🛒 Costco Scraper

🚀 Collect product data from Costco.com in minutes. Search by keyword, category, or paste any Costco URL. Export product titles, prices, images, and specs. No coding, no Costco membership required.

🕒 Last updated: 2026-04-16 · 📊 20+ fields per product · 🔍 Search + URL modes · 📂 Category filter · 🚫 No auth required

The Costco Scraper collects product listing data from Costco.com, returning 20+ fields per product: title, price, image URLs, product URL, brand, category, member-only flags, and product specifications. Runs support up to 1,000,000 products on a paid plan.

The Actor supports three input modes: direct Costco URLs, keyword search, and category filter.

🎯 Target Audience	💡 Primary Use Cases
E-commerce researchers, price comparison teams, retail analysts, procurement teams, market researchers	Price monitoring, competitive analysis, product research, category benchmarking, inventory tracking

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📋 What the Costco Scraper does

Three input modes:

• 🔗 URL mode. Paste any Costco product or category page URL.
• 🔍 Keyword search. Search by product name or keywords.
• 📂 Category filter. Browse by Costco category.

Each product record includes title, price, brand, category, image URLs, product URL, membership requirements, and specifications.

💡 Why it matters: tracking Costco product prices and inventory means browsing category pages one by one. This Actor exports structured product data at scale, ready for your pricing dashboards or competitive analysis.

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🎬 Full Demo

🚧 Coming soon: a 3-minute walkthrough showing how to go from sign-up to a downloaded dataset.

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⚙️ Input

Input	Type	Default	Behavior
maxItems	integer	10	Max products. Free: limited. Paid: up to 1,000,000.
startUrls	array	[]	Direct Costco product or category URLs.
searchQuery	string	""	Product name or keywords.
category	string	""	Costco category filter.

Example: search for protein bars.

{
    "searchQuery": "protein bars",
    "maxItems": 50
}

Example: scrape a specific category page.

{
    "startUrls": ["https://www.costco.com/electronics.html"],
    "maxItems": 100
}

⚠️ Good to Know: some Costco product details are only visible to members on the website, but basic listing data (title, price, image) is publicly accessible.

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📊 Output

Each product record contains 20+ fields. Download the dataset as CSV, Excel, JSON, or XML.

🧾 Schema

Field	Type	Example
🖼️ imageUrl	string	"https://images.costco.com/..."
📝 title	string	"Kirkland Protein Bars 20-Pack"
🔗 url	string	"https://www.costco.com/kirkland-protein-bars.html"
💰 price	number	18.99
🏷️ brand	string	"Kirkland Signature"
📂 category	string	"Snacks"
🖼️ images	array	["https://images.costco.com/..."]
🕒 scrapedAt	ISO 8601	"2026-04-16T00:00:00.000Z"

📦 Sample records

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✨ Why choose this Actor

	Capability
🔍	Three input modes. URL, keyword search, and category filter.
💰	Price data. Current Costco pricing per product.
🏷️	Brand and category. Structured taxonomy per listing.
🖼️	Image galleries. Product photos per listing.
⚡	Scalable. From quick spot checks to full category sweeps.
🚫	No authentication. No Costco membership needed for public listings.

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📈 How it compares to alternatives

Approach	Cost	Coverage	Refresh	Filters	Setup
⭐ Costco Scraper (this Actor)	$5 free credit, then pay-per-use	Full Costco.com catalog	Live per run	keyword, category, URL	⚡ 2 min
Manual Costco browsing	Free	One page at a time	Manual	UI only	🕒 Hours per category
Paid retail intelligence	$200-2,000/month	Multi-retailer	Varies	Many	🐢 Days

Pick this Actor when you want Costco product data on demand, without browsing one page at a time.

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🚀 How to use

1. 📝 Sign up. Create a free account with $5 credit (takes 2 minutes).
2. 🌐 Open the Actor. Go to the Costco Scraper page on the Apify Store.
3. 🎯 Set input. Search by keyword or paste URLs.
4. 🚀 Run it. Click Start.
5. 📥 Download. Grab results in the Dataset tab.

⏱️ Total time: 3-5 minutes. No coding required.

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💼 Business use cases

📊 Price Monitoring Track Costco prices across categories Compare with other retailers Monitor promotional pricing Build pricing history databases

🏢 Market Research Analyze Costco product assortment Track Kirkland brand expansion Study category trends Benchmark private-label pricing

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🔌 Automating Costco Scraper

• 🟢 Node.js. Install the apify-client NPM package.
• 🐍 Python. Use the apify-client PyPI package.
• 📚 See the Apify API documentation for full details.

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❓ Frequently Asked Questions

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• GitHub - Trigger from commits
• Google Drive - Export to Sheets

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⚠️ Disclaimer: this Actor is an independent tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Costco Wholesale Corporation. All trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners. Only publicly available product listing data is collected.