BizQuest Data Extractor

Scrapes businesses-for-sale listings from BizQuest.com. Pick a category, a state, or paste any search URL and it pages through every result automatically. Each record comes back as clean JSON with the listing title, asking price, cash flow, location, description, financing flag, and image URL.

What you get

Every result includes:

Field	Type	Notes
listingId	string	Unique BizQuest listing ID
listingTitle	string	Business name or title
listingUrl	string	Direct URL to the listing detail page
askingPrice	string	Price as displayed (e.g. $310,000)
askingPriceValue	integer	Parsed price as a number (null if not disclosed)
cashFlow	string	Cash flow text from the listing card
location	string	Full location string
city	string	City name
stateCode	string	Two-letter state code
listingDescription	string	Short teaser description
financingAvailable	boolean	Whether seller financing is offered
imageUrl	string	First listing image URL. Direct CDN URL by default (see note below); publicly accessible KV URL when Fetch images is enabled.
scrapedAt	string	ISO 8601 timestamp

How to use

Option 1: Category + state (easiest)

Pick a category from the dropdown and a state. The actor builds the URL and pages through all results.

Examples:

• Category: Restaurants, State: Texas → scrapes Texas restaurants for sale
• Category: Health & Medical, State: California → California medical businesses
• Category: Franchise (no state) → all franchise listings nationwide

Option 2: Paste a search URL

Open BizQuest.com, apply any filters you want (price range, listing type, keyword), then copy the URL and paste it into Search URLs. The actor pages through every result from that search.

Example URLs that work:

https://www.bizquest.com/businesses-for-sale/
https://www.bizquest.com/restaurants-for-sale-in-texas-tx/
https://www.bizquest.com/businesses-for-sale/?q=bHQ9MzAsNDAsODA=
https://www.bizquest.com/food-and-beverage-businesses-for-sale-in-california-ca/

Option 3: Keywords

Fill in the Keywords field (e.g. laundromat, auto body shop) to search across all categories. Combine with Category or State for narrower results.

Input fields

Field	Type	Default	Description
Search URLs	array	—	One or more BizQuest search URLs. Overrides all other filters.
Category	select	All categories	Industry or business type dropdown (59 options).
State	select	All states	US state dropdown (50 states + DC).
Keywords	string	—	Free-text search terms.
Min asking price	integer	—	Filter out listings below this price (USD).
Max asking price	integer	—	Filter out listings above this price (USD).
Fetch images	boolean	false	Download each listing image and store it in the Key-Value Store so the URL opens directly in any browser. Slower and uses more compute units.
Max items	integer	50	How many listings to collect, up to 1,000.
Request timeout	integer	30	Per-request timeout in seconds (5–120).

Available categories

The Category dropdown includes 59 options covering all major industries:

Auto & Automotive — Auto Body & Repair, Auto Dealers, Car Washes, Gas Stations
Food & Beverage — Restaurants, Bars & Taverns, Catering, Grocery, Liquor Stores, Vending
Health & Medical — Dental Practices, Gyms & Fitness, Medical Practices, Medical Clinics, Pharmacies
Retail Stores — Convenience Stores, Franchise, Pet Stores
Internet Related — E-Commerce & E-Tailers, Established Websites
Professional Service — Consulting, Legal & Accounting, Real Estate Brokers
Personal Product & Service — Coin Laundry, Dry-Cleaning
Manufacturing — Full manufacturing sector
Transportation — Shipping, Taxi & Limousine
Hair & Beauty — Beauty Salons & Barber Shops
Educational — Day Care, Schools
Financial — Insurance Agents, Brokerage
Entertainment & Leisure — Hotels & Motels
Technology — Software & Internet Developers
Wholesale & Distribution
...and more

Sample output

{
  "listingId": "2479621",
  "listingTitle": "Dry Cleaner Business",
  "listingUrl": "https://www.bizquest.com/business-for-sale/dry-cleaner-business/BW2479621/",
  "askingPrice": "$310,000",
  "askingPriceValue": 310000,
  "cashFlow": "Cash Flow: Sign In to View",
  "location": "Chicago , IL",
  "city": "Chicago",
  "stateCode": "IL",
  "listingDescription": "Selling a well-established Dry Cleaning business",
  "financingAvailable": false,
  "imageUrl": "https://images.bizquest.com/shared/listings/247/2479621/823aab19-86a7-4b52-b0a6-1aeb65a4f7c7-W336.webp",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-05-14T10:23:45.123456+00:00"
}

Common uses

• Market research — track asking prices for a business type in a specific region over time
• Lead generation — build a list of businesses for sale for brokers, investors, or buyers
• Competitive analysis — compare pricing and availability across industries
• Business valuation — benchmark a specific business against similar listings
• CRM enrichment — feed listing data directly into a spreadsheet or CRM
• Investment screening — filter by price range to find listings within a budget

Things to know

Listings per page: BizQuest shows 30–56 listings per page depending on the search. The actor handles pagination automatically.

Cash flow visibility: Many listings hide cash flow behind a BizQuest account login. The scraper captures whatever text appears on the listing card — you may see Cash Flow: Sign In to View in that field.

Price filter: Min/Max asking price filtering is applied after fetching each page. Listings without a parseable price are always included.

Combining filters: Category + State build a direct BizQuest URL (e.g. restaurants-for-sale-in-texas-tx). For price ranges or advanced listing-type filters, apply them on BizQuest.com first, then paste the resulting URL into Search URLs.

Image URLs: BizQuest's image CDN (Akamai) blocks direct browser requests, so the raw imageUrl value returns "Access Denied" if you open it in a browser tab. Enable Fetch images to have the actor download each image at scrape time and save it to the Apify Key-Value Store. The imageUrl field will then contain a public KV link that opens in any browser. Leave it off if you only need the image URL for programmatic access via a bypass service.

Pagination limit: BizQuest has up to 200 pages per search. Use Max items to keep runs predictable.

Duplicate prevention: The actor tracks listing IDs across pages and skips any it has already collected.