Yell Scraper - UK Business Leads, Phones & Websites

Extract UK business listings from Yell.com, the UK's leading business directory. Search any trade or business type in any town, city or postcode and get a clean lead list with phone numbers, websites, addresses, postcodes, ratings and reviews.

What you get

For every business:

• name, category, categories - company name and its Yell classification (e.g. Plumbers, Dentists, Accountants)
• phone, phones - main phone number plus any extra numbers (mobile, freephone)
• website - the business's own website, with tracking parameters removed
• street, city, postalCode, address - e.g. 207 Deansgate, Manchester, M3 3NW
• region - the area served, for mobile trades that list "We serve London" instead of a street address
• rating, reviewCount - average star rating and number of reviews
• services - the selling points shown on the listing
• description - the business's strapline
• badge, isPaidListing - sponsored and premium listing flags
• detailUrl, listingId, logoUrl

Turn on Include business details to also get:

• street, postalCode for service-area businesses that hide them in search results
• latitude, longitude - GPS coordinates
• openingHours - e.g. Mo 09:00-18:00
• services - the full list of services the business offers
• paymentMethods - e.g. Cash, Credit Cards, Bank Transfer
• description - the full "About us" text

Use cases

• B2B lead generation - build lists of tradespeople, clinics, law firms, agencies and shops in any UK town
• Sales prospecting - get direct phone numbers and websites for cold calling and outreach
• Local market research - count and map competitors by trade and area
• Data enrichment - add phone, website and postcode data to existing company lists
• Agency outreach - find local businesses with no website or few reviews

How to use

1. Enter one or more Search terms, e.g. plumbers, dentists, electricians, accountants.
2. Enter one or more Locations: a town, city or postcode such as London, Manchester or M3 3NW.
3. Set Max businesses (0 = no limit). Every search term is combined with every location.
4. Optionally turn on Include business details for coordinates, opening hours, services and full addresses.
5. Run the actor and export the results from the Dataset tab as CSV, Excel, JSON or Google Sheets.

You can also paste Yell search URLs (e.g. https://www.yell.com/ucs/UcsSearchAction.do?keywords=plumbers&location=London) into Start URLs.

Output example

{
  "name": "207 Dental Care",
  "category": "Dentists",
  "categories": ["Dentists"],
  "phone": "0161 834 0606",
  "phones": ["0161 834 0606"],
  "website": "http://207dentalcare.com/",
  "street": "207 Deansgate",
  "postalCode": "M3 3NW",
  "city": "Manchester",
  "address": "207 Deansgate, Manchester, M3 3NW",
  "country": "GB",
  "latitude": 53.47873688,
  "longitude": -2.249013901,
  "rating": null,
  "reviewCount": null,
  "openingHours": ["Mo 09:00-13:00", "Mo 14:00-17:00", "Tu 09:00-13:00"],
  "isPaidListing": false,
  "detailUrl": "https://www.yell.com/biz/207-dental-care-manchester-10031622/",
  "searchTerm": "dentists",
  "searchLocation": "Manchester"
}

Good to know

• Yell shows up to 10 pages (about 250 businesses) per search. To collect more, split a big city into postcode districts (e.g. E1, E2, N1) or use several related search terms.
• Many mobile trades (plumbers, electricians, locksmiths) list an area they serve instead of a street address. Their region field holds that area, and Include business details often adds the full address.
• Yell does not publish email addresses for businesses, so email is almost always empty. Use the website field to find contact emails.
• The same business found by two searches is returned only once.

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