# Manta Business Scraper — SMB Leads (US) (`scrapersdelight/manta-business-scraper`) Actor

Extract US small-business leads from Manta.com: company name, phone, website, full address, industry (NAICS/ISIC), employees, founding date and social links. Filter by state and industry. Clean JSON-LD, no login.

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

## Pricing

$5.00 / 1,000 per business returneds

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.
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".

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

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# README

## Manta Business Scraper — US SMB Leads

Turn Manta.com's US small-business directory into a clean lead list — company **name, phone, website, full address, and industry (NAICS/ISIC)** — filterable by **state** and **industry**. No login.

Every Manta company profile publishes a complete `LocalBusiness` structured-data block, so records are clean and consistent (not fragile HTML scraping).

### What you get

One row per business, with:

- **name** — company name
- **phone** — business phone (when published)
- **email** — business email **only when the business published one on Manta** (many rows have phone + website but no email — this Actor ships no email guessing or enrichment)
- **website** — the company's own website
- **streetAddress, city, state, zip, country** — full mailing address
- **latitude, longitude** — geocode
- **category** — industry / business category
- **naics, isicV4** — standard industry codes (for TAM / segmentation)
- **numberOfEmployees, foundingDate** — firmographics (when published)
- **socialLinks** — Twitter/X, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram profiles
- **description** — the company blurb
- **mantaId, mantaUrl, scrapedAt** — source + provenance

### Use cases

- **Merchant-services & payments prospecting** — phone + website + industry SMB leads for power-dialer / SDR teams.
- **Local SEO & marketing agency lead lists** — target one industry across a metro or state.
- **Power-dialer feeds** — geo × industry slices ("plumbers in Dallas", "HVAC in Texas").
- **Market / TAM research by NAICS** — size and segment a local market by standard industry code.

### How to use

Two modes:

**1. Search by state / industry** (`mode: "search"`)

- `states`: one or more US states — 2-letter codes or full names (e.g. `["TX"]`, `["California","Florida"]`).
- `industryKeyword` (optional): keeps only businesses whose category / name matches (e.g. `plumbing`, `hvac`, `dentist`). Blank = every business in the state.

**2. From start URLs** (`mode: "startUrls"`)

- Paste Manta listing pages `/mb_.../{industry}/{city}` (the Actor extracts every company on them, following pagination) and/or direct profile pages `/c/{id}/{slug}`.

Common options:

- `requireContact` (default `true`): drop rows that have neither a phone nor a website.
- `maxItems` (default `200`): cost/speed guard; `0` = no cap.
- **Proxy**: **no proxy by default.** Manta's Cloudflare gate scores IP reputation, and a measured lane test on 2026-08-02 put Apify RESIDENTIAL-US at 0/8 on profile pages — the paid lane was no better than the free one while accounting for ~65% of run cost. You can still select any proxy in the input; if you have IPs Cloudflare trusts, use them.

#### Input example

```json
{
  "mode": "search",
  "states": ["TX"],
  "industryKeyword": "plumbing",
  "requireContact": true,
  "maxItems": 25,
  "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": false }
}
```

#### Output example

```json
{
  "name": "Tribeca Plumbing, Inc.",
  "phone": "(214) 402-5454",
  "email": null,
  "website": "http://www.tribecaplumbinginc.com/",
  "streetAddress": "6211 W Northwest Hwy Ste C251",
  "city": "Dallas",
  "state": "Texas",
  "zip": "75225",
  "country": "United States",
  "latitude": "32.8664357",
  "longitude": "-96.8000069",
  "category": "Plumbing Specialties",
  "naics": "",
  "isicV4": "1711",
  "numberOfEmployees": "",
  "foundingDate": "",
  "socialLinks": ["https://www.twitter.com/TribecaPlumber", "http://www.facebook.com/tribecaplumbingtx/"],
  "description": "Your Dallas/Ft. Worth Plumbing Experts…",
  "mantaId": "mh1g4hf",
  "mantaUrl": "https://www.manta.com/c/mh1g4hf/tribeca-plumbing-inc",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-07-07T16:00:00.000Z"
}
```

### Pricing

Pay per result: **one charge per business record delivered** (`business-scraped`). You pay only for the rows the Actor actually hands you.

### FAQ

- **Do I need a Manta login?** No. All fields come from public company profiles.
- **Why is `email` often empty?** Manta only shows an email when the business published one. This Actor does not guess or enrich emails — it reports what Manta publishes (most rows have phone + website).
- **Why no proxy by default?** Manta's Cloudflare bot-management keys on IP reputation, not on proxy tier. Measured 2026-08-02 from Apify: RESIDENTIAL-US 0/8 and DATACENTER 0/8 on profile pages, versus the free container egress which did better. Residential was 65% of run cost and bought nothing, so you are no longer billed for it by default. Set your own proxy in the input if you have trusted IPs.
- **How many businesses can I get?** Manta enumerates ~50,000 companies per state sitemap file and multiple files per state — millions US-wide. Use `maxItems` and `industryKeyword` to scope a run.

### Compliance

You are responsible for complying with Manta's Terms of Service and applicable data/privacy law.

# Actor input Schema

## `mode` (type: `string`):

'search' = by state + optional industry keyword; 'startUrls' = paste Manta /mb listing or /c profile URLs.

## `states` (type: `array`):

2-letter codes or full names (e.g. TX, California). Enumerates that state's sitemap. Leave empty in startUrls mode.

## `industryKeyword` (type: `string`):

Keeps only businesses whose category/name matches (e.g. 'plumbing', 'hvac', 'dentist'). Blank = all businesses in the state.

## `startUrls` (type: `array`):

Manta /mb\_...\_/{industry}/{city} listing pages or /c/{id}/{slug} profile pages.

## `requireContact` (type: `boolean`):

Drops records that have neither phone nor website.

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

Cost/speed guard. 0 = no cap.

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

Default is NO PROXY: measured 2026-08-02, Apify RESIDENTIAL-US scored 0/8 on Manta profile pages while the free container egress scored better, so paying for residential bought nothing and was 65% of run cost. Manta's Cloudflare gate is IP-reputation based - if you have your own trusted IPs, set them here.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "mode": "search",
  "states": [
    "TX"
  ],
  "industryKeyword": "plumbing",
  "requireContact": true,
  "maxItems": 200,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `records` (type: `string`):

The dataset of scraped Manta business leads (one item per business).

# 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 = {
    "states": [
        "TX"
    ],
    "industryKeyword": "plumbing"
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("scrapersdelight/manta-business-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 = {
    "states": ["TX"],
    "industryKeyword": "plumbing",
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("scrapersdelight/manta-business-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 '{
  "states": [
    "TX"
  ],
  "industryKeyword": "plumbing"
}' |
apify call scrapersdelight/manta-business-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

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

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/n3g8f1hoEoAJ3sWz0/builds/eCQrSx2rF0lVRzQhg/openapi.json