Businesses for Sale & M&A Deal Flow Scraper (Quiet Light, SMERGERS, Sunbelt Network)

Extract publicly listed businesses for sale, online companies, SaaS startups, Amazon FBA brands, and brick-and-mortar SMEs from Quiet Light, SMERGERS, and Sunbelt Network into a single, standardized dataset.

Designed for acquisition entrepreneurs, search funds, private equity scouts, business brokers, and market researchers who want clean, ready-to-analyze deal flow in USD without manually copying listings across multiple websites.

What Does This Scraper Do?

• Scrapes 3 Major Marketplaces in One Run:
  • Quiet Light: Vetted online businesses, SaaS, e-commerce, Amazon FBA, content sites, and membership platforms (automatically filters out unlinked sold cards so you only pay for active listings with dedicated URLs).
  • SMERGERS: Global and Indian SME businesses for sale, partial equity stake sales (Partial Stake Sale), asset sales (Asset Sale), and franchise opportunities (automatically excludes debt/borrowing Business Loan / Seeking Loan requests).
  • Sunbelt Network: Main-street and lower-middle-market companies across North America and globally.
• Normalizes 17 Currencies & Regional Units to USD:
  • Automatically converts INR (Lakh / Crore), EUR, GBP, AED, SAR, CHF, CAD, AUD, SGD, MYR, JPY, THB, BRL, ZAR, HKD, NZD, and USD (Mn / K / m / k) into standardized USD floats using live daily exchange rates while preserving the original raw price string.
• Computes Valuation Multiples & Equity Stake Math:
  • Calculates Implied Enterprise Value (impliedEnterpriseValueUsd) when a seller offers a partial equity stake (for example, USD 2 Mn for 15% automatically computes a $13,333,333.33 implied enterprise value).
  • Calculates SDE / Cash Flow Multiple (valuationMultipleSde), Revenue Multiple (valuationMultipleRevenue), Net Profit Margin (profitMarginPct), and an automated 0–100 Deal Score (dealScore) for sorting and filtering.
• Detects Clause-Aware SBA Pre-Qualification (sbaEligible):
  • Flags listings marked as SBA Pre-Qualified or SBA Eligible while rejecting negated phrases (such as "Not SBA eligible" or "SBA: No").
• Built-In Reliability & Deduping:
  • Uses Chrome TLS fingerprint impersonation, Apify Proxy rotation on every retry, SHA-256 deduplication across pages, and automatic state persistence across container migrations so you are never double-charged for the same listing.

Input Parameters

Field	Type	Default	Description
marketplace	string	"all"	Choose "quietlight", "smergers", "sunbelt", or "all" to scrape all three marketplaces in a single run.
startUrls	array	[]	Optional list of specific category, country, or filtered search URLs from Quiet Light, SMERGERS, or Sunbelt Network. Leave empty to scrape the default global directories.
maxItems	integer	100	Maximum number of verified business listings to extract across the run.
maxPagesPerSite	integer	10	Maximum pagination pages to crawl per marketplace URL.
minDealScore	integer	0	Optional filter (0–100) to only emit listings that meet your minimum Deal Score threshold.
onlySbaEligible	boolean	false	When true, only emits listings marked as SBA Pre-Qualified / SBA Eligible.
fxRatesToUsd	object	{}	Optional custom exchange-rate overrides to USD (e.g., {"INR": 0.012, "EUR": 1.10}). Leave empty to fetch live daily FX rates automatically.
proxyConfiguration	object	{"useApifyProxy": true}	Apify Proxy configuration for automatic IP rotation.

Example Input JSON

{
  "marketplace": "all",
  "maxItems": 100,
  "maxPagesPerSite": 5,
  "minDealScore": 0,
  "onlySbaEligible": false,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}

Output Dataset Schema (Sample Records)

Each item pushed to the default dataset contains standardized fields across all three marketplaces:

1. Quiet Light Sample Output

{
  "marketplace": "Quiet Light",
  "title": "SBA Pre-Qualified: Premium Self-Help Books and System | More Than 114,000 Shopify Orders | 36% Net Margins | Low Multiple | Low Workload",
  "category": "Ecommerce",
  "status": "Available",
  "sbaEligible": true,
  "askingPriceUsd": 6870000,
  "originalPriceRaw": "$6,870,000",
  "originalCurrency": "USD",
  "stakeOfferedPct": 100,
  "ttmRevenueUsd": 8061514,
  "ttmSdeOrCashFlowUsd": 2918349,
  "impliedEnterpriseValueUsd": 6870000,
  "valuationMultipleSde": 2.35,
  "valuationMultipleRevenue": 0.85,
  "profitMarginPct": 36.2,
  "dealScore": 95,
  "listingUrl": "https://quietlight.com/listings/18828719/",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-10-22T19:20:05.432880+00:00"
}

2. SMERGERS Sample Output (Partial Equity Stake & Multi-Currency)

{
  "marketplace": "SMERGERS",
  "title": "Gym for Sale in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia",
  "category": "Business for Sale",
  "status": "Available",
  "sbaEligible": false,
  "askingPriceUsd": 670000,
  "originalPriceRaw": "USD 670 K",
  "originalCurrency": "USD",
  "stakeOfferedPct": 100,
  "ttmRevenueUsd": 693334.2,
  "ttmSdeOrCashFlowUsd": 189333.57,
  "platformRating": 8.3,
  "impliedEnterpriseValueUsd": 670000,
  "valuationMultipleSde": 3.54,
  "valuationMultipleRevenue": 0.97,
  "profitMarginPct": 27.3,
  "dealScore": 68,
  "listingUrl": "https://www.smergers.com/business/gym-for-sale-in-riyadh-saudi-arabia/yrnn1/",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-10-22T19:19:26.815824+00:00"
}

3. Sunbelt Network Sample Output

{
  "marketplace": "Sunbelt Network",
  "title": "Growing, Highly Profitable Peer to Peer Recovery Coaching Services Business",
  "category": "Main-Street & Mid-Market M&A",
  "status": "Available",
  "sbaEligible": false,
  "askingPriceUsd": 13000000,
  "originalPriceRaw": "$13m",
  "originalCurrency": "USD",
  "stakeOfferedPct": 100,
  "ttmRevenueUsd": 5390000,
  "ttmSdeOrCashFlowUsd": 3715000,
  "impliedEnterpriseValueUsd": 13000000,
  "valuationMultipleSde": 3.5,
  "valuationMultipleRevenue": 2.41,
  "profitMarginPct": 68.9,
  "dealScore": 80,
  "listingUrl": "https://www.sunbeltnetwork.com/greater-denver-co/buy-a-business/listings/listing-details/growing-peer-recovery-coaching-59027/",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-10-22T19:20:41.149188+00:00"
}

Notes on Public Directory Data

• Quiet Light: Quiet Light's /listings/ page displays all active listings on a single page without pagination; increase maxItems (for example to 100 or 200) to capture the entire active catalog in one run.
• SMERGERS: Directory cards on SMERGERS always display the asking price, equity stake percentage, transaction category, and platform rating (platformRating), and include revenue/EBITDA whenever the seller mentions them in the card summary. Full tabular financial statements on SMERGERS require visiting the individual listingUrl.

Legal & Financial Disclaimer

This Actor extracts publicly accessible listing summaries from third-party brokerage websites for informational, market research, and data aggregation purposes only. All calculated metrics—including impliedEnterpriseValueUsd, valuationMultipleSde, valuationMultipleRevenue, profitMarginPct, sbaEligible, and dealScore—are automated mathematical estimates derived from public listing text and do not constitute financial, investment, legal, tax, or brokerage advice. No representation or warranty is made as to the accuracy or completeness of any third-party listing data. Users are solely responsible for conducting their own independent due diligence on the original brokerage listing pages and complying with all applicable laws and website terms.