PagineGialle Business Directory Scraper

What does PagineGialle Business Directory Scraper do?

This Actor extracts business directory listings from paginegialle.it, Italy's largest business directory, filtered by category and city. For every listing you get the company name, phone number, full address and a short description — extracted via fast HTTP requests (no browser), which keeps runs quick and cheap.

Running on the Apify platform gives you API access, scheduling, webhooks and integrations (Google Sheets, Make, Zapier, LangChain) on top of a clean, structured dataset instead of manually browsing search results.

Why use PagineGialle Business Directory Scraper?

• Market research — map how many businesses of a given category operate in a city or region.
• Directory building — populate your own local business directory or comparison site.
• Competitive analysis — see who else operates in your category and area, and how they're listed.
• AI agents — feed clean, structured JSON to a dashboard or LLM agent instead of scraping search pages yourself.

How to use PagineGialle Business Directory Scraper

1. Open the Actor and click Try for free.
2. Set Category (e.g. idraulici, ristoranti, avvocati) and City (e.g. Milano).
3. Set Max listings and click Start.
4. Download the dataset as JSON, CSV, Excel or HTML, or read it via API.

Input

{
    "categoria": "idraulici",
    "comune": "Milano",
    "maxItems": 200
}

Alternatively, paste one or more paginegialle.it search URLs directly under the advanced Start URLs option.

Output

One JSON object per listing. Example:

{
    "id": "3230661b-55b4-435a-8c70-5864e7d5222b",
    "name": "Fidelity Service Idraulico Pronto Intervento",
    "url": "https://www.paginegialle.it/ig/fidelity_service_pronto_intervento_idraulico-3230661b-...",
    "phones": ["331 5436845"],
    "description": "FIDELITY SERVICE PRONTO INTERVENTO IDRAULICO 24 ORE...",
    "street": "Via Larga, 6",
    "zip": "20122",
    "city": "Milano",
    "province": "MI",
    "region": "Lombardia"
}

Main data fields

Field	Description
name	Business name as listed
phones	Phone number(s) shown on the listing
street, zip, city, province, region	Full address, with region derived from the listing's location
description	Short business description, if shown
url	Link to the full listing on paginegialle.it

How much does it cost to extract PagineGialle listings?

Pricing is pay-per-event: a small fee per Actor start plus a fee per listing returned. You are only charged for unique listings actually saved. A typical 100-listing run completes in a few seconds.

Tips

• Keep Max listings close to what you need — you pay per result.
• Narrower categories return more relevant results per page than broad, generic terms.
• Schedule the Actor periodically to keep a directory snapshot up to date.

FAQ & disclaimers

Is it legal to extract PagineGialle listings? This Actor extracts publicly available directory data only. Listings may include business contact details; make sure your use complies with applicable laws and paginegialle.it's terms, and use the data responsibly.

Found a bug or missing field? Open an issue in the Issues tab — feedback is usually addressed within days. Custom solutions available on request.