# HomeAdvisor Business Profile Scraper (`ovaimerali/homeadvisor-business-profile-scraper`) Actor Scrape HomeAdvisor business profile pages from URLs. Extracts phone number, website, address, ratings, review counts, license, years in business, services & payment methods. No API - reads the page like a human. Export to JSON, CSV or Excel. - **URL**: https://apify.com/ovaimerali/homeadvisor-business-profile-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [Ovaimer Ali](https://apify.com/ovaimerali) (community) - **Categories:** Lead generation, Automation, Agents - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $3.50 / 1,000 results This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours, and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store. In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server. Actors are written with capital "A". ## How to integrate an Actor? If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects. You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## 🔎 HomeAdvisor Business Profile Scraper — You Have the Links, We Get the Details Got a list of HomeAdvisor business pages? Paste the links in, press Start, and get every business's details in a neat table — download as **Excel, CSV or JSON**. This scraper reads each business profile page directly (no API), so it captures what you actually see on the page: **phone number, website, address, ratings, reviews count, license, years in business, payment methods** and more. **No coding needed.** Paste links, press Start. ✅ --- ### 🧰 The HomeAdvisor toolkit (3 Actors that work together) | Actor | What it does | Best for | |---|---|---| | [HomeAdvisor API Scraper](https://apify.com/ovaimerali/homeadvisor-api-scraper) | Finds businesses by category & location — fast and cheap, but no contact details | Building big lists of profile links | | **This one** | Takes profile links and extracts full details incl. phone & website | Enriching lists you already have | | [HomeAdvisor Scraper](https://apify.com/ovaimerali/homeadvisor-search-page-scraper) | Does both steps in one go | Starting from scratch | 💡 Popular combo: run the **API Scraper** to collect thousands of profile links cheaply, then feed the links of the businesses you care about into **this scraper** for full contact details. --- ### 🚀 How to use it (3 simple steps) 1. **Paste your links** — one or more HomeAdvisor business page links. They look like: `https://www.homeadvisor.com/rated.businessname.12345678.html` 2. **Press Start.** 3. **Download your data** — open the **Storage** tab and export as Excel, CSV or JSON. --- ### 📋 What information do I get? For every business page you provide: | Field | Example | |---|---| | Business name | "C & M Kitchen Cabinets Inc" | | Phone number | "(949) 555-0123" | | Website | "cmkitchencabinets.com" | | Address (street, city, state, ZIP) | "11661 Martens River Cir, Fountain Valley, CA 92708" | | Overall rating | 5.0 out of 5 | | Number of reviews | 49 | | Years in business | 48 | | License number | "384045" | | Services offered | Bathroom Remodel, Kitchen Remodel... | | Payment methods | CreditCard, Cash... | | Free estimates / emergency service / warranties | Yes / No | | About-us description | full business description text | | Logo image | link to the business logo | | Profile link | the page it came from | > ℹī¸ A field is empty when the business simply doesn't show that information on its page (e.g. many non-advertisers hide their phone number). --- ### đŸ“Ļ Example of one result (JSON) ```json { "businessName": "C & M Kitchen Cabinets Inc", "phone": "(714) 555-0123", "website": "http://cmkitchencabinets.com", "street": "11661 Martens River Cir", "city": "Fountain Valley", "state": "CA", "postalCode": "92708", "averageRating": 5.0, "reviewCount": 49, "yearsInBusiness": 48, "licenseNumber": "384045", "freeEstimates": true, "emergencyServices": false, "acceptedPaymentMethods": ["CreditCard"], "profileUrl": "https://www.homeadvisor.com/rated.cmkitchencabinetsinc.158603829.html" } ```` *** ### ⚙ī¸ Settings explained (in plain English) | Setting | What it does | |---|---| | **Business page links** | The HomeAdvisor pages to scrape. Paste as many as you like. | | **Speed** | How many pages are scraped at once. Leave at 5. | | **Proxy** | Leave as is. If lots of pages fail, switch to Residential proxies. | Links that are not HomeAdvisor business pages are skipped automatically (you'll see a note in the log), and duplicate links are only scraped once. *** ### 💰 How much does it cost? **$3.50 per 1,000 results.** You only pay for successfully scraped businesses - failed pages are never charged. *** ### ❓ FAQ **Where do I get the profile links?** Any way you like: copy them from your browser, or collect them in bulk with the [HomeAdvisor API Scraper](https://apify.com/ovaimerali/homeadvisor-api-scraper) (from $2.00 per 1,000). **Why is the phone number empty for some businesses?** Businesses that don't advertise on HomeAdvisor often hide their phone number - there is simply nothing on the page to scrape. **Some pages failed. What do I do?** Re-run with the **Proxy** setting switched to Residential. Failed pages are retried up to 5 times automatically and are never charged. **Is this legal?** The scraper only collects publicly visible business information (the same things you see in your browser). You are responsible for using the data in line with applicable laws and HomeAdvisor's terms. *** ### 🆘 Need help? Found a problem or want an extra feature? Open a ticket in the **Issues** tab — I usually respond within a day. 🙂 # Actor input Schema ## `startUrls` (type: `array`): Paste one or more HomeAdvisor business profile links. They look like: https://www.homeadvisor.com/rated.businessname.12345678.html. You can paste hundreds at once. Tip: our HomeAdvisor API Scraper can collect these links for you in bulk. ## `concurrency` (type: `integer`): How many pages are scraped at the same time. Leave at 5. Higher = faster, but more likely to get blocked. ## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`): Leave as is - it works best. Only switch to Residential proxies if many pages fail with blocking errors. ## Actor input object example ```json { "startUrls": [ { "url": "https://www.homeadvisor.com/rated.cmkitchencabinetsinc.158603829.html" } ], "concurrency": 5, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": false } } ``` # 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 '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "startUrls": [ { "url": "https://www.homeadvisor.com/rated.cmkitchencabinetsinc.158603829.html" } ], "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": false } }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("ovaimerali/homeadvisor-business-profile-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 '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "startUrls": [{ "url": "https://www.homeadvisor.com/rated.cmkitchencabinetsinc.158603829.html" }], "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": False }, } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("ovaimerali/homeadvisor-business-profile-scraper").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{ "startUrls": [ { "url": "https://www.homeadvisor.com/rated.cmkitchencabinetsinc.158603829.html" } ], "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": false } }' | apify call ovaimerali/homeadvisor-business-profile-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=ovaimerali/homeadvisor-business-profile-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "HomeAdvisor Business Profile Scraper", "description": "Scrape HomeAdvisor business profile pages from URLs. Extracts phone number, website, address, ratings, review counts, license, years in business, services & payment methods. No API - reads the page like a human. Export to JSON, CSV or Excel.", "version": "0.0", "x-build-id": "CGJIGVpucbi8GldSu" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/ovaimerali~homeadvisor-business-profile-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-ovaimerali-homeadvisor-business-profile-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/ovaimerali~homeadvisor-business-profile-scraper/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-ovaimerali-homeadvisor-business-profile-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/ovaimerali~homeadvisor-business-profile-scraper/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-ovaimerali-homeadvisor-business-profile-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } } }, "components": { "schemas": { "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "startUrls": { "title": "1. Business page links", "type": "array", "description": "Paste one or more HomeAdvisor business profile links. They look like: https://www.homeadvisor.com/rated.businessname.12345678.html. You can paste hundreds at once. Tip: our HomeAdvisor API Scraper can collect these links for you in bulk.", "items": { "type": "object", "required": [ "url" ], "properties": { "url": { "type": "string", "title": "URL of a web page", "format": "uri" } } } }, "concurrency": { "title": "Speed (parallel requests)", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 20, "type": "integer", "description": "How many pages are scraped at the same time. Leave at 5. Higher = faster, but more likely to get blocked.", "default": 5 }, "proxyConfiguration": { "title": "Proxy", "type": "object", "description": "Leave as is - it works best. Only switch to Residential proxies if many pages fail with blocking errors." } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "resurrectCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "computeUnits": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "options": { "type": "object", "properties": { "build": { "type": "string", "example": "latest" }, "timeoutSecs": { "type": "integer", "example": 300 }, "memoryMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 1024 }, "diskMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 2048 } } }, "buildId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultKeyValueStoreId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultDatasetId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultRequestQueueId": { "type": "string" }, "buildNumber": { "type": "string", "example": "1.0.0" }, "containerUrl": { "type": "string" }, "usage": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } } } } } } } } } ```