Yelp Business Scraper

🌟 Yelp Business Scraper

Extract business data from Yelp by search term and location. The Yelp Business Scraper turns any Yelp search into clean, structured data — perfect for lead generation, market research, and competitive analysis.

Just enter what you're looking for (e.g. Sushi, Plumber, Coffee) and a location, and get back a structured list of matching businesses — every one with its phone number, full address, GPS coordinates and opening hours included, at no extra charge.

✨ Features

• 🔎 Search by keyword + location — scrape any business category in any city, neighborhood, or address.
• ☎️ Contact details on every row — phone number and full street address are always included, never a paid extra.
• 📍 GPS coordinates — latitude and longitude for mapping, routing, or radius analysis.
• 🕒 Opening hours — the full week, per business.
• 🏢 Rich business data — name, star rating, exact review count, price range, categories and photos.
• 🏷️ Ad transparency — sponsored placements are flagged and kept out of the organic ranking.
• 📑 Automatic pagination — keeps collecting across result pages until your limit is reached.
• 🎯 Result limit — set the maximum number of businesses to control scope and cost.

🛠️ How It Works

1. Enter a search term — the type of business you want (e.g. Plumber).
2. Enter a location — a city, neighborhood, or address (e.g. Austin, TX).
3. Set a max number of businesses — and run the scraper. Structured data is added to your dataset as it's collected.

📥 Input

Field	Description
Search term	The business category or keyword to search for.
Location	City, neighborhood, or address to search in.
Max businesses	Maximum number of businesses to collect. Set to 0 for no limit.

Example input

{
    "search": "Plumber",
    "location": "Austin, TX",
    "maxItems": 50
}

📊 Sample Output Data

One row per business, with contact details always included:

[
    {
        "encBizId": "TVHztfQAJUIaJDgdJuke-g",
        "alias": "blue-dragon-plumbing-austin-2",
        "name": "Blue Dragon Plumbing",
        "url": "https://www.yelp.com/biz/blue-dragon-plumbing-austin-2",
        "rating": 4.9,
        "reviewCount": 529,
        "priceRange": null,
        "categories": ["Plumbing"],
        "rootCategories": ["homeservices"],
        "phone": "(512) 947-2491",
        "address": "Austin, TX, 78727",
        "street": null,
        "city": "Austin",
        "state": "TX",
        "postalCode": "78727",
        "country": "US",
        "latitude": 30.41979036,
        "longitude": -97.72223269,
        "openingHours": [
            "Monday 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM",
            "Tuesday 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM",
            "Wednesday 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM",
            "Thursday 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM",
            "Friday 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM",
            "Saturday 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM",
            "Sunday 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM"
        ],
        "thumbnail": "https://s3-media0.fl.yelpcdn.com/bphoto/wVM9gmJxI6UNNF4a-TbCbg/348s.jpg",
        "photo": "https://s3-media0.fl.yelpcdn.com/bphoto/wVM9gmJxI6UNNF4a-TbCbg/1000s.jpg",
        "rank": 1,
        "sponsored": false,
        "scrapedAt": "2026-08-16T17:19:07.682Z"
    }
]

📋 Data fields

Field	Type	Description
encBizId	string	Yelp's business ID
name, alias, url	string	Business name, Yelp slug and page URL
rating	number	Star rating out of 5
reviewCount	number	Exact number of reviews
priceRange	string	Price level ($ to $$$$), null where Yelp shows none
categories	array	Yelp categories, e.g. ["Plumbing"]
rootCategories	array	Top-level categories, e.g. ["homeservices"]
phone	string	Phone number
address	string	Full address on one line
street, city, state, postalCode, country	string	Address components
latitude, longitude	number	GPS coordinates
openingHours	array	Opening hours per day
thumbnail, photo	string	Primary photo, small and large
rank	number	Position in Yelp's organic ranking (null for ads)
sponsored	boolean	Whether Yelp served this as a paid placement
scrapedAt	string	ISO timestamp of collection

Service-area businesses (mobile plumbers, contractors) have no storefront, so street is null and address falls back to city, state and postal code — that is how Yelp lists them.

💵 Pricing

This Actor uses pay per event, so you only pay for the businesses you collect:

Event	Price
Business collected	$0.004

That is $4.00 per 1,000 businesses, and there is no separate charge for contact details — phone, full address, GPS coordinates and opening hours are included in that price. A 200-business lead list costs $0.80.

New Apify accounts include $5 in free usage every month on the free plan, enough for around 1,250 businesses before you pay anything.

❓ FAQ

Do I have to pay extra for phone numbers and addresses? No. Every business record includes phone, full address, coordinates and opening hours as standard.

How many businesses can I get per search? As many as Yelp returns for that search. Use Max businesses to cap the total per run.

Can I search any location? Yes — any city, neighborhood, or address that works on Yelp's website works here too.

Are sponsored results included? Yes, and they are labelled. sponsored: true marks a paid placement, and those rows carry rank: null so Yelp's organic ranking stays clean.

Why is priceRange empty for some businesses? Yelp only assigns a price level to some categories — restaurants usually have one, trades and services often do not.

Do you return each business's website? Not currently. Phone, address, coordinates and hours are returned for every business.

Is scraping public Yelp data allowed? This Actor collects only publicly available information. You are responsible for using the data in compliance with applicable laws and Yelp's terms.

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