Yelp Business Scraper

The first dedicated Yelp scraping tool on Apify. Extract complete business data from Yelp including reviews, business hours, menus, photos, amenities, and contact information. Search by location, category, price level, or provide direct business URLs for targeted extraction.

What can it do?

Yelp Business Scraper lets you extract structured data from any Yelp business listing at scale. Key capabilities:

• Location-based search — Search by city, state, ZIP code, or geographic coordinates with configurable radius
• Category filtering — Filter by Yelp category aliases (restaurants, plumbers, dentists, etc.)
• Review extraction — Pull reviews with author info, ratings, dates, reaction counts, and owner responses
• Menu data — Extract full restaurant menus with item names, prices, and descriptions
• Business hours — Get weekly schedules in structured format
• Photo URLs — Collect business photo URLs from listings
• Amenities and highlights — Delivery, takeout, parking, Wi-Fi, outdoor seating, and more
• Price and sort filters — Filter by price level ($-$$$$) and sort by rating, review count, or distance
• Closed business detection — Flags permanently closed businesses automatically

What data can you extract from Yelp?

Field	Description
name	Business name
phone	Phone number
website	Business website URL
address	Full structured address (street, city, state, ZIP, country)
coordinates	Latitude and longitude
rating	Average star rating (1-5)
reviewCount	Total number of reviews
priceRange	Price level ($, $$, $$$, $$$$)
categories	Business categories with aliases
hours	Weekly business hours (open/close times)
photos	Photo URLs from the business page
menu	Menu sections with items, prices, descriptions
reviews	Individual reviews with author, rating, date, text, reactions
amenities	Delivery, takeout, parking, Wi-Fi, and more
highlights	Business highlights (Outdoor Seating, Accepts Credit Cards, etc.)
ratingDistribution	Breakdown of reviews by star level
neighborhoods	Neighborhood names
isClaimed	Whether the business is claimed on Yelp
permanentlyClosed	Whether the business is permanently closed

How to use

1. Search by location — Enter a search term and location to find businesses:

{
  "searchTerms": ["pizza"],
  "location": "San Francisco, CA",
  "maxBusinesses": 50
}

2. Scrape specific businesses — Provide direct Yelp URLs:

{
  "businessUrls": [
    "https://www.yelp.com/biz/joes-pizza-new-york",
    "https://www.yelp.com/biz/tartine-bakery-san-francisco"
  ]
}

3. Filter by category and price — Narrow results to specific business types:

{
  "searchTerms": ["restaurants"],
  "location": "Chicago, IL",
  "category": "italian",
  "priceFilter": [2, 3],
  "includeMenu": true
}

Pricing

This actor uses pay-per-event pricing at $2.60 per 1,000 businesses ($0.0026 per business). You only pay for successfully scraped businesses — failed requests, 404s, and blocked pages are never charged.

Pricing includes all platform compute costs — no hidden fees.

Cost examples:

• 100 businesses for lead gen: $0.30
• 1,000 restaurant listings with reviews: $3.00
• 5,000 businesses for market research: $15.00

For lead generation, extracting 1,000 local business contacts (name, phone, website, address) costs just $3.00 — far less than manual research or enterprise data providers.

Proxy Requirements

This actor requires residential proxies because Yelp blocks datacenter IP addresses.

• Paid Apify plan users: Works automatically with the default residential proxy configuration.
• Free plan users: Provide your own residential proxy URL in the Proxy Configuration input field.
• Without a residential proxy, the actor will exit with a clear error message.

Input and Output examples

Input:

{
  "searchTerms": ["best pizza"],
  "location": "New York, NY",
  "maxBusinesses": 10,
  "includeReviews": true,
  "maxReviews": 5,
  "includePhotos": true,
  "includeHours": true
}

Output (single business):

{
  "url": "https://www.yelp.com/biz/joes-pizza-new-york",
  "businessId": "joes-pizza-new-york",
  "name": "Joe's Pizza",
  "phone": "+12123661182",
  "website": "https://www.joespizzanyc.com",
  "address": {
    "street": "7 Carmine St",
    "city": "New York",
    "state": "NY",
    "zipCode": "10014",
    "country": "US",
    "full": "7 Carmine St, New York, NY 10014"
  },
  "rating": 4.5,
  "reviewCount": 8234,
  "priceRange": "$$",
  "categories": [
    { "alias": "pizza", "title": "Pizza" }
  ],
  "hours": {
    "monday": { "open": "10:00", "close": "02:00" },
    "tuesday": { "open": "10:00", "close": "02:00" }
  },
  "reviews": [
    {
      "author": "Mike S.",
      "rating": 5,
      "date": "2026-02-18",
      "text": "Best pizza in NYC, hands down..."
    }
  ],
  "scrapedAt": "2026-03-11T12:00:00.000Z"
}

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• Contact Info Scraper — Extract emails, phones, and social links from any website
• Trustpilot Reviews Scraper — Scrape Trustpilot business reviews

FAQ

How much does it cost to scrape Yelp?

The actor charges $2.60 per 1,000 businesses scraped. You only pay for successful extractions — blocked requests, 404 errors, and empty results are free. A typical lead generation run of 100 businesses costs about $0.26.

Can I get Yelp restaurant menus?

Yes. Set includeMenu to true in the input. Menu items are extracted with name, price, and description, organized by menu section. Not all restaurants have menus listed on Yelp — when no menu is available, the field returns null.

Does it extract phone numbers and emails?

Phone numbers are extracted from every business listing that has one. Email addresses are not typically displayed on Yelp business pages, so the email field will usually be null. For email extraction, combine this actor with our Contact Info Scraper using the extracted website URL.

Can I filter by location and category?

Yes. Use the location field for city/state/ZIP searches and category for Yelp category aliases like "restaurants", "plumbers", or "dentists". You can also use latitude/longitude coordinates with a radius for precise geographic targeting.

Is scraping Yelp legal?

Yelp business information (names, addresses, phone numbers, ratings, categories, hours) is publicly available data. However, republishing full review text at scale may raise copyright concerns since reviews are authored by users and licensed to Yelp. We recommend using structured data (ratings, categories, contact info) for lead generation and competitive analysis, and exercising caution with full review text republication. Users are responsible for complying with applicable laws and Yelp's terms of service.

How do I use Yelp data for lead generation?

Search by business category and location to build targeted prospect lists. Extract phone numbers, websites, and addresses for outreach. Filter by rating and review count to identify established businesses, or by low review count to find businesses that might benefit from your services. Export to CSV for CRM import.