📁 Syria Business Directory Scraper

What does SyriaYP Scraper do?

Scrapes business directory data from SyriaYP, a Syria online business directory (Yellow Pages–style). Search by keyword, browse categories, or filter by location, then export phones, addresses, and richer profile fields.

SyriaYP lists companies by major Syrian cities. Keep Max Results modest while you validate selectors and category slugs for your use case.

Runs on the Apify platform, so you get monitoring, scheduling, API access, dataset exports, and proxy support out of the box.

You can:

• Filter by category – e.g. restaurants, consultants, estate-agents
• Search by keywords – e.g. "pharmacy", "trading", "hotel"
• Filter by location – choose cities/regions such as Damascus, Aleppo, Homs, Latakia, Daraa, Hama, Tartus, and other listed cities
• Browse broadly – leave filters empty (within Max Results / Max Pages) to walk more of the directory

Why scrape SyriaYP?

• Research publicly listed businesses by city and category
• Support commercial mapping and research with structured directory extracts
• Archive profiles instead of manual copy-paste from the site

How to scrape SyriaYP

1. Open this Actor on Apify and go to the Input tab.
2. Add categories, search keywords, and/or locations relevant to Syria (see schema enums).
3. Set Max Results (for example 20) for a first test run.
4. Enable only the data add-ons you need — more fields can move you into a higher pay-per-event tier.
5. Click Start, then download the dataset as JSON, CSV, or Excel when the run succeeds.

Input

Configure everything in the Actor Input tab. Summary of the main groups:

Search & filters

Option	Description
Categories	Business type slugs (e.g. restaurants, consultants, estate-agents)
Search Keywords	Free-text search (e.g. "pharmacy", "trading", "hotel")
Locations	Limit to Syrian cities/areas: Damascus, Aleppo, Homs, Latakia, Daraa, Hama, Tartus, and other listed cities

Scope & limits

Option	Description
Max Results	Cap on companies to collect (start small while testing)
Max Pages	Cap on listing pages crawled
Start Page	Resume from a later listing page if a previous run stopped early

Optional data add-ons

Option	What it adds
Include Contact & Details	Hours, year established, employees, contact person
Include Extended Company Information	Website, description, maps coordinates
Include Registration & Legal	Registration / tax identifiers when shown
Include Metadata	Listing type, verified flag, years with platform, tags
Include Media & Content	Photos, logo, products/services
Include Review Summary	Rating average and review count
Include Individual Reviews	Full review text (slower; extra pages)

Output example

Core fields (always available when present on the page):

• Company name
• Company URL – profile on SyriaYP
• Phone number
• Address
• Categories
• Location

Optional toggles add website, description, maps, hours, registration, media, and reviews.

Example dataset item shape:

[
  {
    "companyName": "Barada Services Co",
    "companyUrl": "https://www.syriayp.com/company/example-profile",
    "phoneNumber": "+963 11 123 4567",
    "address": "Example Street 1, Damascus",
    "categories": ["Services"],
    "location": "Damascus"
  }
]

Download as JSON, CSV, or Excel, or pull the dataset via the Apify API.

How much does it cost to scrape SyriaYP?

Tier	Price per 1,000 results	When it applies
Base	$0.50	Core fields only; no search keywords; no individual reviews
Extended	$1.00	Any extended / contact / registration / media / review-summary / metadata options
Premium	$2.00	Search keywords or Include Individual Reviews

You can cap spend per run with Apify’s max total charge setting.

Tips

• Rate limiting – keep enabled to reduce blocking risk.
• Individual reviews – enable only when you truly need review text.
• Start page – useful to continue a large crawl.
• Start with Damascus or Aleppo, then expand to coastal cities like Latakia when needed.

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Is it legal to scrape SyriaYP?

This Actor collects information that businesses have published on SyriaYP. Results may include personal data (for example a contact person). You are responsible for using the data in line with applicable laws (including GDPR where relevant) and SyriaYP’s terms. Use the scraper only for legitimate purposes; if unsure, consult legal counsel. For feedback or bugs, use the Actor’s Issues tab on Apify.