Gumtree Scraper

Extract classified listings from Gumtree.com, the UK's largest marketplace — cars, furniture, jobs, pets, property and services — by keyword, category, location and price. No login, no cookies.

Why use this actor?

Gumtree has millions of live UK classifieds but no public API. This actor turns any search into clean, structured JSON: title, price, location, condition, seller, posted date and every image. Use it for price research, market and demand analysis, lead generation, resale sourcing, or feeding a downstream dataset. You point it at a search; it returns rows you can drop straight into a spreadsheet, database or BI tool.

What it does

• Searches Gumtree by keyword and (optionally) category, location and price range
• Paginates automatically until it hits your maxResults limit (30 per page)
• Optionally opens each listing to collect posted date, seller name & rating, condition, full description and all photos
• Returns absolute URLs, numeric prices and ISO timestamps
• Works without any account, cookie or login

How to scrape Gumtree data

1. Add the actor to your Apify account and open its input form.
2. Type a Search Query (for example sofa, ford focus, labrador puppy).
3. Optionally pick a Category (Cars, Property, Jobs, Pets, ...), set a Location slug (london, manchester), a price range, or a sort order.
4. Set Max Results to how many listings you want.
5. Leave Fetch Full Listing Details on for the richest data (posted date, seller, condition, all images) or turn it off for a faster list-only scrape.
6. Keep the UK residential proxy prefill — Gumtree is behind Cloudflare and a GB residential proxy gives the most reliable, geo-consistent results.
7. Click Start. When the run finishes, export the dataset as JSON, CSV, Excel or feed it through the Apify API.

You can also run it on a schedule to track new listings, price changes or inventory in a category over time.

Input

Field	Type	Required	Description
searchQuery	String	No	Keyword to search (e.g. sofa, iphone 15). Leave empty to browse a category. Defaults to sofa if nothing is provided.
category	String	No	Top-level category: all, for-sale, cars-vans-motorbikes, flats-houses, jobs, pets, community, services, business-services
location	String	No	Location slug to search around (e.g. london, manchester). Empty = UK-wide
sortBy	String	No	relevance (default), newest, cheapest, most-expensive
minPrice	Number	No	Minimum price filter (GBP)
maxPrice	Number	No	Maximum price filter (GBP)
fetchDetails	Boolean	No	Open each listing for full data (default true)
maxResults	Integer	No	Maximum listings to scrape (default 100)
proxyConfiguration	Object	No	Proxy settings — UK residential recommended

Output

Each result contains:

Field	Type	Example
itemId	String	"1508249780"
name	String	"Dover Corner Sofa Bed (grey) with storage"
description	String	Full or preview listing text
price	Number	230 (null when the ad has no price)
currency	String	"GBP"
location	String	"Leigh-on-Sea, Essex"
postcode	String	"SS92QS"
category	String	"Sofa Beds & Futons"
condition	String	"As good as new"
sellerType	String	"Private" or "Business"
sellerName	String	"Graeme"
sellerRating	Number	5
sellerReviewCount	Number	12
featured	Boolean	false
imageUrl	String	Primary image URL
imageUrls	Array	All image URLs
postedAt	String	"2026-07-06T16:34:50.853Z"
url	String	Full listing URL
scrapedAt	String	ISO 8601 timestamp

Fields marked as detail-only (postcode, category, condition, sellerType, sellerName, sellerRating, sellerReviewCount, postedAt, full imageUrls and description) are populated when Fetch Full Listing Details is on.

Example output

{
    "itemId": "1508249780",
    "name": "Dover Corner Sofa Bed (grey) with storage",
    "description": "Dover Corner Sofa Bed (grey) with storage. Excellent condition, like new. Was £799 new. Overall: W260cm x D150cm x H91cm.",
    "price": 230,
    "currency": "GBP",
    "location": "Leigh-on-Sea, Essex",
    "postcode": "SS92QS",
    "category": "Sofa Beds & Futons",
    "condition": "As good as new",
    "sellerType": "Private",
    "sellerName": "Graeme",
    "sellerRating": 5,
    "sellerReviewCount": 12,
    "featured": false,
    "imageUrl": "https://img.gumtree.com/ePR8PyKf84wPHx7_RYmEag/caf84dd68e7b47f19d_787a10856a4a/86",
    "imageUrls": [
        "https://img.gumtree.com/ePR8PyKf84wPHx7_RYmEag/caf84dd68e7b47f19d_787a10856a4a/86",
        "https://img.gumtree.com/ePR8PyKf84wPHx7_RYmEag/a823f5d42d6d471895_0bdefb193239/86"
    ],
    "postedAt": "2026-07-06T16:34:50.853Z",
    "url": "https://www.gumtree.com/p/sofa-beds-futons/dover-corner-sofa-bed-grey-with-storage-/1508249780",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-07-06T18:23:25.396Z"
}

Tips

• Free items show price: 0 — Gumtree has a lot of "FREE" listings, this is real data, not a parsing error. Ads with no fixed price return null.
• Category vs keyword: you can browse a whole category by picking a category and leaving searchQuery empty.
• Faster runs: turn off fetchDetails when you only need the list view (title, price, location, thumbnail, URL). That's one request per 30 listings.
• Deeper runs: with fetchDetails on, each listing is one extra request, so scraping 1,000 listings is ~1,030 requests. Use a residential proxy pool.

Cost estimate

With Fetch Full Listing Details off, the actor makes roughly one request per 30 listings — very cheap. With details on (the default), it makes about one request per listing, so budget accordingly for large runs. Actual cost depends on your Apify plan and proxy choice.

Limitations

• Some ads list "Please contact" instead of a price — price is null there.
• Seller rating/review counts are only present for sellers who have reviews.
• Data is scraped from the public website and may change without notice.
• Respect Gumtree's terms of service and use the data responsibly.

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Need this data on a schedule, or a custom version?

We run this scraper as a managed service for businesses: scheduled runs, deduplication, delta detection, and delivery to your inbox, Google Sheets, or API — maintenance included. We can also build a custom version with your exact fields and filters, or combine multiple sources into one feed.

See studioamba.dev/services or email hello@studioamba.dev for a free data sample. We maintain 300+ European web scrapers and answer within one business day.