# Yellow Pages US Business Scraper — Phone, Email & Address (`khadinakbar/yellow-pages-us-scraper`) Actor Scrape US businesses from yellowpages.com by keyword+city, category URL, or profile URL. Returns name, phone, address, website, categories, rating, years in business + optional email/hours enrichment. Firefox Cloudflare-bypass, residential proxy. MCP-ready. - **URL**: https://apify.com/khadinakbar/yellow-pages-us-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [Khadin Akbar](https://apify.com/khadinakbar) (community) - **Categories:** Lead generation, MCP servers - **Stats:** 1 total users, 0 monthly users, 0.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing Pay per event + usage 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 ## Yellow Pages US Scraper — Business Leads (Phone, Address, Website) Scrape US business listings from **yellowpages.com** at scale. Search by keyword + city, or paste search / category / business-profile URLs, and get clean, structured leads: business name, phone, full address, website, categories, star rating, review count, and years in business — plus optional best-effort detail enrichment (email, hours, description). Built for sales teams, lead-gen agencies, market researchers, and **AI agents** (MCP-ready). Firefox-rendered with residential proxies to reliably clear yellowpages.com's Cloudflare protection. ### What you get | Field | Example | Notes | |---|---|---| | `name` | `Ritz Plumbing Heating, Air & Electrical` | Business name | | `phone` | `(323) 452-4915` | Primary phone | | `street` | `1355 S La Brea Ave` | Organic listings (ads omit street) | | `city` / `state` / `zip` | `Los Angeles` / `CA` / `90019` | Parsed address parts | | `fullAddress` | `1355 S La Brea Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90019` | Single-line address | | `website` | `http://ritzplumbing.com` | When listed | | `categories` | `["Plumbers","Heating Contractors"]` | All listed categories | | `primaryCategory` | `Plumbers` | First category | | `rating` | `4.5` | Star rating (when present) | | `reviewCount` | `120` | Number of reviews | | `yearsInBusiness` | `95` | Years in business | | `snippet` | `Family-owned since 1929…` | Listing blurb | | `sponsored` | `false` | `true` = paid/ad placement | | `profileUrl` | `https://www.yellowpages.com/.../mip/...` | Yellow Pages profile | | `email` / `hours` / `description` | best-effort | Only when `enrichDetails` is on | | `scrapedAt` | `2026-06-21T16:00:00.000Z` | ISO 8601 timestamp | ### When to use - Build **B2B lead lists** by industry + city (plumbers in Los Angeles, dentists in Chicago…). - Enrich a CRM with phone, address, and website for local businesses. - Power an **AI agent** that needs structured local-business data — single keyword + location in, JSON out. **Not** for: yellowpages.com reviews-only export, or non-US Yellow Pages directories. ### Input | Field | Type | Description | |---|---|---| | `searchTerms` | string | Business type or name, e.g. `plumber`, `coffee shop`. | | `location` | string | City+state or ZIP, e.g. `Los Angeles, CA` or `90210`. Blank = nationwide. | | `startUrls` | string[] | Optional. yellowpages.com `/search`, category, or `/mip/` business URLs. | | `maxResults` | integer | Max businesses to return (default 100). | | `maxPagesPerSearch` | integer | Search pages to paginate (~30/page, default 5). | | `enrichDetails` | boolean | Visit each profile for email/hours/description (slower; default false). | | `proxyConfiguration` | object | Residential proxy required (default Apify RESIDENTIAL, US). | #### Example ```json { "searchTerms": "plumber", "location": "Los Angeles, CA", "maxResults": 100, "maxPagesPerSearch": 5 } ```` ```bash apify call khadinakbar/yellow-pages-us-scraper --input='{"searchTerms":"dentist","location":"Chicago, IL","maxResults":50}' ``` ### Pricing — Pay Per Event | Event | Price | |---|---| | Actor start | $0.005 (per run, per GB) | | Business scraped | **$0.005 / result** | A 100-business run costs about **$0.50** plus the start fee. Pay-per-usage (compute + proxy) is also available — pick whichever billing fits your job at run time. ### Reliability - **Firefox-rendered** pages clear yellowpages.com's Cloudflare challenge. - **Residential proxy** is required (datacenter IPs are firewall-blocked by Yellow Pages). The actor defaults to Apify Residential (US) and includes a secondary residential provider fallback for resilience. - **Honest results:** if every attempt is blocked, the run fails clearly instead of silently returning an empty dataset. Bad input (no search terms / invalid URLs) ends gracefully with a clear status message rather than a hard error. - Heavy page assets (images, fonts, media) are skipped to keep proxy bandwidth and cost low. ### MCP / AI agents Available as `apify--yellow-pages-us-scraper` via the Apify MCP server. Narrow input (keyword + location), flat structured output, and a clear per-result price make it a clean tool call for Claude, GPT, and other agents. ### Notes & limitations - `email`, `hours`, and `description` come only from detail pages (`enrichDetails: true`) and are best-effort — yellowpages.com detail pages are more heavily protected, so coverage is partial. - Sponsored/ad listings (`sponsored: true`) include name, phone, categories, and years, but usually no street address. - yellowpages.com covers **US** businesses only. ### Legal This actor collects only publicly available business information from yellowpages.com. Use it in compliance with yellowpages.com's Terms of Service and all applicable laws (including data-protection regulations). You are responsible for how you use the scraped data. This tool is provided for legitimate business research and lead generation. # Actor input Schema ## `searchTerms` (type: `string`): Business type or name to search (e.g. "plumber", "pizza", "auto repair"). Combine with "location" for best results. ## `location` (type: `string`): City, state, or ZIP code to narrow the search (e.g. "Los Angeles, CA", "90210"). Leave blank to search nationwide. ## `startUrls` (type: `array`): Direct yellowpages.com search URLs or business profile URLs (/mip/...). Overrides searchTerms + location when provided. ## `maxResults` (type: `integer`): Maximum number of business listings to return. Each result costs $0.005. ## `maxPagesPerSearch` (type: `integer`): Max search result pages to paginate through (~30 businesses/page). Increase for broader coverage. ## `enrichDetails` (type: `boolean`): Visit each business profile page to extract email addresses, business hours, and description. Slower but more complete data. ## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`): Proxy settings. yellowpages.com requires residential proxies — Apify RESIDENTIAL group recommended. The actor includes a DataImpulse residential fallback for reliability. ## Actor input object example ```json { "searchTerms": "plumber", "location": "Los Angeles, CA", "maxResults": 100, "maxPagesPerSearch": 5, "enrichDetails": false, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": [ "RESIDENTIAL" ] } } ``` # Actor output Schema ## `businessesJson` (type: `string`): All scraped business rows as JSON. ## `businessesCsv` (type: `string`): All scraped business rows as CSV — import into a CRM or spreadsheet. ## `datasetUrl` (type: `string`): Console dataset view. # API You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup. ## JavaScript example ```javascript import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client'; // Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token // Replace the '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "searchTerms": "plumber", "location": "Los Angeles, CA", "maxResults": 100, "maxPagesPerSearch": 5, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": [ "RESIDENTIAL" ] } }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("khadinakbar/yellow-pages-us-scraper").call(input); // Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any) console.log('Results from dataset'); console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${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 '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "searchTerms": "plumber", "location": "Los Angeles, CA", "maxResults": 100, "maxPagesPerSearch": 5, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": True, "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"], }, } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("khadinakbar/yellow-pages-us-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 '{ "searchTerms": "plumber", "location": "Los Angeles, CA", "maxResults": 100, "maxPagesPerSearch": 5, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": [ "RESIDENTIAL" ] } }' | apify call khadinakbar/yellow-pages-us-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=khadinakbar/yellow-pages-us-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Yellow Pages US Business Scraper — Phone, Email & Address", "description": "Scrape US businesses from yellowpages.com by keyword+city, category URL, or profile URL. Returns name, phone, address, website, categories, rating, years in business + optional email/hours enrichment. Firefox Cloudflare-bypass, residential proxy. MCP-ready.", "version": "0.1", "x-build-id": "oSUsIEC0H8dhKBqEU" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/khadinakbar~yellow-pages-us-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-khadinakbar-yellow-pages-us-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": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/khadinakbar~yellow-pages-us-scraper/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-khadinakbar-yellow-pages-us-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$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": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/khadinakbar~yellow-pages-us-scraper/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-khadinakbar-yellow-pages-us-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$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": { "searchTerms": { "title": "Search terms", "type": "string", "description": "Business type or name to search (e.g. \"plumber\", \"pizza\", \"auto repair\"). Combine with \"location\" for best results." }, "location": { "title": "Location", "type": "string", "description": "City, state, or ZIP code to narrow the search (e.g. \"Los Angeles, CA\", \"90210\"). Leave blank to search nationwide." }, "startUrls": { "title": "Start URLs (optional)", "type": "array", "description": "Direct yellowpages.com search URLs or business profile URLs (/mip/...). Overrides searchTerms + location when provided.", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "maxResults": { "title": "Max results", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 5000, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum number of business listings to return. Each result costs $0.005." }, "maxPagesPerSearch": { "title": "Max pages per search", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 40, "type": "integer", "description": "Max search result pages to paginate through (~30 businesses/page). Increase for broader coverage." }, "enrichDetails": { "title": "Enrich with detail pages", "type": "boolean", "description": "Visit each business profile page to extract email addresses, business hours, and description. Slower but more complete data.", "default": false }, "proxyConfiguration": { "title": "Proxy configuration", "type": "object", "description": "Proxy settings. yellowpages.com requires residential proxies — Apify RESIDENTIAL group recommended. The actor includes a DataImpulse residential fallback for reliability." } } }, "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 } } } } } } } } } } ```