Chamber Directory Scraper

Extract business listings from chamber of commerce member directories. Get company names, contact details, addresses, websites, and social links in a clean, structured format.

Key Features

• Automatic Pagination - Crawls multiple pages automatically; no manual configuration for page links when pagination is detected
• Smart Adapters - Detects and handles different directory platforms (static HTML, GrowthZone, ChamberMaster)
• Clean Data - Removes duplicates, strips UTM parameters, keeps business websites separate from social profiles
• Structured Output - Consistent JSON: name, phone (normalized when possible), email, address, optional city/state/zip, website, optional social URLs
• Optional Directory Discovery - Paste a chamber homepage and let the actor pick a likely member-directory URL before crawling
• Fast & Reliable - Built with Crawlee + Playwright

Use Cases

• Lead Generation - Build targeted B2B contact lists
• Market Research - Analyze local business landscapes
• Sales Prospecting - Find potential customers in specific regions
• Data Enrichment - Supplement existing business databases

Input

{
  "startUrl": "https://www.carmichaelchamber.com/list",
  "maxPages": 5,
  "discoverDirectory": false
}

Parameters:

• startUrl (required) - Directory listing URL, or chamber homepage if discoverDirectory is true
• maxPages (optional, default: 10) - Maximum number of pages to crawl
• discoverDirectory (optional, default: false) - When true, opens startUrl, scores same-site links that look like a member/directory page, and crawls the best match; if none qualify, falls back to startUrl

Output

Each business listing may include:

{
  "name": "Biegler CPA Inc",
  "phone": "(916) 485-1040",
  "email": "info@bieglercpa.com",
  "address": "6608 Folsom Auburn Rd, Folsom, CA 95630",
  "city": "Folsom",
  "state": "CA",
  "zip": "95630",
  "website": "https://www.bieglercpa.com",
  "facebook": "https://www.facebook.com/example",
  "linkedin": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/example",
  "sourceUrl": "https://www.example-chamber.com/directory"
}

Notes:

• city, state, zip are best-effort (US-style lines ending in ST 12345 or City, ST ZIP). If parsing is uncertain, only address is set.
• US phone numbers with 10 national digits are formatted as (XXX) XXX-XXXX. Other valid numbers (7+ digits) are kept after sanitizing encoding artifacts (e.g. %20, non-breaking spaces).
• Social fields appear when those links exist on the listing or profile page.

Supported Platforms

• Static HTML directories - Traditional chamber websites
• GrowthZone/ChamberMaster - Modern chamber management platforms
• Squarespace directories - Including profile-style listings
• Generic fallback - Works with many directory-like layouts

How It Works

1. Optional discovery - If enabled, finds a directory URL from the homepage
2. Detects directory type - Chooses an adapter pipeline
3. Extracts listings - Pulls fields using platform-specific logic
4. Profile enrichment - For same-site profile URLs, may open the detail page for richer data
5. Cleans & normalizes - Phone, URLs, optional address parts, deduplication

Tips for Best Results

• Prefer the main directory listing URL for predictable results
• For discoverDirectory, use the real chamber homepage; review the log line that prints the chosen URL
• For large directories, increase maxPages
• Some GrowthZone sites work best with URLs like /list/FindStartsWith?term=A

Example Runs

Carmichael Chamber (Squarespace-style):

• Input: startUrl https://www.carmichaelchamber.com/list, maxPages as needed
• Expect on the order of hundreds of listings depending on pagination

Greensboro Chamber (GrowthZone):

• Input: https://chamber.greensboro.org/list/FindStartsWith?term=A
• Large alphabetical result sets

For store listings, capture a few successful run logs and dataset previews (screenshots of the Apify run overview and a sample JSON row) so users can see what to expect.

Technical Details

• Crawlee and Playwright (TypeScript)
• Adapter pattern for extensibility
• Automatic request retries for failed pages
• Crawler uses bounded concurrency and request rate limits (see src/main.ts)

Notes

• Data quality depends on the source HTML
• Some chambers require login (you may get few or no rows)
• Listings need at least one of: phone, email, physical address, or business website
• Website live checks (HTTP ping) are intentionally not part of this actor to keep runs fast and avoid false negatives

Troubleshooting

No results returned?

• Confirm the URL is a public listing (not behind login)
• Try discoverDirectory if you pasted a homepage by mistake
• For GrowthZone, try the /list/FindStartsWith?term=A pattern

Fewer results than expected?

• Increase maxPages
• Check logs for pagination and adapter selection

Support

For issues or feature requests, contact the actor maintainer.

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Last updated: 2026-04-11