# Messe München Exhibitor List Scraper (bauma, IFAT, BAU) (`perceptr0n/messe-muenchen-exhibitor-list-scraper`) Actor

Extract complete exhibitor lists from Messe München trade fairs — bauma, IFAT, BAU, automatica, ceramitec. Company name, hall & stand, address, business e-mail, phone, website, social media and product categories.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/perceptr0n/messe-muenchen-exhibitor-list-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Thomas Ehrler](https://apify.com/perceptr0n) (community)
- **Categories:** Jobs
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 0.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $0.01 / actor start

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?

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# README

## Messe München Exhibitor List Scraper (bauma, IFAT, BAU & more)

Export the **complete exhibitor list** of any Messe München trade fair as
structured data — including **business e-mail addresses and phone numbers**,
which most exhibitor directories keep out of reach.

Point the actor at a fair's exhibitor directory URL and you get every exhibiting
company with its booth, full postal address, contact details, website, social
media profiles and the official product categories it exhibits under.

### Supported fairs

| Fair | Exhibitor directory | Exhibitors |
|---|---|---|
| **bauma** — world's largest construction machinery fair | `https://exhibitors.bauma.de/` | ~3,800 |
| **IFAT** — environmental technology | `https://exhibitors.ifat.de/` | ~3,500 |
| **BAU** — architecture & building materials | `https://exhibitors.bau-muenchen.com/` | ~1,500 |
| **automatica** — robotics & automation | `https://exhibitors.automatica-munich.com/` | ~860 |
| **ceramitec** — ceramics industry | `https://exhibitors.ceramitec.com/` | ~520 |

Other Messe München fairs on the same directory platform work too — just paste
the URL. If a fair isn't recognised, open an issue and it will be added.

### What you get per exhibitor

| Field | Example |
|---|---|
| `companyName` | Liebherr-International Deutschland GmbH |
| `hallStand` / `booths[]` | `FM.910/3` (all booths, main booth flagged) |
| `street`, `postalCode`, `city`, `country` | Hans-Liebherr-Straße 45, 88400 Biberach an der Riß, Germany |
| `email` | info.bauma@liebherr.com |
| `phone` | +49 7351 410 |
| `website` | https://www.liebherr.com |
| `socialMedia` | LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, X, YouTube |
| `productGroups[]` | `Construction machinery and attachments > Excavators > Crawler excavators` |
| `products[]` | Product/project titles with descriptions |
| `description` | Short company profile |
| `isSponsor`, `isPremiumListing` | Sponsorship flags |
| `profileUrl`, `exhibitorId`, `fairName`, `fairId` | Source references |

### Use cases

- **Lead generation** — exhibitors at a trade fair are companies with a budget
  and a buying season; get them with e-mail and phone in one run
- **Market & competitor research** — who exhibits in which product category,
  which countries dominate a hall, how a fair changes between editions
- **Event & logistics planning** — hall/stand assignments as a clean table
- **CRM enrichment** — match your accounts against a fair's exhibitor list
- **AI agents** — clean input/output schema, callable via MCP

### Input example

```json
{
    "start_url": "https://exhibitors.bauma.de/",
    "scrape_details": true,
    "language": "en",
    "output_type": "single_row",
    "result_limit": 500
}
```

Set `scrape_details: false` for a fast overview run (company, country,
hall/stand, description). Choose `output_type: "multi_row"` to get one row per
exhibitor × product group — handy for pivot tables in Excel or Google Sheets.

### Output example

```json
{
    "companyName": "Liebherr-International Deutschland GmbH",
    "country": "Germany",
    "hallStand": "FM.910/3",
    "street": "Hans-Liebherr-Straße 45",
    "postalCode": "88400",
    "city": "Biberach an der Riß",
    "email": "info.bauma@liebherr.com",
    "phone": "+49 7351 410",
    "website": "https://www.liebherr.com",
    "socialMedia": { "linkedin": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/liebherr/" },
    "productGroups": [
        "Construction machinery and attachments > Excavators > Crawler excavators"
    ],
    "fairName": "bauma",
    "profileUrl": "https://exhibitors.bauma.de/firma/1380867"
}
```

### Data quality

Two things this actor handles that a naive scraper gets wrong:

1. **No duplicates, no gaps.** The directory's paging is unstable — requesting
   the same page twice returns different records. This actor loads the list in
   one consistent request instead, so every exhibitor appears exactly once.
2. **Company vs. brand entries.** Some companies are listed a second time as a
   brand. Those duplicates are merged by default (`include_brand_entries` to
   keep them).

### Notes

- Only **public company information** is collected — no personal contact
  persons, no login-protected data.
- Requests are throttled to keep load on the fair's website low.
- Not affiliated with or endorsed by Messe München GmbH.

### What does a run cost?

| Exhibitors | Cost |
|---|---|
| 100 | $0.51 |
| 1,000 | $5.01 |
| bauma, complete (~3,800) | ~$19.01 |

$0.01 per run start plus $0.005 per exhibitor. `scrape_details: false` returns
company, country and hall/stand at the same price but many times faster.

### FAQ

**Which fairs are supported?**
bauma, IFAT, BAU, automatica and ceramitec are verified. Any Messe München fair
on the same exhibitor-directory platform works — paste its URL and it runs. If
one is not recognised, open an issue and it gets added.

**Do I really get e-mail addresses?**
Yes, where the exhibitor published one in its directory profile — these are
company contact addresses, not personal ones. Not every exhibitor fills the
field; missing values stay empty instead of being guessed.

**Why are your exhibitor counts lower than the fair's own number?**
Because the directory lists some companies twice — once as a company, once as a
brand. Those duplicates are merged. Set `include_brand_entries: true` to keep
them.

**Can I get exhibitors of a past edition?**
No. The directory serves the current edition only; older editions are not
available through it, and this actor does not pretend otherwise.

**How do I get one row per product category?**
Set `output_type: "multi_row"`. Handy for pivot tables and category analysis.

**Is scraping this data allowed?**
The exhibitor directory is public company information published by the
exhibitors themselves to be found. No login-protected content is accessed and
requests are throttled to keep load low.

### Related actors

| Actor | What it does |
|---|---|
| [Anuga & Koelnmesse Exhibitors](https://apify.com/perceptr0n/anuga-ism-koelnmesse-exhibitor-scraper) | The same data for Koelnmesse fairs — Anuga, ISM, imm cologne, interzum |
| [EU Public Tenders (TED)](https://apify.com/perceptr0n/eu-tenders-ted-scraper) | Public contracts across all 27 EU member states |
| [kununu Scraper](https://apify.com/perceptr0n/kununu-employer-data-scraper) | Employer ratings and salary data for German companies |

### Support

Missing a fair, field or export format? Open an issue in the **Issues** tab —
response within 1–2 business days.

# Actor input Schema

## `start_url` (type: `string`):

The exhibitor directory URL of the fair. Supported: bauma, IFAT, BAU, automatica, ceramitec and other Messe München fairs on exhibitors.\*.de/.com. Example: `https://exhibitors.bauma.de/`

## `scrape_details` (type: `boolean`):

ON: adds street address, business e-mail, phone, website, social media, product groups and products for every exhibitor (slower — about 2 exhibitors per second). OFF: fast list mode with company name, country, hall/stand and description only.

## `language` (type: `string`):

Language for descriptions, product groups and country names.

## `output_type` (type: `string`):

How product categories are laid out in the dataset.

## `include_brand_entries` (type: `boolean`):

The directory lists some companies a second time as a brand. These duplicates are removed by default.

## `result_limit` (type: `integer`):

Stop after this many exhibitors. Leave empty to scrape the whole fair.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "start_url": "https://exhibitors.bauma.de/",
  "scrape_details": true,
  "language": "en",
  "output_type": "single_row",
  "include_brand_entries": false
}
```

# 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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "start_url": "https://exhibitors.bauma.de/"
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("perceptr0n/messe-muenchen-exhibitor-list-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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "start_url": "https://exhibitors.bauma.de/" }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("perceptr0n/messe-muenchen-exhibitor-list-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 '{
  "start_url": "https://exhibitors.bauma.de/"
}' |
apify call perceptr0n/messe-muenchen-exhibitor-list-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=perceptr0n/messe-muenchen-exhibitor-list-scraper",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/ki4TkmgINCV6j9frB/builds/CVMHm9JYD4cIGeHXY/openapi.json