Gumtree Scraper 🇬🇧

Extract listings from Gumtree.com — one of the UK's biggest classifieds sites — at scale, without an account or API key. Search any keyword or paste category URLs and get clean JSON, CSV or Excel: prices, locations, seller type (private vs trade), category, descriptions and photos — across cars, property, jobs and the general marketplace.

Whether you track prices, hunt resale deals, build a pricing dataset, or generate B2B leads from trade sellers, this scraper turns Gumtree into a spreadsheet in minutes.

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🔑 What this scraper does

• 🔎 Search by keyword — iphone, ford focus, sofa, bike, anything across all categories.
• 💷 Prices & location — amount in GBP and the seller's town / region.
• 👤 Seller intelligence — private vs trade/business — ideal for B2B lead generation.
• 🗂️ Category & freshness — category, listing age ("4 days"), featured/urgent flags, photo count.
• 🖼️ Photos and listing descriptions.
• 🏙️ Any category — general marketplace by default; paste URLs for cars, property, jobs.
• ⚡ Fast, cheap & reliable — no browser needed.

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📋 Example output

{
  "id": "1802268882",
  "url": "https://www.gumtree.com/p/iphone/apple-iphone-13-black-128gb-iphone-14-256gb/1802268882",
  "title": "Apple iPhone 13 Black 128GB & iPhone 14 256GB",
  "price": 500,
  "currency": "GBP",
  "location": "Hillsborough, County Down",
  "description": "Both phones in great condition, unlocked...",
  "sellerType": "private",
  "age": "4 days",
  "category": "iphone",
  "categoryId": 10205,
  "numberOfImages": 10,
  "featured": true,
  "imageUrl": "https://i.ebayimg.com/...",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-09-07T12:00:00.000Z"
}

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🗂️ Fields you get

Field	Description
id, url	Listing ID and URL
title, description	Ad title and description
price, currency	Price in GBP
location	Seller's town / region
sellerType	private or trade — key for B2B lead gen
age	How long the ad has been live
category, categoryId	Gumtree category
numberOfImages, imageUrl	Photo count and cover photo
featured, urgent, hasVideo	Listing flags

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🚀 How to use

1. Click Try for free.
2. Enter one or more Search Terms (e.g. iphone, sofa) — or paste full Gumtree search/category URLs into Start URLs for cars, property, jobs.
3. (Optional) Filter by price range.
4. (Optional) Turn on Scrape Detail Pages for the full description, seller and phone where available.
5. Set Max Items and run. Export as JSON, CSV, Excel, or pull via API.

Example input

{
  "searchTerms": ["iphone 15", "macbook"],
  "priceMin": 100,
  "priceMax": 1000,
  "maxItems": 500,
  "maxPagesPerSearch": 20
}

Scrape a whole category via URL (e.g. cars in London):

{
  "startUrls": ["https://www.gumtree.com/cars/london"],
  "maxItems": 1000
}

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💡 Popular use cases

💰 Reselling & arbitrage

Track what phones, cars, bikes or furniture actually sell for across the UK. Compare trade vs private prices to spot underpriced items.

🎯 B2B lead generation

Filter by trade sellers to build a list of businesses advertising on Gumtree — with location and category. Perfect for service providers and marketplace-tool vendors targeting UK sellers.

📈 Price monitoring & market research

Build a historical price dataset for any category. Measure supply per region, benchmark your own listings and track trends.

🚗 Cars, property & jobs

Paste category URLs to pull used cars, rentals or job ads with price, location and seller — great for vertical analytics.

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🎛️ Filters explained

• Search Terms — keywords across all Gumtree categories. Each is searched separately.
• Start URLs — paste any Gumtree search/category URL to scrape it directly (cars, property, jobs).
• Min / Max Price (£) — keep only listings inside your budget.
• Scrape Detail Pages — opens each ad for the full description, seller and phone where available. Slower but richer.
• Max Items / Max Pages per Search — control run size. Each result page holds about 24 listings.

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❓ FAQ

Do I need a Gumtree account or API key? No. Just enter what you want to scrape and run.

Can I tell private sellers from trade/businesses? Yes — every listing has a sellerType (private / trade).

Can I scrape cars, property or jobs, not just the marketplace? Yes — paste the category URL from your browser into Start URLs.

How many listings can I get? As many as you like. Set Max Items to 0 for unlimited, or cap it to control run size.

What formats can I export? JSON, CSV, Excel, HTML table, RSS and via the Apify API. Connect to Make, Zapier, Google Sheets, webhooks or an MCP server.

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🔌 Integrations

• Export to JSON, CSV, Excel, HTML, RSS.
• Pull data via the Apify API or client libraries.
• Connect to Make, Zapier, Google Sheets, Slack, webhooks and more.
• Use it from an MCP server in your AI agent / LLM workflow.

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⚖️ Legal & responsible use

This scraper collects publicly available listing information only — the same data any visitor can see on Gumtree.com without logging in. It does not access private messages or anything behind a login.

You are responsible for how you use the collected data. Please:

• Respect Gumtree's Terms of Service and applicable laws (including UK GDPR).
• Use any personal data lawfully and only for legitimate purposes.
• Scrape responsibly and avoid excessive request rates.

This tool is provided for lawful purposes such as price research, market analysis and business intelligence. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to Gumtree.