# Taiwan Yellow Pages Scraper (`normdata/iyp-taiwan-scraper`) Actor

Scrape Taiwan businesses from Taiwan Yellow Pages (iyp.com.tw) by keyword and city: name, phone, address, district, website. Optional company details: tax ID, status, capital, representative, directors with shares, factories, business items, fax, email, hours. Filters, monitoring.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/normdata/iyp-taiwan-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Norm Data](https://apify.com/normdata) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $10.00 / 1,000 businesses

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

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## 📒 Taiwan Yellow Pages Scraper - Business Leads (iyp.com.tw)

Extract business leads from **Taiwan Yellow Pages (iyp.com.tw, 中華黃頁)**, Taiwan's biggest business directory. Search any trade in any **city or county**, or all of Taiwan. For each business you get its name, phone in international format, street address, city and district, website and description. Turn on **company details** to also get the official registry data the site publishes: **tax ID (統一編號), registration status, company type, registered capital, legal representative, directors with their shares, factories and registered business items**, plus fax, mobile, email, LINE, contact person, opening hours and products. It collects **1,000 businesses in under a minute**, reads past the site's 10,000-results limit, and can run on a schedule to send you **only new businesses**.

### 🎯 Who uses it?

#### 📞 Sales teams and lead generation agencies

Build call lists of Taiwanese businesses by trade, city and district, with phones ready to dial from abroad.

#### 🏭 Sourcing and import teams

Find manufacturers and suppliers (electronic parts, machinery, plastics, textiles) with their tax ID, capital and registered factories.

#### 🏦 B2B, banks and compliance teams

Check companies with their tax ID, registration status, legal representative, directors and shareholdings.

#### 📊 Market researchers

Count and map businesses by category, city, district, company type and capital.

### ✨ What it does

- **Search like on the site.** Type trades in Chinese, like 餐廳 (restaurants), 牙醫 (dentists), 電子零件 (electronic parts) or 會計師 (accountants), with several terms in one run.
- **Any city, or all of Taiwan.** Choose cities and counties (Taipei, New Taipei, Taichung, Kaohsiung...), or leave them empty for the whole country. Keep only some **districts** (信義區, 板橋區...).
- **No 10,000-results cut-off.** A nationwide search shows at most about 10,000 businesses. Bigger searches are read city by city, so 餐廳 gives about 28,000 restaurants instead of 10,000.
- **Or paste links.** Search pages, category pages, whole main categories (every category in them) or business pages from iyp.com.tw. Filters are ignored with links.
- **Company details add-on:** opens each business page for the registry data (tax ID, status, company type, capital, representative, directors and shares, factories, business items) and the full contacts (every phone with its type, fax, mobile, email, LINE, contact person, hours, payment methods).
- **Filters:** only businesses with a phone, mobile phone, website, description, tax ID or email, only companies, only VIP listings, only active companies, and a capital range.
- **Monitoring:** run it on a schedule with **Only new businesses**, and each run saves only businesses you haven't received yet.

### 🏆 Why this scraper

- **Fast.** 1,000 businesses in under a minute, about 70 seconds with company details.
- **Registry data in its own fields.** Tax ID, status, capital in Taiwan dollars, representative, directors with shares and factories, not one block of text.
- **Phones ready to dial.** Phones are in international format (+886...), and the site's own spelling is kept next to them.
- **Clean, typed data.** Capital and shares are numbers, active and invoice flags are true or false, city names use one spelling (台 and 臺 are merged), and there are no HTML leftovers.
- **Nothing to set up.** No proxy, no login.

### 📦 What data you get

| Field | Description |
| --- | --- |
| `name` | Business name. |
| `description` | Short description shown in the results. |
| `searchTerm`, `searchCity` | The search term and city that found it (empty with links). |
| `phone`, `phoneLocal` | Main phone in international format (+886...), and as the site writes it. |
| `fax` | *(Company details)* Fax number. |
| `mobile` | *(Company details)* Mobile number. |
| `email` | *(Company details)* Business email. |
| `address`, `city`, `district` | Street address, city or county, and district. |
| `englishName`, `signName`, `brandName` | *(Company details)* English name, signboard name and brand name. |
| `contactPerson` | *(Company details)* Contact person or their job title. |
| `openingHours` | *(Company details)* Opening hours as written by the business. |
| `about`, `products` | *(Company details)* Introduction and products or services, as written by the business. |
| `mainCategory`, `category` | *(Company details)* Category on the site. |
| `taxId`, `taxStatus`, `registeredName`, `registeredAddress` | *(Company details)* Tax ID (統一編號), tax registration status, registered name and address. |
| `companyType`, `capital` | *(Company details)* Company type and registered capital in Taiwan dollars. |
| `companyStatus`, `representative`, `companyAddress` | *(Company details)* Company registration: status, legal representative and seat. |
| `id` | Taiwan Yellow Pages' ID for this listing. |
| `isActive` | *(Company details)* True when the registration status is 營業中 (in business). |
| `usesInvoice` | *(Company details)* True when the business issues uniform invoices (統一發票). |
| `isVip` | True for paid VIP listings. |
| `url` | Business page on Taiwan Yellow Pages (VIP listings have none). |
| `website` | Business's own website. |
| `line` | *(Company details)* LINE official account link (mini-site businesses). |
| `phones` | *(Company details)* Every phone with its type: main, phone, fax, mobile or toll-free. |
| `payments` | *(Company details)* Payment methods accepted. |
| `businessItems` | *(Company details)* Registered business activities with their official codes. |
| `directors` | *(Company details)* Directors and supervisors: title, name, legal person they represent, shares held. |
| `factories` | *(Company details)* Registered factories: name, registration number, address, owner, approval date, status. |
| `scrapedAt` | When this row was saved. |
| `error` | Only on rows whose business page could not be read. |

Fields marked *Company details* only appear when that add-on is on.

#### Example row (trimmed)

```json
{
  "name": "九合電子有限公司",
  "description": "認識我們: 九合電子有限公司 02-27598120 台北市松德路161號5樓之2",
  "searchTerm": "電子零件",
  "phone": "+886227208045",
  "phoneLocal": "02-27208045",
  "address": "台北市信義區信義路五段5號6樓3D15室",
  "city": "台北市",
  "district": "信義區",
  "signName": "九合電子有限公司",
  "contactPerson": "蘇祐俊",
  "openingHours": "服務時間:8:30 ~ 18:00",
  "about": "九合電子有限公司 02-27598120 台北市松德路161號5樓之2",
  "products": "信號處理IC、藍牙晶片IC、高頻功率IC",
  "mainCategory": "電工器材",
  "category": "電子零件",
  "taxId": "22022056",
  "taxStatus": "營業中",
  "registeredName": "九合電子有限公司",
  "registeredAddress": "臺北市信義區中興里光復南路４９５號４樓",
  "companyType": "有限公司",
  "capital": 9000000,
  "companyStatus": "營業中",
  "representative": "蘇祐俊",
  "companyAddress": "臺北市信義區光復南路495號4樓",
  "id": "1038596",
  "isActive": true,
  "usesInvoice": true,
  "isVip": false,
  "url": "https://www.iyp.com.tw/0227208045",
  "website": "https://shoky.com.tw",
  "phones": [{ "number": "+886227208045", "type": "phone" }],
  "payments": ["現金"],
  "businessItems": [{ "name": "電腦及電腦週邊設備批發", "code": "464111" }],
  "directors": [{ "title": "董事", "name": "蘇祐俊", "representing": null, "shares": 5750000 }],
  "scrapedAt": "2026-10-18T01:47:58.245Z"
}
```

### 💡 Use cases

**Electronic parts suppliers in Taipei and New Taipei, with company details:**

```json
{
  "searchTerms": ["電子零件"],
  "cities": ["Taipei", "NewTaipei"],
  "includeDetails": true,
  "maxItems": 1000
}
```

**Active companies with at least 10 million TWD capital:**

```json
{
  "searchTerms": ["塑膠", "模具"],
  "onlyActive": true,
  "minCapital": 10000000
}
```

**Dentists in two Taipei districts:**

```json
{
  "searchTerms": ["牙醫"],
  "cities": ["Taipei"],
  "districts": ["信義區", "大安區"]
}
```

**Businesses with an email, for outreach:**

```json
{
  "searchTerms": ["貿易"],
  "cities": ["Kaohsiung"],
  "onlyWithEmail": true
}
```

**New restaurants every week (schedule this run):**

```json
{
  "searchTerms": ["餐廳"],
  "cities": ["Taichung"],
  "onlyNew": true,
  "monitorName": "taichung-restaurants"
}
```

**Links (filters are ignored):**

```json
{
  "startUrls": [
    { "url": "https://www.iyp.com.tw/infocomm/accessories-consumable.html" },
    { "url": "https://www.iyp.com.tw/search?q=牙醫&city=Penghu" },
    { "url": "https://www.iyp.com.tw/0289769100" }
  ]
}
```

### ⚙️ How the input is organised

| Section | What it's for |
| --- | --- |
| **Maximum results** | Always first, caps the whole run. Empty means no limit. |
| **What to scrape** | Search terms, cities, districts and company details. |
| **Filters** | Only with phone, only with mobile phone, only with website, only with description, only companies, only VIP listings, only with tax ID, only active companies, only with email, capital from (TWD) and capital up to (TWD). |
| **Monitoring** | Only new businesses and monitor name. |
| **Links** | Links instead of the fields above. Filters are ignored with links. |

### 💰 Pricing

Pay-per-event: a one-time **$0.003** when the run starts, plus a price per business saved to your dataset. The price depends on your Apify plan tier:

| Your Apify plan | Price per business |
| --- | --- |
| Free | $0.012 |
| Bronze | $0.011 |
| Silver | $0.0105 |
| Gold / Platinum / Diamond | $0.010 |

Approximate total cost:

| Businesses collected | Free | Bronze | Silver | Gold+ |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 100 | $1.20 | $1.10 | $1.05 | $1.00 |
| 1,000 | $12.00 | $11.00 | $10.50 | $10.00 |
| 10,000 | $120.00 | $110.00 | $105.00 | $100.00 |

**Company details add-on:** when **Company details** is on (or a tax ID, status, capital or email filter turns it on), each business whose page was read adds one more charge:

| Your Apify plan | Company details, per business |
| --- | --- |
| Free | $0.005 |
| Bronze | $0.0045 |
| Silver | $0.004 |
| Gold / Platinum / Diamond | $0.0035 |

VIP listings (no business page) and pages that could not be read pay only the base price, and businesses left out by filters are free. New Apify accounts start with $5 in free credit. On the Free plan, a run saves up to 10 businesses.

### 🚀 Run it

1. Create a free Apify account with $5 in credit.
2. Open the Taiwan Yellow Pages Scraper.
3. Type search terms and choose cities (or keep the prefilled ones), add filters, then click **Start**.
4. Export the results as CSV, Excel, JSON or XML from the Dataset tab.

### 🤖 Use with AI agents (MCP)

Connect the [Apify MCP server](https://mcp.apify.com) to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any MCP client, then ask in plain words, for example: *"Find 300 electronic parts suppliers in Taipei with their tax ID on Taiwan Yellow Pages"*. The agent runs this Actor and reads the results.

### 🔧 Troubleshooting

- **Few or no results.** The site is in Chinese, so English words find little: "restaurant" finds 11 businesses in Taipei, 餐廳 finds almost 10,000. The log suggests Chinese words when an English term finds few.
- **Some businesses have no company details.** VIP listings link to their own website and have no business page on the site, and businesses with a paid mini site show contacts but no registry data. Those fields stay empty, and the add-on is not charged for VIP listings.
- **Few emails, mobiles or LINE accounts.** Most listings only show a landline. Use the **Only with email** or **Only with mobile phone** filters.
- **Some districts are empty.** Some addresses on the site have no district, like "台北市興隆路三段231號".

### ❓ FAQ

**Is there a limit per search?** A nationwide search shows at most about 10,000 businesses. This Actor then searches city by city, so you get every city's full list.

**Where does the registry data come from?** Taiwan Yellow Pages shows it on each business page, from Taiwan's public tax and company registries. This Actor reads it from those pages.

**Can I search in English?** Yes, but the site matches Chinese names and descriptions, so Chinese words find far more.

**Do I need a proxy?** No.

### 🛡️ Limits & responsible use

This Actor collects business information that businesses and public registries publish on iyp.com.tw. It reads only pages the site's robots.txt allows and keeps a moderate pace. Use the data in line with the site's terms, Taiwan's Personal Data Protection Act and anti-spam rules, especially for phone and email outreach. Directors' names are personal data: use them only for legitimate business purposes.

### 📧 Contact

Questions, bugs or a field you need: norm.data.scrapers@gmail.com

### 🧪 Local development

```bash
bun install
bun scripts/gen-schemas.mjs
sh test/run.sh first '{"maxItems":10,"searchTerms":["電子零件"],"cities":["Taipei"]}'
```

# Actor input Schema

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Stop after this many businesses in total. Leave empty for no limit. The Apify Free plan is always capped at 10.

## `searchTerms` (type: `array`):

Keywords, searched like the site's own search box, one search per term. The site is in Chinese, so Chinese words find far more: 餐廳 (restaurants), 牙醫 (dentists), 電子零件 (electronic parts), 貿易 (trading), 會計師 (accountants).

## `cities` (type: `array`):

Optional. Search only these cities and counties. Empty = all of Taiwan.

## `districts` (type: `array`):

Optional. Keep only businesses in these districts or towns, written as on the site, like 中山區, 信義區 or 板橋區.

## `includeDetails` (type: `boolean`):

Also open each business page for its tax ID, registration status, company type, capital, legal representative, directors with their shares, factories, business items, fax, mobile, email, contact person, opening hours and English name. Charged as an add-on per business.

## `onlyWithPhone` (type: `boolean`):

Keep only businesses that list a phone number.

## `onlyWithMobile` (type: `boolean`):

Keep only businesses with a Taiwan mobile number (09...).

## `onlyWithWebsite` (type: `boolean`):

Keep only businesses that list a website.

## `onlyWithDescription` (type: `boolean`):

Keep only businesses with a description on the results page.

## `onlyCompanies` (type: `boolean`):

Keep only registered firms: names with 公司 (company), 行號, 企業社, 事務所, 工作室, 工廠 or 集團.

## `onlyVip` (type: `boolean`):

Keep only paid VIP listings (they link to their own website).

## `onlyWithTaxId` (type: `boolean`):

Keep only businesses with a tax ID (統一編號) on their page. Turns on company details.

## `onlyActive` (type: `boolean`):

Keep only businesses whose registration status is 營業中 (in business). Turns on company details.

## `onlyWithEmail` (type: `boolean`):

Keep only businesses that list an email address. Turns on company details.

## `minCapital` (type: `integer`):

Keep only companies with at least this registered capital in Taiwan dollars, like 5000000. Turns on company details.

## `maxCapital` (type: `integer`):

Keep only companies with at most this registered capital in Taiwan dollars. Turns on company details.

## `onlyNew` (type: `boolean`):

Skip businesses saved by earlier runs with the same monitor name.

## `monitorName` (type: `string`):

Runs with the same name share their history. Use a different name for each schedule.

## `startUrls` (type: `array`):

Search pages (https://www.iyp.com.tw/search?q=餐廳\&type=keywords\&city=Taipei), category pages (https://www.iyp.com.tw/infocomm/accessories-consumable.html), main categories (https://www.iyp.com.tw/infocomm, every category in it) or business pages (https://www.iyp.com.tw/0289769100).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "maxItems": 10,
  "searchTerms": [
    "電子零件"
  ],
  "cities": [
    "Taipei"
  ]
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "maxItems": 10,
    "searchTerms": [
        "電子零件"
    ],
    "cities": [
        "Taipei"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("normdata/iyp-taiwan-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "maxItems": 10,
    "searchTerms": ["電子零件"],
    "cities": ["Taipei"],
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("normdata/iyp-taiwan-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "maxItems": 10,
  "searchTerms": [
    "電子零件"
  ],
  "cities": [
    "Taipei"
  ]
}' |
apify call normdata/iyp-taiwan-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,normdata/iyp-taiwan-scraper"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/yU1wyK3InEfltvaMG/builds/9zBM1visekms8MVJN/openapi.json