Thumbtack Scraper

Scrape local service provider listings from Thumbtack.com, the second-largest home services marketplace in the US with 10M+ monthly visitors. Extract business names, ratings, reviews, hire counts, response times, services offered, and badge status (Licensed, Top Pro, In High Demand).

What data can you get?

For each service provider, the scraper extracts:

Field	Description
providerName	Business or provider name
serviceCategory	Services offered (e.g. "Plumbing Drain Repair, Water Heater Installation")
rating	Average rating on 1-5 scale
reviewCount	Total number of reviews
numHires	Total hires on Thumbtack
responseTime	Average response time (e.g. "6 min", "2 hours")
topPro	Thumbtack Top Pro badge status
licensed	Verified business license status
backgroundChecked	Background check status
inHighDemand	High demand flag
highlightedReview	Featured review text
city	Provider city
state	Two-letter state code
photoUrl	Provider avatar URL
profileUrl	Full Thumbtack profile URL

When Include Profile Details is enabled, the scraper also visits each provider's profile page to extract full address details, detailed reviews with dates and author names, and the provider's own social links:

Field	Description
facebookUrl	Provider's Facebook page, when listed on the profile
instagramUrl	Provider's Instagram account, when listed on the profile
twitterUrl	Provider's Twitter account, when listed on the profile

Thumbtack does not publish a provider's own website, so these links are the keys to match a record against another dataset.

How to use

Option 1: Search URLs

Provide Thumbtack search page URLs directly. The URL format is:

https://www.thumbtack.com/k/<service-slug>/near-me/

Examples:

• https://www.thumbtack.com/k/plumbers/near-me/
• https://www.thumbtack.com/k/house-cleaning/near-me/
• https://www.thumbtack.com/k/personal-trainers/near-me/
• https://www.thumbtack.com/k/djs/near-me/

Option 2: Search Terms

Provide service category slugs and the scraper generates search URLs automatically. Common slugs include:

plumbers, house-cleaning, carpet-cleaning, handyman, local-electricians, hvac-contractors, local-roofers, home-painters, lawn-care, tree-services, local-movers, catering, djs, professional-photography, personal-trainers, yoga

Input example

{
    "searchUrls": [
        { "url": "https://www.thumbtack.com/k/plumbers/near-me/" },
        { "url": "https://www.thumbtack.com/k/house-cleaning/near-me/" }
    ],
    "maxItems": 20,
    "includeProfileDetails": false
}

Location

Thumbtack results are location-based. Set location to a 5-digit US ZIP (28202) or a "City, ST" (Charlotte, NC) and every search returns providers serving that area. With no location the scraper searches New York, NY (10001). Each search yields approximately 10 providers.

Output example

{
    "providerName": "Aaron's Plumbing & Rooter",
    "servicePk": "346096640664543235",
    "serviceCategory": "Plumbing Drain Repair, Plumbing Pipe Repair, Water Heater Installation",
    "rating": 4.8,
    "reviewCount": 235,
    "numHires": 1607,
    "responseTime": "6 min",
    "topPro": false,
    "licensed": true,
    "backgroundChecked": false,
    "inHighDemand": true,
    "highlightedReview": "He was very knowledgeable and professional.",
    "city": "Gilroy",
    "state": "CA",
    "photoUrl": "https://production-next-images-cdn.thumbtack.com/i/564898696407326727/desktop/standard/400square-legacy",
    "profileUrl": "https://www.thumbtack.com/ca/gilroy/affordable-plumbing-services/aarons-plumbing-rooter/service/346096640664543235",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-04-16T13:58:57.580Z"
}

Technical details

• Clears Thumbtack's WAF challenge automatically
• Returns clean, fully typed records rather than scraped page text
• Profile pages use JSON-LD schema.org structured data
• Recommended memory: 2048 MB
• Each listing page takes ~30-45 seconds (WAF resolution + rendering)

Need more features?

If you need additional data fields, custom filters, or a scraper for another service marketplace, file an issue or get in touch. We customize scrapers to fit your requirements.