Facebook Search Scraper

Scrape Facebook business pages by category + location. Strategy: Google SERP → Facebook Pages.

Strategy: Google SERP Discovery

1. Build queries: Categories × locations → e.g. "Pub NYC", "Bar London"
2. Google SERP: Search site:facebook.com {query} via Apify GOOGLE_SERP proxy
3. Extract URLs: Parse organic results, paginate &start=0, 10, 20...
4. Scrape pages: Visit each Facebook URL, extract business data
5. Output: Push results to dataset in real time

Key Features

• Google SERP discovery — Uses site:facebook.com search to find Facebook pages
• GOOGLE_SERP proxy — Required for discovery (Apify proxy group)
• Proxy fallback — For page scraping: No proxy → Datacenter → Residential (3 retries)
• Live saving — Results saved to dataset as they're scraped

Input

Field	Type	Description
categories	array	Business types (Pub, Bar, Restaurant...). Combined with locations for Google SERP query
locations	array	Locations (NYC, London...). Paired with each category
resultsLimit	integer	Max pages to scrape (default: 10)
proxyConfiguration	object	Optional. For page scraping only (default: no proxy)

Example Input

{
  "categories": ["Pub", "Bar"],
  "locations": ["NYC", "London"],
  "resultsLimit": 20,
  "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": false }
}

Output

Each item includes: facebookUrl, title, categories, address, phone, email, website, rating, followers, profilePictureUrl, business_hours, etc.

How to Use

1. Open Apify Console → Actors
2. Select facebook-search-scraper
3. Set categories + locations (e.g. Pub, NYC)
4. Run the actor
5. View results in the OUTPUT tab
6. Export as JSON or CSV

Requirements

• GOOGLE_SERP proxy — Required for discovery. Contact support@apify.com if you don't have access.

Cautions

• Data from public sources only
• Ensure compliance with applicable laws (privacy, ToS, etc.)

What are other Facebook scraping tools?

If you want to scrape specific Facebook data, you can use any of the dedicated scrapers below for faster and more targeted results.

Scraper Name	Scraper Name
Facebook Ads Library Scraper	Facebook Page Email Scraper
Facebook B2b Email Scraper	Facebook Page Lead Scraper
Facebook B2b Lead Scraper	Facebook Page Phone Number Scraper
Facebook B2b Phone Number Scraper	Facebook Page Posts Scraper
Facebook Comments Scraper	Facebook Page Scraper
Facebook Email Scraper	Facebook Pages Scraper
Facebook Event Search Scraper	Facebook Phone Number Scraper
Facebook Events Scraper	Facebook Photos Scraper
Facebook Followers & Following Scraper	Facebook Posts Scraper
Facebook Followers Scraper	Facebook Posts Search Scraper
Facebook Group Member Scraper	Facebook Profile Email Scraper
Facebook Group Post Scraper	Facebook Profile Lead Scraper
Facebook Group Posts And Details Scraper	Facebook Profile Phone Number Scraper
Facebook Group Profile Scraper	Facebook Reels Scraper
Facebook Groups Posts Scraper	Facebook Reviews Scraper
Facebook Groups Scraper	Facebook Url To Id Scraper
Facebook Groups Search Scraper	Facebook User Search Scraper
Facebook Lead Scraper	Facebook Video Search Scraper
Facebook Likes and Reactions Scraper	Facebook Video Transcript Extractor
Facebook Marketplace Scraper	Facebook Videos Scraper