# BizQuest Businesses For Sale Scraper - M\&A Deals & Valuation (`madeingermany/bizquest-scraper`) Actor

Scrape businesses for sale on BizQuest — asking price, cash flow, gross revenue, location, broker contact, and detailed specs.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/madeingermany/bizquest-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Made In Germany](https://apify.com/madeingermany) (community)
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

from $1.00 / 1,000 results

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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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.
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Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

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You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

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

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## BizQuest Businesses For Sale Scraper — M\&A Brokered Deals, Valuation & Financials

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A fast, reliable, and production-grade Apify Actor to scrape business listings from [BizQuest](https://www.bizquest.com) — the original business-for-sale marketplace. Extract asking prices, cash flow, gross revenue, geographic locations, industry categories, and direct broker contact info.

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### ⚡ Key Advantages & Why It Beats Alternatives

- **🚀 Pure HTTP Fast-Path**: Leverages Crawlee's `CheerioCrawler` and `got-scraping` to query SSR transfer state directly. Scrapes hundreds of businesses in seconds without sluggish headless browsers.
- **🛡️ Built-in Anti-Bot Bypass**: Chrome TLS fingerprinting (Chrome 128+) and HTTP/2 framing seamlessly bypass Akamai anti-bot defenses.
- **💰 Fair Pay-Per-Event (PPE) Pricing**: Pay only for what you extract ($0.007 actor start, $0.001 per result).
- **📋 Complete Broker Intelligence**: Extracts verified broker names, phone numbers, and broker companies for direct lead generation and deal sourcing.
- **🔄 Smart Pagination & Search**: Automatically navigates multi-page results across states, regions, categories, and free-text queries.

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### 💰 Pricing (Pay-Per-Event)

This actor operates on a pay-as-you-go **Pay-Per-Event (PPE)** pricing model. You only pay for what you extract:

| Event Name | Purpose | Price (USD) | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| **`apify-actor-start`** | Actor Start | `$0.007` | Charged when the Actor starts running. Number of events charged depends on Actor memory (one event per GB, minimum one event). |
| **`apify-default-dataset-item`** | result | `$0.001` | Single result in the default dataset. |
| **`additional-data`** | Additional data | `$0.0005` | Charged for additional data |

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### 📥 Input Configuration

| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description |
|:---|:---|:---:|:---|:---|
| `startUrls` | Array of objects | No | `https://www.bizquest.com/businesses-for-sale-in-florida/` | List of BizQuest search, state, category, or listing URLs to scrape. |
| `searchQuery` | String | No | `"Florida Businesses For Sale"` | Free-text search keywords or state name (used if `startUrls` is empty). |
| `maxItems` | Integer | No | `50` | Maximum number of listings to collect (1 – 50,000). |
| `proxy` | Object | No | Residential Proxy enabled | Apify Proxy configuration (residential proxies recommended in cloud runs). |

#### Sample JSON Input

```json
{
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.bizquest.com/businesses-for-sale-in-florida/"
    }
  ],
  "searchQuery": "Florida Businesses For Sale",
  "maxItems": 50,
  "proxy": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"]
  }
}
```

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### 📤 Output Dataset

Each record pushed to the Apify dataset contains complete financial and operational metadata:

| Field | Type | Description |
|:---|:---|:---|
| `id` | String | Unique BizQuest listing ID (e.g. `"2501228"`) |
| `title` | String | Headline title of the business listing |
| `askingPrice` | String | Asking price (e.g. `"$9,800,000"` or `"Contact Seller"`) |
| `cashFlow` | String | Disclosed cash flow (e.g. `"$250,000"` or `"Sign In to View"`) |
| `grossRevenue` | String | Annual gross revenue (e.g. `"$14,600,000"` or `"Undisclosed"`) |
| `location` | String | City, county, or state location (e.g. `"Seminole County, FL"`) |
| `brokerName` | String | Name of the listing business broker or agent |
| `brokerPhone` | String | Direct phone number of the business broker |
| `url` | String | Canonical URL of the listing on BizQuest |
| `description` | String | Executive summary / business description |
| `category` | String | Primary industry category (e.g. `"Communication & Media"`) |
| `brokerCompany` | String | Brokerage company or agency name |
| `imageUrl` | String | null | High-resolution thumbnail image URL |
| `scrapedAt` | String | ISO 8601 timestamp of extraction |

#### Sample Extracted Item

```json
{
  "id": "2501228",
  "title": "Southeast Marketing Consultancy with Media Management Focus",
  "askingPrice": "$9,800,000",
  "cashFlow": "Sign In to View",
  "grossRevenue": "Undisclosed",
  "location": "Seminole County, FL",
  "brokerName": "Marina Blackwood",
  "brokerPhone": "(850) 809-1979",
  "url": "https://www.bizquest.com/business-for-sale/southeast-marketing-consultancy-with-media-management-focus/BW2501228/",
  "description": "Category-Focused, Staff-Run Marketing Platform Built to Scale",
  "category": "Communication & Media",
  "brokerCompany": "",
  "imageUrl": "https://images.bizquest.com/shared/listings/250/2501228/8b1d19dc-f161-4815-8c2f-ace7b1442c22-W336.webp",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-09-28T00:35:25.941Z"
}
```

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### 🎯 Use Cases

- **Private Equity & Search Funds**: Discover off-market and on-market acquisition targets meeting specific EBITDA, revenue, and cash-flow thresholds.
- **M\&A Advisors & Brokers**: Monitor competitor listings, regional deal activity, and industry trends across North America.
- **Lead Generation**: Build targeted contact lists of active business brokers and intermediaries.
- **Market Research & Valuation**: Benchmark industry multiples, asking price distributions, and regional business sales.

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### 🏷️ Tags & Keywords

`bizquest`, `business-for-sale`, `m-and-a`, `deal-sourcing`, `lead-generation`, `business-brokers`, `commercial-real-estate`, `valuation`, `company-data`, `private-equity`, `franchises`

# Actor input Schema

## `startUrls` (type: `array`):

BizQuest search, category, or detail page URLs to scrape.

## `searchQuery` (type: `string`):

Optional search query keywords to find businesses (e.g. 'Restaurant in Miami', 'Florida Businesses For Sale'). Used if startUrls is not provided or to construct search.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of business listings to scrape and save to the dataset.

## `proxy` (type: `object`):

Select Apify Proxy or custom proxies. Residential proxies are recommended for BizQuest.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.bizquest.com/businesses-for-sale-in-florida/"
    }
  ],
  "searchQuery": "Florida Businesses For Sale",
  "maxItems": 50,
  "proxy": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

Extracted BizQuest business listings including asking price, cash flow, gross revenue, location, and broker contact info.

# 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 = {
    "startUrls": [
        {
            "url": "https://www.bizquest.com/businesses-for-sale-in-florida/"
        }
    ],
    "searchQuery": "Florida Businesses For Sale"
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("madeingermany/bizquest-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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "startUrls": [{ "url": "https://www.bizquest.com/businesses-for-sale-in-florida/" }],
    "searchQuery": "Florida Businesses For Sale",
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("madeingermany/bizquest-scraper").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 '{
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.bizquest.com/businesses-for-sale-in-florida/"
    }
  ],
  "searchQuery": "Florida Businesses For Sale"
}' |
apify call madeingermany/bizquest-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,madeingermany/bizquest-scraper"
        }
    }
}
```

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/IBL8Mqv7jCTDIHpp5/builds/8Z07XrVMOfXetsZVM/openapi.json