# AIA Architect Finder Scraper (`parseforge/aia-architect-finder-scraper`) Actor

Look up licensed architects through the American Institute of Architects finder. Filter by US state, city, and service. Returns firm name, principal, address, phone, services offered, AIA membership status, and profile URL. Useful for AEC lead generation and competitive market research.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/parseforge/aia-architect-finder-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [ParseForge](https://apify.com/parseforge) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Real estate
- **Stats:** 3 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $7.50 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

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?

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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.

- **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`.
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- **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

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## 🏛️ AIA Architect Finder Scraper

> 🚀 **Export AIA-member architecture firms in seconds. Firm name, principal, location, services, project types, employee counts, and contact info — all from the public AIA Architect Finder directory.**

The AIA Architect Finder Scraper turns the public [AIA Architect Finder](https://architectfinder.aia.org) directory into a clean, structured dataset. Hand it a search query or a category, and it returns one row per profile with every public field flattened and normalized.

You get 11 fields per record - the same ones a human visitor sees on the public site, just structured so you can drop them straight into Excel, BigQuery, or your CRM.

| 🎯 Target Audience | 💡 Primary Use Cases |
|---|---|
| 🏢 B2B sales teams | Build prospect lists from public directories |
| 📊 Market researchers | Map the competitive landscape |
| 🤖 ML engineers | Build training sets of real-world profiles |
| 📰 Journalists | Source AIA Architect Finder profiles for stories |
| 👩‍💻 Developers | Mirror AIA Architect Finder listings into your own DB |
| 🧑‍💼 Recruiters | Find talent, agencies, or vendors at scale |

### 📋 What the AIA Architect Finder Scraper does

- Calls the public AIA Architect Finder pages and parses the listing HTML or JSON payload.
- Walks pagination and follows each profile link.
- Extracts 11 fields per record - identifiers, contact info, ratings, and metadata.
- Surfaces upstream errors as a clean `error` record instead of crashing.
- Exports as CSV, Excel, JSON, JSONL, XML, RSS, or HTML.

> 💡 **Why it matters:** AIA Architect Finder is a goldmine of public directory data, but the site is built for browsing, not bulk export. This actor turns it into a structured dataset in seconds.

### 📊 Data fields

Each record includes: `city`, `employees`, `firmName`, `logoUrl`, `phone`, `principal`, `results`, `scrapedAt`, `services`, `state`, `websiteUrl`. These field names come straight from the actor's dataset schema, so what you see here is what lands in your dataset.

> ⚠️ **Good to Know:** Free users are auto-limited to 10 items per run. Paid users can pull up to 1,000,000 records. Heavy runs may take longer due to AIA Architect Finder's rate limits.

### 🚀 How to use

1. Click **Try for free**.
2. Fill in the input form (or use prefilled defaults).
3. Click **Start**. Within seconds your dataset is ready - download as CSV, Excel, JSON, or XML, or pipe to your warehouse.
4. (Optional) Schedule it to re-run daily, weekly, or on a custom cron.

### 🔗 Recommended Actors

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|---|---|
| [ParseForge Alpha Vantage Scraper](https://apify.com/parseforge/alpha-vantage-public-scraper) | Public stock, FX, and crypto market data. |
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> 💡 **Pro Tip:** browse the complete [ParseForge collection](https://apify.com/parseforge) for 900+ production-grade scrapers across business intelligence, real estate, e-commerce, sports, finance, and public records.

**Disclaimer:** This actor scrapes only publicly available data. ParseForge is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by AIA Architect Finder or any of the third-party services referenced. Users are responsible for complying with the target site's terms of service and applicable law. [Create a free account w/ $5 credit](https://console.apify.com/sign-up?fpr=vmoqkp).

### 🆘 Need Help?

If you hit a bug, have questions about setup, or need a scraper we haven't built yet, open our [contact form](https://tally.so/r/BzdKgA) or write to parseforge@protonmail.com. We also take on paid custom data projects.

For faster answers, join our [Discord](https://parseforge.co/discord). It's the best place to get support and suggest new actors.

# Actor input Schema

## `state` (type: `string`):

US state code or name (e.g. CA, New York).

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

Free users: Limited to 10 items (preview). Paid users: Optional, max 1,000,000

## `city` (type: `string`):

Optional city filter.

## `service` (type: `string`):

Optional service filter (substring match).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "state": "CA",
  "maxItems": 10
}
```

# 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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "state": "CA",
    "maxItems": 10
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("parseforge/aia-architect-finder-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 = {
    "state": "CA",
    "maxItems": 10,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("parseforge/aia-architect-finder-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 '{
  "state": "CA",
  "maxItems": 10
}' |
apify call parseforge/aia-architect-finder-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

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

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/OmezESHSV7hgZYdp1/builds/yxRW4npoIYvTUoUDX/openapi.json