Houzz Email Scraper

Houzz Email Scraper

The Houzz Email Scraper extracts publicly indexed contact emails from Houzz using Google search across houzz.com and houzz.co.uk. Houzz is the home design and remodelling platform where interior designers, architects, builders and contractors keep a professional presence. This Actor turns keywords, an optional location and a list of email domains into a clean dataset of leads.

One thing to know before you run it: Houzz indexes photo and product pages far more than professional profiles, so most rows carry an email without a resolvable pro handle. In practice that means a healthy email yield with username: null and an empty profileUrl on the majority of rows. That is a property of Houzz's index, not a defect in the Houzz Email Scraper.

The Actor does not log in, does not use a Houzz API and never opens houzz.com. Every record comes from publicly available Google search results: titles, snippets and site labels. There is no browser, no JavaScript rendering, no authentication and no cookies.

In a measured live run, the Houzz Email Scraper returned 10 result blocks, 3 identity matches, 3 profile URLs and 9 unique emails. Nine of ten blocks produced a usable address while only three resolved to a named professional. Plan your workflow around the email and description fields rather than around profileUrl.

Who the Houzz Email Scraper is for

Houzz professionals are contractors, remodellers, kitchen fitters, landscape designers and interior architects. The people who sell to them are the natural audience: tool and materials suppliers, trade distributors, insurance brokers and lead-generation software vendors. Franchise recruiters and trade-credit providers use the same list from the other direction.

The default modifiers are email, contact, enquiries, owner and get a quote. Those mirror the language a home-services pro uses when inviting a homeowner to make contact. Change them and you change which part of the platform you reach.

Key features of the Houzz Email Scraper

Everything below is behaviour the Houzz Email Scraper actually implements, shared with every Actor in this family.

Feature	What it does
Multi-domain site: targeting	Queries both houzz.com and houzz.co.uk, so US and UK listings are both in scope
Query expansion	Base, quoted and intitle: variants plus one variant per query modifier
Trade-intent modifiers	Defaults of email, contact, enquiries, owner and get a quote
Domain filtering	Keeps only emails ending in the domains you list
Global deduplication	One row per unique email across every query and every page
Email normalisation	Understands name [at] domain [dot] com, name (at) domain, name @ domain.com, domain .com, zero-width characters and the full-width ＠ sign
Junk filter	Rejects email@, yourname@, test@, xxx@ and single-character locals
Boundary-correct matching	@gmail.com does not match inside @gmail.company or @gmail.com.br
Soft-wrap repair	Drops a hit that is only the tail of another email in the same block
Structural block parsing	Locates the <h3> title and the smallest surrounding block instead of relying on CSS class names
Whole-page fallback parser	A Google markup change degrades to emails without account details, not to zero results
Concurrency	asyncio worker pool with a shared stop signal once maxEmails is reached
Retries and block detection	Three attempts per page with exponential backoff; CAPTCHA and consent pages are retried, not counted as empty
Re-queue pass	Blocked or failed queries are retried once at the end of the run
Resumable state	Key-value store state keyed by an input hash, saved on PERSIST_STATE, MIGRATING and ABORTING
Immediate dataset writes	Each lead is pushed as soon as it is found
Run summary	Logs pages fetched, blocked pages, retries and emails per page

How the Houzz Email Scraper works

The Houzz Email Scraper reads your input, builds Google queries, fetches result pages and parses each block structurally. Emails are extracted from block text with a domain-filtered regex, normalised, junk-filtered and deduplicated globally. Each surviving lead is pushed to the Apify dataset immediately, so a partial run is still usable.

A query looks like site:houzz.com kitchen remodeler "@gmail.com" "Austin". Pages are fetched through the Apify GOOGLE_SERP proxy over async HTTP with a fresh proxy session per request. Structural parsing means a Google layout change degrades the run rather than breaking it.

Query expansion in the Houzz Email Scraper

Google caps a single query at roughly 300 results, and Houzz has an enormous indexed footprint. Query expansion multiplies each keyword by each email domain and by several phrasings, with base queries running first. Because so much of that footprint is photos and products, expansion is what gets you to the professional-facing pages.

Steering the Houzz Email Scraper away from photo and product pages

Trade nouns beat design nouns. kitchen remodeler, roofing contractor and landscape designer reach professional text; farmhouse sink reaches a product page. Adding an owner-style modifier such as owner or get a quote also pushes results toward pro pages rather than galleries.

Location is the strongest lever in the Houzz Email Scraper

location matters more on Houzz than on almost any other Actor in this category. Home-services professionals serve a metro area and write that metro into their profile text, so a city phrase focuses the run sharply. Run the same keyword set once per metro rather than one national sweep, and merge the datasets afterwards.

Input reference for the Houzz Email Scraper

The Houzz Email Scraper takes nine inputs and only keywords is required.

Field	Type	Default	Meaning
keywords	array (required)	["interior designer", "contractor"]	Search terms describing the professionals you want
location	string	""	Optional location phrase added to every query
customDomains	array	["@gmail.com", "@yahoo.com"]	Only emails on these domains are kept; @ optional
maxEmails	integer 1-10000	20	Stop after this many unique emails
countryCode	string	""	Two-letter country code for the search proxy (US, GB, DE)
expandQueries	boolean	true	Search each keyword x domain pair in several phrasings
queryModifiers	array	["email", "contact", "enquiries", "owner", "get a quote"]	Extra words combined with each keyword when expansion is on
maxPagesPerQuery	integer 1-50	30	Page cap per query
maxConcurrency	integer 1-20	5	Parallel queries

Example input

{
  "keywords": ["kitchen remodeler", "landscape designer", "custom cabinetry"],
  "location": "Austin",
  "customDomains": ["@gmail.com", "@yahoo.com", "@outlook.com"],
  "maxEmails": 300,
  "countryCode": "US",
  "expandQueries": true,
  "queryModifiers": ["email", "contact", "enquiries", "owner", "get a quote"],
  "maxPagesPerQuery": 30,
  "maxConcurrency": 5
}

Tuning the Houzz Email Scraper

Trade plus metro is the winning combination. bathroom remodeler with location set to Denver will beat interior designer with no location every time. Three to eight trade keywords per metro is a sensible working range.

Independent trades run on free-mail addresses far more often than corporate ones. Keep @gmail.com, @yahoo.com, @outlook.com and @aol.com in customDomains for US runs. Add @yahoo.co.uk and @hotmail.co.uk when you target houzz.co.uk.

Output reference for the Houzz Email Scraper

Every dataset item produced by the Houzz Email Scraper carries all fourteen fields below, handle or no handle.

Field	Meaning
network	Platform name
keyword	The keyword that produced the lead
query	The exact Google query used
title	Raw result title
accountName	Account label Google prints
fullName	Display name parsed from a profile-style title; empty for photo and product pages
username	URL-safe handle when the platform exposes one; otherwise null
profileUrl	Canonical account URL when a handle is known; otherwise empty
url	Direct platform link when exposed, else the profile URL
description	Profile or listing snippet, cleaned of labels and counters
email	Lower-cased email address
emailDomain	The matched domain
possiblyTruncated	true when Google's snippet ellipsis touched the email
foundAt	ISO 8601 UTC timestamp

Example output

The second row shows the common Houzz case: a real email from a photo or product page with no pro handle attached.

[
  {
    "network": "Houzz",
    "keyword": "kitchen remodeler",
    "query": "site:houzz.com kitchen remodeler \"@gmail.com\" \"Austin\"",
    "title": "Hill Country Kitchen Co - Austin, TX - Houzz",
    "accountName": "Hill Country Kitchen Co",
    "fullName": "Hill Country Kitchen Co",
    "username": "hill-country-kitchen-co",
    "profileUrl": "https://www.houzz.com/professionals/hill-country-kitchen-co",
    "url": "https://www.houzz.com/professionals/hill-country-kitchen-co",
    "description": "Full kitchen remodels and custom cabinetry in Central Texas. Get a quote: hillcountrykitchen@gmail.com",
    "email": "hillcountrykitchen@gmail.com",
    "emailDomain": "@gmail.com",
    "possiblyTruncated": false,
    "foundAt": "2025-11-04T16:14:05Z"
  },
  {
    "network": "Houzz",
    "keyword": "landscape designer",
    "query": "site:houzz.com landscape designer enquiries \"@yahoo.com\" \"Austin\"",
    "title": "75 Beautiful Xeriscape Landscaping Pictures & Ideas - Houzz",
    "accountName": "Xeriscape Landscaping Ideas",
    "fullName": "",
    "username": null,
    "profileUrl": "",
    "url": "",
    "description": "Drought-tolerant front yard designs from Texas landscape pros. Enquiries: stonewaterlandscapes@yahoo.com",
    "email": "stonewaterlandscapes@yahoo.com",
    "emailDomain": "@yahoo.com",
    "possiblyTruncated": true,
    "foundAt": "2025-11-04T16:15:31Z"
  }
]

The Apify dataset view shows email, account, name, username, profile, keyword, snippet and the truncation flag. Export as CSV, JSON or XLSX, or read the dataset through the Apify API. Filter on rows where profileUrl is non-empty when you specifically need a linkable professional page.

Use cases for the Houzz Email Scraper

The Houzz Email Scraper is built for suppliers and service providers selling into the home improvement trades. Location is the lever that makes each of these work, so pick one metro per run.

Use case	Suggested keywords	Suggested location
Selling tools and materials to remodellers	kitchen remodeler, bathroom remodeler	one metro per run
Trade distribution and dealer recruitment	custom cabinetry, tile installer	regional hub city
Contractor insurance and bonding	general contractor, roofing contractor	state capital or metro
Lead-generation software sales	landscape designer, interior designer	metro area
Franchise and territory recruitment	home remodeling, closet designer	target territory
Trade credit and equipment finance	custom home builder, deck builder	metro area
Market research on design trends	interior designer, architect	leave empty

Selling into the trades with the Houzz Email Scraper

Suppliers get the most out of this Actor because Houzz professionals are exactly their customers. Use trade nouns, one metro at a time, and keep the free-mail domains wide. The description field usually states the trade and the service area, which is enough to segment a list quickly.

Pairing the Houzz Email Scraper with other home-services Actors

Houzz skews toward design-led remodelling work. For general trades run the Thumbtack Email Scraper and the Angi Email Scraper alongside it. For UK trades the Bark Email Scraper measured the strongest yield of any Actor in this category.

Practical recipes for the Houzz Email Scraper

A US metro sweep might use kitchen remodeler, bathroom remodeler and custom cabinetry with location set to Phoenix and countryCode to US. A UK sweep might use interior designer, kitchen fitter and garden designer with countryCode set to GB, which favours houzz.co.uk results. Keep expandQueries on in both cases, because one query cannot reach past Google's result cap.

For breadth, drop location, keep maxPagesPerQuery at 30 and raise maxEmails. For precision, name a single metro and use two or three trade keywords. Both modes run identical code; only query volume differs.

How many results the Houzz Email Scraper returns

A measured live run of the Houzz Email Scraper produced 10 blocks, 3 identity matches, 3 profile URLs and 9 unique emails. The email harvest was strong; the identity resolution was not. That is the direct consequence of the coverage note: Houzz indexes photo and product pages far more than professional profiles, so most rows carry an email without a resolvable pro handle.

Your own numbers will vary with trade, metro, domain list and how much of Houzz Google currently indexes. Free Apify plans stop at 100 emails per run and paid plans are uncapped. No specific volume is guaranteed by the Houzz Email Scraper or by any Actor in this family.

Limitations of the Houzz Email Scraper

• Houzz indexes photo and product pages far more than professional profiles, so most rows carry an email without a resolvable pro handle. Expect username: null and an empty profileUrl on the majority of rows.
• The Houzz Email Scraper only finds professionals whose email is publicly visible in Google's index. A pro who relies on the Houzz messaging system will not appear.
• Google caps a single query at roughly 300 results. Query expansion exists to work around that cap, and disabling it reduces yield sharply.
• possiblyTruncated: true means Google's snippet ellipsis touched the email, so the address may be incomplete. Verify those rows before sending.
• username and profileUrl are populated only when Google exposes a handle. Photo and product pages do not, so the row keeps accountName and leaves the handle blank; that is a Google limitation, not a bug.
• The Houzz Email Scraper requires the Apify GOOGLE_SERP proxy and cannot run without Apify proxy credentials.
• Free Apify plans are capped at 100 emails per run; paid plans have no cap.
• Results vary with keywords, domains and location, and no volume is guaranteed.

The Houzz Email Scraper is not affiliated with, endorsed by or officially supported by Houzz. It reads public search results only and does not access private or gated data.

Responsible use, GDPR and CAN-SPAM

A publicly indexed address is not automatically a lawful one to email. For UK recipients reached through houzz.co.uk, GDPR and the UK rules expect a lawful basis, a clear sender identity, a genuine business reason and an easy way to object. For US recipients, CAN-SPAM expects accurate headers, a valid postal address and a working unsubscribe path.

Sole traders often deserve extra care, because a personal free-mail address can be personal data in practice as well as in law. Keep the query and foundAt provenance, honour opt-outs immediately and suppress them in later runs of the Houzz Email Scraper. This is general information about common obligations rather than legal advice, so check the rules that apply to you.

FAQ about the Houzz Email Scraper

How many results should I expect?

A measured live run returned 10 blocks, 3 identity matches, 3 profile URLs and 9 unique emails. Houzz indexes photo and product pages far more than professional profiles, so most rows carry an email without a resolvable pro handle, and no volume is guaranteed.

Why does the Houzz Email Scraper leave username null on most rows?

Because the indexed page was a photo gallery or product listing rather than a professional profile. The Houzz Email Scraper then stores null and leaves profileUrl empty while keeping the email and snippet.

Are those rows still useful?

Yes. The address and the description are real. You simply cannot link the row back to one Houzz professional page.

How do I make the Houzz Email Scraper find more professional profiles?

Use trade nouns such as roofing contractor rather than design nouns such as farmhouse sink, and keep the owner and get a quote modifiers on.

Does the Houzz Email Scraper cover the UK?

Yes. It queries both houzz.com and houzz.co.uk, and setting countryCode to GB biases the search proxy toward UK results.

Does the Houzz Email Scraper log into Houzz?

No. It never logs in, never uses a Houzz API and never opens houzz.com. All data comes from publicly indexed Google results.

What does possiblyTruncated mean?

Google's snippet ellipsis touched the email, so the address may be cut short. Verify those rows before sending.

How important is the location field in the Houzz Email Scraper?

Very. Home-services professionals write their service area into their listings, so one run per metro will beat a single national run.

Does it need the Apify proxy?

Yes. The Houzz Email Scraper runs on the Apify GOOGLE_SERP proxy and cannot operate without Apify proxy credentials.

Can I run it on the free plan?

Yes, capped at 100 emails per run. Paid plans remove the cap.

Are the emails verified?

No. The Houzz Email Scraper extracts and normalises what Google shows. Run your own verification before any campaign.

Which home-services Actor yields the most?

In the same measured test, the Bark Email Scraper returned a full-strength result, with the Angi Email Scraper and Porch Email Scraper close behind.

Related Actors

Thirty-six sibling Actors cover the rest of the Business and Professional Directories category that the Houzz Email Scraper belongs to. They share the same input schema, output schema and behaviour, so anything you learn here transfers directly. For general local trades try the Yellow Pages Email Scraper, and for B2B software buyers the Capterra Email Scraper.

Actor	What it collects
Houzz Email and Phone Number Scraper	Emails and phone numbers from Houzz
Houzz Phone Number Scraper	Public phone numbers from Houzz
Angi Email Scraper	Public contact emails from Angi
Bark Email Scraper	Public contact emails from Bark
Better Business Bureau Email Scraper	Public contact emails from Better Business Bureau
Bizapedia Email Scraper	Public contact emails from Bizapedia
Brownbook Email Scraper	Public contact emails from Brownbook
Callupcontact Email Scraper	Public contact emails from CallUpContact
Capterra Email Scraper	Public contact emails from Capterra
Clutch Email Scraper	Public contact emails from Clutch
Crunchbase Email Scraper	Public contact emails from Crunchbase
Cybo Email Scraper	Public contact emails from Cybo
Cylex Email Scraper	Public contact emails from Cylex
EC21 Email Scraper	Public contact emails from EC21
Europages Email Scraper	Public contact emails from Europages
ExportHub Email Scraper	Public contact emails from ExportHub
FindUsLocal Email Scraper	Public contact emails from FindUsLocal
Foursquare Email Scraper	Public contact emails from Foursquare
Fyple Email Scraper	Public contact emails from Fyple
G2 Email Scraper	Public contact emails from G2
Hotfrog Email Scraper	Public contact emails from Hotfrog
Infobel Email Scraper	Public contact emails from Infobel
Kompass Email Scraper	Public contact emails from Kompass
Lacartes Email Scraper	Public contact emails from Lacartes
Manta Email Scraper	Public contact emails from Manta
MapQuest Email Scraper	Public contact emails from MapQuest
N49 Email Scraper	Public contact emails from N49
Porch Email Scraper	Public contact emails from Porch
Scoot Email Scraper	Public contact emails from Scoot
Thomasnet Email Scraper	Public contact emails from Thomasnet
Thumbtack Email Scraper	Public contact emails from Thumbtack
Touch Local Email Scraper	Public contact emails from Touch Local
TradeIndia Email Scraper	Public contact emails from TradeIndia
Trustpilot Email Scraper	Public contact emails from Trustpilot
Tupalo Email Scraper	Public contact emails from Tupalo
Yalwa Email Scraper	Public contact emails from Yalwa
Yellow Pages Email Scraper	Public contact emails from Yellow Pages
Angi Email and Phone Number Scraper	Emails and phone numbers from Angi
Bark Email and Phone Number Scraper	Emails and phone numbers from Bark
Better Business Bureau Email and Phone Number Scraper	Emails and phone numbers from Better Business Bureau
Bizapedia Email and Phone Number Scraper	Emails and phone numbers from Bizapedia
Brownbook Email and Phone Number Scraper	Emails and phone numbers from Brownbook

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