Brownbook Business Directory Leads Scraper

Here is one real result, with every field the actor returns:

{
  "businessName": "Good Eco Group",
  "phone": "01276 691230",
  "email": "sales@goodecogroup.com",
  "website": "https://www.goodecogroup.com/",
  "mobile": null,
  "address": "Unit 7, J4, 15 Doman Road, Camberley, Surrey, GU15 3LB",
  "addressLine1": null,
  "addressLine2": null,
  "addressLine3": null,
  "city": "Camberley",
  "state": null,
  "postcode": null,
  "country": "GB",
  "latitude": null,
  "longitude": null,
  "mapUrl": null,
  "category": "Solar Electric Power Generation",
  "categoryPath": "Utilities > Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution > Electric Power Generation > Solar Electric Power Generation",
  "facebook": null,
  "instagram": null,
  "linkedin": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/goodecogroup/",
  "twitter": null,
  "youtube": null,
  "whatsapp": "01276691230",
  "description": null,
  "claimed": true,
  "rating": 0,
  "reviewCount": 0,
  "url": "https://www.brownbook.net/business/53876627/good-eco-group/",
  "id": "53876627",
  "hasPhone": true,
  "hasEmail": true,
  "hasWebsite": true,
  "aiLeadScore": 75,
  "aiLeadTemperature": "warm",
  "aiProfileSummary": "Good Eco Group specializes in solar electric power generation, providing sustainable energy solutions in the electric power generation sector. Based in Camberley, GB, they offer services related to solar energy systems.",
  "source": "Brownbook",
  "observedAt": "2026-08-14T07:02:24.205Z"
}

The most complete Brownbook business directory scraper available. It returns every contact field a Brownbook listing exposes (name, phone, mobile, email, website, full and split address, geo, category path and social links), adds derived lead-quality flags and a WhatsApp number, and gives you keyword, location, country and contactability filters to build exactly the lead list you need.

📥 Input · 📤 Output · 💰 Pricing · ▶️ Examples

Table of contents

• What it does
• Quickstart
• Input reference
• Output reference
• Example output record
• Run via API and CLI
• Fetch results
• Billing and limits
• FAQ and troubleshooting

What it does

The actor searches the Brownbook global business directory for your keyword in a country and optional location, paginates through the results, and writes one normalized record per business to the run's dataset. When enrichContacts is on (the default), each business page is opened to add the published email, website, category, category path and social links. Derived fields (whatsapp, hasPhone, hasEmail, hasWebsite, mapUrl) are computed so you can filter and route leads without extra parsing.

Optional client-side filters (onlyWithEmail, onlyWithPhone, onlyWithWebsite) keep only contactable leads. Optional paid AI add-ons (lead score and temperature, profile summary) are off by default and billed per business only when they return usable output.

Quickstart

Open the actor, paste this into the input, and press Run. It returns up to 10 restaurants in London, UK, enriched with email, website and category.

{
  "query": "restaurant",
  "location": "London",
  "country": "gb",
  "maxBusinesses": 10,
  "enrichContacts": true
}

Every field is optional; query defaults to restaurant and country to gb. Turn enrichContacts off for a faster, phone-and-address-only run.

Input reference

Field	Type	Required	Default	Description
query	string	no	restaurant	What to search for, for example plumber, dentist, law firm.
location	string	no	(empty)	City or area to focus the search, for example London, New York, Sydney.
country	string	no	gb	Two-letter country code to search in, for example gb, us, au, de.
maxBusinesses	integer	no	10	Maximum businesses to collect (1 to 1000000). Free Apify plans are capped at 10.
enrichContacts	boolean	no	true	When on, each business page is opened to add email, website, category and social links. Off is faster (phone and address only).
onlyWithEmail	boolean	no	false	Keep only listings that have an email address.
onlyWithPhone	boolean	no	false	Keep only listings that have a phone or mobile number.
onlyWithWebsite	boolean	no	false	Keep only listings that publish a website URL.
withLeadScore	boolean	no	false	Paid add-on. AI-qualifies each business as a sales lead (0-100 score plus hot/warm/cold). Billed per business only when a score is produced.
withProfileSummary	boolean	no	false	Paid add-on. Adds a 1-2 sentence AI business profile summary. Billed per business only when a summary is produced.
enrichContactsMax	integer	no	50	Cap how many results the contact add-on tries to enrich. Free Apify accounts are capped at 3.

Contactability filters combine with logical AND and run client-side. AI add-ons require a paid Apify plan and are disabled for free accounts.

Output reference

One dataset item per business. Types: string, number, boolean, or null when the value is absent.

Field	Type	Description
businessName	string	Business name.
phone	string	Landline phone as published, or null.
email	string	Published email, or null (requires enrichContacts).
website	string	Published website URL, or null (requires enrichContacts).
mobile	string	Mobile number, or null.
address	string	Full single-line address.
addressLine1	string	Address line 1 when the source splits it, else null.
addressLine2	string	Address line 2, or null.
addressLine3	string	Address line 3, or null.
city	string	City, or null.
state	string	State/region, or null.
postcode	string	Postal code, or null.
country	string	Two-letter country code.
latitude	number	Latitude when the source provides coordinates, else null.
longitude	number	Longitude, or null.
mapUrl	string	Google Maps link built from the coordinates, or null.
category	string	Business category, or null (requires enrichContacts).
categoryPath	string	Full category breadcrumb, or null.
facebook	string	Facebook URL, or null.
instagram	string	Instagram URL, or null.
linkedin	string	LinkedIn URL, or null.
twitter	string	Twitter/X URL, or null.
youtube	string	YouTube URL, or null.
whatsapp	string	Dialable WhatsApp-style number derived from mobile/phone, or null.
description	string	Business description from the profile, or null.
claimed	boolean	true when the listing is a claimed/verified advertiser, else false or null.
rating	number	Average rating, or null.
reviewCount	number	Number of reviews, or null.
url	string	Brownbook profile URL.
id	string	Brownbook business id.
hasPhone	boolean	true when a phone or mobile is present.
hasEmail	boolean	true when an email is present.
hasWebsite	boolean	true when a website is present.
aiLeadScore	number	AI lead score (0-100) when the add-on is enabled, else null.
aiLeadTemperature	string	AI lead temperature (hot/warm/cold) when enabled, else null.
aiProfileSummary	string	AI profile summary when the add-on is enabled, else null.
source	string	Data source label (Brownbook).
observedAt	string	ISO 8601 timestamp of when the record was collected.

When the contact add-on finds an email, extra fields are added: enrichedEmail, enrichedContactName, enrichedJobTitle, enrichedEmailStatus, enrichedSource, enrichedConfidence.

Example output record

Real record from a live run (input {"query": "solar", "country": "gb", "enrichContacts": true, "withLeadScore": true, "withProfileSummary": true}):

{
  "businessName": "Good Eco Group",
  "phone": "01276 691230",
  "email": "sales@goodecogroup.com",
  "website": "https://www.goodecogroup.com/",
  "address": "Unit 7, J4, 15 Doman Road, Camberley, Surrey, GU15 3LB",
  "city": "Camberley",
  "country": "GB",
  "category": "Solar Electric Power Generation",
  "categoryPath": "Utilities > Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution > Electric Power Generation > Solar Electric Power Generation",
  "linkedin": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/goodecogroup/",
  "whatsapp": "01276691230",
  "claimed": true,
  "rating": 0,
  "reviewCount": 0,
  "url": "https://www.brownbook.net/business/53876627/good-eco-group/",
  "id": "53876627",
  "hasPhone": true,
  "hasEmail": true,
  "hasWebsite": true,
  "aiLeadScore": 75,
  "aiLeadTemperature": "warm",
  "aiProfileSummary": "Good Eco Group specializes in solar electric power generation, providing sustainable energy solutions in the electric power generation sector. Based in Camberley, GB, they offer services related to solar energy systems.",
  "source": "Brownbook",
  "observedAt": "2026-08-14T07:02:24.205Z"
}

Run via API and CLI

Start a run and wait for it to finish, then read the dataset. Replace <TOKEN> with your Apify API token.

Run synchronously and get dataset items in one call:

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/scrapers_lat~brownbook-business-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=<TOKEN>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"query":"restaurant","location":"London","country":"gb","maxBusinesses":25}'

Start a run asynchronously:

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/scrapers_lat~brownbook-business-scraper/runs?token=<TOKEN>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"query":"plumber","country":"us","onlyWithEmail":true,"maxBusinesses":100}'

Apify CLI:

apify call scrapers_lat/brownbook-business-scraper \
  --input '{"query":"dentist","location":"Sydney","country":"au"}'

Fetch results

Every run writes to a dataset. Fetch items as JSON, CSV, or Excel by changing format:

# JSON
curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/datasets/<DATASET_ID>/items?token=<TOKEN>&clean=true&format=json"

# CSV
curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/datasets/<DATASET_ID>/items?token=<TOKEN>&clean=true&format=csv"

# Paginate large datasets
curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/datasets/<DATASET_ID>/items?token=<TOKEN>&offset=1000&limit=1000"

<DATASET_ID> is returned as defaultDatasetId in the run object. Use offset and limit to page through large result sets. clean=true drops empty and internal fields.

Billing and limits

• Pay per result. You are charged per business returned (result event). See the pricing tab for the current per-result price.
• No charge on failure. If the search fails on the first request, the actor writes a single item with a populated error field and does not charge. Empty runs cost nothing.
• Spend cap respected. Set maxTotalChargeUsd on the run; once reached, the actor stops emitting and charging further billable results, including add-on charges.
• Free Apify plans are capped at 10 businesses per run. Upgrade for higher maxBusinesses.
• AI add-ons require a paid Apify plan and are billed per business only when they return usable output.

FAQ and troubleshooting

A run returned few or no results. Why? The keyword and location matched little in that country's Brownbook index. Broaden the keyword, drop the location, or try a different country code. Empty runs cost nothing.

How do I get only leads with an email? Set onlyWithEmail to true and keep enrichContacts on so the email field is populated from each business page.

Why are email, website and category null? Those come from the business page, which is only opened when enrichContacts is on (the default). With it off you get the faster phone-and-address-only listing fields.

What country codes are supported? Standard two-letter ISO codes (gb, us, au, de, and others). The scraper routes through country-matched residential proxies.

Is this an official Brownbook tool? No. This actor is independent and has no affiliation with Brownbook. It reads only publicly available directory listings.

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Independent tool, not affiliated with Brownbook. Accesses only publicly available business directory data.