Yelp Scraper

Yelp Scraper collects business listings and reviews from Yelp and turns them into structured data for lead generation, market research, and local business monitoring. Provide a search term, location, or Yelp URL, run the Actor, and export business names, ratings, review counts, addresses, phone numbers, websites, opening hours, and reviews to JSON, CSV, Excel, or your preferred integration. Use it to build local business lists, monitor competitors, and track ratings over time. Scraping 1,000 businesses costs $1.50, with optional full business details for an extra $0.003 per business.

What can you automate with Yelp Scraper?

• Build targeted local business lists — search by category and location, then export names, ratings, categories, and addresses for outreach.
• Collect reviews and ratings — gather review text, author, rating, and date for sentiment and reputation analysis.
• Enrich business records with details — enable full details to fetch phone, website, opening hours, and attributes per business.
• Monitor competitors — schedule recurring runs to track rating and review-count changes.
• Feed a CRM or spreadsheet — export JSON, CSV, or Excel and push new records into your pipeline.

Who is this scraper for?

Team	Workflow
Lead-generation agencies	Pull business name, category, phone, and website to build local prospect lists.
Market researchers	Analyze rating distributions and category density across cities.
Reputation and review analysts	Collect review text and ratings to track sentiment over time.
Sales teams	Enrich CRM records with up-to-date Yelp business details.

What data can you collect from Yelp?

Data group	Example fields	How it helps
Business identity	name, url, categories, alias	Identify and link the listing.
Reputation	rating, reviewCount, priceRange, isOpenNow	Qualify and prioritize businesses.
Contact and location	address, city, phone, website, latitude, longitude	Reach and map businesses.
Reviews	reviews[] (rating, text, author, date)	Sentiment and reputation analysis.

Phone, website, opening hours, attributes, and reviews are only present when Scrape Business Details is enabled.

How to use Yelp Scraper

1. Open the Actor in the Scraptivo account.
2. Enter a search term and location, or paste a Yelp search or business URL.
3. Choose the country site, enable business details if needed, and set a limit.
4. Run the Actor.
5. Export the dataset to JSON, CSV, Excel, or your integration.

{ "searchTerm": "Pizza", "location": "Berlin", "countryCode": "DE", "scrapeDetails": true, "maxItems": 20 }

Example workflow

Build a weekly list of highly rated restaurants in Berlin

1. Run a "Restaurants" search for Berlin every Monday.
2. Keep businesses with a rating above 4.0 and more than 50 reviews.
3. Send new records to Google Sheets or a CRM.
4. Deduplicate using the stable business url.

Automate and integrate your results

• Schedule daily or weekly runs per search term or category using Apify's Scheduler or the API.
• Webhooks after a successful run to trigger your downstream pipeline.
• Export to Google Sheets, Make, Zapier, Slack, or a database.
• Deduplicate using the stable business url field.

curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/scraptivo~yelp-scraper/run-sync" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"searchTerm":"Pizza","location":"Berlin","countryCode":"DE","maxItems":20}'

Input reference

Field	Type	Required	Default	What it controls
startUrls	array	no	—	Preferred input: Yelp search or business page URLs.
searchTerm	string	no	"Lunch"	Keyword or Yelp category to search.
location	string	no	"Berlin"	City or area to search in.
searchQueries	array	no	—	Alternative list of "term in location" queries.
countryCode	string	no	US	Which Yelp regional site to use.
scrapeDetails	boolean	no	false	Fetch phone, website, hours, reviews (extra charge).
maxItems	integer	no	0	Maximum businesses to scrape (0 = unlimited).
proxyConfiguration	object	no	RESIDENTIAL	Proxy settings; residential recommended for DataDome.

Output example

{
  "name": "Café Bondi",
  "url": "https://www.yelp.de/biz/café-bondi-berlin-2",
  "rating": 4.2,
  "reviewCount": 117,
  "priceRange": "€€",
  "categories": ["Frühstück & Brunch", "Café"],
  "address": "Eichendorffstr. 6, Berlin, BE, 10115",
  "city": "Berlin",
  "isOpenNow": true,
  "searchTerm": "Lunch",
  "detailsFetched": true
}

How much does it cost to scrape Yelp?

Yelp Scraper uses pay-per-event billing on Apify:

• $0.0015 per business scraped (the headline result event).
• +$0.003 per business when Scrape Business Details is enabled (detail fetch).
• $0.00005 per run for the actor-start event.

Examples: 100 businesses without details cost about $0.15; 1,000 businesses with details cost about $4.50 plus the start fee. Residential proxy traffic is billed separately by Apify according to your plan.

Reliability and responsible use

• Yelp uses DataDome bot protection; residential proxies are recommended and enabled by default.
• Phone, website, hours, and reviews are only present when scrapeDetails is enabled.
• Some fields (phone, website, latitude, longitude) can be empty when a business has not published them.
• Scrape only public business data and follow Yelp's terms of service.

Frequently asked questions

Can I scrape specific business categories from Yelp?

Yes. Set searchTerm to a Yelp category such as "Restaurants", "Pizza", or "Coffee & Cafes", and choose a countryCode and location.

Can I schedule Yelp Scraper to run automatically?

Yes. Use Apify's Scheduler or the API to run a search term, location, or URL on a daily or weekly cadence.

What counts as one result?

One business listing. If you enable Scrape Business Details, each successful detail fetch adds a separate listing-details event.

Why are some fields empty?

Phone, website, hours, and reviews are only fetched when scrapeDetails is enabled, and individual businesses may not publish every field.

How do I avoid duplicate records?

Deduplicate on the stable business url (or businessId) field before writing to your CRM or spreadsheet.

Do I need a proxy?

Yes. Yelp's DataDome protection blocks datacenter IPs; residential proxies are enabled by default.

Related Scraptivo automations

• BBB Scraper — business details and accreditation from the Better Business Bureau.
• Clutch Scraper — B2B service provider profiles and reviews.
• Rotten Tomatoes Reviews Scraper — movie and TV ratings and reviews.

Support and custom workflows

Need a different field, source, or delivery workflow? Contact Scraptivo at scraptivo@gmail.com. Include the Actor name, a sample URL, the required fields, and expected volume so we can assess the request.