# Yellow Pages Scraper (`ef12/yellow-pages-scraper`) Actor

Scrape business listings from YellowPages.com by search term and location. Get business names, phones, emails, websites, addresses, ratings, and review counts.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/ef12/yellow-pages-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Daniel Wilson](https://apify.com/ef12) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

$10.00 / 1,000 per results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

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

## What's an Apify Actor?

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and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Yellow Pages Scraper

**Scrape business listings from YellowPages.com by search term and location.** This Apify Actor extracts business names, phone numbers, websites, addresses, ratings, and review counts — turning YellowPages search results into structured data you can use for lead generation, market research, or competitive analysis.

### What does Yellow Pages Scraper do?

The **Yellow Pages Scraper** takes a search term (like "plumber") and a location (like "Chicago, IL") and returns every business listing from YellowPages.com as clean JSON. Each result includes the business name, contact info, address components, rating, and categories. You get a ready-to-use dataset — no manual copy-pasting, no CAPTCHAs.

### Why use Yellow Pages Scraper?

- **Lead generation** — Build prospect lists from local business directories
- **Market research** — Analyze density of service providers by area
- **Competitive analysis** — Collect competitor pricing, ratings, and service categories
- **Real estate / relocation** — Scouts local service providers for clients
- **API access** — Integrate results into your workflows via Apify API, webhooks, and data exports

### Use Cases

#### How to find plumbers in Chicago with contact info

Set `search_term: "plumber"` and `location: "Chicago, IL"` to get business listings with phone numbers, emails, websites, addresses, ratings, and review counts. Export to CSV for easy import into your CRM.

#### How to build a local business lead list

Run multiple searches with different business types and locations to build a comprehensive lead database. Each result includes phone, email, website, and rating.

#### How to find highly-rated businesses in any city

Use the `rating` and `review_count` fields to filter for businesses with 4+ stars and 50+ reviews. These are established businesses more likely to have budgets for B2B services.

#### How to extract email addresses from Yellow Pages

The scraper captures email addresses when available on the listing page. Not all businesses list emails publicly, but those that do are typically more digitally engaged.

### How to use Yellow Pages Scraper

1. Open the [Yellow Pages Scraper](https://console.apify.com/actors) in Apify Console
2. Enter a search term (e.g., `plumber`, `dentist`, `restaurant`)
3. Enter a location (e.g., `Chicago, IL`, `Miami, FL`)
4. Set max results (default: 25, max: 100)
5. Click **Run** and wait for the dataset

### Input

The Actor accepts three input fields:

| Field | Type | Required | Default | Description |
| ------- | ------ | ---------- | --------- | ------------- |
| `search_term` | string | Yes | — | What to search for (e.g. "plumber") |
| `location` | string | Yes | — | City and state (e.g. "Chicago, IL") |
| `max_results` | integer | No | 25 | Maximum listings to scrape (1–100) |

Example input JSON:

```json
{
  "search_term": "plumber",
  "location": "Chicago, IL",
  "max_results": 50
}
```

### Output

The Actor pushes each business listing as a JSON object into the default dataset. You can download the dataset in various formats such as JSON, HTML, CSV, or Excel.

Example output:

```json
{
  "business_name": "A Absolute Plumbing",
  "phone": "(312) 555-1234",
  "email": null,
  "website": "https://www.aabsoluteplumbing.com",
  "address": "123 Main St",
  "city": "Chicago",
  "state": "IL",
  "zip_code": "60601",
  "rating": 4.5,
  "review_count": 37,
  "categories": ["Plumbers", "Drain Cleaning"],
  "listing_url": "https://www.yellowpages.com/chicago-il/mip/a-absolute-plumbing-123"
}
```

### Data fields

| Field | Type | Description |
| ------- | ------ | ------------- |
| `business_name` | string | Business name |
| `phone` | string | Phone number (or null) |
| `email` | string | Email address (or null; rarely available on search pages) |
| `website` | string | Website URL (or null) |
| `address` | string | Street address (or null) |
| `city` | string | City name (or null) |
| `state` | string | State abbreviation (or null) |
| `zip_code` | string | ZIP code (or null) |
| `rating` | number | Star rating 1.0–5.0 (or null) |
| `review_count` | integer | Number of reviews (or null) |
| `categories` | array | Business category tags |
| `listing_url` | string | YellowPages listing URL |

n**Cost example:** 25 listings = 15 paid × $0.02 = **$0.30 per run**. First 10 results are free.

### Cost estimation

How much does it cost to scrape YellowPages.com? The first 10 results per run are free. After that, each result costs $0.02. A typical run of 50 results costs $0.80.

### Tips

- Start with a broad search term and specific location for the most relevant results
- Limit `max_results` to keep runs fast and cost-efficient during testing
- Results are capped at 100 per run — use multiple runs for larger datasets

### FAQ, disclaimers, and support

**Is scraping YellowPages.com legal?** This Actor only extracts publicly available business listing data. Always review YellowPages' Terms of Service before scraping, and use the data responsibly.

**Can I extract emails?** YellowPages.com does not typically expose email addresses on search result pages. For emails, you may need to visit each individual listing page — contact us for a custom solution.

**The results seem incomplete.** YellowPages.com may serve different content depending on location and device. The Actor parses what's available on the page. If you notice missing fields, please report them via the [Issues](https://github.com/apify/yellow-pages-scraper/issues) tab.

Need a different directory scraped or custom modifications? [Contact us](https://apify.com/contact) for custom Actor development.

# Actor input Schema

## `search_term` (type: `string`):

What to search for, e.g. plumber, dentist, restaurant

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

City and state, e.g. Chicago, IL

## `max_results` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of business listings to scrape (max 100)

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

Proxy settings for anti-bot protection. Required for YellowPages.com due to Cloudflare protection.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "search_term": "plumber",
  "location": "Chicago, IL",
  "max_results": 25,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `dataset` (type: `string`):

No description

# 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 = {
    "search_term": "plumber",
    "location": "Chicago, IL"
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("ef12/yellow-pages-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 = {
    "search_term": "plumber",
    "location": "Chicago, IL",
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("ef12/yellow-pages-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 '{
  "search_term": "plumber",
  "location": "Chicago, IL"
}' |
apify call ef12/yellow-pages-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=ef12/yellow-pages-scraper",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/Gwc11IYOzxkReANMH/builds/ZXPhMaoWcDq6aEreA/openapi.json