Local.ch Leads Scraper

Local.ch Leads Scraper

Scrape business leads from Local.ch — Switzerland's largest business directory. Point Local.ch Leads Scraper at any search results page and get structured data back for every business: name, address, phone, website, social profiles, ratings, opening hours, categories, and the site's own attribute tags.

Reads Local.ch's own per-business data directly, so every lead comes back with real contact details, structured opening hours for all seven days, and category-grouped attribute tags — not just what's visible on the search results card.

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Local.ch Leads Scraper (parsebird/localch-leads-scraper) — Scrapes business leads from Local.ch search results pages. Input: {"startUrl": "https://www.local.ch/en/q/zurich/general-internal-medicine", "maxItems": 100}. Key inputs: startUrl (string, required — a local.ch search results URL with any filters already applied via local.ch's own filter UI), maxItems (integer, default 100, max number of businesses to scrape). Output per business: identity (id, title, subtitle, entryType, schemaOrgPlaceType), location (street, city, cantonCode, zipCode, country, latitude, longitude, poBoxCity, poBoxZipCode), contact (phone array, website, facebook, instagram, linkedin, twitter), categories (array), attributes (flat array plus attributesByGroup_<GroupName> fields per the site's own attribute groups), rating (averageRating, ratingCount, reviewCount, displayAverageRating, reviews), hours (openingHours as 7 daily text lines, openingHoursInfoLines, opensAt, opensAtType), media (images array), and metadata (isPremium, hasProducts, products, services, provider, language, lastModified, url). API: POST https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/parsebird~localch-leads-scraper/runs?token=YOUR_TOKEN. Get token: https://console.apify.com/account#/integrations

What does Local.ch Leads Scraper do?

Local.ch Leads Scraper turns a Local.ch search results page into structured, spreadsheet-ready lead data. Give it a URL and it:

• 🔍 Accepts any Local.ch search results URL — a city + category page, a free-text search, or a search with filters, sorting, or booking parameters already applied
• 📇 Returns full contact details for every business: phone numbers, website, and Facebook/Instagram/LinkedIn/Twitter profiles, parsed out individually
• ⭐ Includes rating average, rating count, and review count for every lead
• 🕑 Structures opening hours into a readable line per day ("MONDAY: 08:00-12:00, 13:00-16:30" or "SUNDAY: closed"), plus any special holiday notices
• 🏷️ Surfaces the site's own attribute tags — languages spoken, payment methods, services offered, and more — both as a flat list and grouped by category (attributesByGroup_Languages, attributesByGroup_Payment_methods, ...)
• 📍 Includes latitude/longitude and full address for every lead, ready to drop on a map
• 📄 Paginates automatically — set maxItems and it keeps fetching result pages and business details until it has enough leads
• ⚡ No browser, no login — reads the same public business data local.ch itself renders, so it's fast and lightweight

Local.ch Leads Scraper reads Local.ch's own structured per-business data, so contact details, categories, and attributes match exactly what's shown on the business's local.ch page.

What data can you extract from Local.ch?

Field	Description
title / subtitle	Business name and tagline
street / city / cantonCode / zipCode	Address, split into fields
latitude / longitude	Geographic coordinates
phone / website	Contact numbers and website URL
facebook / instagram / linkedin / twitter	Social profile URLs, when published
categories	List of categories the business is listed under
attributes / attributesByGroup_*	Site-published attribute tags, flat and grouped
averageRating / ratingCount / reviewCount	Rating summary
openingHours / openingHoursInfoLines	Daily hours and holiday/special notices
images	Photo and logo URLs
isPremium / hasProducts	Listing status signals

That's 15 of 40+ output fields. See the output example below for the complete record.

How to scrape Local.ch leads with Local.ch Leads Scraper

1. Open Local.ch Leads Scraper on Apify
2. Go to Local.ch, search a city and category (or a free-text query), and apply any filters, sorting, or booking parameters you want
3. Copy the resulting URL from your browser's address bar and paste it into Start URL
4. Set Max items to how many leads you need
5. Click Start and wait for the run to finish
6. Export your data as JSON, CSV, or Excel from the dataset tab, or pull it via the Apify API

Basic search:

{
    "startUrl": "https://www.local.ch/en/q/zurich/general-internal-medicine",
    "maxItems": 100
}

Filtered category search:

{
    "startUrl": "https://www.local.ch/de/s/Mechanische%20Werkstatt%2C%20Deutsch?sorting=alphanum&filter_facet=attr_conversion_modifications%3Aaccessory",
    "maxItems": 200
}

Restaurants with a specific attribute, in French:

{
    "startUrl": "https://www.local.ch/fr/s/Restaurant%20Basel?filter_facet=attr_services_offer%3Aaperitif",
    "maxItems": 50
}

Output example

{
  "attributes": ["Allemand", "Français", "Berne", "Administration fiscale", "Près des transports publics", "Dans le commerce", "En ligne", "Par téléphone"],
  "attributesByGroup_Canton": ["Berne"],
  "attributesByGroup_Langues": ["Allemand", "Français"],
  "averageRating": 1,
  "cantonCode": "BE",
  "categories": ["Administration", "Déclaration d'Impôts", "Service des impôts"],
  "city": "Bienne",
  "country": "CH",
  "entryType": "BUSINESS",
  "facebook": "https://www.facebook.com/Cantondeberne",
  "id": "HB_9l7mYVyIIk5I6yDaSYA",
  "latitude": 47.13294,
  "longitude": 7.244143,
  "openingHours": ["SATURDAY: closed", "SUNDAY: closed", "MONDAY: 08:00-12:00, 13:00-16:30"],
  "phone": ["+41316336001"],
  "rateable": true,
  "ratingCount": 1,
  "reviewCount": 0,
  "reviews": [],
  "schemaOrgPlaceType": "LocalBusiness",
  "street": "Bahnhofplatz 10",
  "title": "Intendance des impôts du canton de Berne, Région Jura bernois-Seeland",
  "url": "https://www.local.ch/fr/d/bienne/2502/administration/intendance-des-impots-du-canton-de-berne-region-jura-bernois-seeland-HB_9l7mYVyIIk5I6yDaSYA",
  "website": "http://www.taxme.ch",
  "zipCode": 2502
}

(Trimmed for brevity — the full row carries every column in the data table above, including subtitle, instagram/linkedin/twitter, images, openingHoursInfoLines, provider, products, services, and every attributesByGroup_* field the business actually has.)

Use cases

• Lead generation — Build a contact list of businesses in a city, canton, or category, complete with phone, website, and social profiles
• Market research — Compare category coverage, attributes, and ratings across a Swiss city or region
• Sales prospecting — Filter by attributes (payment methods, languages spoken, services offered) to target businesses that match your ideal customer profile
• Directory and data enrichment — Cross-reference your own business database against Local.ch's public listings
• Competitive analysis — Track how competitors in your category are rated and what attributes they advertise

How much does it cost to scrape Local.ch?

Local.ch Leads Scraper uses pay-per-event pricing — you're charged per business lead saved to the dataset, not for compute time.

Event	Price per event	Price per 1,000
lead-scraped (Free plan)	$0.0015	$1.50
lead-scraped (Bronze plan)	$0.0009	$0.90
lead-scraped (Silver plan)	$0.0008	$0.80
lead-scraped (Gold plan)	$0.0007	$0.70

Cost examples (Gold plan):

Scenario	Leads	Cost
Quick category check (default maxItems)	100	$0.07
Filtered category search	200	$0.14
Large multi-city collection	5,000	$3.50

The Apify Free plan includes $5/month in platform credits — enough for roughly 3,300 leads a month at the free-tier rate, no credit card required.

Integrations and API access

Use Local.ch Leads Scraper programmatically via the Apify API, the JavaScript client, or the Python client.

Python:

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("YOUR_API_TOKEN")

run = client.actor("parsebird/localch-leads-scraper").call(run_input={
    "startUrl": "https://www.local.ch/en/q/zurich/general-internal-medicine",
    "maxItems": 200,
})

for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item["title"], item.get("phone"), item.get("website"))

JavaScript:

import { ApifyClient } from "apify-client";

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

const run = await client.actor("parsebird/localch-leads-scraper").call({
    startUrl: "https://www.local.ch/en/q/zurich/general-internal-medicine",
    maxItems: 200,
});

const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => console.log(item.title, item.phone, item.website));

You can also connect Local.ch Leads Scraper to Google Sheets, Slack, Zapier, Make, and other CRM tools via Apify integrations. Schedule runs with Apify Schedules to refresh a lead list on a recurring basis.

Is it legal to scrape Local.ch?

Scraping publicly available data is generally considered legal, based on the 2022 US appeals court ruling in hiQ Labs v. LinkedIn. This Actor only reads business data that's already publicly visible on Local.ch search and listing pages — it does not log in or access any non-public data.

Always review Local.ch's Terms of Use and comply with applicable laws in your jurisdiction, including Swiss data protection rules if you plan to use the leads for outreach. For guidance, see Apify's guide to web scraping legality.

FAQ

What URL formats does startUrl accept? Any public Local.ch search results page: a /q/{city}/{category} page, a /s/{query} free-text search, with or without filter_facet, sorting, or bookingFilters.* query parameters. Apply filters on local.ch itself, then paste the resulting URL — the Actor scrapes whatever results that URL produces, including pagination beyond the first page.

Does maxItems include only businesses, or also ads and suggestions? Only actual business listings (entryType: "BUSINESS") count toward maxItems and are charged.

Why is reviews usually an empty array even when reviewCount is greater than 0? Local.ch's business pages expose the rating summary (averageRating, ratingCount, reviewCount) directly, but individual written reviews require a separate paginated request the site only loads on demand — so reviews reflects what's included on the business's own page, which is often empty even for rated businesses. This is a genuine gap in what's publicly embedded, not a scraping error.

Why are some fields null or empty? Local.ch doesn't publish every field for every business — for example, poBoxCity is null when a business has no separate PO box, and social fields like instagram are null when the business hasn't linked that profile. attributesByGroup_* fields only appear for the attribute groups a specific business actually has, so different records can have different sets of these columns.

Can I schedule recurring runs? Yes. Use Apify's scheduling feature to re-run a saved search daily, weekly, or at any interval to keep a lead list current.

Can I use this with my AI assistant or MCP server? Yes. Copy the AI assistant block from the top of this page into ChatGPT, Claude, or Cursor, or connect it to any agent framework through the Apify MCP server.

Something isn't working. How do I get help? Open an issue in the Issues tab on the Actor page. Include your input configuration and any error messages.