# Manta Company Directory Scraper (`codingfrontend/manta-company-scraper`) Actor

Scrapes company profiles from Manta.com including business name, category, location, phone, website, employee count, annual revenue, years in business, description, and products/services. Supports search and direct URL modes with pagination.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/codingfrontend/manta-company-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Coding Frontned](https://apify.com/codingfrontend) (community)
- **Categories:** Developer tools, Lead generation, Automation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 0 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $4.99 / 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.

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

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
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.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
- **JavaScript/TypeScript projects** — the official [JS/TS client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): `npm install apify-client`.
- **Python projects** — the official [Python client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): `pip install apify-client`.
- **Any other language** — the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

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

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).

# README

## Manta Company Scraper

Scrapes company listings from [Manta](https://www.manta.com) — a US small business directory.

### Features

- Search companies by keyword and location
- Extract company name, phone, address, SIC code, employee count, revenue, website
- Detail page scraping for comprehensive company profiles
- Pagination support
- Proxy support

### Input

| Field | Type | Default | Description |
|-------|------|---------|-------------|
| `mode` | string | `search` | `search` or `companyUrl` |
| `searchQuery` | string | — | Keyword (e.g. "accounting firm") |
| `location` | string | — | City/State (e.g. "Austin, TX") |
| `companyUrls` | array | `[]` | Direct Manta company URLs |
| `maxItems` | integer | 50 | Max results |
| `proxyConfiguration` | object | `{}` | Apify proxy |

### Output Fields

| Field | Description |
|-------|-------------|
| `name` | Company name |
| `phone` | Phone number |
| `address` | Street address |
| `city` | City |
| `state` | State |
| `zipCode` | ZIP code |
| `website` | Website URL |
| `email` | Email address |
| `description` | Company description |
| `category` | Business category |
| `employees` | Employee count |
| `revenue` | Annual revenue |
| `founded` | Year founded |
| `sicCode` | SIC code |
| `url` | Manta listing URL |
| `position` | Result position |
| `searchQuery` | Search keyword |
| `pageNumber` | Page number |
| `scrapedAt` | ISO timestamp |

### Example INPUT.json

```json
{
  "mode": "search",
  "searchQuery": "car dealership",
  "location": "Dallas, TX",
  "maxItems": 50
}
```

### Local Run

```bash
npm ci
npm start
```

# Actor input Schema

## `mode` (type: `string`):

Scraping mode: 'search' to search by keyword+location, or 'companyUrl' for direct company page URLs.

## `searchQuery` (type: `string`):

Company type, industry or service (e.g. 'accounting firms', 'law offices', 'IT consulting').

## `location` (type: `string`):

City or state to search (e.g. 'New York', 'California', 'Chicago, IL').

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

Direct Manta company page URLs to scrape.

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

Maximum number of company profiles to scrape.

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

Proxy settings. Residential proxies recommended.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "mode": "search",
  "searchQuery": "accounting firms",
  "location": "New York",
  "maxItems": 50,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}
```

# 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 = {
    "searchQuery": "accounting firms",
    "location": "New York",
    "maxItems": 50,
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("codingfrontend/manta-company-scraper").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 = {
    "searchQuery": "accounting firms",
    "location": "New York",
    "maxItems": 50,
    "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": True },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("codingfrontend/manta-company-scraper").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 '{
  "searchQuery": "accounting firms",
  "location": "New York",
  "maxItems": 50,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}' |
apify call codingfrontend/manta-company-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=codingfrontend/manta-company-scraper",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/rV0gsztjlpq33oYH7/builds/eU92oSXIbM9hEjPrX/openapi.json