Yelp Search Scraper

Type what you would type into Yelp, such as pizza or plumber, add a city or ZIP code, and get the matching businesses as clean rows. Each row has the Yelp alias, name, star rating, review count, price level, categories, street, city, a photo and the page link. Add many keyword and location pairs in one run, then pass the aliases to the Yelp Business Details Scraper or the Yelp Reviews Scraper.

What data can you extract?

Field	Type	Description
position	Integer	Position of the business in the Yelp results, starting at 1.
business_id	String	22-character Yelp business ID.
alias	String	Yelp business alias, the last part of the page link. Use it with the Yelp Reviews Scraper.
name	String	Business name as shown on Yelp.
rating	Number or null	Average Yelp star rating from 1 to 5, in steps of 0.1.
review_count	Integer or null	Total number of Yelp reviews.
price	String or null	Yelp price level from $ to $$$$. Null when Yelp shows none.
categories	Array<Object>	Yelp categories, each with alias and title, such as Pizza or Italian.
street	String or null	Street address of the business.
city	String or null	City of the business.
photo	String or null	Link to the main photo of the business.
url	String	Yelp page of the business.
search_location	String	The location of the search that found this business.
search_query	String	The keyword of the search that found this business.
scraped_at	String	UTC date and time when this record was collected.

Use cases

• Sales teams can build lead lists of local businesses in a city with rating and review count.
• Agencies can spot businesses with a low rating or few reviews among the top results of a niche.
• Franchise and retail planners can compare the top Yelp results of a category across cities, with rating and price level.
• Review analysts can collect the Yelp aliases of many businesses before they scrape their reviews.

How to use

1. Add one entry per search to searches, for example {"query": "pizza", "location": "Chicago, IL"}.
2. Set maxResults to the number of businesses you want for each search, up to 25.
3. Start the run. Each business gives one dataset row with the keyword and location that found it.
4. Pass the alias of each row to the Yelp Reviews Scraper or the Yelp Business Details Scraper.

{
  "searches": [
    {
      "query": "pizza",
      "location": "Chicago, IL"
    }
  ],
  "maxResults": 10
}

Input

Field	Type	Required	Description
searches	Array<object>	Yes	One entry per search, each with a keyword and a location. A location set outside the list applies to every search that does not set its own.
searches[].query	string	Yes per entry	Business name or keyword, for example pizza, plumber or gary danko.
searches[].location	string	No	City, neighborhood, address or ZIP code, for example Chicago, IL or 94109. Needed for every search: set it in the search, or once here for every search that has none. A search without a location is skipped.
location	string	No	City, neighborhood, address or ZIP code, for example Chicago, IL or 94109. Needed for every search: set it in the search, or once here for every search that has none. A search without a location is skipped.
maxResults	integer	No	Maximum businesses to save for each search. Yelp returns at most 25 businesses per search.
maxPages	integer	No	Maximum pages to request for each batch entry.

Output example

{
  "position": 1,
  "business_id": "q7Lm2Xc9RtYv4BnW8aKd1Q",
  "alias": "la-cocina-roja-austin",
  "name": "La Cocina Roja",
  "rating": 4.6,
  "review_count": 1284,
  "price": "$$",
  "categories": [
    {
      "alias": "mexican",
      "title": "Mexican"
    },
    {
      "alias": "tacos",
      "title": "Tacos"
    }
  ],
  "street": "1812 E 6th St",
  "city": "Austin",
  "photo": "https://s3-media0.fl.yelpcdn.com/bphoto/Xc4kP9wLm2QaZt7RbN1vYg/1000s.jpg",
  "url": "https://www.yelp.com/biz/la-cocina-roja-austin",
  "search_location": "Austin, TX",
  "search_query": "pizza",
  "scraped_at": "2026-10-01T12:00:00Z"
}

Pricing

$0.38 per 1,000 results. Apify saves one dataset item per result and applies the Actor’s per-result price to saved items.

Pagination follows the source response. Set maxPages per batch entry and maxResults for each entry.

FAQ

Is scraping this information legal?

Rules depend on the source, location, data type, and intended use. Check applicable laws and source terms, and make sure your workflow follows privacy and data protection requirements.

What limits apply?

Submit up to 100 batch entries per run. Use maxResults to cap saved items for each entry and maxPages to limit pages for each entry. Results also depend on source availability and your Scrappa API plan.

Can I start runs through the Apify API?

Yes. Send a POST request to https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/thescrappa~yelp-search-scraper/runs with your Actor input, or use an Apify client library. Read the output from the run dataset.

Can I connect the results to other tools?

Yes. Apify integrations and APIs can pass dataset results to Make, Zapier, n8n, Google Sheets, and other data workflows.

What happens when one input fails?

The Actor logs a short source error and continues with the remaining entries. Transient rate limits and gateway errors are retried; if every entry fails, the run reports an error.

How many businesses does one search return?

Yelp answers at most 25 businesses per search, 10 per page. To reach more businesses, split the search into smaller areas, such as neighborhoods or ZIP codes, or use more specific keywords such as deep dish pizza and pizza delivery.

Why are the price level or the photo sometimes empty?

Yelp shows a price level and a photo only when the business or its visitors added one. The field is null in that case.

What can I do with the alias?

The alias is the last part of the Yelp page link, such as pequods-pizza-chicago-3. Paste it into the Yelp Business Details Scraper for phone, website and opening hours, or into the Yelp Reviews Scraper for the reviews.

Related Scrappa Actors

• Yelp Business Details Scraper
• Yelp Reviews Scraper
• Google Maps Search Scraper
• Google Maps Reviews Scraper
• Tripadvisor Reviews Scraper