🇸🇪 Hitta.se Business Search Scraper

This actor allows you to scrape business listings from Hitta.se (Sweden's leading directory service) by providing a search URL. It automatically handles pagination and extracts comprehensive company information including contact details, ratings, reviews, and verification status.

Features

• URL-based Scraping: Extract business listings by providing a complete Hitta.se search URL
• Automatic Pagination: Automatically navigates through pages and loads more listings until reaching the end or max items limit
• Comprehensive Company Data: Extract detailed information about each business including:
  • Company name and description
  • Contact information (phone, website)
  • Customer ratings and review counts
  • Company logos and branding
  • Direct links to detailed company pages
  • Verification status (verified by Hitta.se)
  • Unique company identifiers
• Smart Deduplication: Automatically removes duplicate listings
• Proxy Support: Optional proxy configuration for enhanced reliability

Input Parameters

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

How to Get Search URL

1. Go to Hitta.se
2. Use the search filters to find businesses (category, location, etc.)
3. Copy the complete URL from your browser's address bar
4. Paste it into the searchUrl field

Example search URLs:

https://www.hitta.se/verksamheter/flyttfirmor
https://www.hitta.se/verksamheter/restaurang/stockholm
https://www.hitta.se/verksamheter/elektriker/göteborg

Output

The output is a dataset of business listing objects, each containing:

• searchUrl: The original search URL used
• name: Company name
• detailUrl: Direct link to the company page on Hitta.se
• logoUrl: URL of the company logo
• rating: Average customer rating (e.g., "4.3")
• reviews: Number of customer reviews
• description: Business description and services offered
• phone: Phone number (in international format when available)
• website: Company website URL
• companyKey: Unique company identifier on Hitta.se
• verified: Whether the business is verified by Hitta.se
• scrapedAt: Timestamp of when the listing was scraped

Example output:

[
  {
    "searchUrl": "https://www.hitta.se/verksamheter/flyttfirmor",
    "name": "Jämt-Flytt AB",
    "detailUrl": "https://www.hitta.se/verksamhet/jamt-flytt-ab-jakklpuf",
    "logoUrl": "https://cdn.hitta.se/products/images/ResultAd/jamtflytt_t4.gif",
    "rating": "4.3",
    "reviews": 3,
    "description": "Tänker ni flytta? Anlita Jämtflytt som flyttar ditt bohag snabbt och enkelt, och ger dig maximal trygghet.",
    "phone": "+466335500",
    "website": "http://www.jamtflytt.se/",
    "companyKey": "jakklpuf",
    "verified": true,
    "scrapedAt": "2025-11-06T06:24:48.220Z"
  },
  ...
]

Use Cases

• Lead Generation: Find potential business clients in specific industries across Sweden
• Market Research: Analyze business density and competition in different Swedish regions
• Contact Database Building: Create comprehensive contact lists for B2B marketing in Sweden
• Competitor Analysis: Track competitor locations and customer ratings
• Local Business Intelligence: Gather insights about Swedish business landscape
• Service Provider Discovery: Find service providers across Sweden by category
• Quality Assessment: Identify highly-rated businesses based on customer reviews
• Directory Building: Create custom Swedish business directories and aggregators

Notes

• Works with Swedish businesses listed on Hitta.se
• Results are saved incrementally as they are found
• All timestamps are in ISO 8601 format
• Supports all business categories available on Hitta.se
• Phone numbers are extracted in international format when available
• Verification status indicates businesses that have been verified by Hitta.se

Limitations

• Only works with Hitta.se (Sweden)
• Cannot scrape detailed information from individual company detail pages (only listing data)
• Some businesses may have incomplete contact information
• Review counts and ratings may not be available for all businesses
• Website URLs are only included when publicly listed

Tips for Best Results

• Use specific category and location filters for more targeted results
• Set a reasonable maxItems limit to avoid long scraping times
• Check the search results manually first to ensure the URL is correct
• For large datasets, consider splitting into multiple smaller scraping jobs by region or category
• Enable proxy configuration if you encounter rate limiting
• Look for verified businesses for higher quality leads

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Start extracting Swedish business data from Hitta.se today!