# Acquire.com Scraper (`lexis-solutions/acquire-scraper`) Actor

Extract public startup listings from Acquire.com—get financial performance, customer metrics, company overviews, and acquisition details. Ideal for acquirers, investors, analysts, and market researchers seeking structured acquisition marketplace insights.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/lexis-solutions/acquire-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Lexis Solutions](https://apify.com/lexis-solutions) (community)
- **Categories:** Agents, Lead generation, News
- **Stats:** 64 total users, 4 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 6 bookmarks
- **User rating**: 5.00 out of 5 stars

## Pricing

$29.00/month + usage

To use this Actor, you pay a monthly rental fee to the developer. The rent is subtracted from your prepaid usage every month after the free trial period.You also pay for the Apify platform usage, which gets cheaper the higher Apify subscription plan you have.

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

## 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.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## 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.
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.md):

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

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

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````bash
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# Windows
irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex
```bash

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

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# README

## Acquire Scraper

![Acquire Scraper](https://i.ibb.co/Y4DNBsnF/acquire-cover.png)

This actor is designed to scrape detailed business listings from Acquire.com, the leading startup acquisition marketplace. Simply select business types you're interested in, and get back comprehensive, structured data including financials, company metrics, growth opportunities, and acquisition details—all ready for analysis.

> Important ❗ This actor will scrape only startups that are publicly listed on Acquire.com. Scraping all startups is only possible with a profile - which this actor does not provide.

---

### 🚀 Key Features

- ✅ Extracts **complete business listings** with financial performance metrics
- ✅ Retrieves **customer metrics** including ARR, churn rate, and growth data
- ✅ Captures **company overview** with tech stack, team size, and business model
- ✅ Includes **acquisition details** with selling reasoning and financing information
- ✅ Supports **multiple business types** in a single run (SaaS, AI, Mobile Apps, etc.)
- ✅ Full proxy support for stable scraping

---

### 👤 Who Is This Actor For?

This actor is perfect for:

- 💼 **Business acquirers** searching for acquisition opportunities
- 📊 **Market researchers** analyzing business valuations and market trends
- 💰 **Investors** identifying profitable businesses for sale
- 🔍 **Business brokers** aggregating marketplace listings
- 📈 **Analysts** tracking startup valuations and financial metrics
- 🤖 **Data scientists** collecting business intelligence for modeling

---

### Tech Notes

- It is recommended to set the actor memory to at least 4GB to avoid performance issues.

---

### Input Schema

Here's an example input you can pass to the actor:

```json
{
  "businessTypes": ["ai", "saas", "mobile"],
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}
````

#### Input Parameters

- **businessTypes** (required): An array of business types to scrape. Available options:

  - `saas` - SaaS Companies for Sale
  - `shopify` - Shopify Apps for Sale
  - `mobile` - Mobile Apps for Sale
  - `marketplace` - Marketplaces for Sale
  - `ecommerce` - Ecommerce Businesses for Sale
  - `agency` - Digital Marketing Agency for Sale
  - `content` - Content Websites for Sale
  - `ai` - AI for Sale
  - `newsletter` - Newsletters for Sale

- **proxyConfiguration** (optional): Proxy settings for the scraper. Useful for avoiding rate limits and geo-restrictions.

***

### Output Schema

```json
{
  "title": "Acquire, the #1 Startup Acquisition Marketplace",
  "url": "https://app.acquire.com/startup/bYrUk25uCEMOJLHuyNlxKmEoa1D2/mhVKOREkgGxQscyJBMW0?source=webCategories",
  "header": "AI startup",
  "country": "United States",
  "price": "$895k",
  "priceReasoning": "Valuation-Backed: Anchored at $895,000, with room to negotiate...",
  "performance": [
    {
      "title": "TTM revenue",
      "description": "Trailing twelve month (TTM) gross revenue",
      "value": "$450k"
    },
    {
      "title": "TTM profit",
      "description": "Trailing twelve month (TTM) net profit",
      "value": "$225k"
    }
  ],
  "customerMetrics": [
    {
      "title": "Customers",
      "description": "Total unique customers who have made a purchase.",
      "value": "< 10"
    },
    {
      "title": "Annual recurring revenue",
      "description": "The total recurring revenue over the last full month, annualized (MRR × 12).",
      "value": "$0"
    }
  ],
  "companyOverview": [
    {
      "title": "Date founded",
      "value": "Apr 2021"
    },
    {
      "title": "Business model",
      "bulletList": ["Business-to-business (B2B)", "Licensing"]
    },
    {
      "title": "Tech stack",
      "bulletList": ["Wix", "Google Cloud"]
    },
    {
      "title": "Growth opportunities",
      "bulletList": ["Hire a sales team", "Improve conversion rates"]
    }
  ],
  "acquisitionDetails": [
    {
      "title": "SELLING REASONING",
      "bulletList": [
        "Financial gain",
        "Starting a new venture",
        "Lifestyle change"
      ]
    },
    {
      "title": "Financing",
      "bulletList": ["Bootstrapped", "Loans"]
    }
  ]
}
```

#### Output Fields

- **title**: The page title
- **url**: The direct URL to the business listing
- **header**: Business category/type header
- **country**: Country where the business is located
- **price**: Asking price for the business
- **priceReasoning**: Detailed explanation of the asking price justification
- **performance**: Array of financial performance metrics (TTM revenue, TTM profit, monthly revenue/profit)
- **customerMetrics**: Array of customer-related metrics (customers count, ARR, growth rate, churn rate)
- **companyOverview**: Array of company details (date founded, team size, business model, tech stack, competitors, growth opportunities, key assets)
- **acquisitionDetails**: Array of acquisition information (selling reasoning, financing type)

***

### 💡 Use Cases

#### 1. Business Acquisition Research

Identify and evaluate potential acquisition targets by analyzing financial metrics, growth rates, and asking prices across different business categories.

#### 2. Market Valuation Analysis

Track pricing trends, revenue multiples, and valuation patterns across SaaS, AI, mobile apps, and other business categories to inform investment decisions.

#### 3. Competitive Intelligence

Monitor what types of businesses are being sold, their tech stacks, revenue models, and growth opportunities to understand market dynamics.

#### 4. Investment Deal Sourcing

Automatically aggregate and filter business listings based on financial criteria, team size, and business model to identify investment opportunities.

#### 5. Market Research & Trend Analysis

Analyze selling reasons, financing types, and business models across thousands of listings to identify market trends and opportunities.

***

👀 p.s.

Got feedback or need an extension?

Lexis Solutions is a [certified Apify Partner](https://apify.com/partners/find). We can help you with custom solutions or data extraction projects.

Contact us over [Email](mailto:scraping@lexis.solutions) or [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/lexis-solutions)

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Image Credit: https://acquire.com

# Actor input Schema

## `businessTypes` (type: `array`):

Select one or more business types to scrape its public information

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

Your proxy configuration from Apify

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "businessTypes": [
    "ai"
  ],
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}
```

# 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 = {
    "businessTypes": [
        "ai"
    ],
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": false
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("lexis-solutions/acquire-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 = {
    "businessTypes": ["ai"],
    "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": False },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("lexis-solutions/acquire-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 '{
  "businessTypes": [
    "ai"
  ],
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}' |
apify call lexis-solutions/acquire-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

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

```

## OpenAPI specification

```json
{
    "openapi": "3.0.1",
    "info": {
        "title": "Acquire.com Scraper",
        "description": "Extract public startup listings from Acquire.com—get financial performance, customer metrics, company overviews, and acquisition details. Ideal for acquirers, investors, analysts, and market researchers seeking structured acquisition marketplace insights.",
        "version": "0.1",
        "x-build-id": "SM2e2rFv9pVRbpAd4"
    },
    "servers": [
        {
            "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2"
        }
    ],
    "paths": {
        "/acts/lexis-solutions~acquire-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-lexis-solutions-acquire-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/lexis-solutions~acquire-scraper/runs": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "runs-sync-lexis-solutions-acquire-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK",
                        "content": {
                            "application/json": {
                                "schema": {
                                    "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema"
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/lexis-solutions~acquire-scraper/run-sync": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-lexis-solutions-acquire-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    },
    "components": {
        "schemas": {
            "inputSchema": {
                "type": "object",
                "required": [
                    "businessTypes"
                ],
                "properties": {
                    "businessTypes": {
                        "title": "Business Types",
                        "type": "array",
                        "description": "Select one or more business types to scrape its public information",
                        "items": {
                            "type": "string",
                            "enum": [
                                "saas",
                                "shopify",
                                "mobile",
                                "marketplace",
                                "ecommerce",
                                "agency",
                                "content",
                                "ai",
                                "newsletter"
                            ],
                            "enumTitles": [
                                "SaaS Companies for Sale",
                                "Shopify Apps for Sale",
                                "Mobile Apps for Sale",
                                "Marketplaces for Sale",
                                "Ecommerce Businesses for Sale",
                                "Digital Marketing Agency for Sale",
                                "Content Websites for Sale",
                                "AI for Sale",
                                "Newsletters for Sale"
                            ]
                        }
                    },
                    "proxyConfiguration": {
                        "title": "Proxy Configuration",
                        "type": "object",
                        "description": "Your proxy configuration from Apify",
                        "default": {
                            "useApifyProxy": false
                        }
                    }
                }
            },
            "runsResponseSchema": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                    "data": {
                        "type": "object",
                        "properties": {
                            "id": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "actId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "userId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "startedAt": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "format": "date-time",
                                "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
                            },
                            "finishedAt": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "format": "date-time",
                                "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
                            },
                            "status": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "example": "READY"
                            },
                            "meta": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "origin": {
                                        "type": "string",
                                        "example": "API"
                                    },
                                    "userAgent": {
                                        "type": "string"
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "stats": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "inputBodyLen": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 2000
                                    },
                                    "rebootCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "restartCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "resurrectCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "computeUnits": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "options": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "build": {
                                        "type": "string",
                                        "example": "latest"
                                    },
                                    "timeoutSecs": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 300
                                    },
                                    "memoryMbytes": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 1024
                                    },
                                    "diskMbytes": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 2048
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "buildId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultKeyValueStoreId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultDatasetId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultRequestQueueId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "buildNumber": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "example": "1.0.0"
                            },
                            "containerUrl": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "usage": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 1
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_SERPS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "usageTotalUsd": {
                                "type": "number",
                                "example": 0.00005
                            },
                            "usageUsd": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "number",
                                        "example": 0.00005
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_SERPS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}
```