# BounceGuide Bounce House Scraper — Phones, Websites & Leads (`scrapersdelight/bounceguide-scraper`) Actor

Scrape BounceGuide's directory of bounce house & inflatable rental companies by state or city — name, phone, website, serving areas & equipment. Monitor mode alerts new listings via Slack, email or webhook. No login or API key. $4 per 1,000 companies.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/scrapersdelight/bounceguide-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Scrapers Delight](https://apify.com/scrapersdelight) (community)
- **Categories:** Automation, Lead generation, Agents
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

Pay per event

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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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.
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Actors are written with capital "A".

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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

## 🏰 BounceGuide Bounce House Scraper — Phones, Websites & Leads

**Build a party-rental lead list in seconds. Pick a US state (or a city) and this actor pulls every bounce house / inflatable rental company listed on BounceGuide — with its public **phone (~87%)**, **website (~92%)**, serving areas, and the equipment it rents (water slides, obstacle courses, concessions…). Run it on a schedule to catch **new** rental companies as they list.**

No login, no API key, no anti-bot. BounceGuide is a plain WordPress directory with an open REST API — runs finish in seconds and never fight a CAPTCHA.

***

### Why this one

Party-rental lead lists are usually scraped off Google Maps at Maps prices. BounceGuide is a purpose-built directory of inflatable rental companies, so every record is already in-niche:

- ✅ **Phone is public** (~87% of listings)
- ✅ **Website is public** (~92%) — straight to the vendor's own site
- ✅ **Serving areas** — the actual city list each company covers (better than a single pin)
- ✅ **Equipment detected** — bounce houses, water slides, obstacle courses, dunk tanks, concessions…
- ✅ **State + city filtering** and a **new-listing monitor** with Slack/email/webhook alerts

***

### What you get (per company)

`company_name` · `state` · `serving_areas` · `cities` · **`phone`** · **`website`** · `email` (when published) · `socials` · `equipment` · `description` · `logo_image` · `listed_date` · `profile_url` · `is_new` · `scraped_at`

Export to CSV/JSON/Excel or pull via the Apify API into your CRM, Clay, n8n, or Make.

***

### How to use it

1. Click **Try for free**.
2. Enter a **State** (e.g. `California`, `TX`) — or leave it empty for **all states**.
3. Optionally add a **City** to keep only companies serving it.
4. Click **Start**, then open the **Dataset** tab.
5. **For a live feed:** turn on **Monitor mode** + a **Schedule** to get alerted when new rental companies list.

#### Input

| Field | Type | Default | What it does |
|-------|------|---------|--------------|
| `state` | string | `California` | US state — full name, `CA` abbreviation, or raw category slug. Empty = all states. |
| `city` | string | — | Keep only companies whose serving areas / copy mention this city. |
| `maxItems` | integer | `50` | Cap on companies per run. `0` = unlimited (full directory ≈ 159). |
| `monitorMode` | boolean | `false` | Output/alert only listings that are NEW since the last run (per state+city scope). |
| `alertOnNewListing` | boolean | `true` | In monitor mode, alert for each new company. |
| `webhookUrl` / `slackWebhookUrl` / `emailRecipients` | — | — | Where new-listing alerts go. |
| `proxyConfiguration` | object | Apify datacenter | Datacenter rotation is plenty — no anti-bot. |

#### Quick start

```json
{ "state": "California", "maxItems": 50 }
```

#### City-level pull

```json
{ "state": "FL", "city": "Tampa" }
```

#### Daily new-listing monitor

```json
{ "state": "Texas", "monitorMode": true, "slackWebhookUrl": "https://hooks.slack.com/services/…" }
```

#### Output example

```json
{
  "company_name": "Brunos Bounce House",
  "state": "Virginia",
  "serving_areas": "Gainesville, VA – Bristow, VA – Haymarket, VA – Warrenton, VA – Fairfax, VA …",
  "phone": "703-594-1587",
  "website": "https://www.brunosbouncehouse.com",
  "equipment": ["bounce house", "water slide", "obstacle course"],
  "profile_url": "https://www.bounceguide.com/brunos-bounce-house/",
  "listed_date": "2024-03-13T00:59:00",
  "record_id": "bounceguide-1209",
  "source": "BounceGuide",
  "scraped_at": "2026-06-12T22:48:00.000Z"
}
```

***

### Who it's for

- 🎯 **Party-supply & inflatable manufacturers** selling units to rental operators
- 🛡️ **Insurance / SaaS** (booking software, waivers, payments) targeting party-rental businesses
- 📣 **Agencies & lead-gen** serving the events / party-rental niche
- 🤝 **Rental operators** mapping competitors and partner companies by territory

***

### Pricing (pay-per-event)

| Event | What it covers | Price |
|-------|----------------|-------|
| `lot-scraped` | each rental company returned | $0.004 (~$4 / 1,000) |
| `monitor-run-completed` | each scheduled watch run | $0.05 / run |
| `new-lot-detected` | each newly listed company | $0.02 |
| `alert-delivered` | each Slack/email/webhook alert | $0.005 |

A full-directory pull (~159 companies) costs well under $1.

***

### Monitor & alert setup

1. Set your `state` (and optional `city`), turn **Monitor mode** on, and add a `slackWebhookUrl`, `webhookUrl`, or `emailRecipients`.
2. Create an **Apify Schedule** (e.g. daily) for the actor.
3. First run seeds the baseline; every later run outputs **only new companies** and fires one alert per new listing. State persists in a named key-value store, so nothing is double-counted across runs.

***

### Notes

- **Public directory data.** Names, phones, websites and serving areas are public on BounceGuide; emails appear only when the vendor published one. **You are responsible** for compliant outreach — follow **CAN-SPAM / GDPR / CASL**.
- **Inventory size is honest:** BounceGuide currently lists ~159 companies across the US. Great for a clean in-niche seed list or a new-listing watch — not a 100k-row firehose.
- **City filter is text-based** — it matches the company's stated serving areas, so `"city": "Tampa"` returns companies that actually cover Tampa, not just ones pinned there.

***

### FAQ

**Why not just scrape Google Maps?** You can — at Maps prices, with category noise. BounceGuide is pre-filtered to inflatable rental companies and exposes the serving-area city list Maps doesn't have.

**Do I need an account or API key for BounceGuide?** No. The directory and its WordPress REST API are fully public.

**How fresh is the data?** The actor reads the live API on every run, and `listed_date` tells you when each company was listed. Use monitor mode to catch additions the day they appear.

**What does a state input accept?** `California`, `CA`, or the raw slug `california-bounce-companies` — all resolve to the same category. An unrecognized state falls back to all states (with a warning in the log).

**How do equipment tags work?** The actor scans each listing's copy for equipment keywords (bounce house, water slide, obstacle course, dunk tank, concession, photo booth, mechanical bull, …) and returns the matches as an array.

**Can I get every company in one run?** Yes — leave `state` empty and set `maxItems` to `0`. The whole directory is two API requests, so it finishes in seconds.

**Does monitor mode re-alert the same company?** No. Seen listing IDs are stored per state+city scope in a named key-value store that persists across runs.

**What's in `cities`?** The parsed list from the company's "Serving areas" block — handy for territory mapping or joining against your own city lists.

**Is there an email field?** Yes, but only ~1–2% of listings publish one. Phone + website come back for nearly all, so every lead is actionable.

**Is this legal to use?** It scrapes only public business-directory data. Legal/ToS judgment and compliant outreach are your responsibility.

# Actor input Schema

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

US state to pull rental companies for — full name ('California'), abbreviation ('CA'), or the BounceGuide category slug ('california-bounce-companies'). Leave empty to scrape ALL states.

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

Keep only companies whose serving areas / listing copy mention this city (client-side filter, e.g. 'Tampa'). Combine with State for precision.

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

Cap on companies returned per run. Use 0 for unlimited (the full directory is only ~159 listings, so unlimited is still a fast run).

## `monitorMode` (type: `boolean`):

Recurring watcher: diff against the prior run (per state+city scope) and output/alert ONLY new listings. Pair with an Apify Schedule.

## `alertOnNewListing` (type: `boolean`):

In monitor mode, send an alert for each newly listed rental company.

## `webhookUrl` (type: `string`):

POST endpoint for new-listing alerts.

## `slackWebhookUrl` (type: `string`):

Slack incoming-webhook URL.

## `emailRecipients` (type: `array`):

Emails for the new-listing digest (via apify/send-mail).

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

Proxy settings. Datacenter rotation is plenty (BounceGuide is a plain WordPress site with an open REST API, no anti-bot).

## `diagnose` (type: `boolean`):

Dev only. Logs the first parsed company, then exits without pushing data.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "state": "California",
  "maxItems": 50,
  "monitorMode": false,
  "alertOnNewListing": true,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  },
  "diagnose": false
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `companies` (type: `string`):

The dataset of bounce house & inflatable rental companies (one item per company).

# 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": "California",
    "maxItems": 50
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("scrapersdelight/bounceguide-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": "California",
    "maxItems": 50,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("scrapersdelight/bounceguide-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": "California",
  "maxItems": 50
}' |
apify call scrapersdelight/bounceguide-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

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

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/pT9ZogFdnDptHcWm5/builds/6UVWXVTQJmbMYIscB/openapi.json