VDAB.be Job Scraper

Extract job listings from vdab.be at scale, in a clean, consistent structure ready for analysis, job boards, recruiting tools and market research. No API key required.

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Why this scraper?

🎯 Built for Flanders (Belgium)

A dedicated Flemish scraper, not a global tool with a country dropdown. Search, locations and currency (EUR) are tuned for vdab.be.

📄 Complete job data

Full job title and description, direct listing URL and publish date for every record.

💶 Salary data

Salary information parsed from the listing where the employer publishes it, in EUR. Missing salaries are returned as null, never guessed.

🏢 Company details

Hiring company name plus the profile details the source publishes, such as logo and company page.

📍 Location fields

Structured location data for every listing, ready for filtering and analysis.

🔁 Repost & change detection

Every record carries isRepost and changeStatus, so daily feeds return genuinely new jobs instead of reposted duplicates.

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Input parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
searchQuery	string	(empty)	Keywords to search for (e.g. 'verpleegkundige', 'software developer'). Leave empty to return all vacancies.
location	string	(empty)	Municipality or city to filter results (e.g. 'Antwerpen', 'Gent', 'Brussel'). Leave empty for all of Belgium.
contractType	string	(empty)	Filter by contract type. Leave empty for all types.
workType	string	(empty)	Filter by full-time or part-time.
fetchDetails	boolean	false	ON: fetches full job description, salary, company info, and all details. OFF: returns basic listing info only (faster, lower cost).
daysOld	integer	(empty)	Only return jobs posted within this many days. Leave empty or 0 for all jobs.
skipReposts	boolean	false	Skip jobs already seen in previous runs. Uses a 90-day cross-run deduplication cache.
searchQuery2	string	(empty)	Optional second keyword — scraped in the same run and merged with the first query results.
searchQuery3	string	(empty)	Optional third keyword — scraped in the same run and merged with the first query results.
province	string	(empty)	Filter by Belgian province. Leave empty for all provinces.
startUrls	array	(empty)	Optional list of direct URLs to scrape specific pages. When provided, the search filters above are ignored.
maxItems	integer	200	Maximum number of job listings to return.

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Output schema

Every field below is present on every record. Fields the source does not publish for a given job are returned as null rather than omitted.

Field	Type	Description
id	string	Unique listing ID from the source.
url	string	Direct link to the listing
title	string	Job title
company	string	Hiring company or organisation
city	string	City of the role
region	string	Region or state of the position.
contractType	string	Contract type as displayed
workRegime	string	Work regime.
workSchedule	string	Work schedule.
experience	string	Required experience as published.
educationLevel	string	Education level.
jobDomain	string	Job domain.
publishDate	string	Date posted
publishDateISO	string	Publish date iso.
descriptionHtml	string	Full job description in HTML.
descriptionText	string	Full job description in plain text.
descriptionMarkdown	string	Description markdown.
requirementsHtml	string	Requirements html.
requirementsText	string	Requirements text.
requirementsMarkdown	string	Requirements markdown.
offerHtml	string	Offer html.
offerText	string	Offer text.
offerMarkdown	string	Offer markdown.
salary	string	Salary as displayed (null if not published by the employer).
applyUrl	string	Direct application link.
companyWebsite	string	Company website.
contactEmail	string	Contact email.
contactPhone	string	Contact phone.
contactName	string	Contact name.
knelpuntberoep	boolean	Knelpuntberoep.
source	string	Source.
scrapedAt	string	Timestamp when this record was scraped.
contentHash	string	Stable hash of the listing content, used for repost and change detection.
summary	string	Summary.
isRepost	boolean	true if seen in a previous run
originalPublishDate	string	Original publish date.
originalUrl	string	Original url.
changeStatus	string	NEW, CHANGED or UNCHANGED compared to the previous time this job was seen.

Example record

{
  "id": "73777155",
  "url": "https://www.vdab.be/vindeenjob/vacature/73777155",
  "title": "Verpleegkundige wzc",
  "company": "Randstad",
  "city": "MECHELEN",
  "region": "Regio Mechelen",
  "contractType": "onbepaalde duur",
  "workRegime": "voltijds",
  "workSchedule": "Dagwerk",
  "experience": "Beperkte ervaring ( < 2 jaar )",
  "educationLevel": "Professionele bachelor: Gezondheids- en zorgmanagement",
  "jobDomain": "Gezondheid",
  "publishDate": "2026-05-22",
  "publishDateISO": "2026-05-22T14:51:06Z",
  "descriptionHtml": "<p>Jouw expertise verdient een werkplek die naar je luistert. </p><p>In de regio zoeken we verpleegkundigen die hun vak door en door kennen en die het verschil willen maken op de werkvloer. Je krijgt …",
  "descriptionText": "Jouw expertise verdient een werkplek die naar je luistert. In de regio zoeken we verpleegkundigen die hun vak door en door kennen en die het verschil willen maken op de werkvloer. Je krijgt de vrijhei …",
  "descriptionMarkdown": "Jouw expertise verdient een werkplek die naar je luistert.\n\nIn de regio zoeken we verpleegkundigen die hun vak door en door kennen en die het verschil willen maken op de werkvloer. Je krijgt de vrijhe …",
  "requirementsHtml": "<p>Wie zoeken we?</p><ul><li>Je bent een gegradueerd of bachelor verpleegkundige (met visum).</li><li>Je spreekt vlot Nederlands.</li><li>Je werkt graag in een warm, collegiaal team.</li></ul><p><ul>< …",
  "requirementsText": "Wie zoeken we? Je bent een gegradueerd of bachelor verpleegkundige (met visum). Je spreekt vlot Nederlands. Je werkt graag in een warm, collegiaal team. Je voert verpleegtechnische handelingen uit en …",
  "requirementsMarkdown": "Wie zoeken we?\n\n-   Je bent een gegradueerd of bachelor verpleegkundige (met visum).\n-   Je spreekt vlot Nederlands.\n-   Je werkt graag in een warm, collegiaal team.\n\n-   Je voert verpleegtechnische h …",
  "offerHtml": "<ul><li>Loon: Correcte verloning volgens IFIC-barema + maaltijdcheques.</li><li>Balans: Een contract van onbepaalde duur met een uurrooster dat we samen bespreken (voltijds of deeltijds).</li><li>Dich …",
  "offerText": "Loon: Correcte verloning volgens IFIC-barema + maaltijdcheques. Balans: Een contract van onbepaalde duur met een uurrooster dat we samen bespreken (voltijds of deeltijds). Dichtbij huis: Snelle opstar …",
  "offerMarkdown": "-   Loon: Correcte verloning volgens IFIC-barema + maaltijdcheques.\n-   Balans: Een contract van onbepaalde duur met een uurrooster dat we samen bespreken (voltijds of deeltijds).\n-   Dichtbij huis: S …",
  "salary": null,
  "applyUrl": "https://easyapply.jobs/r/8HolTk826wFno82ZlDNs",
  "companyWebsite": "http://www.randstad.be",
  "contactEmail": null,
  "contactPhone": null,
  "contactName": null,
  "knelpuntberoep": true,
  "source": "vdab.be",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-06-05T20:44:53.374Z",
  "contentHash": "9f68293f6c53c516",
  "summary": "Jouw expertise verdient een werkplek die naar je luistert. In de regio zoeken we verpleegkundigen die hun vak door en door kennen en die het verschil willen maken op de werkvloer. Je krijgt de vrijhei …",
  "isRepost": true,
  "originalPublishDate": "2026-05-22T14:51:06Z",
  "originalUrl": "https://www.vdab.be/vindeenjob/vacature/73777155",
  "changeStatus": "UNCHANGED"
}

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Examples

Search for verkoper roles in Gent:

{
  "searchQuery": "verkoper",
  "location": "Gent",
  "maxItems": 100
}

Filter by contract type:

{
  "searchQuery": "verkoper",
  "location": "Gent",
  "maxItems": 100,
  "contractType": ""
}

Scrape a specific search URL:

{
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.vdab.be/"
    }
  ],
  "maxItems": 200
}

Daily feed (run on a schedule):

{
  "searchQuery": "verkoper",
  "daysOld": 1,
  "skipReposts": true,
  "maxItems": 500
}

Schedule this input to run once a day in the Apify Scheduler — each run returns only jobs posted in the last 24 hours.

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💰 Pricing

$1 per 1,000 results — you only pay for successfully retrieved listings. Failed retries are never charged.

Results	Cost
100	~$0.1
1,000	~$1
10,000	~$10
100,000	~$100

Flat-rate alternatives typically charge $29–$49/month regardless of usage.

Subscription tiers lower the rate further, down to $0.6 per 1,000 at the highest tier. Use the Max results cap in the input to control your spend exactly.

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Performance

Run size	Typical time
100 results	under 1 minute
1,000 results	2–4 minutes
10,000 results	20–35 minutes

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Known limitations

• Salary is only returned when the employer publishes it — many listings carry null salary fields.
• Company details vary per listing; the scraper returns what the source publishes and never invents data.
• Very large result sets are bounded by the source's own paging limits.
• Listings can be removed by the source at any time, so a small share of URLs may expire shortly after scraping.

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Technical details

• Source: vdab.be — Flanders (Belgium) job listings
• Coverage: everything the public search exposes, filterable via the input parameters above
• Retry: automatic retry on network errors with exponential backoff

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