# Care.com Scraper - Caregivers, Care Jobs & Provider Leads (`scrapesage/care-com-scraper`) Actor

Scrape Care.com caregivers and care businesses: childcare, senior care, pet care, housekeeping and tutoring. Get rates, experience, certifications, reviews, availability and business leads with addresses. Filter by city, care type and rating. Monitor mode. Export to CSV/JSON.

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

## Pricing

from $5.00 / 1,000 caregiver scrapeds

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 web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
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.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
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- **JavaScript/TypeScript projects** — the official [JS/TS client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): `npm install apify-client`.
- **Python projects** — the official [Python client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): `pip install apify-client`.
- **Any other language** — 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

## Care.com Scraper — Caregivers, Care Businesses, Rates, Reviews & Leads

Extract **complete Care.com caregiver and care-business data** — childcare, babysitters, senior care, pet care, housekeeping, special needs and tutoring. Get **real hourly rate ranges, years of experience, certifications (CPR, first aid, CNA), services offered, ratings & reviews, availability, background-check status and photos** for every caregiver, plus **care-business leads** (daycare centers, assisted living, home-care agencies) with **name, full street address, geo and description**.

No login, no API key, no browser — fast JSON extraction with the richest dataset in the category.

### Why this Care.com scraper?

Most Care.com scrapers return a name and a city and stop. This actor reads Care.com's own search API and ships the **complete caregiver supply and care-business inventory** for any US market — and benchmarks it against the local market averages:

| Data | Typical scrapers | This actor |
|---|---|---|
| Hourly rate range (from / to) + currency | partial | ✅ |
| Years of experience, times hired, response time | ❌ | ✅ |
| Certifications (CPR, first aid, CNA, dementia, licensed nurse…) | ❌ | ✅ |
| Services offered (meal prep, transportation, housekeeping, dog walking…) | ❌ | ✅ |
| Average rating + per-dimension ratings (punctuality, reliability…) | partial | ✅ opt-in |
| Full reviews (text, rating, date, care type) | ❌ | ✅ opt-in |
| Weekly availability, age groups, languages, education, badges | ❌ | ✅ opt-in |
| Background-check status + completion date | ❌ | ✅ |
| **Care-business leads** — name, full address, geo, description | ❌ | ✅ |
| Local market benchmarks (avg rate, avg experience, avg rating, supply) | ❌ | ✅ |
| Lead score (0–100) per record | ❌ | ✅ |
| New-caregiver & rate-change monitoring | ❌ | ✅ opt-in |

### Use cases

- **Home-care & childcare recruiting** — see the entire local caregiver supply for a market: rates, experience, certifications, availability and background-check status. Build sourcing lists for agencies, staffing firms and care marketplaces.
- **Care-business lead generation** — `provider` records are ready-to-contact B2B leads: daycare centers, assisted-living communities and home-care agencies with **name, full street address and geo** — perfect for vendors selling to the care industry (software, supplies, insurance, marketing, staffing).
- **Market & pricing intelligence** — benchmark caregiver pay by city and care type (`hourlyRateFrom`/`hourlyRateTo` vs `marketAvgHourlyRate`), track supply (`marketTotalCaregivers`), experience and rating distributions.
- **Competitive & supply analysis** — for care platforms and franchises: measure caregiver density, rates and quality signals across every market you operate in.
- **Monitoring** — schedule recurring runs to watch a market for new caregivers, new businesses and rate/rating changes.

### 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 **Care.com Scraper**, enter care types and locations (or paste Care.com URLs), and click **Start**.
3. Watch caregiver and care-business records 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
{
    "careTypes": ["child-care", "senior-care"],
    "locations": ["Austin, TX", "Los Angeles, CA"],
    "maxResults": 200,
    "includeProviders": true,
    "includeCaregiverDetails": true,
    "includeReviews": true,
    "minRating": 4,
    "backgroundCheckedOnly": true
}
```

- **careTypes** — care categories, combined with every location. Friendly names work: `child-care`, `babysitters`, `senior-care` (elder / home care), `pet-care` (pet sitting & dog walking), `housekeeping`, `special-needs`, `tutors`.
- **locations** — US locations as `City, ST` (e.g. `Austin, TX`) or `City, State Name` (`Austin, Texas`).
- **startUrls** — direct Care.com URLs: listing pages (`/<care-type>/<city-st>`) or caregiver profiles (`/p/<handle>/<svc>`).
- **maxResults** — max caregivers/businesses to scan across all searches.
- **includeCaregivers** *(default true)* — output individual caregiver records.
- **includeProviders** *(default true)* — output care-business / facility leads (mainly child-care & senior-care).
- **minRating / minYearsExperience / maxHourlyRate / backgroundCheckedOnly** — caregiver filters.
- **includeCaregiverDetails** *(default false)* — fetch each caregiver's full profile for the complete bio, weekly availability, languages, education, badges, background-check dates, age groups served, job interests and per-dimension ratings.
- **includeReviews** *(default false)* — attach a nested `reviews` array (rating, text, date, care type) inside each caregiver record. Requires caregiver details.
- **enrichProviderContacts** *(default false)* — for care businesses that list a website in their description, crawl it for emails, phone and social links.
- **monitorMode** *(default false)* — only output caregivers/businesses that are NEW or whose rate / rating / review count CHANGED since the last run.

### Output

One clean record per caregiver (`type: "caregiver"`) and per care business (`type: "provider"`):

```json
{
    "type": "caregiver",
    "careType": "Child Care",
    "profileUrl": "https://www.care.com/p/janedoe123/cc",
    "caregiverId": "6988042",
    "displayName": "Jane D.",
    "age": 28,
    "city": "Austin",
    "state": "TX",
    "bioTitle": "Experienced & reliable childcare professional",
    "bioSummary": "Experienced childcare professional looking for one-time and recurring jobs…",
    "yearsOfExperience": 8,
    "hourlyRateFrom": 25,
    "hourlyRateTo": 35,
    "currency": "USD",
    "availabilityFrequency": "PART_TIME",
    "avgReviewRating": 5,
    "numberOfReviews": 2,
    "hiredTimes": 1,
    "responseTimeMinutes": 0,
    "backgroundChecked": true,
    "certifications": ["CPR Trained", "First Aid Training"],
    "services": ["Meal Preparation", "Light Housekeeping", "Carpooling", "Travel"],
    "ageGroups": ["Toddler", "Early School", "Elementary School"],
    "languages": ["English"],
    "badges": ["Background Check", "Vaccinated"],
    "ratingDimensions": { "punctuality": 5, "dependability": 5, "overall": 5 },
    "reviewsScraped": 2,
    "reviews": [{ "rating": 5, "text": "Jane is patient, kind and reliable…", "careType": "CHILD_CARE", "createdAt": "2019-11-20T19:12:15.000Z" }],
    "marketTotalCaregivers": 2950,
    "marketAvgHourlyRate": 22,
    "marketAvgYearsExperience": 6.2,
    "marketAvgRating": 4.7,
    "leadScore": 78,
    "searchCareType": "child-care",
    "searchLocation": "Austin, TX",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-06-16T12:00:00.000Z"
}
```

```json
{
    "type": "provider",
    "careType": "Senior Care",
    "providerId": "45911064-4247-44a8-b974-0dad0a018cdf",
    "name": "Silverleaf Eldercare at Wildridge",
    "avgReviewRating": 5,
    "street": "9004 Wildridge Dr",
    "city": "Austin",
    "state": "TX",
    "zipCode": "78759",
    "formattedAddress": "9004 WILDRIDGE DR, AUSTIN, TX, 78759",
    "latitude": 30.3871203,
    "longitude": -97.7507738,
    "description": "Silverleaf Eldercare is a new concept in senior care — Upscale Residential Assisted Living…",
    "website": "http://silverleafeldercare.com",
    "phone": "512-555-0134",
    "emails": ["info@silverleafeldercare.com"],
    "leadScore": 88,
    "searchCareType": "senior-care",
    "searchLocation": "Austin, TX",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-06-16T12:00:00.000Z"
}
```

### 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 track new caregivers, new businesses and rate changes in a market. Turn on **monitorMode** and the schedule will only surface what changed — a hands-off new-caregiver & rate-change feed.
- **[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/care-com-scraper').call({
    careTypes: ['senior-care'],
    locations: ['Phoenix, AZ'],
    maxResults: 200,
    includeProviders: true,
});

const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
console.log(`Got ${items.length} caregivers & care-business 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 caregiver / business leads straight into your CRM.
- **[Slack](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/slack)** — get notified when a monitored market gets a new caregiver or business.
- **[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 4★+ background-checked senior caregivers in Phoenix under $25/hour" 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 care, healthcare and local-services lead-gen stack:

- **[Caring.com Senior Living Scraper](https://apify.com/scrapesage/caring-senior-living-scraper)** — assisted living, memory care & senior-housing facility leads.
- **[Healthgrades Scraper](https://apify.com/scrapesage/healthgrades-scraper)** — doctors, reviews and provider leads.
- **[WebMD Scraper](https://apify.com/scrapesage/webmd-scraper)** — physicians, insurance and provider leads.
- **[TherapyDen Scraper](https://apify.com/scrapesage/therapyden-scraper)** — therapists & mental-health provider leads.
- **[Booksy Scraper](https://apify.com/scrapesage/booksy-scraper)** — beauty & wellness provider leads.
- **[Fresha Scraper](https://apify.com/scrapesage/fresha-scraper)** — salon, spa & wellness business leads.
- **[Thumbtack Scraper](https://apify.com/scrapesage/thumbtack-scraper)** — home-service pro leads & reviews.
- **[Bark Listing Scraper](https://apify.com/scrapesage/bark-listing-scraper)** — local service-provider leads.

### Tips

- **Large markets**: a single city/care type can list thousands of caregivers — set `maxResults` to cover the inventory you need (the actor paginates automatically).
- **Best business leads**: child-care and senior-care return `provider` (business) records with full addresses; turn on `enrichProviderContacts` to crawl any websites listed in their descriptions, then sort by `leadScore`.
- **Recurring monitoring**: combine [Schedules](https://docs.apify.com/platform/schedules) with `monitorMode` to track only new caregivers/businesses and rate/rating changes.
- **Cost control**: caregiver details and contact enrichment only run when enabled; filters (`minRating`, `minYearsExperience`, `maxHourlyRate`, `backgroundCheckedOnly`) trim the set before any extra requests.

### FAQ

**Which care types are supported?** Childcare, babysitters, senior care (elder / home care), pet care (pet sitting & dog walking), housekeeping (house cleaning), special needs, and tutoring.

**How do I scrape caregivers for a specific city?** Put the city in `locations` as `City, ST` (e.g. `Austin, TX`) and pick one or more `careTypes`. Each care type is combined with every location.

**Does it need an API key or login?** No. The actor reads Care.com's public search data — no key, no login, no browser.

**Can I get caregiver phone numbers or emails?** No — Care.com contacts caregivers through its own platform and does not publish their phone or email, so neither does this actor. You get the full public profile (rates, experience, certifications, services, reviews, availability) for sourcing and market analysis. Direct contact details are available for `provider` (business) records when the business lists a website (via `enrichProviderContacts`).

**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 caregivers and rate changes automatically?** Turn on `monitorMode`, then create a [Schedule](https://docs.apify.com/platform/schedules). Each run outputs only records that are new or whose rate / rating / review count changed.

**A field is null — why?** Some caregivers genuinely don't publish a rate, certain certifications, or an age range. Fields are `null` only when the data doesn't exist, not because the scraper skipped them.

**Is scraping Care.com legal?** This actor collects publicly available data only. You are responsible for using the data in compliance with applicable laws (GDPR/CCPA for personal data) and Care.com's terms. Do not use caregiver personal data for employment decisions in violation of FCRA or local law.

### 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

## `careTypes` (type: `array`):

Care categories to scrape (combined with every location). Friendly names work: <code>child-care</code>, <code>babysitters</code>, <code>senior-care</code> (elder/home care), <code>pet-care</code> (pet sitting & dog walking), <code>housekeeping</code> (house cleaning), <code>special-needs</code>, <code>tutors</code> (tutoring).

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

US locations as <code>City, ST</code> (e.g. <code>Austin, TX</code>, <code>Los Angeles, CA</code>, <code>Miami, FL</code>). Full state names also work (<code>Austin, Texas</code>). Each location is combined with every care type.

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

Direct Care.com URLs — listing pages (<code>https://www.care.com/\<care-type>/\<city-st></code>) or caregiver profiles (<code>https://www.care.com/p/\<handle>/\<svc></code>). Used in addition to the search above.

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

Maximum number of caregivers/businesses to scrape across all care types, locations and URLs.

## `includeCaregivers` (type: `boolean`):

Output individual caregiver records (rates, experience, certifications, services, reviews). Turn off to collect only care-business provider leads.

## `includeProviders` (type: `boolean`):

Output care-business / facility records (daycare centers, assisted living, home-care agencies) with name, full street address, geo and description — ready-to-use B2B leads. Available mainly for child-care and senior-care.

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

Only include caregivers with an average review rating at or above this value (1–5). Use 0 for any rating.

## `minYearsExperience` (type: `integer`):

Only include caregivers with at least this many years of experience. Leave empty for no filter.

## `maxHourlyRate` (type: `integer`):

Only include caregivers whose starting hourly rate is at or below this value. Leave empty for no filter.

## `backgroundCheckedOnly` (type: `boolean`):

Only include caregivers who have completed a Care.com background check (CareCheck).

## `includeCaregiverDetails` (type: `boolean`):

Fetch each caregiver's full profile for the complete bio, weekly availability, languages, education, badges, background-check dates, age groups served, job interests and per-dimension review ratings. One extra request per caregiver.

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

Attach a caregiver's reviews (rating, text, date, care type) as a nested <code>reviews</code> array inside each record — no separate rows. Requires caregiver details.

## `enrichProviderContacts` (type: `boolean`):

For care-business / provider records that list a website in their description, crawl it (home + contact/about) for emails, phone and social links. Best-effort — many businesses do not publish a website on Care.com.

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

Remember caregivers/businesses seen on previous runs and only output ones that are NEW or whose rate / rating / review count CHANGED. Pair with Apify Schedules for a hands-off new-caregiver & rate-change feed.

## `monitorStoreName` (type: `string`):

Named key-value store that holds the 'seen' fingerprints for monitor mode. Use a different name per saved search to track them independently. Lowercase letters, digits and hyphens only.

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

Proxies to use. Residential proxies are recommended — Care.com blocks most datacenter IPs.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "careTypes": [
    "child-care"
  ],
  "locations": [
    "Austin, TX"
  ],
  "maxResults": 100,
  "includeCaregivers": true,
  "includeProviders": true,
  "minRating": 0,
  "backgroundCheckedOnly": false,
  "includeCaregiverDetails": false,
  "includeReviews": false,
  "enrichProviderContacts": false,
  "monitorMode": false,
  "monitorStoreName": "care-com-monitor",
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

All scraped caregiver and care-business records as JSON items in the default dataset.

# 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 = {
    "careTypes": [
        "child-care"
    ],
    "locations": [
        "Austin, TX"
    ],
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true,
        "apifyProxyGroups": [
            "RESIDENTIAL"
        ]
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("scrapesage/care-com-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 = {
    "careTypes": ["child-care"],
    "locations": ["Austin, TX"],
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": True,
        "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"],
    },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("scrapesage/care-com-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 '{
  "careTypes": [
    "child-care"
  ],
  "locations": [
    "Austin, TX"
  ],
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  }
}' |
apify call scrapesage/care-com-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,scrapesage/care-com-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/cjkCAr77JB41Tb051/builds/N5gN7OylECwH8C6Rl/openapi.json