Thomson Local Scraper - UK Business Leads & Phone Numbers

Extract UK business listings from Thomson Local, one of Britain's longest-running business directories. Search any trade in any town, city or postcode and get a lead list with phone numbers, websites, full addresses with postcodes, ratings and descriptions.

What you get

For every business:

• name, category - company name and trade (e.g. Plumbers, Accountants, Dentists)
• phone - main phone number
• website
• street, city, postalCode, address - full UK address with a properly formatted postcode
• rating, reviewCount
• description - the business's own summary
• isPaidListing, listingId, detailUrl, logoUrl

Turn on Include business details to also get:

• latitude, longitude - GPS coordinates
• services - the products and services the business offers
• the full description and opening hours where published

Use cases

• B2B lead generation - tradespeople, professional services, healthcare, hospitality and more across the UK
• Cold calling and sales prospecting - direct phone numbers by trade and area
• Local SEO and web design outreach - find businesses without a website
• Market research - count and map competitors by town or postcode district
• CRM enrichment - add phone, website and postcode data to company lists

How to use

1. Enter one or more Search terms, e.g. plumbers, accountants, dentists, kitchen fitters.
2. Enter one or more Locations: a town, city or postcode such as Manchester, Milton Keynes or M1.
3. Set Max businesses (0 = no limit). Every search term is combined with every location.
4. Optionally turn on Include business details for coordinates and services.
5. Run the actor and export from the Dataset tab as CSV, Excel, JSON or Google Sheets.

You can also paste Thomson Local search URLs (e.g. https://www.thomsonlocal.com/search/plumbers/manchester) into Start URLs.

Output example

{
  "name": "P M V Plumbtec",
  "category": "Plumbers",
  "phone": "0161 401 4617",
  "website": "http://www.pmvplumbtec.co.uk",
  "street": "43 Northcliffe Road",
  "city": "Stockport",
  "postalCode": "SK2 5AH",
  "country": "GB",
  "rating": 5,
  "reviewCount": 9,
  "description": "Here at PMV Plumbtec, we are a local family run plumbing company...",
  "latitude": 53.40437,
  "longitude": -2.13244,
  "services": ["Bathroom Installations", "Burst Pipes", "Leaking Taps", "Tiling"],
  "detailUrl": "https://www.thomsonlocal.com/search/plumbers/manchester-lancashire/p-m-v-plumbtec/2862862/01614014617",
  "searchTerm": "plumbers",
  "searchLocation": "Manchester"
}

Good to know

• Results include businesses in the surrounding area, ordered the way Thomson Local ranks them.
• If a search term doesn't match a Thomson Local category exactly, the site falls back to its closest matches. Check the category field.
• The same business found by two searches is returned only once.

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