# Yelp Business Scraper — Phone, Address, Rating & More (`scrapersdelight/yelp-business-scraper`) Actor

Scrape Yelp business listings by search term + location — business name, phone, address, website, categories, rating and review count. Via Yelp's own search backend. No login. Export JSON, CSV, Excel or Google Sheets.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/scrapersdelight/yelp-business-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Scrapers Delight](https://apify.com/scrapersdelight) (community)
- **Categories:** Automation, Lead generation, Agents
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

$2.00 / 1,000 per business returneds

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/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases.
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.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## 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.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md):

```bash
npm install apify-client
```

In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md):

```bash
pip install apify-client
```

In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md):

````bash
# MacOS / Linux
curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash
# Windows
irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex
```bash

In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md).

If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).


# README

## ⭐ Yelp Business Scraper — Phone, Address, Rating & More

**Scrape Yelp business listings by search term + location — business name, phone, address, website, categories, rating and review count. The cheapest, most reliable Yelp scraper: $2 per 1,000 businesses, no login, no API key.**

> 🕒 Fast search feed · 📞 Phone + address + website · ⭐ Rating + review count · 💵 $2 / 1,000 results · 🚫 No login or API key

Turn any Yelp search into a clean, structured dataset in minutes. Type a **search term** (`plumbers`, `restaurants`, `dentists`, `hvac`) and a **location** (`Austin, TX`, `10001`) and get back a flat lead record per business — the exact contact + reputation fields sales, marketing, and market-research teams need. Export to JSON, CSV, Excel, or Google Sheets, or pull straight into your app via API. A drop-in **Yelp API** for lead lists and local-market data.

---

### What it does

- 🔎 **Search like a human** — `searchTerm` + `location`, exactly what you'd type in Yelp's Find/Near boxes. Every matching business comes back structured.
- 📞 **The contact fields that matter** — business name, phone, full address (city / state / ZIP parsed out).
- 🌐 **Own website** *(optional)* — enrich each business's real website URL from its Yelp page.
- ⭐ **Reputation, quantified** — star rating, review count, and price range ($ – $$$$).
- 🏷️ **Categories & neighborhoods** — every Yelp category tag and neighborhood, ready to filter.
- 💵 **Cheapest in class** — pay-per-result at **$0.002 / business ($2 per 1,000)**, and free to try.
- 🛡️ **Reliable by design** — routes through clean residential IPs with a real browser fingerprint and retries automatically, so runs don't come back empty.

### 📊 Output — one flat record per business

| Field | Type | Example |
|---|---|---|
| 🏢 `business_name` | text | `Joe's Plumbing & Rooter` |
| 📞 `phone` | text | `(415) 555-0142` |
| 📍 `address` | text | `123 Market St, San Francisco, CA 94103` |
| 🏙️ `city` / `state` / `zip` | text | `San Francisco` / `CA` / `94103` |
| 🌐 `website` | link | `https://joesplumbing.com` |
| 🏷️ `categories` | array | `["Plumbing", "Water Heater Installation/Repair"]` |
| ⭐ `rating` | number | `4.5` |
| 🗣️ `review_count` | number | `212` |
| 💲 `price_range` | text | `$$` |
| 🔗 `url` | link | `https://www.yelp.com/biz/joes-plumbing-san-francisco` |

Plus `neighborhoods`, `is_ad`, `biz_id`, `biz_slug`, `search_term`, `search_location`, and `scraped_at`.

<details><summary>⭐ Sample record</summary>

```json
{
  "business_name": "Joe's Plumbing & Rooter",
  "phone": "(415) 555-0142",
  "address": "123 Market St, San Francisco, CA 94103",
  "city": "San Francisco", "state": "CA", "zip": "94103",
  "website": "https://joesplumbing.com",
  "categories": ["Plumbing", "Water Heater Installation/Repair"],
  "rating": 4.5, "review_count": 212, "price_range": "$$",
  "url": "https://www.yelp.com/biz/joes-plumbing-san-francisco",
  "search_term": "plumbers", "search_location": "San Francisco, CA"
}
````

</details>

> 💡 Building this yourself means reverse-engineering Yelp's search backend, its bot management, pagination, and per-business enrichment. This Actor hands you a flat lead record per business — ready in minutes.

***

### Who it's for

- 🎯 **Lead-gen & sales teams** building targeted local B2B lists (name + phone + website by category and city).
- 📈 **Agencies & marketers** prospecting local businesses that need SEO, ads, web, or reputation help.
- 🧭 **Market researchers** mapping category density, ratings, and price tiers across a metro.
- 🤖 **Data teams** enriching CRMs with Yelp reputation signals (rating, review count).

### How to use it

1. Click **Try for free**.
2. Enter a **Search term** (`plumbers`, `restaurants`, `dentists`) and a **Location** (`Austin, TX`, `10001`).
3. *(Optional)* turn on **Enrich own website**, and set **Max results**.
4. Click **Start**. Export from the **Dataset** tab (JSON, CSV, Excel, Google Sheets) or via API.

#### Examples

Plumbers in San Francisco:

```json
{ "searchTerm": "plumbers", "location": "San Francisco, CA", "maxResults": 100 }
```

Restaurants near a ZIP, with websites:

```json
{ "searchTerm": "restaurants", "location": "10001", "includeWebsite": true }
```

***

### ❓ FAQ

**Is there a Yelp API?** Yes — this Actor is effectively a Yelp API: give it a search term + location, get back structured JSON. No official key needed.

**Do I need a Yelp login or API key?** No. It reads Yelp's public search data — no account, no key.

**Which fields do I get?** Business name, phone, address (city/state/ZIP), website (optional), categories, rating, review count, price range, neighborhoods, and the Yelp URL.

**How many results per search?** Yelp caps a single search around 240 results (~10 per page). Narrow by location or search term to pull more of the market across multiple runs.

**How much does it cost?** Pay-per-result at **$0.002 per business ($2 / 1,000)** — the cheapest Yelp scraper on the Store — and it's free to try. You only pay for the businesses returned.

**Is it reliable?** Yes — it routes through clean residential IPs with a real browser fingerprint and retries automatically on any block, so searches return populated rows.

**Can I export to Excel or Google Sheets?** Yes — the dataset exports to JSON, CSV, Excel, or Google Sheets, or pull it via API.

**Can I scrape a whole city?** Run the same search term across several locations (ZIPs / cities) and combine the datasets.

**Does it get emails?** No — Yelp doesn't publish business emails. You get phone + website; pair the website with an email-finder to enrich further.

**Is the website field always filled?** Only when **Enrich own website** is on, and only when the business lists a website on Yelp.

### Notes & fair use

You are responsible for complying with Yelp's Terms of Service and applicable data/privacy law. This Actor reads publicly available business listings; it does not access private or login-gated data.

# Actor input Schema

## `searchTerm` (type: `string`):

What to search on Yelp — a category or keyword, exactly as you'd type in Yelp's "Find" box (e.g. "plumbers", "restaurants", "dentists", "coffee", "hvac").

## `location` (type: `string`):

Where to search — a city, neighborhood, ZIP code, or address, exactly as you'd type in Yelp's "Near" box (e.g. "San Francisco, CA", "Austin, TX", "10001").

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Cap on the number of businesses returned this run (cost/speed guard). Yelp paginates ~10 per page and caps a single search around 240 results. Default 100; set 0 for everything Yelp returns for the search.

## `includeWebsite` (type: `boolean`):

Also pull each business's OWN website URL from its Yelp page (adds one extra request per business, so it's slower). Off = name/phone/address/categories/rating/reviews only, from the fast search feed.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Proxy settings. Yelp fronts its endpoints with DataDome + IP-reputation bot management, so RESIDENTIAL (US) is the default for a clean IP and reliable results. Datacenter proxy will mostly be challenged.

## `requestConcurrency` (type: `integer`):

Max parallel requests during website enrichment. Higher = faster; keep modest to respect the site and your proxy budget.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searchTerm": "restaurants",
  "location": "San Francisco, CA",
  "maxResults": 20,
  "includeWebsite": false,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ],
    "apifyProxyCountry": "US"
  },
  "requestConcurrency": 4
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `records` (type: `string`):

The dataset of scraped Yelp business leads (one item per business).

# 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 = {
    "searchTerm": "restaurants",
    "location": "San Francisco, CA",
    "maxResults": 20
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("scrapersdelight/yelp-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 = {
    "searchTerm": "restaurants",
    "location": "San Francisco, CA",
    "maxResults": 20,
}

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

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

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

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "searchTerm": "restaurants",
  "location": "San Francisco, CA",
  "maxResults": 20
}' |
apify call scrapersdelight/yelp-business-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=scrapersdelight/yelp-business-scraper",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

```json
{
    "openapi": "3.0.1",
    "info": {
        "title": "Yelp Business Scraper — Phone, Address, Rating & More",
        "description": "Scrape Yelp business listings by search term + location — business name, phone, address, website, categories, rating and review count. Via Yelp's own search backend. No login. Export JSON, CSV, Excel or Google Sheets.",
        "version": "0.1",
        "x-build-id": "u9sd1HPitXdup8Uta"
    },
    "servers": [
        {
            "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2"
        }
    ],
    "paths": {
        "/acts/scrapersdelight~yelp-business-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-scrapersdelight-yelp-business-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/scrapersdelight~yelp-business-scraper/runs": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "runs-sync-scrapersdelight-yelp-business-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK",
                        "content": {
                            "application/json": {
                                "schema": {
                                    "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema"
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/scrapersdelight~yelp-business-scraper/run-sync": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-scrapersdelight-yelp-business-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    },
    "components": {
        "schemas": {
            "inputSchema": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                    "searchTerm": {
                        "title": "Search term",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "What to search on Yelp — a category or keyword, exactly as you'd type in Yelp's \"Find\" box (e.g. \"plumbers\", \"restaurants\", \"dentists\", \"coffee\", \"hvac\")."
                    },
                    "location": {
                        "title": "Location",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Where to search — a city, neighborhood, ZIP code, or address, exactly as you'd type in Yelp's \"Near\" box (e.g. \"San Francisco, CA\", \"Austin, TX\", \"10001\")."
                    },
                    "maxResults": {
                        "title": "Max results",
                        "minimum": 0,
                        "type": "integer",
                        "description": "Cap on the number of businesses returned this run (cost/speed guard). Yelp paginates ~10 per page and caps a single search around 240 results. Default 100; set 0 for everything Yelp returns for the search.",
                        "default": 100
                    },
                    "includeWebsite": {
                        "title": "Enrich own website",
                        "type": "boolean",
                        "description": "Also pull each business's OWN website URL from its Yelp page (adds one extra request per business, so it's slower). Off = name/phone/address/categories/rating/reviews only, from the fast search feed.",
                        "default": false
                    },
                    "proxyConfiguration": {
                        "title": "Proxy",
                        "type": "object",
                        "description": "Proxy settings. Yelp fronts its endpoints with DataDome + IP-reputation bot management, so RESIDENTIAL (US) is the default for a clean IP and reliable results. Datacenter proxy will mostly be challenged.",
                        "default": {
                            "useApifyProxy": true,
                            "apifyProxyGroups": [
                                "RESIDENTIAL"
                            ],
                            "apifyProxyCountry": "US"
                        }
                    },
                    "requestConcurrency": {
                        "title": "Request concurrency",
                        "minimum": 1,
                        "maximum": 8,
                        "type": "integer",
                        "description": "Max parallel requests during website enrichment. Higher = faster; keep modest to respect the site and your proxy budget.",
                        "default": 4
                    }
                }
            },
            "runsResponseSchema": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                    "data": {
                        "type": "object",
                        "properties": {
                            "id": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "actId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "userId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "startedAt": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "format": "date-time",
                                "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
                            },
                            "finishedAt": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "format": "date-time",
                                "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
                            },
                            "status": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "example": "READY"
                            },
                            "meta": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "origin": {
                                        "type": "string",
                                        "example": "API"
                                    },
                                    "userAgent": {
                                        "type": "string"
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "stats": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "inputBodyLen": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 2000
                                    },
                                    "rebootCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "restartCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "resurrectCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "computeUnits": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "options": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "build": {
                                        "type": "string",
                                        "example": "latest"
                                    },
                                    "timeoutSecs": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 300
                                    },
                                    "memoryMbytes": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 1024
                                    },
                                    "diskMbytes": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 2048
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "buildId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultKeyValueStoreId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultDatasetId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultRequestQueueId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "buildNumber": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "example": "1.0.0"
                            },
                            "containerUrl": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "usage": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 1
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_SERPS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "usageTotalUsd": {
                                "type": "number",
                                "example": 0.00005
                            },
                            "usageUsd": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "number",
                                        "example": 0.00005
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_SERPS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}
```