The Blue Book Construction Directory Scraper

Pull verified company profiles from The Blue Book Network — the largest US construction-industry directory — at scale, with phone, website, social profiles, trades, county-level service areas, diversity certifications, firmographics, and recent project history for every contractor and subcontractor. Built for construction sales teams, general contractors sourcing subs, and market researchers who need clean, structured contractor data without digging through the directory one profile at a time.

Why This Scraper?

• All 50 US states plus Washington, D.C. — pick one state from a dropdown to pull its entire contractor directory, or leave it on "All states" to sweep the country.
• Construction trades with Blue Book trade codes — every company carries its full trade list (General Contractors, Electrical, Plumbing, Excavating, and more) alongside the numeric Blue Book class codes for exact downstream matching.
• County-level service areas — the precise regions and counties each firm covers, not just a headquarters city. One profile in testing listed 53 counties served.
• Recent project experience per company — featured projects with name, type, location, and a direct project link, so you can see what a contractor has actually built.
• Eleven trade-category filters — narrow a state to General Contractors, Electrical Contractors, Plumbing, Excavating, Curtain Walls, Storefronts, Architectural Metal, and more in a single dropdown.
• Diversity & business certifications — MBE, WBE, DBE, SBE, VOSB, SDVOSB, HUB, 8(a), WOSB, and DVBE flags surfaced per company for supplier-diversity sourcing.
• Firmographics on every profile — year established, company size, reported annual volume, and how long the firm has been listed on Blue Book.
• Verified contact channels — main office phone, company website, and social profiles (LinkedIn, Facebook, X, Instagram, YouTube) captured straight from the profile.
• Paste-a-list mode — drop up to 200 company profile URLs to refresh a known target list directly, bypassing the directory crawl.

Use Cases

Sales & Lead Generation

• Build targeted contractor call lists by state and trade with verified phone and website
• Source subcontractors for a bid package filtered to the exact trade you need
• Refresh an existing CRM with current firmographics and contact details
• Identify newly listed firms in a growth market

Market Research

• Map the contractor landscape of a state by trade category
• Size a regional market by counting active firms per trade
• Track company size and reported annual volume across regions
• Benchmark a market's mix of general contractors versus specialty trades

Competitive Intelligence

• Monitor competitors' service areas down to the county level
• Track which projects rival contractors are featuring
• Compare firmographics (established year, size, volume) across competitors
• Watch certification coverage across a trade segment

Supplier Diversity & Procurement

• Find MBE, WBE, DBE, VOSB, and 8(a) certified firms for diversity spend goals
• Vet subcontractors by trade, location, and project history before inviting bids
• Build a pre-qualified vendor list scoped to a single state and trade

Getting Started

Refresh a known list of companies

{
  "startUrls": [
    "https://www.thebluebook.com/iProView/800124/"
  ],
  "includeDetails": true
}

Electrical contractors in New York

{
  "state": "NY",
  "category": "1680",
  "includeDetails": true,
  "maxResults": 500
}

Full statewide sweep, core fields only

{
  "state": "TX",
  "category": "",
  "includeDetails": false,
  "maxResults": 5000
}

Input Reference

What to Collect

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
state	string	"All states"	Which US state to collect companies from. Leave on "All states" to crawl the whole country. Ignored when you paste profile URLs.
category	string	"Any trade"	Only return companies in this construction trade. Choose "Any trade" to include every trade. A company is kept if it lists the chosen trade.
startUrls	array	[]	Paste full Blue Book company profile URLs to scrape them directly instead of crawling a state. Up to 200 URLs per run.

Trade categories available: Any trade, General Contractors, Electrical Contractors, Plumbing, Excavating, Building Alterations, Curtain Walls, Doors (Alum/Bronze/SS), Glass Manufacturers & Distributors, Metal Windows, Storefronts, Architectural Metal.

Output Detail & Limits

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
includeDetails	boolean	true	Fetch each company's full profile: service areas, certifications, firmographics, key contacts, and project history. Turn off for faster runs with only core fields.
maxResults	integer	15	How many companies to collect across all states and URLs. Set to 0 to collect as many as possible up to the run ceiling. Duplicate companies are removed automatically.

Output

{
  "companyId": "800124",
  "name": "SAFTI FIRST Fire Rated Glazing Solutions",
  "url": "https://www.thebluebook.com/iProView/800124/",
  "website": "https://www.safti.com",
  "phone": "(888) 653-3333",
  "email": null,
  "address": "100 N Hill Dr, Brisbane, CA, 94005",
  "city": "Brisbane",
  "state": "CA",
  "cityState": "Brisbane, CA",
  "postalCode": "94005",
  "country": "US",
  "logo": "https://www.thebluebook.com/img/logo/800124.png",
  "socials": [
    "https://www.linkedin.com/company/safti-first",
    "https://www.facebook.com/SAFTIFIRST"
  ],
  "trades": ["Fire Rated Glazing", "Curtain Walls", "Storefronts", "Doors", "Architectural Metal"],
  "tradeCodes": ["1360", "1470", "4170", "190", "5560"],
  "serviceAreas": ["Alameda County, CA", "Contra Costa County, CA", "San Mateo County, CA"],
  "certifications": ["WBE"],
  "established": "1981",
  "companySize": "100-249 employees",
  "annualVolume": "$50M - $100M",
  "listedSince": "2003",
  "contacts": [
    { "name": "Jane Doe", "role": "Project Manager", "phone": "(888) 653-3333" }
  ],
  "projects": [
    {
      "name": "Downtown Transit Center",
      "type": "Commercial",
      "location": "San Francisco, CA",
      "status": null,
      "date": null,
      "generalContractor": null,
      "url": "https://www.thebluebook.com/construction-projects/downtown-transit-center"
    }
  ],
  "scrapedAt": "2026-06-27T12:00:00Z"
}

Core Fields

Field	Type	Description
companyId	string	Blue Book profile ID
name	string	Company name
url	string	Company profile URL on The Blue Book
website	string	Company website
phone	string	Main office phone
email	string	Company email when published on the profile (often null)
logo	string	Company logo image URL
scrapedAt	string	ISO 8601 timestamp of collection

Address & Firmographics

Field	Type	Description
address	string	Full street address
city	string	City
state	string	State
cityState	string	City and state as displayed
postalCode	string	ZIP code
country	string	Country code
established	string	Year the company was established
companySize	string	Employee count or size band
annualVolume	string	Reported annual volume
listedSince	string	Year first listed on The Blue Book

Trades, Service Areas & Certifications

Field	Type	Description
trades	array	Construction trade names the company lists
tradeCodes	array	Matching numeric Blue Book trade class codes
serviceAreas	array	Regions and counties the company serves
certifications	array	Diversity and business certifications (MBE, WBE, DBE, VOSB, 8(a), and more)
socials	array	Social profile URLs (LinkedIn, Facebook, X, Instagram, YouTube)

Contacts & Projects

Field	Type	Description
contacts	array	Key contacts, each with name, role, and phone
projects	array	Recent projects, each with name, type, location, status, date, generalContractor, and url

Tips for Best Results

• Combine a state with a trade to build a clean regional list — for example, state: "NY" plus Electrical Contractors gives you every electrical firm in New York and nothing else.
• Match on tradeCodes, not just trades — the numeric Blue Book class codes are stable identifiers, so filtering your output on a code is more reliable than matching trade names.
• Use the paste-a-list mode for known targets — drop your existing company profile URLs into startUrls to refresh firmographics and contacts on a curated account list without re-crawling a whole state.
• Turn off "Include Full Profiles" for fast counts — when you only need name, address, phone, website, and trades to size a market, the core-fields run is noticeably quicker.
• Set a realistic maxResults — a full statewide or national sweep returns a large volume; start with a few hundred to validate your filters before scaling up.
• Service areas reveal true coverage — a firm headquartered in one city may serve dozens of counties, so use serviceAreas rather than the headquarters city when mapping where a contractor actually works.
• Certifications power diversity sourcing — filter your results on certifications to assemble MBE, WBE, DBE, or VOSB vendor lists for procurement goals.

Pricing

From $30 per 1,000 results — premium, ready-to-use construction-industry firmographics with no setup or maintenance on your side. Bronze, Silver, and Gold subscribers pay progressively less; the table below shows total cost at each discount tier.

Results	No discount	Bronze	Silver	Gold
100	$3.50	$3.30	$3.15	$3.00
1,000	$35.00	$33.00	$31.50	$30.00
10,000	$350.00	$330.00	$315.00	$300.00
100,000	$3,500.00	$3,300.00	$3,150.00	$3,000.00

A "result" is one company profile. No compute or time-based charges — you pay per result, plus a small fixed per-run start fee.

Integrations

Export data in JSON, CSV, Excel, XML, or RSS. Connect to 1,500+ apps via:

• Zapier / Make / n8n — Workflow automation
• Google Sheets — Direct spreadsheet export
• Slack / Email — Notifications on new results
• Webhooks — Trigger custom APIs on run completion
• Apify API — Full programmatic access

Legal & Ethical Use

This actor collects publicly available business directory information. Use the data responsibly and in compliance with The Blue Book Network's terms of service and all applicable laws, including data-protection and anti-spam regulations. Do not use collected contact details for unsolicited bulk outreach where prohibited. You are responsible for ensuring your use of the data is lawful in your jurisdiction.