🏢 GoodFirms Company Search Scraper

This actor allows you to scrape company listings from GoodFirms.co by providing a search URL. It automatically handles pagination and extracts comprehensive company information including ratings, reviews, portfolios, focus areas, pricing, and more.

Features

• URL-based Scraping: Extract company listings by providing a complete GoodFirms search URL
• Automatic Pagination: Automatically clicks 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, logo, and website
  • Ratings and review counts
  • Portfolio counts
  • Company tagline and description
  • Focus areas and expertise percentages
  • Pricing information (hourly rates)
  • Company size (employees)
  • Founded year
  • Location
  • Featured review highlights
  • Profile and detail page URLs

Input Parameters

Field	Type	Required	Description
searchUrl	string	Yes	Complete GoodFirms search URL to scrape
maxItems	integer	No	Maximum number of companies to fetch (default: unlimited)
proxyConfiguration	object	No	Proxy settings for the actor

How to Get Search URL

1. Go to GoodFirms.co
2. Use the search or browse by category to find companies (e.g., web development agencies, software companies, etc.)
3. Copy the complete URL from your browser's address bar
4. Paste it into the searchUrl field

Example search URLs:

https://www.goodfirms.co/companies/web-development-agency
https://www.goodfirms.co/companies/software-development-company
https://www.goodfirms.co/companies/mobile-app-development-company

Output

The output is a dataset of company objects, each containing:

• searchUrl: The original search URL used
• entityName: Entity name identifier
• entityId: Entity ID
• companyName: Company name
• logoUrl: URL of the company logo
• logoAlt: Alt text for the logo
• companyWebsite: Company's official website URL
• detailPageUrl: Link to the company detail page on GoodFirms
• firmRating: Company rating (e.g., "5.0")
• reviewCount: Number of reviews
• portfolioCount: Number of portfolio items
• tagline: Company tagline
• shortDescription: Brief company description
• focusAreas: Array of focus areas with percentages (e.g., "32% Web Development Services")
• hourlyRate: Hourly rate range (e.g., "< $25/hr")
• employees: Company size range (e.g., "250 - 999")
• founded: Year the company was founded
• location: Company location
• reviewHighlight: Featured review object containing:
  • rating: Review rating
  • snippet: Review text snippet
  • reviewer: Reviewer information
• profileUrl: Link to company profile on GoodFirms
• altWebsite: Alternative website link
• scrapedAt: Timestamp of when the company was scraped

Example output:

[
  {
    "searchUrl": "https://www.goodfirms.co/companies/web-development-agency",
    "entityName": "SDLC Corp",
    "entityId": "75762",
    "companyName": "SDLC Corp",
    "logoUrl": "https://assets.goodfirms.co/services/medium/sdlc-corp.png",
    "logoAlt": "SDLC Corp",
    "companyWebsite": "https://sdlccorp.com/website-development-company/?utm_source=good-firms&utm_medium=listing&utm_campaign=web-development",
    "detailPageUrl": "https://sdlccorp.com/website-development-company/?utm_source=good-firms&utm_medium=listing&utm_campaign=web-development",
    "firmRating": "5.0",
    "reviewCount": 153,
    "portfolioCount": 58,
    "tagline": "Your Technology Partner",
    "shortDescription": "SDLC Corp is a web application development company with over a decade of experience. With 150+ professional developers, the company has delivered over 3000 projects covering technological innovation and digital transformation services. In addition to web development, the company also has expertise in blockchain development, AI/ML implementation, ecommerce, and gaming development.",
    "focusAreas": [
      {
        "percent": "32",
        "area": "32% Web Development Services"
      }
    ],
    "hourlyRate": "< $25/hr",
    "employees": "250 - 999",
    "founded": "2015",
    "location": "San Francisco, California",
    "reviewHighlight": {
      "rating": "5.0",
      "snippet": "SDLC Corp delivered a robust and user-friendly hospital app with professionalism.",
      "reviewer": "Akansha Mishra, Software developer at Myanatomy"
    },
    "profileUrl": "https://www.goodfirms.co/company/sdlc-corp",
    "altWebsite": "https://sdlccorp.com/website-development-company/?utm_source=good-firms&utm_medium=listing&utm_campaign=web-development",
    "scrapedAt": "2025-11-11T06:49:45.330Z"
  },
  ...
]

Use Cases

• B2B lead generation and prospecting
• Market research and competitive analysis
• Vendor evaluation and selection
• Industry trend analysis
• Company database building
• Service provider discovery
• Rating and review aggregation
• Portfolio analysis

Notes

• Results are automatically paginated until reaching the end or max items limit
• All timestamps are in ISO 8601 format
• The actor handles network delays and timeouts gracefully
• Focus areas show the percentage distribution of company expertise
• Review highlights are featured reviews displayed on the listing page
• Company websites may include tracking parameters from GoodFirms

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