Clutch Agency Scraper

What does Clutch Agency Scraper do?

Clutch Agency Scraper extracts B2B agency listings from Clutch.co — the marketplace cold-email and lead-gen stacks treat as a primary database of service providers. Pull company name, website, location, rating, review count, min project size, hourly rate, employees, services, focus areas, and verification status into clean JSON.

Run it on the Apify platform for API access, scheduling, integrations, residential proxy rotation, and monitoring — without managing servers.

Prefill-ready categories: Web Developers, Agencies, app developers, SEO firms, and more.

Why use Clutch Agency Scraper?

• Cold email / outbound lists — Build agency prospect lists by service category (classic B2B stack input).
• Vendor research — Compare rates, team size, and ratings before RFPs.
• Market mapping — See who competes in web, mobile, SEO, design, or custom software.
• Enrichment pipelines — Structured rows ready for CRM import, Clay, Instantly, or Smartlead.
• Pagination built-in — Walk multi-page Clutch directories until your maxAgencies cap.

How to use Clutch Agency Scraper

1. Open the Actor in Apify Console.
2. Paste a Clutch category or search URL (e.g. https://clutch.co/web-developers) into Start URLs, or pass category slugs in Category slugs.
3. Set Max agencies (e.g. 50).
4. Keep Proxy configuration on RESIDENTIAL (Clutch uses Cloudflare — datacenter IPs often fail).
5. Optionally enable Follow profile pages to enrich website/description from each agency profile.
6. Click Start. Download results as JSON, CSV, Excel, or HTML when the run finishes.

Input

See the Input tab for the full form. Main fields:

Field	Description	Default
startUrls	Clutch listing / category / search URLs	prefill web-developers
searchUrls	Alias for startUrls if that field is empty	[]
categories	Slugs like web-developers, agencies → https://clutch.co/{slug}	[]
maxAgencies	Cap on agency records (0 = unlimited)	50
followDetailPages	Visit each Clutch profile for enrichment	false
maxConcurrency	Parallel requests (keep 2–5 with residential)	3
maxRequestRetries	Retries per failed request	3
requestDelayMs	Polite delay between requests	1000
proxyConfiguration	Apify Proxy — RESIDENTIAL recommended	residential on

Example input:

{
    "startUrls": [{ "url": "https://clutch.co/web-developers" }],
    "maxAgencies": 25,
    "followDetailPages": false,
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true,
        "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"]
    }
}

Output

Each dataset item is one agency. You can download the dataset in JSON, HTML, CSV, or Excel.

{
    "companyName": "Sigma Software Group",
    "clutchUrl": "https://clutch.co/profile/sigma-software-group",
    "website": "https://sigma.software/",
    "location": "West Hollywood, CA",
    "rating": 4.8,
    "reviewCount": 37,
    "minProjectSize": "$50,000+",
    "hourlyRate": "$50 - $99 / hr",
    "employees": "1,000 - 9,999",
    "services": ["Mobile App Development", "Custom Software Development", "Web Development"],
    "focusAreas": ["Information technology"],
    "description": "Sigma Software Group is a leading company specializing in mobile app development...",
    "verified": true,
    "scrapedAt": "2026-07-20T12:00:00.000Z",
    "error": null
}

Data table

Field	Type	Description
companyName	string | null	Agency name
clutchUrl	string | null	Clutch profile URL
website	string | null	Public website (redirect resolved when possible)
location	string | null	City / region as shown on Clutch
rating	number | null	Overall rating 0–5
reviewCount	integer | null	Number of reviews
minProjectSize	string | null	e.g. $25,000+
hourlyRate	string | null	e.g. $50 - $99 / hr
employees	string | null	e.g. 10 - 49
services	string[]	Service lines
focusAreas	string[]	Focus / industry tags
description	string | null	Short description
verified	boolean | null	Clutch verified badge
scrapedAt	string	ISO timestamp
error	string | null	Present when a row failed

How much does it cost to scrape Clutch?

This Actor uses pay-per-event pricing:

• $0.004 per agency written to the dataset (apify-default-dataset-item)
• Small actor-start fee
• Plus Apify platform usage (compute + residential proxy transfer)

Example: 250 agencies ≈ $1.00 in result fees (before compute/proxy). Free tier platform credits apply per your Apify plan.

Tips

• Prefer category URLs (/web-developers, /agencies, /app-developers) over the homepage.
• Keep concurrency at 2–5 with residential proxies to reduce Cloudflare challenges.
• Use maxAgencies to control spend on large directories.
• Enable Follow profile pages only when you need deeper description/service enrichment (more requests).
• Website links on Clutch are often redirects — the Actor resolves r.clutch.co/redirect?u=... to the real domain when present.

FAQ, disclaimers, and support

Is scraping Clutch legal?
Scraping publicly available business directory data for legitimate research is commonly practiced, but you must comply with Clutch’s Terms of Service, applicable laws (including GDPR/CCPA where relevant), and only use data for lawful purposes. This Actor is provided as a technical tool — you are responsible for how you use the output.

Why do I get blocked?
Clutch is protected by Cloudflare. Always use Apify RESIDENTIAL proxy. Retries and lower concurrency help.

Does it support pagination?
Yes. Listing handlers enqueue next-page links until maxAgencies is reached.

Can I pass category slugs instead of full URLs?
Yes. Set categories: ["web-developers", "agencies"].

Support
Open an issue on the Actor’s Issues tab in Apify Console. Custom scrapers and enrichment pipelines are available on request.