# Houzz Contractor & Home-Pro Leads (`xtracto/houzz-contractor-leads`) Actor

Business leads for contractors and home professionals on Houzz: company name, phone number, website, full address and map coordinates. One row per business, from any Houzz professional category.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/xtracto/houzz-contractor-leads.md
- **Developed by:** [Farhan Febrian Nauval](https://apify.com/xtracto) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Real estate
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.33 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

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

## What's an Apify Actor?

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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.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

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You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## Houzz Contractor & Home-Pro Leads

Build a contact list of contractors and home professionals from Houzz — business name, phone number, website, full address and map coordinates, one row per business.

### Why use this actor

- **A phone number on essentially every row** — the field that actually makes a lead usable
- **Full postal address plus latitude/longitude**, so rows drop straight into a CRM or a map
- **Any professional category** — general contractors, kitchen and bath remodelers, landscapers, architects
- **City and metro targeting** by pasting a directory address
- Business website and social profiles where the company lists them
- No account and no key required

### How it works

1. You choose one or more Houzz professional categories (or paste directory addresses for a specific city).
2. The actor walks the directory listings, 15 businesses per page, for as many pages as you allow.
3. Each business becomes one row with its contact and location details, de-duplicated across pages.
4. Results stream into your dataset, ready to download as JSON, CSV or Excel.

You don't need to manage scrapers or infrastructure.

### Input

```json
{
  "categories": ["general-contractor"],
  "maxItems": 200,
  "maxPagesPerCategory": 5,
  "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"] }
}
```

| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `categories` | array | Category wording from the site address, e.g. `general-contractor`, `landscape-contractors`. |
| `startUrls` | array | Optional. Paste Houzz directory addresses for city- or metro-specific listings. |
| `maxItems` | integer | Maximum businesses collected across the run. Default 200. |
| `maxPagesPerCategory` | integer | Directory pages per category; each page lists 15 businesses. Default 5. |
| `proxyConfiguration` | object | Optional for small runs; recommended for large ones. |

### Output

Real sample from a live run:

```json
{
  "_input": "general-contractor",
  "_source": "S1-directory",
  "_scrapedAt": "2026-08-26T08:41:12Z",
  "recordType": "CONTRACTOR",
  "name": "Full Service USA",
  "phone": "(305) 487-8485",
  "website": "https://fullserviceusa.com",
  "socialProfiles": ["https://www.facebook.com/full.service.usa"],
  "streetAddress": "818 Northeast 8th Street",
  "city": "Hallandale",
  "region": "FL",
  "postalCode": "33009",
  "country": "US",
  "latitude": 25.985,
  "longitude": -80.1407,
  "imageUrl": "https://st.hzcdn.com/simgs/19a3667c04f67a6b_0-7858/_.jpg"
}
```

| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `name` | string | Business name. |
| `phone` | string | Business phone number. |
| `website` | string | Company website, when the business lists one. |
| `socialProfiles` | array | Facebook / Instagram / other profiles, when listed. |
| `streetAddress`, `city`, `region`, `postalCode`, `country` | string | Business address. |
| `latitude`, `longitude` | number | Map coordinates. |
| `imageUrl` | string | Profile image. |
| `areaServed` | any | Service area, as the business states it. |

### Notes and limits

- **Field coverage, measured on a live run of 25 businesses:** name 25/25, phone **25/25**, address and coordinates 25/25, website 4/25. Most businesses route enquiries through Houzz rather than publishing a site, so treat `website` as a bonus rather than a guarantee.
- **Star ratings and review counts are not included.** They are not part of the directory listing this actor reads, and inventing them from a different source would make the row less trustworthy, not more.
- Each page lists 15 businesses; raise `maxPagesPerCategory` together with `maxItems` to go deeper.
- A page that returns nothing produces an error row explaining why, so a gap never silently looks like "no contractors".
- This collects **public business-directory information** — company contact details, not personal data.

# Actor input Schema

## `categories` (type: `array`):

Houzz professional categories to collect, using the wording from the site address, e.g. "general-contractor", "kitchen-and-bath-remodelers", "landscape-contractors".

## `startUrls` (type: `array`):

Optional. Paste Houzz professional directory addresses directly — useful for city- or metro-specific listings that a plain category cannot express.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of businesses to collect across the whole run.

## `maxPagesPerCategory` (type: `integer`):

How many directory pages to walk per category. Each page lists 15 businesses.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Optional. Not required for small runs. A residential proxy is recommended when collecting many pages.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "categories": [
    "general-contractor"
  ],
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.houzz.com/professionals/general-contractor"
    }
  ],
  "maxItems": 200,
  "maxPagesPerCategory": 5,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `name` (type: `string`):

Name of the item.

## `phone` (type: `string`):

Phone number as published by the business.

## `website` (type: `string`):

Website URL.

## `city` (type: `string`):

City.

## `region` (type: `string`):

Region as reported by the source.

## `postalCode` (type: `string`):

Postal Code as reported by the source.

## `_scrapedAt` (type: `string`):

UTC timestamp of the scrape, ISO 8601.

## `recordType` (type: `string`):

Which kind of row this is.

## `socialProfiles` (type: `string`):

Social Profiles.

## `streetAddress` (type: `string`):

Street Address.

## `country` (type: `string`):

Country.

## `latitude` (type: `string`):

Latitude. Numeric value.

## `longitude` (type: `string`):

Longitude. Numeric value.

## `imageUrl` (type: `string`):

Link to the image.

## `areaServed` (type: `string`):

Area Served as reported by the source.

## `sourceUrl` (type: `string`):

Link to the source.

## `raw` (type: `string`):

Unmodified payload from the source.

## `_input` (type: `string`):

The input value this row was produced from.

## `_source` (type: `string`):

Which extraction strategy produced the row.

## `_error` (type: `string`):

Set only on diagnostic rows - why that target produced no data.

## `_errorDetail` (type: `string`):

Extra context for the error.

# 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 = {
    "categories": [
        "general-contractor"
    ],
    "startUrls": [
        {
            "url": "https://www.houzz.com/professionals/general-contractor"
        }
    ],
    "maxItems": 200,
    "maxPagesPerCategory": 5
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("xtracto/houzz-contractor-leads").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 = {
    "categories": ["general-contractor"],
    "startUrls": [{ "url": "https://www.houzz.com/professionals/general-contractor" }],
    "maxItems": 200,
    "maxPagesPerCategory": 5,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("xtracto/houzz-contractor-leads").call(run_input=run_input)

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

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

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "categories": [
    "general-contractor"
  ],
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.houzz.com/professionals/general-contractor"
    }
  ],
  "maxItems": 200,
  "maxPagesPerCategory": 5
}' |
apify call xtracto/houzz-contractor-leads --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,xtracto/houzz-contractor-leads"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/vKnjraP7G09a6tTy4/builds/wi9fGscQqptEpjVOK/openapi.json