# US Pet Groomer Scraper (`therealmsc/us-pet-groomer-scraper`) Actor

Scrapes pet grooming businesses for any US state. DuckDuckGo discovery → Playwright crawl. Extracts name, phone, address, hours, services (mobile, self-wash, dog/cat, nail trim, bath, haircut, teeth cleaning). Zero API keys.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/therealmsc/us-pet-groomer-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Matt Curtis](https://apify.com/therealmsc) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Agents, Open source
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 0 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $5.00 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

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You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
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- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).

# README

## US Pet Groomer Scraper

Scrape pet grooming business data for any US state — names, addresses, phones, hours, and service offerings. Perfect for lead generation, market research, and competitive intelligence in the $10B+ US pet grooming industry.

### How it works

1. **Discovery phase** — Searches DuckDuckGo for pet groomers in each city (3 queries: "pet groomer", "dog grooming", "pet grooming salon")
2. **Crawl phase** — Visits each groomer's website with Playwright (headless Chromium)
3. **Extraction** — Parses name, address, phone, hours, services using BeautifulSoup + regex
4. **Output** — Clean JSON dataset, exportable as CSV/Excel

No API keys. No login. Just pick a state and run.

### Output fields

| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| name | string | Business name |
| url | string | Website URL |
| city | string | City |
| state | string | State |
| address | string | Street address (best-effort) |
| phone | string | Phone number |
| mobile\_grooming | boolean | Offers mobile/house-call grooming |
| self\_wash | boolean | Has self-serve dog wash stations |
| dog\_grooming | boolean | Grooms dogs |
| cat\_grooming | boolean | Grooms cats |
| nail\_trim | boolean | Nail trimming service |
| bathing | boolean | Bathing/shampoo service |
| haircut\_styling | boolean | Haircut/breed-specific styling |
| teeth\_cleaning | boolean | Teeth cleaning/dental |
| sat\_hours | string | Saturday hours (if found) |
| sun\_hours | string | Sunday hours (if found) |
| founded | string | Year established (if found) |
| services | string | Specialty services detected |

### Example output

```json
{
  "name": "Paws & Claws Grooming Salon",
  "url": "https://pawsandclawsgrooming.com",
  "city": "Blue Springs",
  "state": "Missouri",
  "address": "123 Main St, Blue Springs, MO 64014",
  "phone": "(816) 555-0123",
  "mobile_grooming": false,
  "self_wash": true,
  "dog_grooming": true,
  "cat_grooming": false,
  "nail_trim": true,
  "bathing": true,
  "haircut_styling": true,
  "teeth_cleaning": false,
  "sat_hours": "Sat 9am-3pm",
  "sun_hours": "",
  "founded": "2015",
  "services": "de-shedding, puppy package, breed-specific cuts"
}
```

### Input parameters

| Parameter | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| state | select | Missouri | US state to scrape |
| maxCities | integer | 0 (all) | Limit cities for testing |
| cityOffset | integer | 0 | Skip N cities before starting — paginate large states across multiple runs |
| maxGroomersPerCity | integer | 5 | Max websites crawled per city |

### Runtime estimates

| State size | Cities | Est. time |
|---|---|---|
| Small (WY, VT) | ~20-40 | 5-10 min |
| Medium (MO, KS) | ~70-150 | 20-40 min |
| Large (TX, CA) | ~450-600 | 1.5-2 hrs |

Default timeout is 6 hours — enough for any state. For full USA coverage (~10,000 cities), run 50 states as separate tasks.

### Use cases

- **Lead generation** — Build prospect lists for pet product suppliers, mobile groomer apps, pet insurance companies
- **Market research** — Analyze service gaps by geography (where are mobile groomers underserved?)
- **Competitive intelligence** — Map competitors in your area, see what services they offer
- **Franchise scouting** — Find cities with few groomers but large pet-owning populations

### Pricing

**$5 per 1,000 groomers scraped** (Pay per event). Platform usage (compute + proxy) is paid by the user.

| Cost example | |
|---|---|
| Small state (~40 cities) | ~$1.00 |
| Medium state (~200 cities) | ~$5.00 |
| Large state (~600 cities) | ~$15.00 |
| Full USA (~10,000 cities) | ~$250.00 |

### Why no competition?

There are zero dedicated US pet groomer scrapers on the Apify Store. The vet scraper market is also underserved (only 2 actors), and pet grooming is an even larger, more fragmented market with no data provider. You're first to market.

### Limitations

- Address extraction is best-effort — many groomer sites use images or embedded maps
- DuckDuckGo rate limits require ~1 second between cities
- Small towns (<2,000 pop) may genuinely have zero pet groomers
- Mobile-only groomers without websites won't appear in results

# Actor input Schema

## `state` (type: `string`):

State name to scrape (e.g. 'Missouri', 'California', 'Texas')

## `maxCities` (type: `integer`):

Limit cities to scrape (0 = all cities). Apify auto-test uses 2 cities.

## `cityOffset` (type: `integer`):

Skip this many cities before starting (use with maxCities to paginate through a state).

## `maxGroomersPerCity` (type: `integer`):

Maximum groomer websites to crawl per city

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "state": "Missouri",
  "maxCities": 2,
  "cityOffset": 0,
  "maxGroomersPerCity": 5
}
```

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("therealmsc/us-pet-groomer-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("therealmsc/us-pet-groomer-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{}' |
apify call therealmsc/us-pet-groomer-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=therealmsc/us-pet-groomer-scraper",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/sOzbytccUkGT9WMOI/builds/ATnuuecmYbNSNigJS/openapi.json