Yelp Business Scraper — Ratings, Reviews & Contact Details

Scrape Yelp business listings for any category and city in the United States. Get the business name, star rating, review count, categories, full address, phone number, and website — ready to export to CSV, JSON, or Excel. No Yelp API key required.

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What you get

For every Yelp business in your search results:

Field	Description
title	Business name
rating	Star rating (e.g. "4.5 star rating")
reviews	Total number of Yelp reviews
categories	Business categories (e.g. Restaurants, Plumbers, Salons)
address	Full street address
phone	Phone number
website	Business website URL
searchQuery	The query that produced this result
scrapedAt	Scrape timestamp (ISO 8601)

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How to use

1. Click Try for free
2. Enter your search queries in businessType|city format — one per line
   • pizza|New York · plumber|Los Angeles · dentist|Chicago
3. Set Max results per query (default: 20, max: 100)
4. Click Run — results appear in real time in your dataset
5. Export to CSV, JSON, or Excel from the dataset tab

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Input parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
searchQueries	array	Search queries in type|city format
maxResultsPerQuery	integer	Max listings per query (default: 20, max: 100)
proxyConfiguration	object	Proxy settings (residential recommended)

Input example

{
  "searchQueries": [
    "electrician|Seattle",
    "italian restaurant|Boston",
    "auto repair|Houston"
  ],
  "maxResultsPerQuery": 50
}

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Output example

{
  "title": "Mike's Electric LLC",
  "rating": "4.5 star rating",
  "reviews": "312 reviews",
  "categories": "Electricians, Contractors",
  "address": "1234 Industrial Blvd, Seattle, WA 98101",
  "phone": "(206) 555-0198",
  "website": "https://www.mikeselectric.com",
  "searchQuery": "electrician|Seattle",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-06-18T09:23:11.000Z"
}

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Use cases

B2B lead generation — Build targeted prospect lists by trade and city. Get direct phone numbers and websites for cold outreach.

Local market research — Map business density, analyze competition, and identify underserved areas before opening a new location.

Competitor monitoring — Track how your competitors' ratings and review counts change over time.

CRM enrichment — Fill in missing contact data (phone, website, address) on existing records.

Local SEO analysis — Benchmark your business rating against others in your category and region.

Agency prospecting — Identify local businesses with low Yelp ratings as potential clients for reputation management services.

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Why this scraper is reliable

The existing Yelp scrapers on Apify are rated 2.2/5 and 3.2/5 — both from the same author, both flagged as unreliable in user reviews. This scraper uses Playwright with residential proxies and human-behavior simulation (realistic mouse movements, random delays) to reliably bypass Yelp's anti-bot measures.

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Limitations

• US market — Yelp has listings globally, but coverage is strongest in the United States. For international markets, consider Google Maps scrapers
• ~100 results per search — Yelp limits search pages; use more specific queries to target sub-niches
• Residential proxies required — Yelp blocks datacenter IPs aggressively; do not disable proxy settings
• No login required — all publicly visible data is accessible without a Yelp account

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Support

Open a ticket in the Issues tab on the actor page. We monitor all issues and respond quickly. If a query format doesn't work as expected, open an issue and we'll investigate.