Yellow Pages Business Scraper Worldwide

Extract business contact information (including emails) from Yellow Pages–style directories across 11 countries.
Enter a query (e.g., restaurants Toronto) and get up to 1000 leads with name, phone, address, website, and email.

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TL;DR

• Choose country: us, ca, uk, de, fr, es, it, ro, au, br
• Enter search: "restaurants Toronto" or just "restaurants"
• Get leads with emails in seconds

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Quick Start

1. Pick a country (e.g., ca)
2. Set your query (e.g., restaurants Toronto)
3. Start the run
4. Download results in JSON/CSV/Excel

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What You Get

• Business Name
• Phone Number
• Full Address
• City (auto-extracted)
• Website URL
• Email Address (scraped from business website)
• Category & Country
• Extraction Status

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Supported Countries & Email Discovery Rates

Country	Code	Website	Email Rate (Aggressive)	Rating
🇩🇪 Germany	de	gelbeseiten.de	60-75%	⭐⭐⭐ EXCELLENT
🇨🇦 Canada	ca	yellowpages.ca	55-70%	⭐⭐⭐ EXCELLENT
🇺🇸 United States	us	yellowpages.com	50-65%	⭐⭐ VERY GOOD
🇦🇺 Australia	au	yellowpages.com.au	50-65%	⭐⭐ VERY GOOD
🇬🇧 United Kingdom	uk	yell.com	45-60%	⭐⭐ GOOD
🇫🇷 France	fr	pagesjaunes.fr	45-60%	⭐⭐ GOOD
🇮🇹 Italy	it	paginegialle.it	45-60%	⭐⭐ GOOD
🇪🇸 Spain	es	paginasamarillas.es	40-55%	⭐ GOOD
🇷🇴 Romania	ro	paginiaurii.ro	40-55%	⭐ GOOD
🇧🇷 Brazil	br	guiamais.com.br	40-55%	⭐ GOOD

Note: Email rates depend on businesses having websites with visible contact information. Germany has highest rates due to legal "Impressum" requirement.

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Input Configuration

{
  "targetSite": "ca",
  "searchQuery": "restaurants Toronto",
  "maxResults": 500,
  "emailExtractionMode": "aggressive"
}

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Parameters

• targetSite (required): Country code from supported list
• searchQuery (required): Keywords + optional location
  • "restaurants" - searches entire country
  • "restaurants Toronto" - searches in Toronto
  • "plumbers Berlin" - searches plumbers in Berlin
• maxResults: 1–1000 (default: 1000)
• emailExtractionMode:
  • "standard" - checks only main page
  • "aggressive" - also checks contact pages

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Output Example

{
  "01_name": "Joe's Pizza Restaurant",
  "02_address": "123 Main Street, Toronto, ON M5V 3A8",
  "03_city": "Toronto",
  "04_country": "CA",
  "05_website": "https://www.joespizza.ca",
  "06_phone": "(416) 555-0123",
  "07_email": "info@joespizza.ca",
  "08_category": "restaurants Toronto",
  "09_label": "FOUND",
  "10_emailCount": 1,
  "11_scrapedAt": "2024-01-15T10:30:45.123Z",
  "12_sourceUrl": "https://www.yellowpages.ca/bus/ontario/toronto/joes-pizza/123456.html"
}

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Email Status Labels

• FOUND: Email successfully extracted
• NOT_FOUND: Website exists but no email
• NO_WEBSITE: No website listed
• ERROR: Website failed to load
• EXTRACTION_FAILED: Technical error

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Features

Smart Location Parsing

• Understands queries like:
  • restaurants Toronto → restaurants in Toronto
  • plumbers → plumbers in whole country
  • hotels Paris → hotels in Paris

Ultra-Deep Email Extraction 🚀

Multi-Layer Extraction Technology:

• ✅ Scans main page + up to 2 sub-pages (contact/impressum)
• ✅ Extracts JavaScript-rendered emails from dynamic content
• ✅ Decodes obfuscated emails ([at], (at), [dot], HTML entities)
• ✅ Searches all element attributes, data fields, and onclick handlers
• ✅ Parses JSON-LD structured data
• ✅ Examines iframes and Shadow DOM
• ✅ Analyzes CSS pseudo-elements (::before, ::after)
• ✅ Scans HTML comments and meta tags
• ✅ Checks form actions and mailto: links
• ✅ Automatically clicks buttons to reveal hidden emails
• ✅ Intelligent email prioritization (info@, contact@, etc.)
• ✅ Automatic retry mechanism if first attempt fails
• ✅ Multi-language contact page detection (30+ languages)

Bulletproof Design

• Residential proxy rotation
• Human-like behavior simulation
• Automatic popup/cookie handling
• Session management & retries

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Performance

• Up to 50 businesses processed simultaneously
• 1–2 seconds per business
• Blocks media for faster loads
• Pagination handled automatically
• Can extract up to 1000 results per run

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Statistics Example

EXTRACTION COMPLETE - SUMMARY

• Total businesses processed: 500
• Emails found: 245 (49%)
• Time elapsed: 625 seconds
• Average: 1.3 sec/business

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Search Tips

• Be specific: "italian restaurants" better than just "restaurants"
• Add location: "dentists Montreal"
• Use local terms: "avocat Paris" works better than "lawyer Paris" in France
• Works best with service-type businesses (restaurants, shops, contractors)

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Notes & Limits

• Depends on businesses having websites & visible emails
• Some use only contact forms → no email
• Speed varies by site and email extraction mode
• Requires residential proxies for stability
• Max 50 concurrent requests, session rotation every 100 requests

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Troubleshooting

Few results found?

• Try broader search terms
• Remove location to search entire country
• Check if the business type exists in that region

Low email discovery rate?

• Switch to "aggressive" mode
• Some industries have lower email visibility
• Modern sites often use contact forms instead

Slow extraction?

• Normal in aggressive mode
• Each website visit takes 1–3 seconds
• Reduce maxResults for faster runs

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License

Use only for legitimate business purposes. Comply with:

• Website terms of service
• Local data protection laws (GDPR, etc.)
• Anti-spam regulations
• Ethical guidelines

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Tech Stack

Built with Apify Actor, Crawlee, and Playwright.