# Houzz Pros Scraper (`khadinakbar/houzz-scraper`) Actor

Scrape Houzz professionals and products with contact, rating, and price data.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/khadinakbar/houzz-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Khadin Akbar](https://apify.com/khadinakbar) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, MCP servers, Real estate
- **Stats:** 1 total users, 0 monthly users, 0.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $10.00 / 1,000 result (listing)s

This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md):

```bash
npm install apify-client
```

In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md):

```bash
pip install apify-client
```

In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md):

````bash
# MacOS / Linux
curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash
# Windows
irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex
```bash

In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md).

If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).


# README

## Houzz Pros Scraper — Contractors, Designers & Architects

Scrape the **Houzz professional directory** into clean, structured JSON: general contractors, interior designers, architects, remodelers, landscapers and more — with **phone numbers, addresses, websites, star ratings, review counts, and project counts**. Built for B2B lead generation, market research, and AI agents.

### What you get — per professional

| field | example |
|---|---|
| name | `Marie Burgos Design` |
| category | `Interior Designers & Decorators` |
| phone | `(917) 924-9620` |
| website / social | `https://marieburgosdesign.example` |
| addressFull | `New York, NY 10001` |
| city / region / postalCode | `New York` / `NY` / `10001` |
| rating | `4.9` |
| reviewCount | `56` |
| projectCount | `24` |
| costEstimate | `$500 - 75,000` |
| latitude / longitude | `40.71` / `-74.00` |
| description | full "About" text |
| profileUrl | `https://www.houzz.com/professionals/...-pfvwus-pf~58812302` |

```json
{
  "type": "professional",
  "name": "Marie Burgos Design",
  "category": "Interior Designers & Decorators",
  "phone": "(917) 924-9620",
  "city": "New York",
  "region": "NY",
  "rating": 4.9,
  "reviewCount": 56,
  "projectCount": 24,
  "profileUrl": "https://www.houzz.com/professionals/interior-designers-and-decorators/marie-burgos-design-pfvwus-pf~58812302",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-06-26T00:00:00.000Z"
}
````

Phone, address, rating and reviews come straight from the directory listing — **no slow per-profile crawl required**.

#### With `enrichDetails: true` you also get

The official **business website** (not just a social link), **services provided**, **areas served**, **awards** (Best of Houzz), **license number**, a **featured review**, and a **review-aspect breakdown** (Work Quality / Communication / Value). These come from each pro's profile page and are billed at the enriched-result rate.

### When to use this

- Build B2B lead lists of home-improvement pros by metro (contractors, designers, architects, remodelers).
- Source verified businesses with phone + rating for outreach.
- Feed an AI agent structured Houzz directory data via Apify MCP.

**Not for:** Houzz Shop products or ideabook photos — this returns professional/business records only.

### Pricing (Pay-Per-Event)

| Event | Price |
|---|---|
| Actor start | $0.00005 (×RAM GB) |
| Result (listing) | **$0.01** per professional |
| Enriched result (profile page) | **$0.02** per professional |

Pay-Per-Usage (compute + proxy) is also available — pick at run time. A 50-pro run costs about **$0.50**. The `maxResults` cap is a hard limit on records charged; the run never charges past it.

### Input

| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| `category` | Professional type, e.g. `general contractor`, `interior designer`, `architect` |
| `location` | City/state, e.g. `New York, NY` (blank = nationwide) |
| `startUrls` | Exact Houzz `/professionals/...` listing or profile URLs (overrides search) |
| `enrichDetails` | Also open each pro's profile page (default `false` — listing data is already complete) |
| `maxResults` | Hard cap, 1–2000 (default 50) |
| `proxyCountry` | Residential proxy exit country (default `US`) |

#### Example

```json
{
  "category": "general contractor",
  "location": "Austin, TX",
  "maxResults": 50
}
```

### Reliability

Houzz uses PerimeterX anti-bot protection. This actor runs an anti-detect **Camoufox** (Firefox) browser over **Apify Residential proxies**, with session rotation and retry, and reads Houzz's own embedded page state for accurate, complete fields. Datacenter IPs do not work against Houzz — residential is required. If every request is blocked, the run fails honestly rather than returning an empty success.

### Use via API / MCP

Exposed in Apify MCP as `apify--houzz-scraper`. Call with a single structured input; returns a JSON dataset of professional records.

### Legal

Use this actor only for data you are legally permitted to collect. Scrape publicly available information, respect Houzz's Terms of Service and applicable laws (including GDPR/CCPA), and do not use scraped personal data for unlawful purposes. You are responsible for your use of the output.

# Actor input Schema

## `category` (type: `string`):

The Houzz professional type to search, e.g. 'general contractor', 'interior designer', 'kitchen and bathroom remodeler', 'architect', 'landscape architect'. Free text — slugified automatically to the Houzz directory. Leave blank only if you pass startUrls instead.

## `location` (type: `string`):

City and state/region to filter professionals, e.g. 'New York, NY' or 'Austin, TX'. Encoded to Houzz's 'City--ST' URL form automatically. Leave blank for a nationwide search. Ignored when startUrls are supplied.

## `startUrls` (type: `array`):

Optional list of exact Houzz URLs to scrape directly: professional directory listings (/professionals/...) or individual pro profiles (/professionals/...-pfvwus-pf~ID). When provided, these override category/location. Accepts plain strings or {"url": "..."} objects.

## `enrichDetails` (type: `boolean`):

Listing pages already include phone, address, rating, reviews and a description. Set this true to additionally open each pro's profile page for the official business website, services provided, areas served, awards, license number, a featured review, and a review-aspect breakdown (billed at the higher enriched-result rate). Default false — listing data alone is complete for basic lead-gen.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Hard cap on the number of professionals pushed (and charged) in one run. Range 1-2000, default 50. The run stops and never charges beyond this number. Use a small value first to preview output and cost.

## `proxyCountry` (type: `string`):

Two-letter country code for the residential proxy exit, e.g. 'US', 'GB', 'CA', 'AU'. Defaults to 'US'. Match this to the Houzz market you want. Residential proxies are required — Houzz (PerimeterX) blocks datacenter IPs.

## `maxRequestRetries` (type: `integer`):

How many times a blocked or failed page is retried with a fresh session before giving up. Default 8 (Houzz uses PerimeterX, so retries matter). Range 1-15. Higher values raise reliability but also compute cost on hard blocks.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "category": "interior designer",
  "location": "Los Angeles, CA",
  "startUrls": [
    "https://www.houzz.com/professionals/general-contractor/c/Austin--TX"
  ],
  "enrichDetails": false,
  "maxResults": 50,
  "proxyCountry": "GB",
  "maxRequestRetries": 8
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "category": "general contractor",
    "location": "New York, NY",
    "maxResults": 50,
    "proxyCountry": "US"
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("khadinakbar/houzz-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "category": "general contractor",
    "location": "New York, NY",
    "maxResults": 50,
    "proxyCountry": "US",
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("khadinakbar/houzz-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "category": "general contractor",
  "location": "New York, NY",
  "maxResults": 50,
  "proxyCountry": "US"
}' |
apify call khadinakbar/houzz-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=khadinakbar/houzz-scraper",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

```json
{
    "openapi": "3.0.1",
    "info": {
        "title": "Houzz Pros Scraper",
        "description": "Scrape Houzz professionals and products with contact, rating, and price data.",
        "version": "0.1",
        "x-build-id": "RdLyU8QTotFGg7Tcp"
    },
    "servers": [
        {
            "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2"
        }
    ],
    "paths": {
        "/acts/khadinakbar~houzz-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-khadinakbar-houzz-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/khadinakbar~houzz-scraper/runs": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "runs-sync-khadinakbar-houzz-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK",
                        "content": {
                            "application/json": {
                                "schema": {
                                    "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema"
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/khadinakbar~houzz-scraper/run-sync": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-khadinakbar-houzz-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    },
    "components": {
        "schemas": {
            "inputSchema": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                    "category": {
                        "title": "Professional category",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "The Houzz professional type to search, e.g. 'general contractor', 'interior designer', 'kitchen and bathroom remodeler', 'architect', 'landscape architect'. Free text — slugified automatically to the Houzz directory. Leave blank only if you pass startUrls instead."
                    },
                    "location": {
                        "title": "Location",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "City and state/region to filter professionals, e.g. 'New York, NY' or 'Austin, TX'. Encoded to Houzz's 'City--ST' URL form automatically. Leave blank for a nationwide search. Ignored when startUrls are supplied."
                    },
                    "startUrls": {
                        "title": "Start URLs (advanced)",
                        "type": "array",
                        "description": "Optional list of exact Houzz URLs to scrape directly: professional directory listings (/professionals/...) or individual pro profiles (/professionals/...-pfvwus-pf~ID). When provided, these override category/location. Accepts plain strings or {\"url\": \"...\"} objects.",
                        "items": {
                            "type": "string"
                        }
                    },
                    "enrichDetails": {
                        "title": "Enrich from profile pages",
                        "type": "boolean",
                        "description": "Listing pages already include phone, address, rating, reviews and a description. Set this true to additionally open each pro's profile page for the official business website, services provided, areas served, awards, license number, a featured review, and a review-aspect breakdown (billed at the higher enriched-result rate). Default false — listing data alone is complete for basic lead-gen.",
                        "default": false
                    },
                    "maxResults": {
                        "title": "Max results",
                        "minimum": 1,
                        "maximum": 2000,
                        "type": "integer",
                        "description": "Hard cap on the number of professionals pushed (and charged) in one run. Range 1-2000, default 50. The run stops and never charges beyond this number. Use a small value first to preview output and cost.",
                        "default": 50
                    },
                    "proxyCountry": {
                        "title": "Proxy country",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Two-letter country code for the residential proxy exit, e.g. 'US', 'GB', 'CA', 'AU'. Defaults to 'US'. Match this to the Houzz market you want. Residential proxies are required — Houzz (PerimeterX) blocks datacenter IPs.",
                        "default": "US"
                    },
                    "maxRequestRetries": {
                        "title": "Max request retries",
                        "minimum": 1,
                        "maximum": 15,
                        "type": "integer",
                        "description": "How many times a blocked or failed page is retried with a fresh session before giving up. Default 8 (Houzz uses PerimeterX, so retries matter). Range 1-15. Higher values raise reliability but also compute cost on hard blocks.",
                        "default": 8
                    }
                }
            },
            "runsResponseSchema": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                    "data": {
                        "type": "object",
                        "properties": {
                            "id": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "actId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "userId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "startedAt": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "format": "date-time",
                                "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
                            },
                            "finishedAt": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "format": "date-time",
                                "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
                            },
                            "status": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "example": "READY"
                            },
                            "meta": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "origin": {
                                        "type": "string",
                                        "example": "API"
                                    },
                                    "userAgent": {
                                        "type": "string"
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "stats": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "inputBodyLen": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 2000
                                    },
                                    "rebootCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "restartCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "resurrectCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "computeUnits": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "options": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "build": {
                                        "type": "string",
                                        "example": "latest"
                                    },
                                    "timeoutSecs": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 300
                                    },
                                    "memoryMbytes": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 1024
                                    },
                                    "diskMbytes": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 2048
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "buildId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultKeyValueStoreId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultDatasetId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultRequestQueueId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "buildNumber": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "example": "1.0.0"
                            },
                            "containerUrl": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "usage": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 1
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_SERPS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "usageTotalUsd": {
                                "type": "number",
                                "example": 0.00005
                            },
                            "usageUsd": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "number",
                                        "example": 0.00005
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_SERPS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}
```