# BuildZoom Scraper - Contractors, Licenses, Permits & Leads (`scrapesage/buildzoom-scraper`) Actor

Scrape US contractors from BuildZoom by city and trade. Get phone, address, geo, licenses, BuildZoom score, building-permit history, ratings, reviews and ready-to-contact B2B leads. No login, no browser.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/scrapesage/buildzoom-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Scrape Sage](https://apify.com/scrapesage) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Agents, Integrations
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $2.81 / 1,000 contractor scraped (listing)s

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

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

## What's an Apify Actor?

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and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
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Actors are written with capital "A".

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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

## BuildZoom Scraper — US Contractors, Licenses, Permits & B2B Leads

Extract **complete US contractor data** from BuildZoom — the fields other scrapers leave empty: **real phone numbers, full license registry (numbers + issuing authority + jurisdiction), the BuildZoom Score, building-permit history with job values, ratings and customer reviews**. Every contractor comes out as a **ready-to-contact B2B lead** with a 0–100 lead score.

Search by **city and trade** (general contractors, electricians, plumbers, roofers, HVAC, painters, remodelers, architects…), paste BuildZoom URLs, or pass contractor profiles directly. No login, no cookies, no browser — fast JSON-LD extraction.

### Why this BuildZoom scraper?

Most contractor scrapers return a name and a profile link and stop there. This actor pulls the structured data BuildZoom publishes and ships the **richest contractor lead record in the category**:

| Data | Typical scrapers | This actor |
|---|---|---|
| Contractor name + profile URL | ✅ | ✅ |
| Direct phone number | partial | ✅ (≈100% from listings) |
| Full mailing address + lat/lng | partial | ✅ |
| License registry (number, type, **issuing authority**, jurisdiction) | ❌ | ✅ every license |
| License-verified / active status | ❌ | ✅ |
| **BuildZoom Score** + state ranking | ❌ | ✅ |
| **Building-permit history** (project type, address, date, valuation) | ❌ | ✅ opt-in |
| Services / specialties catalog | ❌ | ✅ |
| Star rating + customer reviews | partial | ✅ opt-in |
| Areas served | ❌ | ✅ |
| Lead score (0–100) | ❌ | ✅ |
| Only-new / score-change monitoring | ❌ | ✅ |
| Website emails/phones/socials | ❌ | ✅ best-effort |

### Use cases

- **Lead generation** — contractors are active buyers: building materials, tools, software, insurance, bonding, financing, recruiting and subcontracting. Filter by trade, city, license status and BuildZoom Score, then reach them by phone (always present) or enriched email.
- **Construction market intelligence** — map who is licensed and active in a metro, which trades dominate, and recent **permit activity** with job valuations.
- **Competitive research** — benchmark BuildZoom Scores, review counts and permit volume against your own crews.
- **Sales territory building** — pull every licensed contractor in a list of cities and load straight into your CRM.
- **Recruiting** — find established, licensed firms by trade and location.
- **Compliance & verification** — capture license numbers, issuing authorities and jurisdictions for vendor onboarding.

### How to use

1. [Sign up for Apify](https://console.apify.com/sign-up) — the free plan is enough to try this actor.
2. Open the **BuildZoom Scraper**, enter trades in **searchTerms** and cities in **locations** (or paste BuildZoom URLs), and click **Start**.
3. Watch contractor leads stream into the dataset table.
4. **Export** as JSON, CSV, Excel, XML, or RSS — or pull results programmatically via the [Apify API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2).

### Input

```json
{
    "searchTerms": ["general contractors", "electricians"],
    "locations": ["Chicago", "Austin, TX"],
    "includeProfileDetails": true,
    "includePermits": true,
    "includeReviews": false,
    "maxContractorsPerSearch": 100
}
```

- **searchTerms** — trades, combined with every location. Friendly names (`general contractors`, `plumbers`, `roofers`, `hvac`, `painters`, `landscaping`, `handyman`, `architects`, `home builders`, `solar`, `remodeling`) or raw BuildZoom slugs (`general-contractors`, `kitchen-and-bathroom-remodeling`).
- **locations** — US cities: `Chicago`, `Los Angeles`, `Austin, TX`, `New York, NY`, or a BuildZoom city slug (`austin-tx`).
- **startUrls** — any BuildZoom URL: a search page (`/chicago/general-contractors`) or a contractor profile (`/contractor/<slug>`). Auto-routed.
- **contractorUrls** — direct contractor profile URLs or slugs; always fetched with full detail.
- **includeProfileDetails** *(default true)* — open each profile for BuildZoom Score, full license list, license-verified status, permit history and reviews (billed as `contractorDetail`). Turn off for a fast listing-only run (`contractor`).
- **includePermits** *(default true)* — include a sample of the contractor's building-permit history.
- **includeReviews** *(default false)* — also output one record per customer review.
- **enrichWebsiteContacts** *(default false)* — when a profile links the contractor's own website, crawl it for emails/phones/socials.
- **monitorMode** / **monitorKey** — only output new contractors (plus existing ones whose BuildZoom Score or review count changed).
- **sortBy**, **minRating**, **maxContractorsPerSearch**, **maxPagesPerSearch**, **deduplicateContractors**, **maxConcurrency**, **proxyConfiguration** — fine controls.

### Output

One record per contractor (`type: "contractor"`), plus optional review records (`type: "review"`):

```json
{
    "type": "contractor",
    "slug": "bezruchuk-inc",
    "name": "Bezruchuk Inc",
    "profileUrl": "https://www.buildzoom.com/contractor/bezruchuk-inc",
    "contractorType": "GeneralContractor",
    "phone": "(425) 243-3470",
    "streetAddress": "11422 184th St Ct E",
    "city": "Puyallup",
    "state": "WA",
    "postalCode": "98374",
    "country": "US",
    "latitude": 47.08946,
    "longitude": -122.276899,
    "buildZoomScore": 173,
    "scoreRankText": "Ranks in the top 1% of 128,670 Washington licensed contractors",
    "licenseStatus": "active",
    "isLicenseVerified": true,
    "licenseCount": 2,
    "licenses": [
        {
            "type": "Construction Contractor, General",
            "number": "BEZRUI*867DG",
            "category": "License",
            "issuingAuthority": "Washington State Department of Labor & Industries",
            "jurisdiction": "Washington",
            "jurisdictionType": "State"
        }
    ],
    "services": ["Kitchen Remodel", "Bathroom Remodel", "Hardwood Flooring"],
    "rating": 5,
    "reviewCount": 29,
    "permitsSampleCount": 17,
    "permits": [
        {
            "type": "Single family remodel",
            "address": "10213 NE 19th Pl, Bellevue, WA, 98004",
            "date": "2025-01-31",
            "description": "Remodel of kitchen, powder room and laundry on first floor",
            "valuation": null
        }
    ],
    "areasServed": ["Bellevue", "Seattle"],
    "leadScore": 99,
    "searchTrade": "general-contractors",
    "searchLocation": "puyallup-wa",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-06-19T12:00:00.000Z"
}
```

### Automate & schedule

Run this actor on autopilot and pull results into your own stack:

- **[Apify API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2)** — start runs, fetch datasets, and manage schedules over REST.
- **[apify-client for JavaScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/)** and **[apify-client for Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/)** — official SDKs.
- **[Schedules](https://docs.apify.com/platform/schedules)** — run it daily/weekly to keep a contractor list fresh; pair with **monitorMode** to capture only newly listed contractors and updated profiles.
- **[Webhooks](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/webhooks)** — trigger downstream actions (CRM import, Slack alert, email sequence) the moment a run finishes.

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

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: 'MY_APIFY_TOKEN' });

const run = await client.actor('scrapesage/buildzoom-scraper').call({
    searchTerms: ['roofers'],
    locations: ['Dallas, TX', 'Houston, TX'],
    includeProfileDetails: true,
    maxContractorsPerSearch: 200,
});

const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
console.log(`Got ${items.length} contractor leads`);
```

### Integrate with any app

Connect the dataset to 5,000+ apps — no code required:

- **[Make](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/make)** — multi-step automation scenarios.
- **[Zapier](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/zapier)** — push new contractor leads straight into your CRM.
- **[Slack](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/slack)** — get notified when a monitored search finds new contractors.
- **[Google Drive / Sheets](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/drive)** — auto-export every run to a spreadsheet.
- **[Airbyte](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/airbyte)** — pipe results into your data warehouse.
- **[GitHub](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/github)** — trigger runs from commits or releases.

### Use with AI assistants (MCP)

The output is clean, LLM-ready JSON. Call this actor from Claude, ChatGPT, or any agent framework through the **[Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp)** — ask your assistant to "find licensed roofers in Dallas with a high BuildZoom score and list their phone numbers" and let it run this scraper for you.

### Agent-ready: autonomous payments (x402 & Skyfire)

This actor is **agent-ready** — AI agents can discover it, run it, and **pay for it autonomously**, with no Apify account and no human in the loop. It uses [pay-per-event](https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/publishing/monetize/pay-per-event) pricing and [limited permissions](https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/development/permissions), so it qualifies for Apify's agentic-payment standards:

- **[x402](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/x402)** — an open, HTTP-native payment protocol. Agents pay per run in USDC on the Base network directly through the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp) — no account, no API key.
- **[Skyfire](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/skyfire)** — agent-to-service payments for fully autonomous AI-agent workflows.

Building an AI agent, MCP tool, or autonomous data pipeline? This scraper is ready to plug in and pay as it goes.

### More scrapers from scrapesage

Build a complete **US B2B lead-gen stack** with the rest of the scrapesage directory:

- **[TaxBuzz Scraper](https://apify.com/scrapesage/taxbuzz-scraper)** — tax preparers, CPAs & accountant leads.
- **[FindLaw Scraper](https://apify.com/scrapesage/findlaw-scraper)** — lawyers, law firms & leads.
- **[Healthgrades Scraper](https://apify.com/scrapesage/healthgrades-scraper)** — doctors, reviews & provider leads.
- **[WebMD Scraper](https://apify.com/scrapesage/webmd-scraper)** — physicians, specialties & provider leads.
- **[Insurance Agent Scraper](https://apify.com/scrapesage/insurance-agent-scraper)** — State Farm & Farmers agent leads.
- **[US Business Formation Scraper](https://apify.com/scrapesage/us-business-formation-scraper)** — newly registered LLCs & companies.
- **[SAM.gov Scraper](https://apify.com/scrapesage/sam-gov-scraper)** — federal contract opportunities & contacts.
- **[Rent.com Scraper](https://apify.com/scrapesage/rent-com-scraper)** — apartments, rentals & property-manager leads.

### Tips

- **City slugs**: BuildZoom uses a bare slug for big cities (`chicago`, `los-angeles`) and `city-st` for others (`austin-tx`, `new-york-ny`). The actor tries both automatically from a `City, ST` input — or just paste the exact BuildZoom search URL into `startUrls`.
- **Cost control**: a listing-only run (`includeProfileDetails: false`) is the cheapest way to harvest phone + license + address at scale. Turn on profile details only when you need BuildZoom Scores, permits and reviews.
- **Big metros**: raise `maxPagesPerSearch` to go deeper; combine several trades and cities in one run.
- **Recurring monitoring**: combine [Schedules](https://docs.apify.com/platform/schedules) with `monitorMode` to track only newly listed contractors and updated scores/reviews.

### FAQ

**How do I scrape contractors for a specific city?** Put the city in `locations` (`Chicago`, `Austin, TX`) and the trade in `searchTerms` (`general contractors`, `electricians`). The actor resolves the BuildZoom city slug for you.

**Where do the phone numbers come from?** From BuildZoom's own public contractor data — they're present on the listing pages, so you get a phone for ~100% of contractors without even opening the profile.

**Can I get license numbers?** Yes. Every license is captured with its number, type, issuing authority and jurisdiction (city/state) — ideal for verification and compliance.

**What is the BuildZoom Score?** BuildZoom's proprietary ranking of a contractor's track record. The actor returns the numeric score plus the "ranks in the top X% of N state contractors" context.

**Can I export to Google Sheets, CSV, or Excel?** Yes — one click in the dataset view, or automatically on every run via the [Google Drive integration](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/drive).

**How do I monitor new contractors automatically?** Turn on `monitorMode` and create a [Schedule](https://docs.apify.com/platform/schedules); the actor remembers what it has seen and emits only new contractors (and contractors whose BuildZoom Score or review count changed).

**A field is null — why?** Some contractors genuinely don't have reviews yet, a published valuation, or a verified license. Fields are `null` only when the data doesn't exist, not because the scraper skipped them.

**Is scraping BuildZoom legal?** This actor collects publicly available data only. You are responsible for using the data in compliance with applicable laws (e.g. CCPA for personal data) and BuildZoom's terms.

### Need help?

Open an issue on the actor's **Issues** tab, or visit the [Apify help center](https://help.apify.com/). Feature requests are welcome — this actor is actively maintained.

# Actor input Schema

## `searchTerms` (type: `array`):

Contractor trades to search, combined with every location. Use friendly names ('general contractors', 'electricians', 'plumbers', 'roofers', 'hvac', 'painters', 'landscaping', 'handyman', 'architects', 'home builders', 'solar', 'remodeling') or a raw BuildZoom trade slug (e.g. 'general-contractors', 'kitchen-and-bathroom-remodeling').

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

US cities to search. Use a plain city ('Chicago', 'Los Angeles'), a 'City, ST' string ('Austin, TX', 'New York, NY') or a BuildZoom city slug ('austin-tx'). Each location is combined with every trade.

## `startUrls` (type: `array`):

Paste any BuildZoom URL — a search page (https://www.buildzoom.com/chicago/general-contractors) or a contractor profile (https://www.buildzoom.com/contractor/<slug>). Auto-routed.

## `contractorUrls` (type: `array`):

Direct contractor profile URLs or slugs (e.g. 'https://www.buildzoom.com/contractor/bezruchuk-inc' or just 'bezruchuk-inc'). Always fetched with full profile detail.

## `sortBy` (type: `string`):

Optional BuildZoom result sort. Leave as default (BuildZoom relevance / BZ-score ranking) for the most useful order.

## `minRating` (type: `integer`):

Only keep contractors with a star rating greater than or equal to this (0 = no filter). Note: many contractors have no reviews yet and will be dropped if you set this.

## `includeProfileDetails` (type: `boolean`):

Open each contractor's profile to add the BuildZoom Score + ranking, full license list (numbers, issuing authorities, jurisdictions), license-verified status, building-permit history sample (project type, address, date, valuation) and reviews. One extra request per contractor (billed as 'contractorDetail'). Turn off for a fast, cheap listing-only run.

## `includePermits` (type: `boolean`):

Include a sample of the contractor's building-permit history (project type, address, date, description, job valuation) in each record. Requires profile details.

## `includeReviews` (type: `boolean`):

Also output one record per customer review (author, date, star rating, title, body) for each contractor. Requires profile details.

## `maxReviewsPerContractor` (type: `integer`):

Cap the number of review records emitted per contractor.

## `enrichWebsiteContacts` (type: `boolean`):

When a contractor's own website is linked on their profile, crawl it (home + contact/about) for emails, phone numbers and social links. BuildZoom only links a website on some claimed/premium profiles, so this is best-effort — the phone number is always available regardless.

## `deduplicateContractors` (type: `boolean`):

Emit each contractor only once per run, even if they appear in several searches.

## `maxContractorsPerSearch` (type: `integer`):

Upper limit of contractors collected per trade × location (or per start URL).

## `maxPagesPerSearch` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of result pages to paginate per search (~25 contractors per page).

## `monitorMode` (type: `boolean`):

Remember contractors across runs in a named key-value store and emit only NEW contractors, plus existing ones whose permit count or BuildZoom score changed (changeType: new / new\_permit / score\_change). Combine with Apify Schedules to build a recurring contractor & permit feed. This is independent of (and complementary to) the platform scheduler.

## `monitorKey` (type: `string`):

Names the monitor memory so different saved searches don't collide (store: buildzoom-monitor-<key>).

## `maxConcurrency` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of pages fetched in parallel.

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

Proxy settings. BuildZoom serves clean pages to Apify datacenter proxies (the default). If you ever hit Cloudflare challenges, switch the group to RESIDENTIAL.

## `urlsFromFile` (type: `string`):

Paste a list of URLs (one per line), OR one link to a .txt/.csv file, Google Sheet or Google Drive file containing them. Lets you import many Start URLs at once instead of typing each. Google Sheet/Drive share links are handled automatically.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searchTerms": [
    "general contractors"
  ],
  "locations": [
    "Chicago"
  ],
  "sortBy": "",
  "minRating": 0,
  "includeProfileDetails": true,
  "includePermits": true,
  "includeReviews": false,
  "maxReviewsPerContractor": 20,
  "enrichWebsiteContacts": false,
  "deduplicateContractors": true,
  "maxContractorsPerSearch": 100,
  "maxPagesPerSearch": 15,
  "monitorMode": false,
  "monitorKey": "default",
  "maxConcurrency": 4,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

All scraped records in the default dataset. Each row is tagged with a `type` (contractor or review); use the Contractors / Reviews views to filter the columns.

# 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 = {
    "searchTerms": [
        "general contractors"
    ],
    "locations": [
        "Chicago"
    ],
    "urlsFromFile": ""
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("scrapesage/buildzoom-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 = {
    "searchTerms": ["general contractors"],
    "locations": ["Chicago"],
    "urlsFromFile": "",
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("scrapesage/buildzoom-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 '{
  "searchTerms": [
    "general contractors"
  ],
  "locations": [
    "Chicago"
  ],
  "urlsFromFile": ""
}' |
apify call scrapesage/buildzoom-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,scrapesage/buildzoom-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/qZ4DrNk69vbnmNW4n/builds/28ytdiQvGBUxABLbP/openapi.json