# Yellow Pages Scraper - US Business Leads & Emails (`seemuapps/yellow-pages-us-scraper`) Actor

Scrape US businesses from YellowPages.com by keyword and city - name, phone, email, website, address, ZIP, rating, reviews and GPS. Export B2B leads fast.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/seemuapps/yellow-pages-us-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Seemu Scraping](https://apify.com/seemuapps) (community)
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.50 / 1,000 business listings

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/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
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.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

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You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Yellow Pages Scraper - US Business Leads & Emails

Extract US business listings from YellowPages.com. Search any trade, business type or company name in any US city or ZIP code and get a clean lead list with phone numbers, emails, websites, full addresses, ratings and reviews.

### What you get

For every business:

- **name, category, categories** - company name and all its Yellow Pages categories (e.g. Plumbers, Water Heater Repair)
- **phone** - main phone number
- **website** - the business's own website, with tracking parameters removed
- **street, city, region, postalCode, address** - e.g. `1319 S La Brea Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90019`
- **rating, reviewCount** - average star rating and number of reviews
- **openingHours** - e.g. `Mo-Fr 08:00-17:00`
- **badge** - years listed on Yellow Pages (e.g. `15 Years with Yellow Pages`)
- **isPaidListing** - whether the business advertises on Yellow Pages
- **description** - the business's own blurb, when shown in results
- **detailUrl, listingId, logoUrl**

Turn on **Include business details** to also get:

- **email** - the business's contact email, wherever it is published
- **latitude, longitude** - GPS coordinates
- **services** - services and products offered
- **paymentMethods** - e.g. visa, mastercard, check, financing available
- **district** - neighborhoods served
- **phones** - extra phone numbers
- **description** - the full "General info" text

### Use cases

- **B2B lead generation** - build lists of contractors, medical practices, law firms and shops in any US city
- **Sales prospecting** - get phone numbers, emails and websites for cold calling and email campaigns
- **Local market research** - count and map competitors by category and ZIP code
- **Data enrichment** - add phone, website and address data to existing company lists
- **Agency outreach** - find local businesses with no website or low ratings

### How to use

1. Enter one or more **Search terms**, e.g. `plumbers`, `dentists`, `roofing contractors`, `lawyers`.
2. Enter one or more **Locations**: a city with its state (`Los Angeles, CA`, `Chicago, IL`) or a ZIP code (`10001`).
3. Set **Max businesses** (0 = no limit). Every search term is combined with every location.
4. Optionally turn on **Include business details** for emails, coordinates, services and payment methods.
5. Run the actor and export the results from the **Dataset** tab as CSV, Excel, JSON or Google Sheets.

You can also paste YellowPages.com search URLs (e.g. `https://www.yellowpages.com/search?search_terms=plumbers&geo_location_terms=Los+Angeles%2C+CA`) or category pages (e.g. `https://www.yellowpages.com/los-angeles-ca/plumbers`) into **Start URLs**.

### Output example

```json
{
  "name": "The Law Office of Stuart L. Tockman, P.A.",
  "category": "Attorneys",
  "categories": ["Attorneys", "Landlord & Tenant Attorneys", "Eviction Service"],
  "phone": "(786) 808-6244",
  "email": "tockmanpa@aol.com",
  "website": "http://www.tockmanlaw.com/",
  "street": "12905 SW 42nd St, Suite #205",
  "city": "Miami",
  "region": "FL",
  "postalCode": "33175",
  "country": "US",
  "latitude": 25.729652,
  "longitude": -80.403755,
  "openingHours": ["Mo-Fr 10:00-16:00"],
  "services": ["Representing Landlords Only", "Residential & Commercial", "Evictions"],
  "paymentMethods": ["cash", "check", "mastercard", "amex", "discover", "visa"],
  "badge": "6 Years with Yellow Pages",
  "isPaidListing": true,
  "detailUrl": "https://www.yellowpages.com/miami-fl/mip/the-law-office-of-stuart-l-tockman-p-a-563749772",
  "searchTerm": "lawyers",
  "searchLocation": "Miami, FL"
}
```

### Good to know

- Yellow Pages shows 30 businesses per page and often thousands per search. The actor pages through automatically until it reaches **Max businesses**.
- Emails are only on business pages, so turn on **Include business details** if you need them. How many businesses publish one depends on the category: in our tests about 80% of Miami lawyers and 40% of roofing contractors had an email, while chain dental practices rarely do.
- Advertisers appear first in Yellow Pages results. Use **isPaidListing** to separate them from free listings.
- The same business found by two searches is returned only once.

### Related directory scrapers

- **Yell Scraper** - UK business leads
- **Thomson Local Scraper** - UK business leads
- **Gelbe Seiten Scraper** - German business leads

# Actor input Schema

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

What to search for on YellowPages.com - a trade, business type or company name, e.g. "plumbers", "dentists", "roofing contractors". Each term is searched in every location.

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

US cities (with state), or ZIP codes to search in, e.g. "Los Angeles, CA", "Chicago, IL", "10001".

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

YellowPages.com search results URLs to scrape directly, e.g. https://www.yellowpages.com/search?search_terms=plumbers\&geo_location_terms=Los+Angeles%2C+CA. Used in addition to the search terms above.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of businesses to return across all searches. 0 = no limit.

## `maxItemsPerSearch` (type: `integer`):

Optional cap for each search term + location combination. 0 = no per-search limit.

## `includeDetails` (type: `boolean`):

Also open each business page for email address, GPS coordinates, full description, services, payment methods, neighborhoods, extra phone numbers and opening hours (one extra request per business).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searchTerms": [
    "plumbers"
  ],
  "locations": [
    "Los Angeles, CA"
  ],
  "maxItems": 100,
  "maxItemsPerSearch": 0,
  "includeDetails": false
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

One record per business: name, categories, phone, website, street, city, region (state), postalCode, rating, reviewCount, opening hours, plus email, coordinates, services and payment methods with details enabled.

## `summary` (type: `string`):

Businesses found per search and pages fetched.

# 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": [
        "plumbers"
    ],
    "locations": [
        "Los Angeles, CA"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("seemuapps/yellow-pages-us-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": ["plumbers"],
    "locations": ["Los Angeles, CA"],
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("seemuapps/yellow-pages-us-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": [
    "plumbers"
  ],
  "locations": [
    "Los Angeles, CA"
  ]
}' |
apify call seemuapps/yellow-pages-us-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,seemuapps/yellow-pages-us-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/x8qaYQx4t8NXxyikd/builds/3oD8gwZPoRp1Dz03v/openapi.json