🏢 BizQuest Business Listings Scraper This actor allows you to scrape businesses for sale from BizQuest.com by providing a search URL. It automatically handles pagination and extracts comprehensive business listing information including prices, locations, descriptions, and images. ## Features - URL-based Scraping: Extract business listings by providing a complete BizQuest search URL - Automatic Pagination: Automatically scrolls and loads more listings until reaching the end or max items limit - Comprehensive Listing Data: Extract detailed information about each business including: - Business titles and descriptions - Asking prices - Business locations (city and state) - Listing images - Direct links to listing detail pages - Unique listing IDs - Smart Deduplication: Automatically removes duplicate listings - Proxy Support: Optional proxy configuration for enhanced reliability ## Input Parameters | Field | Type | Required | Description | |------------|---------|----------|------------------------------------------------| | searchUrl| string | Yes | Complete BizQuest search URL to scrape | | maxItems | integer | No | Maximum number of listings to fetch (default: unlimited) | | proxyConfiguration | object | No | Proxy settings (optional) | ### How to Get Search URL 1. Go to BizQuest.com 2. Use the search filters to find businesses (location, industry, price range, etc.) 3. Copy the complete URL from your browser's address bar 4. Paste it into the searchUrl field Example search URL: https://www.bizquest.com/businesses-for-sale/?q=bHQ9MzAsNDAsODA= ## Output The output is a dataset of business listing objects, each containing: - searchUrl: The original search URL used - id: Unique listing ID - title: Business title - url: Direct link to the listing detail page - image: URL of the business listing image - price: Asking price (e.g., "$400,000") - city: City location - state: State location - description: Brief business description - scrapedAt: Timestamp of when the listing was scraped Example output: json [ { "searchUrl": "https://www.bizquest.com/businesses-for-sale/?q=bHQ9MzAsNDAsODA=", "id": "2438086", "title": "Surgery Center for Sale", "url": "https://www.bizquest.com/business-for-sale/surgery-center-for-sale/BW2438086/", "image": "https://images.bizquest.com/shared/listings/243/2438086/119bb712-45b9-454b-81ca-25e8afa79941-W336.webp", "price": "$400,000", "city": "", "state": "Mesa", "description": "Newly established 3 OR-/1 Procedure Room, Accredited, and Equipped", "scrapedAt": "2025-11-07T05:23:47.644Z" }, ... ] ## Use Cases - Business acquisition research - Market analysis and valuation - Investment opportunity tracking - Competitive intelligence - Industry trend analysis - Regional business market monitoring - Portfolio diversification research - Business broker lead generation ## Notes - Results are saved incrementally as they are found - All timestamps are in ISO 8601 format - Listings are automatically deduplicated based on URLs - The actor handles lazy-loaded content automatically - Price format varies by listing (may include ranges or "Undisclosed") ## Limitations - Only extracts listing summary data (not full detail page content) - Some listings may have incomplete location information - Image URLs may expire over time - Very large datasets may take longer to process --- Start discovering business opportunities on BizQuest today!