Houzz Scraper - Home Pro Directory & Reviews

Apify Actor for scraping the Houzz professional directory. Extracts structured data from contractor, architect, designer, and other home professional listings using CheerioCrawler for fast HTML parsing without a browser.

Features

• Scrape any Houzz professional category (general contractors, architects, designers, plumbers, etc.)
• Extract data from JSON-LD structured data embedded in every search page
• Get phone numbers, full addresses, GPS coordinates, star ratings, and review counts
• Collect social media links (Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter) and business websites
• Automatic pagination through all search results
• Optional detail page scraping for richer profile data

Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
searchUrls	string[]	["https://www.houzz.com/professionals/general-contractor/probr0-bo~t_11786"]	Houzz professional search URLs
maxListings	integer	100	Max professionals per search URL (0=unlimited)
scrapeDetails	boolean	false	Visit each profile for extra data
proxyConfiguration	object	{}	Proxy settings (optional)

Example Input

{
    "searchUrls": [
        "https://www.houzz.com/professionals/general-contractor/probr0-bo~t_11786",
        "https://www.houzz.com/professionals/architect/chicago-il-us-probr0-bo~t_11784~r_4887398"
    ],
    "maxListings": 50,
    "scrapeDetails": false
}

Note: Old-format URLs (e.g. /general-contractor/new-york-ny-us) are automatically converted to the current Houzz format. To get location-specific results, browse houzz.com/professionals, navigate to your desired category and city, and copy the URL from your browser.

Output

Each professional record contains:

{
    "name": "HOBBS INC",
    "telephone": "(203) 349-8126",
    "imageUrl": "https://st.hzcdn.com/simgs/dd937832065381c7_0-5059/_.jpg",
    "street": null,
    "city": "NEW CANAAN",
    "state": "CT",
    "zip": "06840",
    "country": "US",
    "latitude": 41.151,
    "longitude": -73.4944,
    "areaServed": "New York",
    "rating": 5.0,
    "reviewCount": 15,
    "profileUrl": "https://www.houzz.com/professionals/home-builders/hobbs-inc-pfvwus-pf~403833763",
    "professionalType": "General Contractor",
    "facebook": "https://www.facebook.com/HobbsIncorporated/?ref=aymt_homepage_panel",
    "instagram": null,
    "linkedin": null,
    "twitter": null,
    "website": "https://hobbsinc.com",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-03-17T12:00:00.000Z"
}

How It Works

1. Fetches Houzz professional search pages (server-rendered HTML with no bot protection)
2. Parses JSON-LD LocalBusiness entries embedded in each page (up to 30 per page)
3. Extracts star ratings and review counts from HTML elements within each card
4. Classifies social media links from the sameAs JSON-LD property
5. Deduplicates sponsored/promoted listings that appear twice
6. Paginates via the ?fi=N offset parameter (15 unique results per page)
7. Optionally visits individual profile pages for additional details

Professional Categories

Browse https://www.houzz.com/professionals for the full list. Common categories include:

Category	URL Path
General Contractors	general-contractor/probr0-bo~t_11786
Architects	architect/probr0-bo~t_11784
Kitchen & Bath Designers	kitchen-and-bath/probr0-bo~t_11790
Interior Designers	interior-designer/probr0-bo~t_11785
Landscape Architects	landscape-architect/probr0-bo~t_11788
Home Builders	home-builders/probr0-bo~t_11823
Plumbers	plumbing-contractors/probr0-bo~t_11817
Electricians	electrical-contractors/probr0-bo~t_11818
Painters	painters/probr0-bo~t_27105
Flooring	carpet-and-flooring/probr0-bo~t_11799

Quick Start

$apify run --purge

Deploy to Apify

apify login
apify push

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