Telefonbuch Scraper — German Business Directory Data

Scrape business listings from Das Telefonbuch (telefonbuch.de / dastelefonbuch.de), Germany's classic phone-book directory since 1881. Search by trade/category keyword and city, and export clean structured business records with names, categories, addresses, postal codes, cities, phone numbers, websites, and opening hours. No login, no cookies, no API key.

Why use this actor?

Das Telefonbuch is one of the oldest and most complete business directories in Germany, covering craftsmen, doctors, lawyers, tax advisors, restaurants, salons, and every other trade that wants to be found by phone. Every listing carries the data a sales or research team actually needs: what the business does, where it sits, and how to reach it.

Typical uses:

• Lead generation — build prospect lists for a trade and city, ready for a CRM import.
• Local market research — count and map businesses per category and region, compare cities.
• Data enrichment — match business names to addresses, phone numbers, websites, and opening hours.
• Competitor analysis — list every provider in a category around a location.

The actor reads the server-rendered search results directly, so records are complete and consistent. It only returns contact details that businesses publish openly on the directory.

How to scrape Telefonbuch data

1. Open the actor and set a Search Query (Branche) — a trade or category keyword in German, such as Steuerberater, Friseur, Zahnarzt, or Restaurant. Business names work too.
2. Set a Location (Stadt) — a city or town (München, Berlin, Hamburg).
3. Set Max Results to the number of businesses you want.
4. Keep the residential proxy prefill and click Start.
5. When the run finishes, export the dataset as JSON, CSV, or Excel, or pull it from the Apify API.

The actor requests the search results page and pages through it automatically (10 listings per page) until it reaches your Max Results or runs out of matching businesses.

Input

Field	Type	Required	Description
searchQuery	String	No	Trade or category keywords in German (e.g. Steuerberater, Friseur). Defaults to Steuerberater if empty.
location	String	No	City or town to search in (e.g. München, Berlin). Defaults to München if empty.
maxResults	Integer	No	Maximum number of businesses to return (default: 50, max: 1000).
proxyConfiguration	Object	No	Proxy settings. Residential proxies recommended.

Example input:

{
    "searchQuery": "Steuerberater",
    "location": "München",
    "maxResults": 100,
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true,
        "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"]
    }
}

Output

One record per business listing:

Field	Type	Description
businessName	String	Business name as listed on Das Telefonbuch
category	String	Primary branche/category (e.g. Steuerberatung, Friseure)
address	String	Street address
postalCode	String	German postal code (PLZ)
city	String	City
district	String	City district (Stadtteil), when shown
phone	String	Phone number, when publicly listed
website	String	Business's own website, when published
openingHours	String	Opening status at scrape time (e.g. Geöffnet bis 18:00 Uhr)
rating	Number	Average customer rating (0–5), when shown
reviewCount	Number	Number of customer reviews, when shown
imageUrl	String	Business logo or listing image, when shown
url	String	Full URL of the business detail page on Das Telefonbuch
listingId	String	Internal Das Telefonbuch listing ID
searchQuery	String	The query that returned this business
searchLocation	String	The city used for the search
scrapedAt	String	ISO timestamp of the scrape

Example output (from a real Steuerberater / München run):

{
    "businessName": "Ebermann u. Partner Steuerberatungsgesellschaft mbB",
    "category": "Steuerberatung",
    "address": "Rindermarkt 17",
    "postalCode": "80331",
    "city": "München",
    "district": "Altstadt",
    "phone": "089 2 60 44 02",
    "website": "https://steuerberater-münchen.net",
    "openingHours": "Geöffnet bis 12:00 Uhr",
    "rating": 5,
    "reviewCount": 1,
    "imageUrl": "https://ies.v4all.de/200/TB/1126/3/6813/70516813_210x130.png",
    "url": "https://adresse.dastelefonbuch.de/M%C3%BCnchen/1-0099096133810-Steuerberatung-Ebermann-u-Partner-Steuerberatungsgesellschaft-mbB-M%C3%BCnchen-Rindermarkt.html",
    "listingId": "0099096133810",
    "searchQuery": "Steuerberater",
    "searchLocation": "München",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-07-31T09:12:41.412Z"
}

You can download the dataset in various formats such as JSON, HTML, CSV, or Excel.

Cost estimate

The actor uses lightweight HTTP requests (no browser). Each request returns 10 businesses. A 100-result run typically finishes in under a minute and uses only a few cents of platform credits plus the per-result fee.

Tips

• Search queries and locations are the same words you would type on telefonbuch.de. German keywords match best (Rechtsanwalt, not lawyer).
• Multi-word queries are fine: Italienisches Restaurant.
• Websites, ratings, and opening hours only appear when the business publishes them; expect them on a subset of records.
• The actor targets dastelefonbuch.de directly — telefonbuch.de's own search form redirects there for every query, so results are identical either way.

Limitations

• The actor scrapes the search results list, not the full detail pages. Fields that only exist on detail pages (full weekly opening-hours tables, email addresses, extra photos) are not included — openingHours is the current status snippet shown on the listing card, not a weekly table.
• Das Telefonbuch covers Germany only.
• Very deep pagination (roughly page 90+ on categories with 900+ results) can hit the site's own backend timeout; the actor stops cleanly instead of failing the whole run when that happens.

Legal

This actor only extracts business information that is publicly listed on the Das Telefonbuch directory, where businesses publish it precisely to be found and contacted. No login is bypassed and no private data is collected. You are responsible for using the data in compliance with applicable laws (GDPR, competition law) in your jurisdiction.

Related scrapers

• Gelbe Seiten Scraper — Germany's other major yellow-pages directory, same business-listing fields.
• Pages Jaunes Scraper — the French equivalent business directory.
• Firmenbuch Scraper — Austrian company register data for deeper company-level enrichment.

Need this data on a schedule, or a custom version?

We run this scraper as a managed service for businesses: scheduled runs, deduplication, delta detection, and delivery to your inbox, Google Sheets, or API — maintenance included. We can also build a custom version with your exact fields and filters, or combine multiple sources into one feed.

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