📦 Opening Soon Business Scraper Scrape a list of businesses that are opening soon based on business type, country, and expected opening date. ## 💼 Business Ideas: How You Can Use This Data Not sure how to leverage this dataset? Here are some ideas: - 📨 Lead Generation: Build highly targeted lists of soon-to-open businesses for marketing agencies, SEO firms, or local service providers. - 📈 Ad Campaigns: Offer paid advertising or Google Maps optimization services to new businesses preparing to launch. - 🤝 B2B Partnerships: Reach out early to pitch payment systems, point-of-sale, or other software tools. - 🛠️ SaaS Customer Onboarding: Contact businesses before they open to help them set up websites, CRMs, or email marketing tools. - 📬 Email & Phone List Building: Grow your own or your clients' contact lists for niche sectors like gyms, salons, or cafés. - 📰 Local Media & PR: Pitch PR services to businesses just before they launch. This is golden data for anyone working in B2B, local services, or SaaS! 👉 Example use case: Get all upcoming Restaurants & Food businesses opening in the US in May. --- ## 🚀 Features - Filter by Business Type: - Restaurants & Food - Coffee & Tea Shops - Bars & Nightlife - Beauty & Personal Care - Fitness & Wellness - Shops & Stores - Health & Medical - Other Services - Filter by Opening Date (month only) – e.g., May, June, etc. - Filter by Country Code (e.g., US, GB). - Set a maximum number of results. --- ## 🔧 Input Schema | Field | Type | Description | |------------------|-----------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | business_type | string | Select a business type category (from a predefined list). | | opening_date | string | Month & year selection (e.g., May 2025). The scraper matches the month only (e.g., %May%). | | country | string | Country code selection (currently supports US and GB). | | max_results | integer | Maximum number of results to retrieve (default 100, max 2000). | --- ## 📝 Example Input json { "business_type": "Restaurants & Food", "opening_date": "May 2025", "country": "US", "max_results": 100 } --- ## 📊 Output Dataset Each dataset item contains: | Field | Type | Description | |-------------------|---------|---------------------------------------------| | name | string | Business name. | | street | string | Street address. | | city | string | City. | | country | string | Country. | | url | string | Business website URL (if available). | | phone_number | string | Phone number (if available). | | opening_date | string | Expected opening date (text, e.g., May). | | emails | string | Email(s) (if available). | --- ## 📦 Example Output json { "name": "Sunset Grill", "street": "123 Main St", "city": "Los Angeles", "country": "US", "url": "https://sunsetgrill.com", "phone_number": "+1 555-123-4567", "opening_date": "May", "emails": "info@sunsetgrill.com" } --- ## 💡 Notes - ✅ The scraper matches the month only from the opening_date (e.g., if you select May 2025, it matches any entry containing "May" in the DB). - 🛠️ The scraper retrieves businesses from the US_opening_soon table and filters live. - 🔗 Useful for generating lead lists of soon-to-open businesses in different sectors. --- ## 🔗 Related - 📦 Need Shopify scraping? Check out Shopify Merchant Scraper.