Nextdoor Business Scraper

Nextdoor Business Scraper

Nextdoor Business Scraper extracts public Nextdoor business page data — name, phone, categories, rating, address, location, images, and the neighbor recommendations summary — plus public Nextdoor city page metadata, without ever logging in.

Scrape a direct Nextdoor business URL, find businesses in any US city by category or keyword, or pull city-level population, FAQs, neighborhoods, and resources — all from Nextdoor's public pages.

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Copy this block into ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor, or any LLM to start using this actor: Actor ID parsebird/nextdoor-business-scraper on Apify — call it with the apify-client SDK, e.g. ApifyClient(token).actor("parsebird/nextdoor-business-scraper").call(run_input={"target": "businessPages", "businessPageUrls": [{"url": "https://nextdoor.com/pages/near-best-plumber-west-hollywood-ca/"}]}); key inputs are target (string: businessPages, businessDiscovery, or cityPages, default businessPages), businessPageUrls (array of {url} for direct Nextdoor business pages), businessDiscoveryArea and businessDiscoveryQuery (strings, e.g. "Los Angeles, CA" and "plumber", for area + keyword search), cityPageUrls (array of {url} for city pages), followLinkedPages (boolean, default false), businessRecordFilter (optional string keyword filter), and maxItems (optional integer cap); output rows have resultType (business or city), sourceUrl, qualityStatus, and either a business or city object; full API spec is on the Apify Console API tab for this actor, and an Apify API token is required to call it programmatically.

What does Nextdoor Business Scraper do?

Nextdoor Business Scraper reads the same public pages any visitor to nextdoor.com can see — no sign-in, no cookies, no session required. It supports three ways to collect data:

• 🏪 Business pages — paste one or more direct Nextdoor business page URLs and get back structured fields: name, phone number, business categories, star rating and review count, street address, latitude/longitude, logo and cover images, and Nextdoor's AI-written "what neighbors say" summary.
• 🔎 Business search — give it a US city (e.g. Austin, TX) and a category or keyword (e.g. plumber, coffee shop, or a business name fragment) and it walks Nextdoor's public business directory pages to return every matching business profile, fully paginated.
• 🏙️ City pages — paste one or more Nextdoor city page URLs and get back population, friendliness/safety scores, city FAQs, linked neighborhoods, business directories, local groups, and resource pages. Turn on Follow linked public pages to also pull a short public description from each linked neighborhood, directory, and resource page.

Other things it does:

• Runs on Apify's infrastructure with scheduling, REST API access, and native JSON, CSV, Excel, HTML, and XML export — no code required to try it.
• Applies an optional keyword filter to business results after they're collected, so you can narrow a search without a second run.
• Skips broken or non-public URLs automatically and keeps going, logging a warning instead of failing the whole run.
• Uses no browser and no residential proxy by default — Nextdoor's public pages are plain server-rendered HTML, so runs are fast and cheap.

What data can you extract from Nextdoor?

Field	Description
business.name	Business name
business.phone	Business phone number
business.categories	Nextdoor business categories/topics
business.rating	Star rating value and review count
business.neighborSummary	Nextdoor's AI-written summary of neighbor recommendations
business.address	Street address, city, state, ZIP (when public)
business.location	Latitude/longitude (when public)
business.imageUrls	Logo and cover photo URLs
business.isClaimed	Whether the page has a registered owner
city.name / city.region	City name and state
city.residentCount	Resident count from US Census data, as shown by Nextdoor
city.statistics	Friendliness score, safety score, and other city stats when available
city.faqs	Nextdoor's public city FAQ entries
city.neighborhoods / city.businessDirectories / city.localGroups / city.resources	Public pages linked from the city page

How to scrape Nextdoor with Nextdoor Business Scraper

1. Click Try for free (or Run) on this Actor's page.
2. Pick a Target: Business pages, Business search, or City pages.
3. Fill in the matching fields — one or more URLs, or an area + category/keyword — and optionally set a keyword filter or a max item limit.
4. Click Start and watch results land in the dataset in real time.
5. Export results as JSON, CSV, or Excel, or pull them programmatically via the Apify API.

How much does it cost to scrape Nextdoor?

This Actor uses pay-per-event pricing — you pay only for results, not for compute time.

Event	Price per event	Price per 1,000
business-profile-scraped	$0.00499	$4.99
city-metadata-scraped	$0.00399	$3.99

A business-profile-scraped event fires once for every business result saved (from a direct URL or from a search), and a city-metadata-scraped event fires once per city page — turning on Follow linked public pages does not add extra charges. Scraping 500 business pages costs about $2.50; a single city page costs under half a cent. Apify's monthly platform usage credits apply to this Actor like any other.

Input and output

Configure the run from the Input tab: pick a Target, then fill in URLs or an area + keyword. See the JSON example below, or use the visual form in Apify Console.

{
  "target": "businessPages",
  "businessPageUrls": [
    { "url": "https://nextdoor.com/pages/near-best-plumber-west-hollywood-ca/" }
  ],
  "maxItems": 50
}

Output example (one business result):

{
  "resultType": "business",
  "sourceUrl": "https://nextdoor.com/pages/near-best-plumber-west-hollywood-ca/",
  "qualityStatus": "standard",
  "business": {
    "businessId": "51653264",
    "name": "Near & Best Plumber",
    "phone": "+13102548035",
    "categories": ["Plumber"],
    "rating": { "value": 2, "reviewCount": 2 },
    "neighborSummary": "Near & Best Plumber emerges as a trusted choice for those actively seeking a recommended professional for plumbing needs...",
    "isClaimed": false,
    "imageUrls": [
      "https://us1-photo.nextdoor.com/business_logo/09/6b/096beefd4197a329bce4cf34b9991b60.jpg"
    ]
  }
}

Download results in JSON, HTML, CSV, or Excel from the Storage tab, or fetch them via the dataset API endpoint.

Python example

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")
run = client.actor("parsebird/nextdoor-business-scraper").call(run_input={
    "target": "businessDiscovery",
    "businessDiscoveryArea": "Austin, TX",
    "businessDiscoveryQuery": "coffee shop",
    "maxItems": 100,
})

for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item["business"]["name"], item["business"]["phone"])

JavaScript example

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' });
const run = await client.actor('parsebird/nextdoor-business-scraper').call({
    target: 'cityPages',
    cityPageUrls: [{ url: 'https://nextdoor.com/city/biscayne-park--fl/' }],
    followLinkedPages: true,
});

const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
console.log(items[0].city);

Is it legal to scrape Nextdoor?

Nextdoor Business Scraper only collects data that Nextdoor already publishes on public pages without requiring a login — it does not access private posts, private messages, or anything behind Nextdoor's authentication wall. Scraping publicly available data is generally legal, but you're responsible for how you use the data — check Nextdoor's Terms of Service and read Apify's guide on the legality of web scraping before running large or commercial scrapes.

Other business and directory scrapers

• BBB Scraper — Better Business Bureau profiles and ratings
• Yellow Pages Scraper — US business listings from Yellow Pages
• Avvo Lawyers Scraper — lawyer profiles, ratings, and reviews
• Checkatrade Scraper — UK tradesperson profiles and reviews

FAQ

Do I need a Nextdoor account to use this Actor? No. It only reads public pages that Nextdoor serves to logged-out visitors.

Can I search by keyword instead of a fixed category? Yes. businessDiscoveryQuery accepts any free-text keyword, not just Nextdoor's predefined categories — Nextdoor matches it against business names and categories in the chosen area.

Why did my Business search return zero results? The Area field must be a US city Nextdoor recognizes, in City, ST format (e.g. Austin, TX). An unrecognized city or a non-US location returns zero results instead of an error.

Why is business.address or business.location sometimes missing? Not every Nextdoor business page publishes a street address or coordinates. These fields are included whenever Nextdoor makes them public.

Does Follow linked public pages cost extra? No. It adds extra requests and run time, but the city-metadata-scraped charge is per city page, not per linked page.

Can I schedule this to run automatically? Yes. Use Apify's built-in Task Scheduler to run it daily, weekly, or at any interval, and connect it to Zapier, Make, or a webhook for downstream integrations.

Something looks wrong or missing — how do I report it? Open an issue on the Actor's Issues tab in Apify Console, or use the API tab to inspect the exact request/response for your run.