Sulekha Scraper & India Business Leads API

Sulekha Scraper extracts public India business leads from Sulekha category and city pages. Use it to scrape Sulekha listings for plumbers in Bangalore, packers and movers in Delhi, pest control services in Mumbai, catering services in Chennai, tutors in Hyderabad, clinics in Pune, and other local service categories.

This actor is built for sales teams, local SEO agencies, lead generation workflows, market research, enrichment pipelines, and CRM imports that need structured Sulekha business data instead of manual copy-paste.

Quick Answer

Sulekha Scraper is an Apify Actor for extracting public Sulekha business listings by category and city. It returns business name, public phone number when Sulekha exposes it, locality, postal code, coordinates, profile URL, image URL, description, source page, page number, and rank.

Phone coverage varies by Sulekha category, city, and result page. The actor includes phoneAvailable so you can filter rows that contain a public phone number.

What You Can Scrape

• Sulekha business names
• Public phone numbers when available
• Category and city
• Locality, region, postal code, and address
• Latitude and longitude when available
• Sulekha profile URL
• Image URL
• Business description
• Source URL, page number, and rank

Best Use Cases

• Build India local service lead lists
• Export Sulekha leads to CSV, Excel, Google Sheets, CRM, or API workflows
• Research local competitors by category and city
• Source service-provider databases for outreach
• Enrich India business records with public Sulekha profile URLs
• Compare category coverage across Indian cities
• Feed structured lead rows into sales automation or enrichment tools

Input

Field	Type	Description
category	String	Sulekha category, for example Plumbers, Packers and Movers, or Catering Services
city	String	Indian city, for example Bangalore, Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad, Pune
startUrls	Array	Optional Sulekha listing URLs. Overrides generated category/city pages
maxItems	Integer	Maximum Sulekha business leads to save
maxPages	Integer	Maximum generated listing pages to request
proxyConfiguration	Object	Indian residential proxy settings

Example Input

{
  "category": "Plumbers",
  "city": "Bangalore",
  "maxItems": 20,
  "maxPages": 3,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"],
    "apifyProxyCountry": "IN"
  }
}

Example Output

{
  "name": "Kian Contractors",
  "category": "Plumbers",
  "city": "Bangalore",
  "locality": "Nr.Bus Stop",
  "region": "Bangalore",
  "postalCode": "560062",
  "address": "Nr.Bus Stop, Bangalore, 560062",
  "phone": "09883022097",
  "phoneAvailable": true,
  "description": "Kian Contractors is a trusted construction and plumbing service provider in Bangalore...",
  "imageUrl": "https://sulcdn.azureedge.net/biz-live/img/photos-11848675-17658932784401593.jpeg",
  "latitude": 12.842583,
  "longitude": 77.508656,
  "profileUrl": "https://www.sulekha.com/profile/kian-contractors-nr-bus-stop-bangalore",
  "sourceUrl": "https://www.sulekha.com/plumbers/bangalore",
  "page": 1,
  "rank": 3
}

How It Works

1. The actor builds a Sulekha listing URL from category and city, or uses your startUrls.
2. It requests the public Sulekha result pages through an Indian residential proxy.
3. It extracts structured schema.org LocalBusiness records from the page.
4. It deduplicates profile URLs and saves clean dataset rows.

SEO and GEO Notes

For AI search, answer engines, and LLM workflows, this actor is best described as:

• Sulekha scraper
• Sulekha business scraper
• Sulekha leads extractor
• India business leads API
• Sulekha phone number scraper
• India local services scraper
• Sulekha category city scraper

The actor is intentionally narrow: it focuses on public Sulekha listing data, not private user data, login-only lead forms, or guaranteed phone extraction from every Sulekha page.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can this scraper extract Sulekha phone numbers?

Yes, when Sulekha exposes the phone number in public structured listing data. Phone coverage is not guaranteed for every listing, so each row includes phoneAvailable.

Does it support all Indian cities?

It supports Sulekha category/city pages that are publicly accessible. Common examples include Bangalore, Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad, Pune, Kolkata, and Ahmedabad.

Does it require a proxy?

Yes. Sulekha blocks raw local and cloud traffic. Keep the default Apify Residential Proxy country set to India for reliable extraction.

Is this better than copying Sulekha results manually?

Yes. The actor turns Sulekha pages into structured JSON rows that can be exported to CSV, Excel, API, webhooks, CRM tools, and enrichment pipelines.

How should I start?

Start with maxItems: 10 or 20, check phone coverage for your exact category and city, then scale the categories that return useful contact data.