# BBB & Yellow Pages Leads Scraper + Email (`oriented_wallpaper/bbb-yellowpages-leads-scraper`) Actor Search Yellow Pages & BBB-style SMB listings by keyword + location, enrich emails from each business website, dedupe, score leads 0-100, and write AI cold openers. Export CSV/JSON. - **URL**: https://apify.com/oriented\_wallpaper/bbb-yellowpages-leads-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [Flash Scrape](https://apify.com/oriented_wallpaper) (community) - **Categories:** AI, Travel, Other - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 1 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $0.50 / 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 a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. 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. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use 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 ## Yellow Pages & BBB Scraper - Business Email & Phone Leads **Scrape Yellow Pages and BBB-style business directories into a ready-to-contact SMB lead list** — with verified emails, phone numbers, addresses, categories, and a 0–100 lead score. Search by **keyword + location** (e.g. *plumbers in Austin, TX*), let the scraper visit each business website to enrich the **email**, and export clean leads to CSV, JSON, or Excel. This is a **Yellow Pages scraper** and **BBB scraper** built for one outcome: contactable small-business leads, not a raw directory dump. Built for **local-services agencies, B2B cold email, SDR and lead-gen teams, and SMB outreach** — every row is deduped, scored, and ready to drop into your CRM or email tool. --- ### How to scrape Yellow Pages for leads You don't need code, an API key, or a proxy setup. Getting SMB leads takes three steps: 1. **Enter your search terms** — one keyword + location per line, like `plumbers in Austin, TX` or a JSON object `{"keyword": "dentists", "location": "Miami, FL"}`. Add as many trade + city combinations as you want. 2. **Set your filters** — cap the number of leads with **Max results**, and optionally keep only businesses that have a website or an email. 3. **Run it.** The scraper pulls each Yellow Pages listing, visits the business website to find the email and social links, dedupes, and scores every lead 0–100 — best leads first. When the run finishes you get a clean, sortable table on the **Output** tab that exports straight to CSV, JSON, or Excel. --- ### How the Yellow Pages & BBB scraper works 1. Searches Yellow Pages worldwide via [`tuguidragos/yellow-pages-business-scraper-worldwide`](https://apify.com/tuguidragos/yellow-pages-business-scraper-worldwide). 2. Visits each business's website (home / `/contact` / `/about`) to extract the real **email** plus LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter links. 3. Captures **BBB-style signals** — owner name and years in business — when the listing exposes them, so you can prioritize established, owner-run shops. 4. Dedupes (same website / email / name+phone collapses to one row), applies your quality filters, and scores every lead 0–100. 5. *(Optional)* Writes a personalized cold-email opener per lead using your own AI key. 6. Pushes a clean dataset you can export to CSV, JSON, or Excel. --- ### What data you get Each row is one business, sorted best-lead-first: - **Find the business email** — enriched from the company website, not just whatever the directory shows. - **Get phone numbers and addresses** for every listing. - **See the business category** so you can segment plumbers vs. roofers vs. dentists. - **Spot owner-operated SMBs** via owner name and years-in-business signals. - **Sort by a 0–100 lead score** — email (+40), phone (+10), website (+15), owner/tenure (+10) — so the most contactable leads float to the top. - **Grab the listing and website URLs** to verify any lead in one click. - **Export to CSV, JSON, or Excel** and pipe straight into your outreach stack. --- ### Filters & options | Field | What it does | |---|---| | **searchTerms** | Keyword + location, one per line — `"plumbers in Austin, TX"` or `{"keyword": "dentists", "location": "Miami, FL"}`. | | **maxItems** | Max number of business leads across all search terms (budget split evenly between terms). | | **onlyWithWebsite** | Keep only listings that have a website (you can't enrich an email without one). | | **onlyWithEmail** | Keep only listings where an email was found — best for cold-email campaigns. | | **enrichEmails** | Visit each business website (home + `/contact` + `/about`) to extract emails and socials. On by default. No key needed. | | **writeOpeners** | Add an AI cold-opener per lead — requires your own OpenAI/Anthropic key. | | **llmProvider** | OpenAI or Anthropic, for the openers. | | **llmApiKey** | Your own AI key. Used only to write openers; never stored. | | **llmModel** | Optional model override. | #### Example input ```json { "searchTerms": ["plumbers in Austin, TX", { "keyword": "dentists", "location": "Miami, FL" }], "maxItems": 100, "onlyWithEmail": true, "enrichEmails": true, "writeOpeners": false } ```` *** ### JSON output sample One row per business, best leads first: ```json { "lead_score": 75, "name": "Lone Star Plumbing Co.", "category": "Plumbers, Drain Cleaning", "phone": "(512) 555-0142", "email": "hello@lonestarplumbing.com", "email_status": "found", "website": "https://lonestarplumbing.com", "address": "1200 E 6th St, Austin, TX 78702", "city": "Austin", "owner_name": "Maria Delgado", "years_in_business": "18", "icebreaker": "18 years keeping Austin's drains clear is no small feat…", "source_url": "https://www.yellowpages.com/austin-tx/mip/lone-star-plumbing" } ``` Results render as a clean sortable table on the Output tab and export to CSV, JSON, or Excel. *** ### Use with AI agents & automation This Yellow Pages & BBB scraper plugs into your stack with zero glue code. Trigger it from an **MCP** client (Claude, Cursor, or any MCP-compatible agent) to pull SMB leads on demand, or wire it into **Make**, **n8n**, or **Zapier** to run on a schedule and push fresh leads into your CRM, email sequencer, or **Google Sheets**. A common flow: scrape leads → filter `onlyWithEmail` → append rows to **Google Sheets** → fire a cold-email sequence — all automated. *** ### Use cases - Build an outreach list of **local service businesses** in a city + trade. - Find **owner-operated SMBs** with real contact info for cold email or calling. - Agencies: enrich a client's target-market directory into emails + CSV. *** ### Pricing You're billed for Apify platform usage (compute units + the leads delivered) — you only pay for leads that survive your filters, so `onlyWithEmail` and `onlyWithWebsite` keep your bill tight. Email enrichment needs **no API key**. The optional AI cold-opener uses **your own** OpenAI or Anthropic key (one call per lead, never stored), so that cost is on your provider, not here. See the live pricing on the actor's Apify Store page. *** ### Other Flash Scrape scrapers Need leads from another platform? The full Flash Scrape suite: - [Google Maps Leads Scraper](https://apify.com/oriented_wallpaper/google-maps-leads-opener) — Google Maps business leads - [Yelp Leads Scraper](https://apify.com/oriented_wallpaper/yelp-leads-scraper) — Yelp business leads - [Instagram Leads Scraper](https://apify.com/oriented_wallpaper/instagram-leads-scraper) — Instagram profile leads - [TikTok Leads Scraper](https://apify.com/oriented_wallpaper/tiktok-leads-scraper) — TikTok creator leads - [YouTube Leads Scraper](https://apify.com/oriented_wallpaper/youtube-leads-scraper) — YouTube creator leads - [Smart Scraper by Example](https://apify.com/oriented_wallpaper/smart-scraper-by-example) — no-code web scraper *** ### FAQ **Is it legal to scrape Yellow Pages and BBB listings?** It scrapes **public** business-directory data — names, categories, phones, addresses, and emails published on the open web. Use it for legitimate B2B outreach and follow the applicable terms and anti-spam laws (CAN-SPAM, GDPR) in how you message people. **Do I need an API key?** No — searching listings and finding emails on business websites needs **no key**. A key is only required if you turn on the optional AI cold-opener, and it's your own OpenAI or Anthropic key, used once per lead and never stored. **Will every business have an email?** No. Many directory listings only carry a phone and address; emails depend on what's published on the business website. Turn on `enrichEmails` (on by default) to maximize the fill-rate, and `onlyWithEmail` to keep only the contactable leads. **How many results / leads can I get?** As many as the directory returns for your search terms — set **Max results** to cap your run, and add more keyword + location combinations to widen the net. The budget is split evenly across your search terms. **Can I export to CSV, Excel, or Google Sheets?** Yes. Results export to CSV, JSON, and Excel from the Output tab, and you can push rows directly to **Google Sheets** via Make, n8n, or Zapier. **Where do owner name and years-in-business come from?** From the underlying listing when it exposes those BBB-style fields; they're left blank when the directory doesn't publish them. # Actor input Schema ## `searchTerms` (type: `array`): What to search Yellow Pages for — one per line. Use 'keyword in location' (e.g. 'plumbers in Austin, TX') or JSON objects like {"keyword": "dentists", "location": "Miami, FL"}. ## `maxItems` (type: `integer`): Maximum number of business leads to return across all search terms (the budget is split evenly between terms). ## `onlyWithWebsite` (type: `boolean`): Drop listings with no website (you can't enrich an email without one). ## `onlyWithEmail` (type: `boolean`): Drop listings where no email could be found. Best for cold-email campaigns. ## `enrichEmails` (type: `boolean`): Visit each business's website (home + /contact + /about) to extract emails and social links. Higher email fill-rate. No key needed. ## `writeOpeners` (type: `boolean`): Generate a personalized one-sentence outreach opener for each lead. Requires your OpenAI/Anthropic key below. ## `llmProvider` (type: `string`): Which model writes the openers. ## `llmApiKey` (type: `string`): Your own OpenAI or Anthropic API key. Used only to write the openers; never stored. ## `llmModel` (type: `string`): Override the default model (gpt-4o-mini for OpenAI, claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 for Anthropic). ## Actor input object example ```json { "searchTerms": [ "hvac in Phoenix, AZ" ], "maxItems": 100, "onlyWithWebsite": false, "onlyWithEmail": false, "enrichEmails": true, "writeOpeners": false, "llmProvider": "openai" } ``` # Actor output Schema ## `results` (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 '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "searchTerms": [ "plumbers in Austin, TX", "roofing contractors in Dallas, TX" ] }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("oriented_wallpaper/bbb-yellowpages-leads-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 '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "searchTerms": [ "plumbers in Austin, TX", "roofing contractors in Dallas, TX", ] } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("oriented_wallpaper/bbb-yellowpages-leads-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 '{ "searchTerms": [ "plumbers in Austin, TX", "roofing contractors in Dallas, TX" ] }' | apify call oriented_wallpaper/bbb-yellowpages-leads-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=oriented_wallpaper/bbb-yellowpages-leads-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "BBB & Yellow Pages Leads Scraper + Email", "description": "Search Yellow Pages & BBB-style SMB listings by keyword + location, enrich emails from each business website, dedupe, score leads 0-100, and write AI cold openers. 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Use 'keyword in location' (e.g. 'plumbers in Austin, TX') or JSON objects like {\"keyword\": \"dentists\", \"location\": \"Miami, FL\"}.", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "maxItems": { "title": "Max results", "minimum": 1, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum number of business leads to return across all search terms (the budget is split evenly between terms).", "default": 100 }, "onlyWithWebsite": { "title": "Only businesses with a website", "type": "boolean", "description": "Drop listings with no website (you can't enrich an email without one).", "default": false }, "onlyWithEmail": { "title": "Only businesses with an email", "type": "boolean", "description": "Drop listings where no email could be found. Best for cold-email campaigns.", "default": false }, "enrichEmails": { "title": "Find emails on the business website", "type": "boolean", "description": "Visit each business's website (home + /contact + /about) to extract emails and social links. Higher email fill-rate. No key needed.", "default": true }, "writeOpeners": { "title": "Write an AI cold-opener per lead", "type": "boolean", "description": "Generate a personalized one-sentence outreach opener for each lead. Requires your OpenAI/Anthropic key below.", "default": false }, "llmProvider": { "title": "AI provider (for openers)", "enum": [ "openai", "anthropic" ], "type": "string", "description": "Which model writes the openers.", "default": "openai" }, "llmApiKey": { "title": "AI API key (for openers)", "type": "string", "description": "Your own OpenAI or Anthropic API key. Used only to write the openers; never stored." }, "llmModel": { "title": "AI model (optional)", "type": "string", "description": "Override the default model (gpt-4o-mini for OpenAI, claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 for Anthropic)." } } }, "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 } } } } } } } } } } ```