# Local Business Leads: Phones, Websites, Emails (Open Data) (`leadgenguy/local-business-leads`) Actor

Find local businesses by category and city from OpenStreetMap open data: name, phone, website, email, address, hours, socials. Optional website email enrichment. No login. $2 per 1,000.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/leadgenguy/local-business-leads.md
- **Developed by:** [Mokssh jaiin](https://apify.com/leadgenguy) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

Pay per event

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

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

## What's an Apify Actor?

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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Local Business Leads: Phones, Websites, Emails — $2 per 1,000

Find **local businesses by category and city** — plumbers in Austin, dentists in Denver, real estate agents in Miami — with phone, website, address, opening hours, socials and, where listed, email. Data comes from **OpenStreetMap**, the open map of the world, so there is no login, no blocking and no scraping of protected sites. Turn on **website enrichment** to also pull public emails, extra phones, social links and tech from each business's own website.

### Why use it

- **Cheap:** $2 per 1,000 businesses. Website enrichment is an optional +$3 per 1,000.
- **Reliable:** official open map data, not a scraped search engine.
- **Filters:** only businesses with a phone, a website or an email.
- **Exact locations:** latitude and longitude plus a link to the map entry for every business.
- **Any category:** 85 friendly category names, or any OpenStreetMap tag.

### Pricing

| Event | Price |
|---|---|
| Business | $2 per 1,000 ($0.002 each) |
| Website enrichment (optional) | +$3 per 1,000 ($0.003 each), only when the website was read successfully |
| Actor start | $0.00005 |

Free Apify accounts are limited to **25 businesses per run**.

### Categories

accountant, architect, bakery, bank, bar, barber, beauty salon, bed and breakfast, bicycle shop, bookstore, cafe, car dealer, car rental, car repair, car wash, carpenter, catering, chiropractor, cleaning service, clinic, clothing store, construction company, consultant, contractor, coworking, daycare, dentist, doctor, driving school, electrician, electronics store, employment agency, event venue, fast food, financial advisor, florist, food truck, funeral home, furniture store, gardener, gas station, gym, hair salon, hardware store, hostel, hotel, hvac, insurance agent, it company, jeweler, landscaper, language school, laundry, lawyer, locksmith, marketing agency, mobile phone shop, motel, motorcycle dealer, moving company, music school, notary, optician, painter, pet store, pharmacy, photographer, physiotherapist, plumber, print shop, real estate agent, restaurant, roofer, school, security company, solar installer, spa, storage, supermarket, tattoo, tire shop, travel agency, veterinarian, wedding, yoga. Anything else: use **Custom OpenStreetMap tags**, e.g. `shop=bakery`.

### Input

```json
{
  "categories": ["plumber", "dentist"],
  "locations": ["Austin, Texas", "Denver, Colorado"],
  "maxResultsPerSearch": 200,
  "onlyWithWebsite": true,
  "enrichFromWebsite": true
}
```

### Output

```json
{
  "name": "McDowd Plumbing", "category": "plumber", "searchLocation": "Austin, Texas",
  "phone": "+1-737-419-6916", "email": "rob@mcdowdplumbing.com", "website": "https://www.mcdowdplumbing.com/",
  "address": { "street": "Beckett Street", "city": "Austin", "state": null, "postalCode": null },
  "openingHours": null, "socials": {}, "latitude": 30.27, "longitude": -97.74,
  "osmUrl": "https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/123",
  "websiteData": { "emails": [{ "email": "info@mcdowdplumbing.com", "type": "role", "onCompanyDomain": true }], "phones": [], "socials": {}, "technologies": [], "hasContactForm": true },
  "source": "OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)"
}
```

### Honest limits

- **Coverage varies.** OpenStreetMap is built by volunteers: it is strong in big cities and in Europe, thinner in some regions. Many small businesses have no phone or website listed.
- **Speed.** OpenStreetMap's public servers are slow: expect about 30 to 60 seconds per category and location before results start.
- **Big areas.** Whole countries make very heavy searches. Use cities or regions.

### Feedback and reviews

Found a bug, or need a field or filter added? Open an issue on this Actor's **Issues** tab and it will be looked at quickly. If this Actor saved you time, a short and honest review helps other people find it. Thank you!

### Legal

Data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database Licence (ODbL). If you publish or share the data, you must credit OpenStreetMap and share alike as the licence requires. Contact details are business data, but sole traders' details can be personal data: you are responsible for lawful use (GDPR, CAN-SPAM, CASL and similar).

# Actor input Schema

## `categories` (type: `array`):

Friendly names like <code>plumber</code>, <code>dentist</code>, <code>real estate agent</code>, <code>restaurant</code>. About 85 supported; see the README for the list.

## `customFilters` (type: `array`):

Any OpenStreetMap tag as <code>key=value</code>, e.g. <code>shop=bakery</code> or <code>craft=\*</code>.

## `locations` (type: `array`):

Cities, regions or countries, e.g. <code>Austin, Texas</code>. Big countries make slow, heavy searches: prefer cities.

## `maxResultsPerSearch` (type: `integer`):

Free Apify plans: 25 businesses per run in total.

## `onlyWithPhone` (type: `boolean`):

Skip businesses that have no phone listed.

## `onlyWithWebsite` (type: `boolean`):

Skip businesses that have no website listed.

## `onlyWithEmail` (type: `boolean`):

Skip businesses without an email in OpenStreetMap. Only a minority have one; use website enrichment for more.

## `enrichFromWebsite` (type: `boolean`):

Reads each business's website for public emails, phones, social links and tech. Billed as a separate event (see Pricing).

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Used only for website enrichment, as a fallback for blocked sites.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "categories": [
    "plumber"
  ],
  "locations": [
    "Denver, Colorado"
  ],
  "maxResultsPerSearch": 100,
  "onlyWithPhone": false,
  "onlyWithWebsite": false,
  "onlyWithEmail": false,
  "enrichFromWebsite": false,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `jobs` (type: `string`):

All scraped jobs as a dataset.

# 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 = {
    "categories": [
        "plumber",
        "dentist"
    ],
    "locations": [
        "Austin, Texas"
    ],
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("leadgenguy/local-business-leads").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 = {
    "categories": [
        "plumber",
        "dentist",
    ],
    "locations": ["Austin, Texas"],
    "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": True },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("leadgenguy/local-business-leads").call(run_input=run_input)

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

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

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "categories": [
    "plumber",
    "dentist"
  ],
  "locations": [
    "Austin, Texas"
  ],
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}' |
apify call leadgenguy/local-business-leads --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,leadgenguy/local-business-leads"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/rFhdfDLrzQhYmqlAu/builds/15HzAVosmsUxCWZ4s/openapi.json