PawnGuru Pawn Shop Directory Scraper

Scrape PawnGuru's independent directory of pawn shops across the United States — 2,800+ verified listings across all 50 states and DC. Get shop name, full address, phone, email, hours, star rating, review count, accepted payment methods, and specialties, without any login, API key, or cookies.

What this actor does

• Seven modes — browse by city, by state, by chain, FFL (firearms)-licensed only, Sunday-open only, best-rated in a city, or a PawnGuru curated "best for X" editorial list
• National chain coverage — pulls every location of chains like EZPAWN, Cash America Pawn, First Cash Pawn, and more
• Quality filters — drop shops below a minimum rating or review count, or filter by specialty keyword (jewelry, firearms, electronics, tools...)
• Structured contact data — address, phone, email, website, geo-coordinates, and posted hours parsed straight from each shop's listing
• Empty fields are omitted — a field only appears on a record if PawnGuru actually published that data for the shop

Output per pawn shop

• shopSlug — PawnGuru's URL slug for the shop
• shopName — business name
• sourceUrl — the PawnGuru listing page scraped
• description — shop's editorial/about description, if published
• streetAddress, city, state, stateName, zipCode — address components
• fullAddress — combined single-line address
• phone — contact phone number
• email — contact email, if listed
• website — shop's own website, if listed
• rating — average star rating (0–5)
• reviewCount — number of reviews behind the rating
• priceRange — PawnGuru's price-range indicator, if published
• paymentAccepted — accepted payment methods (cash, credit card, etc.)
• currenciesAccepted — accepted currencies, if published
• openingHours — posted hours by day
• openSunday — boolean, true if Sunday hours are posted
• latitude, longitude — geo-coordinates, if published
• specialties — listed specialty categories (jewelry, firearms, tools, etc.)
• servicesOffered — additional services listed on the shop page (loans, layaway, etc.)
• chain — chain name, when the shop belongs to a known national/regional chain
• fflLicensed — boolean, true if the shop carries a Federal Firearms License
• curatedList — which PawnGuru editorial list this record came from (mode=curatedList only)
• recordType — always "pawnShop"
• scrapedAt — ISO timestamp of when the record was scraped

Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
mode	string	byCity	byCity, byState, byChain, fflOnly, openSundayOnly, bestRated, curatedList
citySlug	string	los-angeles-ca	PawnGuru city slug (mode=byCity/bestRated), e.g. houston-tx, miami-fl
state	string	ca	2-letter US state code (mode=byState/fflOnly/openSundayOnly)
chain	string	ezpawn	Chain slug (mode=byChain), e.g. cash-america-pawn
curatedList	string	best-pawn-shops-for-jewelry	Editorial "best for X" list slug (mode=curatedList)
minRating	number	–	Drop shops rated below this (0–5)
minReviewCount	integer	–	Drop shops with fewer reviews than this
openSundayOnly	boolean	false	Only keep shops open on Sunday
category	string	–	Keep only shops whose specialties mention this word, e.g. jewelry, firearms
maxItems	integer	30	Hard cap on emitted records (1–500)

Example: pawn shops in a city, best-rated first

{
  "mode": "byCity",
  "citySlug": "los-angeles-ca",
  "minRating": 4,
  "maxItems": 50
}

Example: every EZPAWN location

{
  "mode": "byChain",
  "chain": "ezpawn",
  "maxItems": 200
}

Example: firearms-licensed shops open on Sunday in Texas

{
  "mode": "fflOnly",
  "state": "tx",
  "openSundayOnly": true,
  "maxItems": 100
}

Example: PawnGuru's curated jewelry list

{
  "mode": "curatedList",
  "curatedList": "best-pawn-shops-for-jewelry"
}

Use cases

• Price-comparison research — find nearby pawn shops before pawning or selling an item
• Local lead generation — build a contact list of pawn shops and buy/sell stores for outreach or partnerships
• Franchise/chain footprint analysis — map every location of a chain like EZPAWN or Cash America Pawn
• Firearms retail compliance research — locate FFL-licensed pawn shops by state
• Alt-lending market research — analyze state coverage, review volume, and rating trends across the pawn industry
• Consumer convenience apps — surface Sunday-open or highly-rated shops near a given city

FAQ

Do I need to log in or provide an API key? No. This actor reads PawnGuru's public directory pages only — no login, cookies, or API key required.

Does this include pricing for specific pawned items? No. This actor scrapes the shop directory (name, address, hours, rating). PawnGuru's item pricing guides are editorial content, not structured per-shop pricing data, and are out of scope for this actor.

What does "FFL-licensed" mean? FFL stands for Federal Firearms License — a license the ATF requires for any business that buys, sells, or pawns firearms. Use mode: fflOnly to get only shops PawnGuru lists as carrying one.

How do I find a city's slug? Slugs follow the pattern city-name-state, all lowercase and hyphen-separated, e.g. los-angeles-ca, new-york-ny, houston-tx. Check the PawnGuru website URL for a city page if unsure.

What chains are supported? Major national/regional chains including EZPAWN, Cash America Pawn, Value Pawn & Jewelry, First Cash Pawn, National Pawn, Super Pawn, Pawn America, and several others — see the chain input's dropdown for the full list.

Can I combine filters, like rating and Sunday hours, in one run? Yes. minRating, minReviewCount, openSundayOnly, and category all apply on top of whichever mode you choose.

Why is a field like email or website missing from some records? Not every pawn shop publishes every field on its PawnGuru listing. Only fields the shop actually provides are included — the actor never fills in placeholders.

How current is the data? Data reflects what PawnGuru currently publishes for each listing. PawnGuru itself notes that hours, prices, and services can change — always verify directly with the shop before visiting.

What's the difference between bestRated and using minRating with byCity? bestRated returns a city's shops pre-sorted by PawnGuru's own rating ranking; byCity with minRating returns all shops in a city that meet a rating threshold, in the site's default order.