Trade Show Exhibitor Lead Extractor

Extract structured company leads from public trade show, expo, conference, sponsor, and exhibitor directory pages.

This Actor converts public exhibitor lists into clean rows for sales prospecting, market research, sponsor analysis, competitor intelligence, and conference/vendor mapping.

Why this Actor exists

B2B teams repeatedly collect exhibitor lists from conference websites. Those pages are often inconsistent, spread across event platforms, and hard to reuse. This Actor turns public directories into exportable records with company names, booth numbers, websites, contact signals, categories, event names, source URLs, and dedupe keys.

Common use cases

• Build targeted lead lists from public expo and trade-show directories.
• Track competitors and partners attending industry events.
• Enrich exhibitor companies in a CRM or outbound workflow.
• Compare sponsor/exhibitor rosters across yearly events.
• Monitor new exhibitors added to public conference directories.

Input

{
  "startUrls": [
    { "url": "https://s3.goeshow.com/iaee/annual/2026/exhbitor_list.cfm" },
    { "url": "https://www.aptaexpo.com/exhibitor_exhibitor_list.cfm" }
  ],
  "maxPages": 25,
  "requestTimeoutSecs": 30
}

Input fields

Field	Type	Description
startUrls	array	Public exhibitor, sponsor, conference, expo, or trade-show directory pages to scan.
maxPages	integer	Hard cap for pages fetched in one run.
requestTimeoutSecs	integer	Maximum time to wait for each page before skipping it.

Output

Each dataset item represents one public exhibitor/company lead.

{
  "eventName": "Exhibitor List",
  "companyName": "Example Robotics Inc.",
  "booth": "843",
  "website": "https://example-robotics.com",
  "description": "Industrial automation exhibitor listed with booth details.",
  "category": "Automation",
  "email": "sales@example-robotics.com",
  "phone": "555-123-4567",
  "linkedin": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/example-robotics",
  "sourceUrl": "https://s3.goeshow.com/iaee/annual/2026/exhbitor_list.cfm",
  "detectedAt": "2026-07-06T12:45:07.000Z",
  "dedupeKey": "exhibitor-list|example-robotics-inc|s3-goeshow-com"
}

Fields are returned when publicly visible on the source page. Many exhibitor pages expose company and booth only; richer pages may include websites, categories, descriptions, email, phone, or LinkedIn links.

Recent validation examples

Validated against public exhibitor-list pages including:

• IAEE Expo! Expo! 2026 exhibitor list: extracted clean company/booth rows such as 42Chat, 4imprint, and AEX Convention Services.
• APTA TRANSform & EXPO public exhibitor list: extracted public exhibitor/company rows with booth numbers.
• Combined IAEE + APTA cloud validation completed successfully at 256 MB and extracted 778 exhibitor leads.

A previous validation against very heavy or navigation-heavy directories exposed memory and false-positive edge cases; the fetcher now caps each HTML page read and the extractor filters generic navigation/sidebar labels before pushing lead rows. For large exhibitor lists, 256 MB is the safer default.

Monetization

This Actor is configured for pay-per-event monetization:

• Primary event: lead-extracted
• Scheduled price: $0.025 per extracted public exhibitor lead
• Minimum max charge: $0.50
• Default memory: 256 MB
• Permission level: limited permissions

Guardrails

• Public exhibitor/sponsor/company pages only.
• Does not scrape private attendee lists.
• Does not log in or bypass access controls.
• Source URLs and timestamps are included for verification.
• Always comply with the source site’s terms and applicable laws before using the data commercially.