Hotfrog Business Directory Scraper

Extract business listings from Hotfrog.com — the global business directory covering 18+ countries. This Actor scrapes company names, addresses, phone numbers, websites, descriptions, GPS coordinates, opening hours, and business categories.

What data can you scrape from Hotfrog?

Field	Description
name	Business name
description	Full business description
streetAddress	Street address
city	City
state	State or region
postalCode	Postal/ZIP code
addressCountry	Country code
phone	Phone number
website	Business website URL
email	Email address (when available)
latitude / longitude	GPS coordinates
openingHours	Business opening hours
categories	Business categories
image	Business logo or photos
url	Hotfrog profile URL

Why use this Hotfrog scraper?

• No login required — all data is publicly accessible
• 18 countries supported — US, UK, Australia, Canada, Germany, India, and more
• City + category filtering — search by location and business type
• Structured data extraction — uses JSON-LD schema.org data for high accuracy
• Fast and efficient — uses CheerioCrawler (no browser needed), keeping compute costs low
• Pagination support — automatically follows search result pages
• Two modes — quick search results or full detail page scraping

How to scrape Hotfrog business data

1. Go to the Hotfrog Scraper page on Apify Store
2. Click Try for free
3. Set your Country (e.g., us, uk, au)
4. Enter a City (e.g., new-york, london, sydney) — use hyphens for multi-word cities
5. Optionally enter a Category (e.g., plumber, restaurant, dentist)
6. Set Max Pages to control how many search result pages to scrape
7. Toggle Scrape Detail Pages on for full data (name, phone, coordinates, hours) or off for a quick list
8. Click Start and wait for results

Input example

{
    "country": "us",
    "city": "new-york",
    "category": "plumber",
    "maxPages": 5,
    "scrapeDetails": true,
    "maxRequestsPerCrawl": 500
}

Output example

Each business listing returns a JSON object like this:

{
    "url": "https://www.hotfrog.com/company/765cdb7128e815dc42caaefe455a30cd/escape-room-madness/new-york/entertainment-industry",
    "searchCountry": "us",
    "searchCity": "new-york",
    "searchCategory": "plumber",
    "name": "Escape Room Madness",
    "description": "Welcome to Escape Room Madness, the ultimate destination for immersive and thrilling escape room experiences in the heart of New York City!",
    "image": "https://assets.centralindex.com/W/48/634c0468c89fcf07e25de8526b60cc28.jpg",
    "streetAddress": "38 W 32nd St",
    "city": "New York",
    "addressCountry": "us",
    "phone": "2122398800",
    "latitude": 40.747839,
    "longitude": -73.987443,
    "openingHours": [
        {
            "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
            "dayOfWeek": ["Friday", "Saturday", "Sunday"],
            "opens": "10:00",
            "closes": "23:30"
        }
    ]
}

How much does it cost to scrape Hotfrog?

This Actor uses CheerioCrawler (no browser), so compute costs are very low.

Scenario	Pages	Results	Est. Compute	Est. Actor Fee
One city, one category	5	~80	~$0.01	~$0.16
One city, all categories	20	~320	~$0.05	~$0.64
Multiple cities	100	~1,600	~$0.25	~$3.20

Actor pricing: $0.002 per result + minimal compute costs. A typical run of 5 pages costs under $0.20 total.

Supported countries

Code	Country	Code	Country
us	United States	de	Germany
uk	United Kingdom	at	Austria
au	Australia	ch	Switzerland
ca	Canada	br	Brazil
nz	New Zealand	mx	Mexico
za	South Africa	ar	Argentina
in	India	ie	Ireland
sg	Singapore	ph	Philippines
hk	Hong Kong	my	Malaysia

Input parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description
country	string	Yes	us	Country code from the supported list
city	string	Yes	new-york	City name with hyphens (e.g., los-angeles)
category	string	No	—	Business category or keyword (e.g., plumber)
maxPages	integer	No	5	Max search result pages (1-100)
scrapeDetails	boolean	No	true	Visit detail pages for full data
maxRequestsPerCrawl	integer	No	500	Safety limit on total HTTP requests

Tips for best results

• Finding city names: Go to hotfrog.com, search for a city, and copy the URL slug (e.g., new-york, los-angeles, san-francisco)
• Category keywords: Use common business categories like plumber, electrician, restaurant, dentist, lawyer
• Quick mode: Set scrapeDetails to false for a fast list of names, addresses, and URLs without visiting each detail page
• Large scrapes: Increase maxPages and maxRequestsPerCrawl together. Each page has ~16 businesses.

Integrations

Connect Hotfrog data with your workflow:

• API — Access results programmatically via the Apify API
• Webhooks — Get notified when a scrape completes
• Zapier / Make — Pipe results into Google Sheets, CRMs, or databases
• Python / Node.js — Use the Apify SDK to run and retrieve data

Legal disclaimer

This Actor extracts publicly available business information from Hotfrog.com. It does not extract private user data, bypass authentication, or access protected content. The scraped data consists of business listings that companies have voluntarily published on Hotfrog's public directory.

Users are responsible for ensuring their use of scraped data complies with applicable laws, including GDPR and CCPA. For questions about data usage, consult a legal professional.

Support

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