Alko Scraper — Finnish Alcohol Catalog & Prices

Scrape product data from Alko, Finland's state-owned alcohol retail monopoly. Alko is the only retailer allowed to sell beverages above 8% ABV in Finland, so its catalog is the single authoritative source for alcohol prices and availability in the country — roughly 11,000 wines, beers, spirits, and ciders.

Search by keyword or category, and get clean JSON with names, prices in EUR, alcohol percentage, volume, package type, stock levels, and Alko's own tasting notes. No login, no cookies, no browser required.

What you get

• Full catalog access — around 11,000 products across every category Alko sells
• Prices in EUR — the official state retail price
• Product details — ABV, volume, country of origin, package type, product group
• Stock data — online availability and webshop stock levels per product
• Tasting notes — Alko's published Finnish tasting descriptions, e.g. "savuinen, turpeinen, merellinen"
• Direct product URLs — deep links to each product page on alko.fi

Use cases

• Price monitoring — track Finnish state alcohol prices over time, including tax-driven revisions
• Assortment analysis — which producers, countries, and styles are listed in the Finnish monopoly
• Import and export research — check whether your product (or a competitor's) is in the Finnish assortment and at what price
• Availability tracking — webshop stock levels for sought-after releases
• Wine, beer, and whisky databases — enrich your own product data with official Finnish pricing and tasting notes

Input

Field	Type	Description
searchQuery	string	Search keyword in Finnish or English, e.g. viski, punaviini, IPA, or a producer name. Defaults to viski when empty.
category	string	Optional category keyword (Finnish), e.g. olut, punaviini, valkoviini, kuohuviini, gini. Combined with the search query as full-text terms.
maxResults	integer	Maximum number of products to return. Default 100.
proxyConfiguration	object	Apify proxy settings. Datacenter proxies work; Finnish residential (RESIDENTIAL, country FI) is the fallback if you ever see 403s.

Example input:

{
    "searchQuery": "viski",
    "maxResults": 100,
    "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true }
}

Browse a category instead of searching:

{
    "category": "olut",
    "maxResults": 1000,
    "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true }
}

Output

One dataset item per product:

{
    "productName": "Two Stacks Triple Barrel Single Pot Still tölkki",
    "category": "viskit",
    "mainGroup": "väkevät",
    "price": 8.02,
    "currency": "EUR",
    "alcoholPercent": 43,
    "volumeMl": 100,
    "country": "Irlanti",
    "packageType": "tölkki",
    "inStock": true,
    "webshopStock": 45,
    "tastingNotes": "Vaaleankeltainen, lämmin, keskitäyteläinen, viljainen, mallaskeksinen, hennon sitruksinen, kevyen hunajainen, pähkinäinen",
    "productNumber": "200045",
    "url": "https://www.alko.fi/fi/tuotteet/200045",
    "imageUrl": "https://images.alko.fi/images/t_pdp/cdn/200045/two-stacks-triple-barrel-single-pot-still-tolkki.jpg",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-07-11T19:46:15.044Z"
}

How to scrape Alko data

1. Open the actor and press Try for free (or run it via the Apify API).
2. Enter a searchQuery — Finnish terms like viski, olut, or punaviini give the most precise matches, but producer names and English style terms work too.
3. Set maxResults. To cover the full assortment, run broad category keywords (olut, punaviini, valkoviini, viski, gini, likööri) and combine the datasets, or schedule one run per category.
4. Run the actor. Results land in the dataset and can be exported as JSON, CSV, or Excel, or fetched through the Apify API.

To track prices or stock on a schedule, create a Schedule in the Apify Console and point it at this actor with your saved input.

FAQ

Is scraping Alko legal?

The actor only collects publicly available product information (names, prices, attributes, tasting notes) that anyone can see on alko.fi. It does not collect personal data and does not log in. Always check that your use of the data complies with applicable law and the site's terms.

How current is the data?

Every run queries Alko's own product search API — the same backend the site's search box uses. Prices, availability, and stock levels are as fresh as the moment you run the actor.

What happened to Alko's downloadable price list?

Alko used to publish an xlsx price list ("Alkon hinnasto tekstitiedostona"). That file is gone since Alko rebuilt its website. This actor replaces it with live structured data.

Does it need Finnish proxies?

Usually not. Alko's edge only filters obvious bot user agents, and this actor sends real browser headers, so the default useApifyProxy: true passes from datacenter IPs. If you see repeated 403s in the log, switch the proxy configuration to the RESIDENTIAL group with country FI.

Are tasting notes included for every product?

Almost all listed products carry Alko's tasting description in Finnish. The actor caps them at 500 characters per item to keep datasets compact.

Related actors

Scraping the Nordics? These actors pair well with this one:

• Systembolaget Scraper — Sweden's state alcohol monopoly: the same data for the Swedish market
• Gigantti Scraper — Finland's largest electronics retailer
• Elgiganten Scraper — Sweden's largest electronics retailer
• Prisma Scraper — Finnish grocery and department store products
• Barbora Scraper — the Baltics' leading online grocery

Support

Found an issue or missing a field you need? Open an issue on the actor's Issues tab in the Apify Console and it will be picked up quickly.