Hornbach Switzerland Scraper -- DIY Megastore Products & CHF Prices

Scrape products, prices, ratings, stock status, and SKU data from hornbach.ch -- the Swiss storefront of the Hornbach DIY megastore chain. Extracts data from Hornbach's Apollo/GraphQL state for fast, reliable results, with prices in Swiss francs (CHF).

What is Hornbach Switzerland Scraper?

Hornbach is not your average neighborhood hardware store. It's a warehouse-format DIY chain with massive stores designed for customers tackling serious renovation projects, new builds, and professional contracting work. Hornbach.ch is the Swiss market's dedicated storefront, pricing every product in CHF for local shoppers and contractors.

Hornbach's website uses a modern React frontend with Apollo GraphQL state management. This scraper extracts product data directly from the server-rendered Apollo state embedded in the HTML -- no JavaScript rendering needed on the extraction side (the fetch itself does need to clear an anti-bot wall, see below), which makes parsing fast and reliable once the page is retrieved.

• Swiss market price benchmarking -- Compare Hornbach.ch's CHF pricing on building materials, lumber, and tools against other Swiss DIY and hardware retailers
• Bulk material cost tracking -- Monitor prices on high-volume items like wood planks, tiles, screws, and bulk paint to optimize procurement timing
• Power tool competitive analysis -- Track how Hornbach.ch prices professional-grade power tools from Makita, DeWalt, Bosch Professional, Metabo, and Milwaukee in the Swiss market
• Garden and outdoor project planning -- Extract pricing data for garden sheds, terrace materials, fencing, and outdoor equipment for project budgeting
• Cross-border price comparison -- Compare Hornbach's Swiss CHF pricing against Hornbach's German, Austrian, or Dutch stores to spot regional pricing differences

What data does Hornbach Switzerland Scraper extract?

• Product name -- Full German-language product title (hornbach.ch's default storefront language)
• Price & discounts -- Current price in CHF, original/strike-through price when discounted
• Brand -- Manufacturer name (Makita, DeWalt, Bosch Professional, HORNBACH, etc.)
• Stock availability -- Online availability status
• Ratings & reviews -- Average rating and review count
• Product image -- Main product image URL
• Product URL -- Direct link on hornbach.ch
• SKU / Article number -- Hornbach's internal article number for reference and reordering

How to scrape Hornbach Switzerland data

Field	Type	Description
searchQuery	String	Search by keyword -- e.g., "bohrmaschine", "schrauben", "gartenmoebel", "holz"
categoryUrl	String	Direct category URL -- e.g., https://www.hornbach.ch/de/c/maschinen-werkzeug-werkstatt/S6937/
maxResults	Integer	Maximum products to scrape (default: 100, set to 0 for unlimited)
proxyConfiguration	Object	Apify proxy recommended for reliability

Tips:

• categoryUrl overrides searchQuery if both are provided
• The search URL pattern is https://www.hornbach.ch/s/{query}/
• Category URLs use the pattern /de/c/{category-slug}/S{id}/ -- this is different from hornbach.de's /shop/{Category}/S{id}/artikelliste.html pattern, so category URLs are not interchangeable between the two country sites
• Set maxResults to 0 to scrape everything the query or category returns
• Apify proxy is enabled by default with Swiss (CH) geo-targeting; residential proxies may be needed if you encounter blocks

Output

{
    "name": "Bosch Professional Schlagbohrmaschine GSB 13 RE mit CH Stecker",
    "brand": "Bosch Professional",
    "price": 69.90,
    "currency": "CHF",
    "url": "https://www.hornbach.ch/de/p/bosch-professional-schlagbohrmaschine-gsb-13-re-mit-ch-stecker/6095142/",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-08-27T14:00:00.000Z",
    "imageUrl": "https://media.hornbach.ch/hb/packshot/as.46770364.jpg?dvid=8",
    "rating": 1.5,
    "reviewCount": 2,
    "sku": "6095142_ST",
    "inStock": true
}

A building materials example:

{
    "name": "Kuepper Werkbank 1700 x 840 x 600 mm 6 Schubladen 2 Tueren grau",
    "brand": "Kuepper",
    "price": 449.00,
    "currency": "CHF",
    "url": "https://www.hornbach.ch/de/p/kuepper-werkbank-1700x840x600-6-schubladen-2-tueren-grau/xxxxxxx/",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-08-27T14:00:00.000Z",
    "imageUrl": "https://media.hornbach.ch/hb/packshot/example.jpg",
    "sku": "xxxxxxx_ST",
    "inStock": true
}

How much does it cost?

Hornbach Switzerland Scraper uses direct HTTP requests with Apollo state extraction, falling back to a rendered fetch only when the anti-bot wall blocks the direct attempt.

Scenario	Products	Est. cost
Quick search	100	~$0.20
Category deep dive	500	~$0.60
Department inventory	1,000	~$1.10
Full catalog section	5,000	~$4.50

Proxy costs may apply depending on your Apify plan and proxy configuration. Cost estimate is per result scraped, and usage cost only settles once a run reports SUCCEEDED -- checking cost while a run is still in progress will show a number far below the final total.

Can I integrate?

• JSON, CSV, Excel -- Direct dataset download
• Google Sheets -- Auto-sync via Apify integration
• Webhooks -- Trigger your pipeline on completion
• API -- Programmatic access (see below)
• Zapier / Make -- 5,000+ app integrations
• Amazon S3, Google Cloud Storage -- Cloud storage push

Can I use it as an API?

Python:

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("YOUR_API_TOKEN")

run = client.actor("studio-amba/hornbach-ch-scraper").call(run_input={
    "searchQuery": "holz",
    "maxResults": 200,
    "proxyConfiguration": {"useApifyProxy": True}
})

for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(f"{item['name']} - CHF {item['price']}")

JavaScript:

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: 'YOUR_API_TOKEN' });

const run = await client.actor('studio-amba/hornbach-ch-scraper').call({
    searchQuery: 'holz',
    maxResults: 200,
    proxyConfiguration: { useApifyProxy: true },
});

const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
console.log(items);

FAQ

Does this work for Hornbach in other countries? This scraper targets hornbach.ch (Switzerland) specifically, including its CHF pricing and Swiss-specific category URL structure. Hornbach operates a separate storefront for each country it serves (Germany, Netherlands, Austria, and others), each with its own domain and, in some cases, its own URL conventions. Use Studio AMBA's dedicated hornbach.de scraper for the German store.

What language is the product data in? Hornbach.ch serves German (de) by default -- product titles, brand names, and category labels are in German, the same as hornbach.de.

Why is the currency CHF and not EUR? Switzerland is not in the EU or eurozone, so hornbach.ch prices everything in Swiss francs (CHF). This scraper reads the currency directly from the site's own price data rather than assuming a fixed value.

How does the Apollo state extraction work? Hornbach's website server-renders product listings using React with Apollo Client. The full Apollo state (including product data, prices, ratings) is embedded in the HTML as window.__APOLLO_STATE__. The scraper parses this JSON directly, which is faster and more reliable than scraping HTML elements.

What if the Apollo state is not found? The scraper includes an HTML fallback parser that extracts product data from DOM elements (product tiles, price elements, brand labels). This covers cases where Hornbach changes their rendering approach.

Why does this scraper need Bright Data as a fallback? hornbach.ch sits behind the same F5/Shape "Client Challenge" JavaScript anti-bot wall as hornbach.de. Plain HTTP requests, even through residential proxies, are served a challenge page with no product data. The scraper first tries a cheap residential-proxy fetch, then falls back to Bright Data's Web Unlocker with JS rendering, which solves the challenge and returns the full page.

Can I track Hornbach's weekly promotions? Yes. Products with active promotions will show both price (current) and originalPrice (before discount). Schedule the actor to run weekly to track promotional patterns over time.

Limitations

• Targets hornbach.ch (Switzerland) only -- category URLs are not interchangeable with hornbach.de
• Data is extracted from listing-level Apollo state, so detailed specs and descriptions are not included (these would require visiting individual product pages)
• If Hornbach changes their Apollo state structure or switches rendering approaches, extraction may be temporarily affected
• Pagination stops when fewer than 20 products are found on a page (heuristic for detecting the last page)
• Anti-bot protection means most runs need the Bright Data fallback layer, which is included and requires no setup on your part

Other DIY & home improvement scrapers

Compare Hornbach Switzerland with other European DIY retailers:

• Hornbach Scraper -- Germany, the same chain's home market
• OBI Scraper -- Germany's #1 DIY chain by store count
• Bauhaus Scraper -- German/EU professional hardware & DIY
• Toom Scraper -- Germany, REWE group DIY chain
• GAMMA Scraper -- Belgium, Intergamma group
• Brico Scraper -- Belgium's largest DIY chain
• Praxis Scraper -- Netherlands, Maxeda DIY Group
• Leroy Merlin Scraper -- France's #1 DIY retailer
• Castorama Scraper -- France, Kingfisher group

Your feedback

Found a bug? Need additional data fields? Questions about Hornbach Switzerland's data structure? Open an issue on the actor's page or reach out through Apify.