and delivers results in JSON, CSV, or Excel format.

Use Cases

• Market researchers -- Analyze business density, ratings, and pricing across locations to identify market opportunities
• Data analysts -- Build datasets of local businesses for geographic analysis, sentiment analysis, or trend research
• Business owners -- Monitor competitors' ratings, review counts, and pricing in your area
• Lead generation -- Extract business contact info (phone, website, address) for outreach campaigns
• Developers -- Feed Yelp business data into applications, dashboards, or CRM systems via API

Features

• Search by business type and location (e.g., "pizza" in "Chicago, IL")
• Scrape individual business pages via direct URLs
• Extract JSON-LD structured data for maximum accuracy
• Optional review extraction from business pages
• Automatic pagination through search results
• Proxy support with automatic session rotation
• Handles anti-bot detection with session management
• Exports to JSON, CSV, Excel, or connect via API
• Resume support for interrupted runs

How much will it cost?

Results	Estimated Cost
100	~$0.50
1,000	~$4.00
10,000	~$35.00

Cost Component	Per 1,000 Results
Platform compute	~$1.50
Proxy (residential)	~$2.50
Total	~$4.00

How to use

1. Go to the Yelp Business Scraper page on Apify Store
2. Click "Start" or "Try for free"
3. Enter search terms (e.g., "restaurants") and locations (e.g., "San Francisco, CA"), or paste Yelp URLs directly
4. Set the maximum number of items to scrape
5. Click "Start" and wait for the results

Input parameters

Parameter	Type	Description	Default
startUrls	array	Yelp URLs to scrape (search or business pages)	-
searchTerms	array	Business types or keywords to search for	-
locations	array	Locations to search in (e.g., "New York, NY")	San Francisco, CA
includeReviews	boolean	Extract top reviews from each business page	false
maxItems	number	Maximum number of businesses to scrape	100
maxConcurrency	number	Parallel page processing limit	8
proxyConfig	object	Proxy settings (residential recommended)	Apify Proxy

Output

The actor produces a dataset with the following fields:

{
    "businessName": "House of Prime Rib",
    "url": "https://www.yelp.com/biz/house-of-prime-rib-san-francisco",
    "rating": 4.5,
    "reviewCount": 8234,
    "priceRange": "$$$",
    "categories": ["Steakhouses", "American (Traditional)"],
    "address": "1906 Van Ness Ave",
    "city": "San Francisco",
    "state": "CA",
    "zipCode": "94109",
    "phone": "(415) 885-4605",
    "website": "https://houseofprimerib.net",
    "latitude": 37.7935,
    "longitude": -122.4225,
    "hours": {
        "Monday": "4:00 PM - 10:00 PM",
        "Tuesday": "4:00 PM - 10:00 PM"
    },
    "photos": ["https://s3-media0.fl.yelpcdn.com/bphoto/..."],
    "isOpen": true,
    "claimedStatus": true,
    "scrapedAt": "2026-04-23T10:30:00.000Z"
}

Field	Type	Description
businessName	string	Name of the business
url	string	Yelp business page URL
rating	number	Average star rating (1-5)
reviewCount	number	Total number of reviews
priceRange	string	Price level ($, $$, $$$, $$$$)
categories	array	Business categories
address	string	Street address
city	string	City name
state	string	State/region
zipCode	string	Postal code
phone	string	Phone number
website	string	Business website URL
latitude	number	Geographic latitude
longitude	number	Geographic longitude
hours	object	Business hours by day
photos	array	Photo URLs
isOpen	boolean	Whether the business is currently open
claimedStatus	boolean	Whether the business is claimed on Yelp
scrapedAt	string	ISO 8601 scrape timestamp

Integrations

Connect Yelp Business Scraper with other tools:

• Apify API -- REST API for programmatic access
• Webhooks -- get notified when a run finishes
• Zapier / Make -- connect to 5,000+ apps
• Google Sheets -- export directly to spreadsheets

API Example (Node.js)

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';
const client = new ApifyClient({ token: 'YOUR_TOKEN' });
const run = await client.actor('YOUR_USERNAME/yelp-business-scraper').call({
    searchTerms: ['restaurants'],
    locations: ['San Francisco, CA'],
    maxItems: 100,
});
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();

API Example (Python)

from apify_client import ApifyClient
client = ApifyClient('YOUR_TOKEN')
run = client.actor('YOUR_USERNAME/yelp-business-scraper').call(run_input={
    'searchTerms': ['restaurants'],
    'locations': ['San Francisco, CA'],
    'maxItems': 100,
})
items = client.dataset(run['defaultDatasetId']).list_items().items

API Example (cURL)

curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/YOUR_USERNAME~yelp-business-scraper/runs" \
  -X POST \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN" \
  -d '{"searchTerms": ["restaurants"], "locations": ["San Francisco, CA"], "maxItems": 100}'

Tips and tricks

• Start with a small maxItems (10-20) to test before running large scrapes
• Use residential proxies for best results -- Yelp has moderate anti-bot protection
• Combine multiple search terms with multiple locations to cover wide areas efficiently
• Set includeReviews to true only when needed, as it increases processing time
• Business pages have the richest data via JSON-LD; search pages are used for discovery

FAQ

Q: Does this actor require login credentials? A: No. All data is extracted from publicly available Yelp pages.

Q: How fast is the scraping? A: Approximately 50-100 businesses per minute with residential proxies and default concurrency.

Q: What should I do if I get blocked? A: Switch to residential proxies in the Proxy Configuration settings and reduce maxConcurrency to 3-5.

Q: Can I scrape reviews? A: Yes, enable the "Include Reviews" option to extract the top reviews shown on each business page.

Q: Does it handle pagination? A: Yes, the actor automatically paginates through search results until maxItems is reached or no more results are available.

Is it legal to scrape Yelp?

Web scraping of publicly available data is generally legal based on precedents like the LinkedIn v. HiQ Labs case. This actor only accesses publicly available data. Always review and respect the target site's Terms of Service and robots.txt. For more information, see Apify's blog on web scraping legality.

Related Actors

• Google Maps Scraper
• TripAdvisor Scraper
• Yellow Pages Scraper

Limitations

• Review extraction is limited to the reviews displayed on the first page of each business
• Business hours may not be available for all listings
• Some fields (website, coordinates) depend on the business having complete Yelp profiles
• Rate limiting may slow down large scrapes; use residential proxies for best performance

Changelog

• v0.1 (2026-04-23) -- Initial release