# Australian Business Scraper (`proscraper/australian-business-scraper`) Actor

Scrapes Australian businesses from any city, zip code, keywords and categories. Input locations and keywords, and the scraper will create all possible combinations and start the scrape.
Flexible and affordable payment by 1000 results, so you only pay for the data you get.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/proscraper/australian-business-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Owais Nazir](https://apify.com/proscraper) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Other
- **Stats:** 71 total users, 2 monthly users, 92.9% runs succeeded, 4 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

$5.00 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## Australian Business Scraper - Ultimate Tool for Scraping High Quality and Active Australian Businesses

Australian Business Scraper is a highly efficient tool for generating business leads from Australia. You can scrape business contact data for hundreds of thousands of Australian businesses data with single click at a very affordable and flexible pricing structure.

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### Features

- Speed: Provides the results in shortest possible time.
- East to setup: Has just two filters, so very easy to get started
- Accuracy: Gets through different sources to get you the most accurate results for Australian businesses
- Adjustable filters: You can specify locations and categories.
- Low cost: Provides you a flexible upfront pricing plan where you pay only for the results you get.
- Comprehensive output: Provides you with all the business details for any business, includoing address, geocoordinates and contact information.

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### How to Use

- **Setup up Inputs:** Specify locations, i.e. postcodes, city or metro areas, and categories.
- **Run:** That's it!
- **Export:** Get the results

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### Input Parameters

| Parameter  | Type | Description | Examples |
| ------------- |:-------------:|:-------------:|:-------------:|
| `locations`      | Array    | List of locations. Can be post codes, city names or even states    | `['2009','sydney']`    |
| `categories`     | Array    | List of categories or keywords    | `['carpenters','builders']`    |
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### Output Examples

| Field  | Description |
| ------------- |:-------------:|
| `url`     | URL from where the business details were acquired   |
| `name`     | Business name     |
| `category`      | Category of the business     |
| `address`      | This will be a nested object containing address details like `address`, `city`, `state`, `postcode`, `latitude` and `longitude`    |
| `contact`      | A nested object containing `website`, `email` and `phone`   |
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### Sample Output (JSON Format)

```
{
    "url": "sample url",
    "name": "Saple Carpenters",
    "category": "Carpenters & Joiners",
    "address": {
      "address": "Sample Rd",
      "city": "Welshpool",
      "state": "WA",
      "postcode": "6106",
      "latitude": "-31.7564",
      "longitude": "115.7756454"
    },
    "contact": {
      "website": "http://www.samplecarpentry.com",
      "email": "sample@carpenters.com",
      "phone": "sample"
    }
  }
```

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### How much would this cost?

A very simple flat rate of 8$ per 1000 results. No additional platform fees, proxy charges or any rental. That is all.

# Actor input Schema

## `categories` (type: `array`):

List of categories or keywords

## `locations` (type: `array`):

List of locations. Can either be city names or post codes.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "categories": [
    "carpenters"
  ],
  "locations": [
    "hobart"
  ]
}
```

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "categories": [
        "carpenters"
    ],
    "locations": [
        "hobart"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("proscraper/australian-business-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "categories": ["carpenters"],
    "locations": ["hobart"],
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("proscraper/australian-business-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "categories": [
    "carpenters"
  ],
  "locations": [
    "hobart"
  ]
}' |
apify call proscraper/australian-business-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,proscraper/australian-business-scraper"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/X7hJN67Pj2ugqgTzZ/builds/RzylvY9n7qjaMfloT/openapi.json