# Business Directory Lead Finder (`woundless_yellowwood/business-directory-lead-finder`) Actor

Turn any business directory page into an enriched, CRM-ready lead list. Extracts business name, website, phone, email, and social profiles — no external API keys required.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/woundless\_yellowwood/business-directory-lead-finder.md
- **Developed by:** [Perria](https://apify.com/woundless_yellowwood) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

Pay per usage

This Actor is paid per platform usage. The Actor is free to use, and you only pay for the Apify platform usage, which gets cheaper the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-usage

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md):

```bash
npm install apify-client
```

In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md):

```bash
pip install apify-client
```

In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md):

````bash
# MacOS / Linux
curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash
# Windows
irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex
```bash

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If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Business Directory Lead Finder

Turn any business directory or listing page into an enriched, CRM-ready lead list — **no API keys, no manual lookups**.

Give it 1–50 URLs of business directory pages (Yelp-like listings, chamber-of-commerce pages, industry portals, Yellow Pages clones, event sponsor lists, vendor directories, etc.) and it returns a clean, deduplicated CSV of leads ready to import into your CRM.

### What it does

1. **Stage 1 — Directory parsing.** A `CheerioCrawler` fetches each directory URL and auto-detects repeating listing blocks via three strategies: `<table>` rows, `<ul>/<ol>` items, and card-like `<div>` grids that share a common class. For each listing it extracts the business name, the external website link, any visible phone, and a basic address.
2. **Stage 2 — Enrichment.** For every business with a website, a second crawl visits the home page plus any `/contact`, `/about`, `/impressum`-style page it can find, and extracts email addresses, additional phones, and social profile URLs (Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, X, TikTok).
3. **Deduplication.** Leads are deduplicated by root domain across the whole run, so the same business appearing in two directories only shows up once.
4. **Output.** All leads are pushed to the Actor's **Dataset** as JSON. If you keep the default `dataset_and_csv` output format, a flat CSV is also written to the Key-Value Store as `leads.csv` for direct download.

### Input

| Field | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `directoryUrls` | `array<string>` | — (required) | 1–50 URLs of business directory pages. |
| `maxLeadsPerDirectory` | `integer` | `100` | Cap on listings extracted per directory (1–5000). |
| `enrichDepth` | `boolean` | `true` | If `false`, skips Stage 2 and only returns what's visible on the directory page. |
| `outputFormat` | `enum` | `dataset_and_csv` | `dataset_only` or `dataset_and_csv`. |

#### Example input

```json
{
    "directoryUrls": [
        "https://www.yelp.com/search?find_desc=Restaurants&find_loc=New+York",
        "https://www.chamberofcommerce.com/united-states/new-york/restaurants"
    ],
    "maxLeadsPerDirectory": 50,
    "enrichDepth": true,
    "outputFormat": "dataset_and_csv"
}
````

### Output

Each lead in the Dataset / CSV has the following fields:

| Field | Notes |
|---|---|
| `businessName` | From the directory listing. |
| `website` | External URL of the business's own site. |
| `domain` | Normalized root domain (used for dedup). |
| `phone` | Best phone we found (Stage 1 or Stage 2). |
| `address` | Best-effort regex match from the listing. |
| `email` | First email found on the business site (Stage 2). |
| `facebook` / `instagram` / `linkedin` / `x` / `tiktok` | Social profile URLs (Stage 2). Multiple values are separated by `;` in the CSV. |
| `sourceDirectory` | The directory URL the lead came from. |
| `enriched` | `true` if Stage 2 ran successfully for this lead. |

### Limitations & guarantees

- **No external API keys.** All crawling uses Crawlee's `CheerioCrawler`. No Google Maps, Hunter.io, Clearbit, or Apollo calls.
- **No login walls, no CAPTCHAs.** Pages that require authentication or anti-bot bypass are skipped and logged — never forced.
- **No SMTP verification.** Emails are format-validated only, not deliverability-checked.
- **No sales claims.** The Actor describes its technical behavior, not outcomes.

### Pricing

Pay-per-result at **$3 per 1,000 leads**. You are only charged for the rows that actually appear in your final Dataset, after deduplication.

### Local development

```bash
npm install
apify run --input "{\"directoryUrls\":[\"https://example.com/directory\"]}"
```

# Actor input Schema

## `directoryUrls` (type: `array`):

One or more URLs of business directory or listing pages to scrape. Paste URLs as plain strings in the JSON array.

## `maxLeadsPerDirectory` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of business listings to extract from each directory page.

## `enrichDepth` (type: `boolean`):

When enabled, visits each extracted business website to find additional contact details (email, phone, social links). Disabling this is faster but returns less data.

## `outputFormat` (type: `string`):

Choose whether to save results only to the Dataset, or also export a CSV file to the Key-Value Store.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "directoryUrls": [
    "https://www.yelp.com/search?find_desc=Restaurants&find_loc=New+York"
  ],
  "maxLeadsPerDirectory": 100,
  "enrichDepth": true,
  "outputFormat": "dataset_and_csv"
}
```

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "directoryUrls": [
        "https://www.yelp.com/search?find_desc=Restaurants&find_loc=New+York"
    ],
    "maxLeadsPerDirectory": 100,
    "enrichDepth": true,
    "outputFormat": "dataset_and_csv"
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("woundless_yellowwood/business-directory-lead-finder").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "directoryUrls": ["https://www.yelp.com/search?find_desc=Restaurants&find_loc=New+York"],
    "maxLeadsPerDirectory": 100,
    "enrichDepth": True,
    "outputFormat": "dataset_and_csv",
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("woundless_yellowwood/business-directory-lead-finder").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "directoryUrls": [
    "https://www.yelp.com/search?find_desc=Restaurants&find_loc=New+York"
  ],
  "maxLeadsPerDirectory": 100,
  "enrichDepth": true,
  "outputFormat": "dataset_and_csv"
}' |
apify call woundless_yellowwood/business-directory-lead-finder --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=woundless_yellowwood/business-directory-lead-finder",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

```json
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    },
    "servers": [
        {
            "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2"
        }
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    "paths": {
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                "responses": {
                    "200": {
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                "parameters": [
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                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
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                        "schema": {
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                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
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                "responses": {
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    "components": {
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            "inputSchema": {
                "type": "object",
                "required": [
                    "directoryUrls"
                ],
                "properties": {
                    "directoryUrls": {
                        "title": "Directory URLs",
                        "maxItems": 50,
                        "type": "array",
                        "description": "One or more URLs of business directory or listing pages to scrape. Paste URLs as plain strings in the JSON array."
                    },
                    "maxLeadsPerDirectory": {
                        "title": "Max leads per directory",
                        "minimum": 1,
                        "maximum": 5000,
                        "type": "integer",
                        "description": "Maximum number of business listings to extract from each directory page.",
                        "default": 100
                    },
                    "enrichDepth": {
                        "title": "Enrich from business websites",
                        "type": "boolean",
                        "description": "When enabled, visits each extracted business website to find additional contact details (email, phone, social links). Disabling this is faster but returns less data.",
                        "default": true
                    },
                    "outputFormat": {
                        "title": "Output format",
                        "enum": [
                            "dataset_only",
                            "dataset_and_csv"
                        ],
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                        "default": "dataset_and_csv"
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                                "example": "READY"
                            },
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                            "stats": {
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                                    "resurrectCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "computeUnits": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "options": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "build": {
                                        "type": "string",
                                        "example": "latest"
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                            "usage": {
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                                "properties": {
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    }
}
```