🏢 Ghana Yello Company Scraper

This actor allows you to scrape company listings from Ghana Yello by providing a category or search URL. It automatically handles pagination and extracts comprehensive company information including contact details, location data, ratings, and verification status.

Features

• URL-based Scraping: Extract companies by providing a complete Ghana Yello category or search URL
• Automatic Pagination: Automatically navigates through pages and loads more companies until reaching the end or max items limit
• Comprehensive Company Data: Extract detailed information about each company including:
  • Company name and profile URL
  • Physical address and location coordinates
  • Company description and tagline
  • Contact information (phone)
  • Company logo
  • Verification status
  • Years of service
  • Customer ratings and reviews
  • Sponsored listing status
• Location Data: Includes geographic coordinates for mapping and location-based analysis
• Quality Indicators: Track company credibility through verification status and customer ratings

Input Parameters

Field	Type	Required	Description
searchUrl	string	Yes	Complete Ghana Yello category or search URL to scrape
maxItems	integer	No	Maximum number of companies to fetch

Output

The output is a main list of company objects, each containing:

• searchUrl: The original search URL used
• companyName: Name of the company
• companyUrl: URL to the company profile page
• address: Physical address of the company
• description: Company description or tagline
• logo: URL of the company logo image
• verified: Whether the company is verified
• yearsWithUs: Number of years the company has been with Ghana Yello
• phone: Contact phone number
• lat: Latitude coordinate
• lon: Longitude coordinate
• rating: Customer rating score
• reviews: Number of customer reviews
• sponsored: Whether the listing is sponsored
• scrapedAt: Timestamp of when the company was scraped

Example output:

[
  {
    "searchUrl": "https://www.ghanayello.com/category/general_business",
    "companyName": "BJH Logistics Services Ltd",
    "companyUrl": "https://www.ghanayello.com/company/43348/BJH_Logistics_Services",
    "address": "Naateh Block Suit 5, Near Temasco Comm. 5, Ghana",
    "description": "Reliable air and sea freight forwarding solutions in Ghana.",
    "logo": "https://www.ghanayello.com/img/gh/c/_1372062426_75185.jpg",
    "verified": true,
    "yearsWithUs": "13",
    "phone": "+233303214220",
    "lat": 5.641461840015336,
    "lon": -0.016453668350209227,
    "rating": 5,
    "reviews": 1,
    "sponsored": true,
    "scrapedAt": "2025-11-19T05:18:32.931Z"
  },
  ...
]

Use Cases

• Business directory research and lead generation
• Market analysis and competitor research
• Location-based business intelligence
• Contact information collection
• Verified business identification
• Customer satisfaction analysis through ratings and reviews

Notes

• Results are automatically paginated until reaching the end or max items limit
• Company data includes geographic coordinates for location-based analysis
• Verification status helps identify trusted businesses
• Ratings and reviews provide insights into customer satisfaction