BizBuySell Scraper

BizBuySell Scraper

Extract business-for-sale and franchise listings from BizBuySell.com, the largest business-for-sale marketplace in the US. Feed it search pages, state / city / category pages, or individual listing URLs — or build searches from filters — and get structured listing data with financials, location, broker details, and full descriptions.

Scrape any BizBuySell URL or build a search by state, city, industry, price, and cash flow — get asking price, cash flow, gross revenue, EBITDA, year established, employees, lease terms, broker, and the full listing description.

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parsebird/bizbuysell-scraper on Apify. Scrapes BizBuySell.com business & franchise listings. Call: ApifyClient("TOKEN").actor("parsebird/bizbuysell-scraper").call(run_input={...}), then client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).list_items().items. Inputs: startUrls (array of {"url": "..."} — search pages, state/city/category pages, or /business-opportunity/.../ID/ listing pages; pagination automatic), useQueryBuilder (bool), state (e.g. "california"), area (e.g. "los-angeles-county"), queries (array of keywords), industryIds (array of strings: 88 Agriculture, 136 Automotive & Boat, 141 Beauty & Personal Care, 81 Building & Construction, 89 Communication & Media, 27 Education & Children, 22 Entertainment & Recreation, 118 Financial Services, 31 Health Care & Fitness, 57 Manufacturing, 92 Non-Classifiable, 115 Online & Technology, 188 Pet Services, 17 Restaurants & Food, 1 Retail, 20 Service Businesses, 30 Transportation & Storage, 206 Travel, 78 Wholesale & Distributors), minAskingPrice/maxAskingPrice, minCashflow/maxCashflow, minGrossIncome/maxGrossIncome, establishmentDate (year), limit (default 100 per URL), enrich_data (bool default true — fetch each listing's detail page). Output per listing: source, listing_category, listing_id, site_specific_id, title, url, category_full, category_final, date_listed, location, state_code, price, cash_flow, ebitda, gross_revenue, inventory_value, ffe_value, year_established, employees, lease terms, real_estate_included_in_asking_price, home_based, relocatable, absentee_owner, description, business_highlights, facilities, growth, competition, reason_for_selling, support, financing_options, image_url, image_urls, broker_name, broker_company, broker_profile_url, contact_phone, listing_price_reduced, recently_added, hot_property, fetched_at, search_url. Requires Apify Proxy "Unblocker" group. Full spec: GET https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/parsebird~bizbuysell-scraper (Bearer TOKEN). Token: https://console.apify.com/account/integrations

What is BizBuySell Scraper?

BizBuySell Scraper extracts structured listing data from BizBuySell.com, the leading marketplace for buying and selling small businesses and franchises in the United States. It collects asking price, cash flow, gross revenue, EBITDA, location, category, year established, employee counts, lease terms, broker details, and the full listing description — from search results, geographic and category pages, or individual listing pages.

Use it as a BizBuySell API alternative to pull business-for-sale data into JSON, CSV, or Excel. No coding required: paste BizBuySell URLs or set the query-builder filters, click Start, and download. Or drive it through the Apify API for scheduled deal-flow monitoring.

What can BizBuySell Scraper do?

• 🔗 URL-driven — mix search pages, /california/los-angeles-county-businesses-for-sale/ style pages, and /business-opportunity/.../ID/ listing pages in one run
• 🧭 Query builder — build BizBuySell searches from state, city/metro, industry, keywords, price, cash flow, gross income, and establishment year
• 📄 Automatic pagination — walks every result page up to your limit
• 💰 Financials — asking price, cash flow (SDE), gross revenue, EBITDA, FF&E, and inventory value when published
• 🧾 Detail enrichment — full description, employee counts, lease terms, broker, and the Facilities / Growth / Competition / Reason-for-Selling sections
• 🏷️ Category breadcrumb — full and final category for every listing
• 👤 Broker details — name, company, profile URL, and public contact phone when shown
• 🔄 Scheduling and integrations — run on a schedule and push to Google Sheets, Zapier, Make, or webhooks

What data can you extract from BizBuySell?

Field	Description
listing_id / site_specific_id	Unique BizBuySell listing number
title	Listing headline
url	Direct listing URL
listing_category	business or franchise
category_full / category_final	Category breadcrumb and final category
location / state_code	Location text and 2-letter state code
price	Asking price
cash_flow	Cash flow (SDE) when published
gross_revenue / ebitda	Revenue and EBITDA when published
inventory_value / ffe_value	Inventory and furniture/fixtures/equipment value
year_established	Year the business was established
employees	Employee count
lease_terms, lease_rate_per_square_foot, lease_expiration_date	Lease details when published
real_estate_included_in_asking_price, home_based, relocatable, absentee_owner	Status flags
description	Full listing description
business_highlights, facilities, growth, competition, reason_for_selling, support, financing_options	Business sections when published
image_url / image_urls	Primary and all listing image URLs
broker_name, broker_company, broker_profile_url, contact_phone	Broker / contact details
listing_price_reduced, recently_added, hot_property	Listing markers
fetched_at	ISO timestamp of the scrape
search_url	The BizBuySell URL used for the run

How to scrape BizBuySell

1. On BizBuySell.com, apply your filters (state, city, industry, price, cash flow) and copy the URL — or copy an individual listing URL
2. Go to the BizBuySell Scraper on Apify Store and click Try for free
3. Paste the URL(s) into BizBuySell URLs, or turn on Use query builder and fill in the filters
4. Set Max listings per URL and leave Enrich with listing details on for the full record
5. Click Start, then download the data in JSON, CSV, Excel, or read it via the Apify API

Python API example

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("YOUR_API_TOKEN")

run = client.actor("parsebird/bizbuysell-scraper").call(run_input={
    "useQueryBuilder": True,
    "state": "florida",
    "industryIds": ["17"],
    "queries": ["cafe", "bakery"],
    "minAskingPrice": 100000,
    "maxAskingPrice": 1000000,
    "limit": 200,
    "enrich_data": True,
})

for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(f"{item.get('price')} | CF {item.get('cash_flow')} | {item['title']} — {item['location']}")

JavaScript API example

import { ApifyClient } from "apify-client";

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: "YOUR_API_TOKEN" });

const run = await client.actor("parsebird/bizbuysell-scraper").call({
    startUrls: [
        { url: "https://www.bizbuysell.com/california/los-angeles-county-businesses-for-sale/" }
    ],
    limit: 200,
    enrich_data: true,
});

const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((i) => console.log(`${i.price} — ${i.title} — ${i.location}`));

Input parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description
startUrls	array	Yes*	—	BizBuySell search, category, or listing URLs
useQueryBuilder	boolean	No	false	Build search URLs from the filters below
state	string	No	—	US state name or slug (with the query builder)
area	string	No	—	City / county / metro within the state
queries	array	No	—	Keywords; one search URL per keyword
industryIds	array	No	—	Industry filter ids (see the list above)
minAskingPrice / maxAskingPrice	integer	No	—	Asking-price range
minCashflow / maxCashflow	integer	No	—	Cash-flow range
minGrossIncome / maxGrossIncome	integer	No	—	Gross-revenue range
establishmentDate	integer	No	—	Only businesses established after this year
limit	integer	No	100	Max listings per URL or query
enrich_data	boolean	No	true	Fetch each listing's detail page
proxy	object	No	Unblocker	Proxy configuration — the Apify Proxy "Unblocker" group is required

* Either startUrls or useQueryBuilder with filters.

Output example

{
    "source": "bizbuysell",
    "listing_category": "business",
    "listing_id": 2534275,
    "site_specific_id": 2534275,
    "title": "Turnkey Central FL Plumbing Co. — 40+ Years, Solid Recurring Accounts",
    "url": "https://www.bizbuysell.com/business-opportunity/turnkey-central-fl-plumbing-co-40-years-solid-recurring-accounts/2534275/",
    "category_full": "Plumbing > Property Management",
    "category_final": "Property Management",
    "location": "Orlando, Florida",
    "state_code": "FL",
    "price": 1000000,
    "cash_flow": 248793,
    "gross_revenue": 731647,
    "year_established": 1980,
    "employees": 4,
    "description": "Established 40+ year plumbing company serving Central Florida with a strong base of recurring commercial accounts...",
    "image_url": "https://images.bizbuysell.com/shared/listings/253/2534275/6bdcd472-c725-4052-aa31-4890bbb5482a-W768.webp",
    "broker_name": "Joe Ram",
    "broker_company": "Florida Business Brokers And Advisors LLC",
    "broker_profile_url": "https://www.bizbuysell.com/business-broker/joe-ram/florida-business-brokers-and-advisors-llc/37069/",
    "contact_phone": "(309) 859-7376",
    "recently_added": false,
    "listing_price_reduced": false,
    "fetched_at": "2026-09-10T10:44:28.170Z",
    "search_url": "https://www.bizbuysell.com/florida/orlando-businesses-for-sale/"
}

Download results in JSON, HTML, CSV, or Excel.

Use cases

• 💼 Deal flow for buyers and searchers — build a filtered pipeline of businesses matching your price, cash flow, industry, and location criteria
• 📊 Market and valuation research — analyse asking multiples, cash-flow-to-price ratios, and inventory by industry and state
• 📇 Broker lead generation — collect broker names, companies, and contact details across a market
• 🔄 New-listing monitoring — schedule a saved search and get alerted to fresh listings
• 🏦 Lender and advisor prospecting — find businesses seeking financing or recently listed for sale
• 🔗 CRM and analytics pipelines — feed structured listing data into your deal-tracking tools

How it works

1. Parses each start URL (or builds search URLs from the query-builder filters)
2. Fetches each search / category page through the Apify Unblocker and reads the listing cards and structured data
3. Auto-paginates up to limit listings per URL
4. When enrich_data is on, fetches each listing's detail page for the full description, financials, lease terms, broker, and business sections
5. Emits one clean record per listing and charges a listing event, plus an enrichment event when the detail page was parsed

How much does it cost to scrape BizBuySell?

Event	Free	Bronze	Silver	Gold
listing (per 1,000)	$0.89	$0.79	$0.69	$0.59
enrichment (per 1,000)	$0.69	$0.59	$0.49	$0.39

A listing event is charged for every record returned. An enrichment event is charged only when a listing's detail page is successfully fetched — so a fully enriched run of 1,000 listings costs about $1.58 on the Free plan. Turn enrich_data off for listing-level data only at the lower price.

FAQ

What URLs can I use? Any BizBuySell URL: /businesses-for-sale/, /{state}-businesses-for-sale/, /{state}/{city}-businesses-for-sale/, category pages, and individual /business-opportunity/.../{id}/ listing pages. Pagination is automatic.

What does enrichment add? Without enrichment you get the listing card data (title, price, cash flow, location, image, summary). With it, the scraper opens each listing for the full description, gross revenue, EBITDA, employees, lease terms, broker, and the Facilities / Growth / Competition / Reason-for-Selling sections when the seller published them.

How does the query builder filter? state and area shape the BizBuySell search URL. Price, cash flow, gross income, establishment year, industry, and keyword filters are applied to the scraped results (BizBuySell does not honour them in the URL). Price and cash-flow filters work on the card data; gross income, establishment year, and industry filters need enrichment, so combine them with a specific state/area for best results. The area value must match a BizBuySell URL slug — copy it from a real BizBuySell page; if it is wrong the run falls back to the whole state.

A run returned a 403 / no results — why? BizBuySell's Akamai protection is aggressive and the Unblocker occasionally returns a block page for a whole batch of requests. Re-run it — the scraper already retries each page up to 8 times.

Why does it need the Unblocker proxy? BizBuySell is protected by Akamai Bot Manager and blocks datacenter and residential IPs. The Apify Proxy "Unblocker" group is required and is the default.

How many listings can I scrape? Set limit per URL. BizBuySell caps a single search at roughly 1,500 visible results; use narrower geographic or industry filters to go deeper.

Do I get seller contact details? Broker name, company, profile URL, and the public contact phone are collected when BizBuySell shows them. Direct seller emails are not exposed by BizBuySell.

Can I schedule it? Yes. Use Apify scheduling to re-run the same URLs on any interval and connect the output to Google Sheets, Zapier, Make, or webhooks. Found a bug? Open an issue on the Issues tab.

Is it legal to scrape BizBuySell?

This Actor extracts publicly available data from BizBuySell.com. Scraping public data is generally considered legal based on recent court rulings, including the US Ninth Circuit's decision in hiQ Labs v. LinkedIn. Users are responsible for ensuring their use of the scraped data complies with applicable laws, BizBuySell.com Terms of Service, and data protection regulations. Broker and contact details returned by this Actor are business contact information — do not use them for unsolicited bulk marketing or any purpose incompatible with the context in which they were published. For more information, read Apify's post on web scraping legality.

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