Vetted Biz Franchise Scraper — Franchise Cost & Fee Data

Vetted Biz Franchise Scraper exports franchise cost data from Vetted Biz franchise profiles: franchise fee, total investment range and minimum cash required, plus industry, category, headquarters, U.S. unit count, founding year and the year franchising began. It costs USD 19.52 per 1,000 listings on the FREE tier (USD 0.019519 per listing), and you pay only for listings saved to your dataset.

It is built for franchise consultants, brokers, lenders, investors and market researchers who compare franchise costs across brands. Each run covers up to 1,000 franchises from the full Vetted Biz directory, or up to 100 profile URLs you choose.

What franchise cost data does the Vetted Biz scraper return?

It returns one row per Vetted Biz franchise profile, with values exactly as the public page shows them.

Field	What it holds
name, slug, listingUrl	Franchise brand, URL slug and profile URL
description	Short brand description from the profile
logoUrl	Brand logo image URL
industry, category	Vetted Biz classification (Retail, Grocery Store)
corporateHq	Headquarters city and state as shown; can be "0" when the profile has none
totalUsLocations	U.S. unit count as a number
yearFounded, yearStartedFranchising	Founding year and first franchising year
franchiseFee	Initial franchise fee as text ($65,000 - $97,500)
minimumCashRequired	Liquid cash requirement as text ($40000)
investmentRange	Total initial investment range as text ($183,800 - $294,000)
keyInsights	The profile's "key insights" paragraphs
sourceUrl	The Vetted Biz franchise directory page
scrapedAt	Collection time (UTC)

Fields a profile does not display come back as null. The Actor does not return franchise disclosure documents, Item 19 earnings claims, royalty rates or franchisor contact details.

Which franchises can one run cover?

With no listing URLs, the Actor reads the site's sitemap, which listed 3,742 franchise profiles on 2026-10-27, and saves up to maxItems of them (at most 1,000 per run). Name, industry and category filters apply to that whole list, so a brand late in the alphabet such as Wingstop is found too. Profile pages are fetched only as needed, so a 10-listing run reads about 10 pages. To get specific brands, pass their profile URLs in startUrls (up to 100 per run).

How do I get franchise fees for specific brands?

Paste the Vetted Biz profile URLs into startUrls, or put the brand names in franchiseNames.

{
  "startUrls": [
    { "url": "https://www.vettedbiz.com/franchises/7-eleven" },
    { "url": "https://www.vettedbiz.com/franchises/1-800-got-junk" }
  ],
  "franchiseNames": [],
  "industry": "",
  "category": "",
  "maxItems": 100,
  "maxConcurrency": 2
}

• startUrls: up to 100 profile URLs on www.vettedbiz.com/franchises/; other URLs are skipped with a warning.
• franchiseNames: up to 100 partial names, matched against the profile URL and brand name across the whole sitemap, for example 7-Eleven or Wingstop.
• industry, category: exact, case-insensitive filters on the profile's values, for example Retail or Grocery Store.
• maxItems: listings saved and billed, up to 1,000 (default 100 for API calls; the Console prefill is 10). Parallel requests never push the count past this limit.
• maxConcurrency: 1 to 5 parallel requests (default 2).

When should I use this Actor, and when not?

Use it when you need to:

• compare franchise fees, investment ranges and cash requirements for a shortlist of brands;
• enrich a franchise lead list with industry, headquarters, unit count and founding year;
• refresh cost data for the same brands on a schedule.

Do not use it for:

• checking whether a franchisor is registered with a state: use Wisconsin Franchise Search — DFI Active Registrations or the Minnesota Franchise Registrations Scraper;
• a complete franchise directory in one run: try Franchise Direct Scraper;
• franchise resale listings: use Franchise Resale Scraper;
• disclosure documents or earnings claims, which Vetted Biz's public pages do not include.

Output example

Values parsed from the live profiles on 2026-10-27 with the Actor's extraction rules; the second record and the long text fields are shortened.

[
  {
    "name": "7-Eleven",
    "slug": "7-eleven",
    "listingUrl": "https://www.vettedbiz.com/franchises/7-eleven",
    "description": "7-Eleven Micro Market is a retail space offering a broad range of products beyond traditional convenience store items.",
    "logoUrl": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/689f00a2bba4eb98d06158b2/68c326e08d31dee5efb06156_7-eleven-micro-market-franchise-logo.png",
    "industry": "Retail",
    "category": "Grocery Store",
    "corporateHq": "Irving, Texas",
    "totalUsLocations": 8254,
    "yearFounded": 1961,
    "yearStartedFranchising": 2017,
    "franchiseFee": "$0 - $1,100,000",
    "minimumCashRequired": "$105000",
    "investmentRange": "$142,150 - $1,627,710",
    "keyInsights": ["7-Eleven's journey began with a simple idea focused on convenience, evolving into a globally recognized name in retail."],
    "sourceUrl": "https://www.vettedbiz.com/franchise-sitemap",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-10-27T06:50:00.000Z"
  },
  {
    "name": "1-800-GOT-JUNK",
    "slug": "1-800-got-junk",
    "listingUrl": "https://www.vettedbiz.com/franchises/1-800-got-junk",
    "industry": "Other Businesses",
    "category": "Junk Removal",
    "totalUsLocations": 146,
    "yearFounded": 1998,
    "yearStartedFranchising": 1999,
    "franchiseFee": "$65,000 - $97,500",
    "minimumCashRequired": "$40000",
    "investmentRange": "$183,800 - $294,000"
  }
]

The run's OUTPUT record holds the status, listing count, charged events, warnings and normalized input.

How much does it cost to scrape Vetted Biz franchise data?

Pay per event, with Apify platform usage included. A listing event is charged after the listing is saved.

Event	FREE	BRONZE	SILVER	GOLD / PLATINUM / DIAMOND
Actor start (per started GB of allocated memory)	USD 0.006251	USD 0.006094	USD 0.005938	USD 0.005
Franchise listing	USD 0.019519	USD 0.019031	USD 0.018543	USD 0.015615

The Actor runs at 512 MB by default (1,024 MB maximum), so every run has one start event.

• One brand by URL (FREE): 0.006251 + 0.019519 = USD 0.02577.
• Console prefill, 10 listings (FREE): 0.006251 + 10 × 0.019519 = about USD 0.20.
• API default, 100 listings (FREE): 0.006251 + 100 × 0.019519 = about USD 1.96.

The starting status message and the estimatedChargeUsd value in OUTPUT use the live per-listing price of your tier.

Use it from an AI assistant

The Actor works from Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any MCP client through Apify's MCP server. Add https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=muhammadafzal/vettedbiz-franchise-scraper to your client.

Example prompt: "Using Vetted Biz, compare the franchise fee, investment range and minimum cash for 7-Eleven and 1-800-GOT-JUNK."

Run it from the API

JavaScript (apify-client):

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: process.env.APIFY_TOKEN });
const run = await client.actor('muhammadafzal/vettedbiz-franchise-scraper').call({
  startUrls: [{ url: 'https://www.vettedbiz.com/franchises/7-eleven' }],
  maxItems: 1,
});
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
console.log(items);

Python (apify-client 3.x):

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient(token='YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN')
run = client.actor('muhammadafzal/vettedbiz-franchise-scraper').call(run_input={
    'industry': 'Retail',
    'maxItems': 25,
})
items = client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).list_items().items

FAQ

How much does a franchise cost?

It depends on the brand. The Actor returns each profile's franchise fee, total investment range and minimum cash required, so you can compare brands side by side; for example, the 7-Eleven profile showed an investment range of $142,150 to $1,627,710 on 2026-10-27.

Can I scrape every franchise on Vetted Biz in one run?

Not quite. A run saves up to 1,000 of the 3,742 profiles; narrow with industry, category or franchiseNames, or run several batches of profile URLs in startUrls.

Why did my franchise name search return nothing?

Names are matched against the profile's URL slug, so a brand whose URL differs from its name (for example a -franchise suffix or an abbreviation) can be missed. Add the brand's profile URL in startUrls instead.

Does it include franchise disclosure documents or earnings?

No. It returns only what the public profile shows; it does not download disclosure documents or Item 19 data.

Is the Vetted Biz data official?

No. It is the franchise data Vetted Biz publishes. Confirm fees and investment figures in the franchisor's current disclosure document before you invest.

What happens if a profile page fails?

The Actor retries twice, records the failure in OUTPUT warnings and continues. Nothing is charged for a profile that was not saved.

Related Actors

• Wisconsin Franchise Search — DFI Active Registrations: which franchisors hold an active Wisconsin registration.
• Minnesota Franchise Registrations Scraper: Minnesota franchise filings.
• Franchise Direct Scraper: franchise list and investment data.
• Franchise Resale Scraper: resale listings and asking prices.

Responsible use

The Actor reads public Vetted Biz pages at a low request rate. It does not sign in, bypass membership areas or download private material. Follow Vetted Biz's terms, do not republish its text wholesale, and verify figures before any investment decision. This Actor is not affiliated with Vetted Biz.

Last verified: 2026-10-27