BizBuySell Businesses-for-Sale & Financials Scraper
Search BizBuySell business-for-sale listings by keyword, state, city, county, industry, price, cash flow, revenue and listing type. Get financials, broker contacts, images, detail status and incremental monitoring fields.
Input schema
Input fields, types, required flags, descriptions, defaults, and prefills come from the published definition. Prefill examples are distinct from defaults.
| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
mode | string | required | What to scrape. Search runs a filtered marketplace query; byUrls accepts BizBuySell search or listing URLs; byListingIds looks up exact listing IDs. |
searchQuery | string | optional | Free-text keyword, e.g. laundromat, restaurant, HVAC, car wash. Leave blank to browse all listings. (mode=search) |
state | string | optional | US state filter. Choose All states to search nationwide. (mode=search) |
Show all input fields
| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
mode | string | required | What to scrape. Search runs a filtered marketplace query; byUrls accepts BizBuySell search or listing URLs; byListingIds looks up exact listing IDs. |
searchQuery | string | optional | Free-text keyword, e.g. laundromat, restaurant, HVAC, car wash. Leave blank to browse all listings. (mode=search) |
state | string | optional | US state filter. Choose All states to search nationwide. (mode=search) |
city | string | optional | Optional city filter, e.g. Austin or Los Angeles. Resolved against BizBuySell locations. (mode=search) |
county | string | optional | Optional county filter, e.g. Los Angeles County. Resolved against BizBuySell locations. (mode=search) |
category | string | optional | BizBuySell industry category. Choose All categories to search every industry. (mode=search) |
listingType | string | optional | Established businesses, business assets, business real estate, or startup listings. (mode=search) |
minAskingPrice | integer | optional | Only listings at or above this asking price. Leave blank for no minimum. |
maxAskingPrice | integer | optional | Only listings at or below this asking price. Leave blank for no maximum. |
minCashFlow | integer | optional | Only listings at or above this annual cash flow (SDE). Leave blank for no minimum. |
maxCashFlow | integer | optional | Only listings at or below this annual cash flow (SDE). Leave blank for no maximum. |
minGrossRevenue | integer | optional | Only listings at or above this annual gross revenue. Leave blank for no minimum. |
maxGrossRevenue | integer | optional | Only listings at or below this annual gross revenue. Leave blank for no maximum. |
establishedAfterYear | integer | optional | Only businesses established after this year, e.g. 2015. Leave blank for any year. |
listedWithinDays | integer | optional | Only listings added or refreshed within this many days. 0 means any age. |
sortBy | string | optional | Result ordering. Relevance is the marketplace default. |
sellerFinancing | boolean | optional | Only listings that offer seller financing. |
homeBased | boolean | optional | Only home-based businesses. |
realEstateIncluded | boolean | optional | Only listings where real estate is included in the asking price. |
absenteeOwner | boolean | optional | Only listings that allow an absentee owner. |
priceReduced | boolean | optional | Only listings with a reduced asking price. |
franchiseResale | boolean | optional | Only franchise resale listings. |
strictFilters | boolean | optional | When a gross-revenue filter is set, trust BizBuySell's source-side filter when detail revenue is unavailable; when enrichDetails successfully reads a detail page, drop records whose detail revenue is still unknown. Default false. |
enrichDetails | boolean | optional | Adds full description, gross revenue, employees, established year, inventory, FF&E, rent, facilities, financing and broker phone. Adds one request per listing and is slower. |
mirrorImages | boolean | optional | Store listing photos in this run's key-value store and return public Apify URLs. On by default so images open from any client; turn off to keep the source URLs. |
startUrls | array | optional | BizBuySell search, category, state, city, county or listing URLs. (mode=byUrls) |
listingIds | array | optional | Numeric BizBuySell listing IDs, e.g. 2501583. (mode=byListingIds) |
maxItems | integer | optional | Hard cap on the number of listings to save. |
stateKey | string | optional | Optional. Set the same key on scheduled runs to remember previously seen listings in a named key-value store. Leave empty for stateless scraping. |
onlyNew | boolean | optional | With stateKey, emit only listing IDs that were never seen in a previous run. New/changed records are emitted by default when stateKey is set. |
emitUnchanged | boolean | optional | With stateKey, also emit listings whose tracked fields did not change. Leave off to receive only new or changed listings. |
proxyConfiguration | object | optional | Optional override for advanced users. Leave empty to let the actor connect directly and choose its own fallback route; search works without any proxy setup. |
Download the published input schema
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{
"description": "Search BizBuySell by keyword, state, city, county, industry, price, cash flow, revenue and listing type, paste search/listing URLs and IDs, or monitor new and changed listings across runs with a state key.",
"properties": {
"absenteeOwner": {
"default": false,
"description": "Only listings that allow an absentee owner.",
"editor": "checkbox",
"prefill": false,
"title": "Absentee-owner only",
"type": "boolean"
},
"category": {
"default": "ALL",
"description": "BizBuySell industry category. Choose All categories to search every industry. (mode=search)",
"editor": "select",
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"enumTitles": [
"All categories",
"Agriculture",
"Agriculture > Greenhouses",
"Agriculture > Tree Farms & Orchards",
"Agriculture > Vineyards & Wineries",
"Agriculture > Other Agriculture",
"Automotive & Boat",
"Automotive & Boat > Auto Repair & Service Shops",
"Automotive & Boat > Car Dealerships",
"Automotive & Boat > Car Washes",
"Automotive & Boat > Equipment Rental & Dealers",
"Automotive & Boat > Gas Stations",
"Automotive & Boat > Junk & Salvage Yards",
"Automotive & Boat > Marine/Boat Service & Dealers",
"Automotive & Boat > Tire Stores",
"Automotive & Boat > Towing Companies",
"Automotive & Boat > Truck Stops",
"Automotive & Boat > Other Automotive & Boat",
"Beauty & Personal Care",
"Beauty & Personal Care > Hair Salons & Barber Shops",
"Beauty & Personal Care > Massage",
"Beauty & Personal Care > Nail Salons",
"Beauty & Personal Care > Spas",
"Beauty & Personal Care > Tanning Salons",
"Beauty & Personal Care > Tattoo & Body Piercing",
"Beauty & Personal Care > Other Beauty & Personal Care",
"Building & Construction",
"Building & Construction > Building Material & Hardware Stores",
"Building & Construction > Carpet & Flooring",
"Building & Construction > Concrete",
"Building & Construction > Electrical & Mechanical",
"Building & Construction > Heavy Construction",
"Building & Construction > HVAC Businesses",
"Building & Construction > Insulation Businesses",
"Building & Construction > Painting & Finishing Contractors",
"Building & Construction > Plumbing",
"Building & Construction > Roofing",
"Building & Construction > Other Building & Construction",
"CLASSIFIEDS",
"CLASSIFIEDS > Auctions",
"CLASSIFIEDS > Business Connections",
"CLASSIFIEDS > Business Services",
"CLASSIFIEDS > Capital To Invest",
"CLASSIFIEDS > Financing / Business Loans",
"CLASSIFIEDS > Foreign Connections",
"CLASSIFIEDS > Internet Services",
"CLASSIFIEDS > Legal Services",
"CLASSIFIEDS > Marketing Services",
"CLASSIFIEDS > Professional Services",
"CLASSIFIEDS > Wanted - Miscellaneous",
"CLASSIFIEDS > Other/Other",
"Communication & Media",
"Communication & Media > Magazines & Newspapers",
"Communication & Media > Production Companies",
"Communication & Media > Other Communication & Media",
"Education & Children",
"Education & Children > Day Care & Child Care Centers",
"Education & Children > Preschools",
"Education & Children > Schools",
"Education & Children > Tutoring & Test Prep",
"Education & Children > Other Education & Children",
"Entertainment & Recreation",
"Entertainment & Recreation > Art Galleries",
"Entertainment & Recreation > Banquet Halls",
"Entertainment & Recreation > Bowling Alleys",
"Entertainment & Recreation > Casinos",
"Entertainment & Recreation > Golf Courses & Services",
"Entertainment & Recreation > Marinas & Fishing",
"Entertainment & Recreation > Nightclubs & Theaters",
"Entertainment & Recreation > Other Entertainment & Recreation",
"Financial Services",
"Financial Services > Accounting & Tax Practices",
"Financial Services > Banking & Loans",
"Financial Services > Check Cashing",
"Financial Services > Insurance Agencies",
"Financial Services > Other Financial Services",
"Health Care & Fitness",
"Health Care & Fitness > Assisted Living & Nursing Homes",
"Health Care & Fitness > Chiropractic Practices",
"Health Care & Fitness > Dance, Pilates & Yoga",
"Health Care & Fitness > Dental Practices",
"Health Care & Fitness > Gyms & Fitness Centers",
"Health Care & Fitness > Home Health Care",
"Health Care & Fitness > Medical Practices",
"Health Care & Fitness > Medical Transportation",
"Health Care & Fitness > Optometry Practice",
"Health Care & Fitness > Physical Therapy Practices",
"Health Care & Fitness > Other Health Care & Fitness",
"Manufacturing",
"Manufacturing > Auto, Boat & Aircraft",
"Manufacturing > Chemical & Related products",
"Manufacturing > Clothing & Fabric",
"Manufacturing > Electronic & Electrical Equipment",
"Manufacturing > Energy & Petroleum",
"Manufacturing > Food & Related products",
"Manufacturing > Furniture & Fixtures",
"Manufacturing > Glass, Stone & Concrete",
"Manufacturing > Industrial & Commercial Machinery",
"Manufacturing > Lumber & Wood Products",
"Manufacturing > Machine Shops & Tools",
"Manufacturing > Medical Devices & Products",
"Manufacturing > Metal Products",
"Manufacturing > Mining",
"Manufacturing > Packaging",
"Manufacturing > Paper & Printing",
"Manufacturing > Rubber & Plastic Products",
"Manufacturing > Signs",
"Manufacturing > Other Manufacturing",
"Non-Classifiable Establishments",
"Non-Classifiable Establishments > All Non-Classifiable Establishments",
"Online & Technology",
"Online & Technology > Cell Phone & Computer Repair & Services",
"Online & Technology > Graphic & Web Design",
"Online & Technology > IT & Software Services",
"Online & Technology > Software & App Companies",
"Online & Technology > Websites & Ecommerce",
"Online & Technology > Other Online & Technology",
"Pet Services",
"Pet Services > Dog Daycare & Boarding",
"Pet Services > Pet Grooming",
"Pet Services > Pet Stores & Supplies",
"Pet Services > Veterinary Practices",
"Pet Services > Other Pet Services",
"Restaurants & Food",
"Restaurants & Food > American Restaurants",
"Restaurants & Food > Bakeries",
"Restaurants & Food > Bars, Pubs & Taverns",
"Restaurants & Food > Boba Tea & Dessert Shop",
"Restaurants & Food > Breweries",
"Restaurants & Food > Chinese Restaurants",
"Restaurants & Food > Coffee Shops & Cafes",
"Restaurants & Food > Delis & Sandwich Shops",
"Restaurants & Food > Diners",
"Restaurants & Food > Distilleries",
"Restaurants & Food > Donut Shops",
"Restaurants & Food > Food Trucks",
"Restaurants & Food > Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Shops",
"Restaurants & Food > Indian Restaurants",
"Restaurants & Food > Italian Restaurants",
"Restaurants & Food > Juice Bars",
"Restaurants & Food > Korean Restaurants",
"Restaurants & Food > Mediterranean Restaurants",
"Restaurants & Food > Mexican Restaurants",
"Restaurants & Food > Miscellaneous Restaurant & Bars",
"Restaurants & Food > Pizza Restaurants",
"Restaurants & Food > Quick Service Restaurants",
"Restaurants & Food > Sushi & Japanese Restaurants",
"Restaurants & Food > Thai Restaurants",
"Restaurants & Food > Vietnamese Restaurants",
"Restaurants & Food > Other Restaurants & Food",
"Retail",
"Retail > Beauty Supply Stores",
"Retail > Bike Shops",
"Retail > Clothing & Accessory Stores",
"Retail > Convenience Stores",
"Retail > Dollar Stores",
"Retail > Flower Shops",
"Retail > Furniture & Furnishings Stores",
"Retail > Grocery Stores & Supermarkets",
"Retail > Health Food & Nutrition",
"Retail > Jewelry Stores",
"Retail > Liquor Stores",
"Retail > Nursery & Garden Centers",
"Retail > Pawn Shops",
"Retail > Pharmacies",
"Retail > Smoke Shops",
"Retail > Sporting Goods Store",
"Retail > Vending Machines",
"Retail > Other Retail",
"Service Businesses",
"Service Businesses > Architecture & Engineering Firms",
"Service Businesses > Catering Companies",
"Service Businesses > Cleaning Businesses",
"Service Businesses > Commercial Laundry",
"Service Businesses > Dry Cleaners",
"Service Businesses > Funeral Homes",
"Service Businesses > Landscaping & Yard Services",
"Service Businesses > Laundromats & Coin Laundry",
"Service Businesses > Legal Services & Law Firms",
"Service Businesses > Locksmith",
"Service Businesses > Marketing & Advertising",
"Service Businesses > Medical Billing",
"Service Businesses > Mobile Home Parks",
"Service Businesses > Pest Control",
"Service Businesses > Property Management",
"Service Businesses > Restoration & Remediation",
"Service Businesses > Routes",
"Service Businesses > Security",
"Service Businesses > Staffing Agencies",
"Service Businesses > Swimming Pool Businesses",
"Service Businesses > Waste Management & Recycling",
"Service Businesses > Other Service Businesses",
"Transportation & Storage",
"Transportation & Storage > Limo & Passenger Transportation",
"Transportation & Storage > Moving & Shipping",
"Transportation & Storage > Storage Facilities & Warehouses",
"Transportation & Storage > Trucking Companies",
"Transportation & Storage > Other Transportation & Storage",
"Travel",
"Travel > Bed & Breakfasts",
"Travel > Campgrounds & RV Parks",
"Travel > Hotels",
"Travel > Motels",
"Travel > Travel Agencies",
"Travel > Other Travel",
"Wholesale & Distributors",
"Wholesale & Distributors > Durable Goods",
"Wholesale & Distributors > Nondurable Goods",
"Wholesale & Distributors > Other Wholesalers & Distributors"
],
"prefill": "ALL",
"title": "Industry / category",
"type": "string"
},
"city": {
"default": "",
"description": "Optional city filter, e.g. Austin or Los Angeles. Resolved against BizBuySell locations. (mode=search)",
"editor": "textfield",
"prefill": "",
"title": "City",
"type": "string"
},
"county": {
"default": "",
"description": "Optional county filter, e.g. Los Angeles County. Resolved against BizBuySell locations. (mode=search)",
"editor": "textfield",
"prefill": "",
"title": "County",
"type": "string"
},
"emitUnchanged": {
"default": false,
"description": "With stateKey, also emit listings whose tracked fields did not change. Leave off to receive only new or changed listings.",
"editor": "checkbox",
"prefill": false,
"title": "Also emit unchanged listings",
"type": "boolean"
},
"enrichDetails": {
"default": false,
"description": "Adds full description, gross revenue, employees, established year, inventory, FF&E, rent, facilities, financing and broker phone. Adds one request per listing and is slower.",
"editor": "checkbox",
"prefill": false,
"title": "Fetch full detail pages",
"type": "boolean"
},
"establishedAfterYear": {
"description": "Only businesses established after this year, e.g. 2015. Leave blank for any year.",
"editor": "number",
"maximum": 2100,
"minimum": 1800,
"title": "Established after year",
"type": "integer"
},
"franchiseResale": {
"default": false,
"description": "Only franchise resale listings.",
"editor": "checkbox",
"prefill": false,
"title": "Franchise resales only",
"type": "boolean"
},
"homeBased": {
"default": false,
"description": "Only home-based businesses.",
"editor": "checkbox",
"prefill": false,
"title": "Home-based only",
"type": "boolean"
},
"listedWithinDays": {
"default": 0,
"description": "Only listings added or refreshed within this many days. 0 means any age.",
"editor": "number",
"maximum": 3650,
"minimum": 0,
"prefill": 0,
"title": "Listed within days",
"type": "integer"
},
"listingIds": {
"default": [],
"description": "Numeric BizBuySell listing IDs, e.g. 2501583. (mode=byListingIds)",
"editor": "stringList",
"items": {
"type": "string"
},
"prefill": [],
"title": "Listing IDs",
"type": "array"
},
"listingType": {
"default": "all",
"description": "Established businesses, business assets, business real estate, or startup listings. (mode=search)",
"editor": "select",
"enum": [
"all",
"established",
"assetSale",
"realEstate",
"startup"
],
"enumTitles": [
"All listing types",
"Established businesses",
"Business assets",
"Business real estate",
"Startup businesses"
],
"prefill": "all",
"title": "Listing type",
"type": "string"
},
"maxAskingPrice": {
"description": "Only listings at or below this asking price. Leave blank for no maximum.",
"editor": "number",
"maximum": 10000000000,
"minimum": 0,
"title": "Maximum asking price (USD)",
"type": "integer"
},
"maxCashFlow": {
"description": "Only listings at or below this annual cash flow (SDE). Leave blank for no maximum.",
"editor": "number",
"maximum": 10000000000,
"minimum": 0,
"title": "Maximum cash flow / SDE (USD)",
"type": "integer"
},
"maxGrossRevenue": {
"description": "Only listings at or below this annual gross revenue. Leave blank for no maximum.",
"editor": "number",
"maximum": 10000000000,
"minimum": 0,
"title": "Maximum gross revenue (USD)",
"type": "integer"
},
"maxItems": {
"default": 50,
"description": "Hard cap on the number of listings to save.",
"editor": "number",
"maximum": 10000,
"minimum": 1,
"prefill": 3,
"title": "Maximum listings",
"type": "integer"
},
"minAskingPrice": {
"description": "Only listings at or above this asking price. Leave blank for no minimum.",
"editor": "number",
"maximum": 10000000000,
"minimum": 0,
"title": "Minimum asking price (USD)",
"type": "integer"
},
"minCashFlow": {
"description": "Only listings at or above this annual cash flow (SDE). Leave blank for no minimum.",
"editor": "number",
"maximum": 10000000000,
"minimum": 0,
"title": "Minimum cash flow / SDE (USD)",
"type": "integer"
},
"minGrossRevenue": {
"description": "Only listings at or above this annual gross revenue. Leave blank for no minimum.",
"editor": "number",
"maximum": 10000000000,
"minimum": 0,
"title": "Minimum gross revenue (USD)",
"type": "integer"
},
"mirrorImages": {
"default": true,
"description": "Store listing photos in this run's key-value store and return public Apify URLs. On by default so images open from any client; turn off to keep the source URLs.",
"editor": "checkbox",
"prefill": true,
"title": "Mirror images to Apify storage",
"type": "boolean"
},
"mode": {
"default": "search",
"description": "What to scrape. Search runs a filtered marketplace query; byUrls accepts BizBuySell search or listing URLs; byListingIds looks up exact listing IDs.",
"editor": "select",
"enum": [
"search",
"byUrls",
"byListingIds"
],
"enumTitles": [
"Search listings",
"Scrape BizBuySell URLs",
"Look up listing IDs"
],
"prefill": "search",
"title": "Mode",
"type": "string"
},
"onlyNew": {
"default": false,
"description": "With stateKey, emit only listing IDs that were never seen in a previous run. New/changed records are emitted by default when stateKey is set.",
"editor": "checkbox",
"prefill": false,
"title": "Only new listings",
"type": "boolean"
},
"priceReduced": {
"default": false,
"description": "Only listings with a reduced asking price.",
"editor": "checkbox",
"prefill": false,
"title": "Price reduced only",
"type": "boolean"
},
"proxyConfiguration": {
"description": "Optional override for advanced users. Leave empty to let the actor connect directly and choose its own fallback route; search works without any proxy setup.",
"editor": "proxy",
"title": "Proxy configuration (optional)",
"type": "object"
},
"realEstateIncluded": {
"default": false,
"description": "Only listings where real estate is included in the asking price.",
"editor": "checkbox",
"prefill": false,
"title": "Real estate included only",
"type": "boolean"
},
"searchQuery": {
"description": "Free-text keyword, e.g. laundromat, restaurant, HVAC, car wash. Leave blank to browse all listings. (mode=search)",
"editor": "textfield",
"prefill": "laundromat",
"title": "Keyword",
"type": "string"
},
"sellerFinancing": {
"default": false,
"description": "Only listings that offer seller financing.",
"editor": "checkbox",
"prefill": false,
"title": "Seller financing only",
"type": "boolean"
},
"sortBy": {
"default": "default",
"description": "Result ordering. Relevance is the marketplace default.",
"editor": "select",
"enum": [
"default",
"priceAsc",
"priceDesc",
"cashFlowDesc",
"newest"
],
"enumTitles": [
"Relevance (default)",
"Asking price: low to high",
"Asking price: high to low",
"Cash flow: high to low",
"Newest listings first"
],
"prefill": "default",
"title": "Sort by",
"type": "string"
},
"startUrls": {
"default": [],
"description": "BizBuySell search, category, state, city, county or listing URLs. (mode=byUrls)",
"editor": "requestListSources",
"items": {
"properties": {
"url": {
"description": "BizBuySell search or listing URL.",
"title": "URL",
"type": "string"
}
},
"type": "object"
},
"prefill": [],
"title": "BizBuySell URLs",
"type": "array"
},
"state": {
"default": "ALL",
"description": "US state filter. Choose All states to search nationwide. (mode=search)",
"editor": "select",
"enum": [
"ALL",
"AL",
"AK",
"AZ",
"AR",
"CA",
"CO",
"CT",
"DE",
"DC",
"FL",
"GA",
"HI",
"ID",
"IL",
"IN",
"IA",
"KS",
"KY",
"LA",
"ME",
"MD",
"MA",
"MI",
"MN",
"MS",
"MO",
"MT",
"NE",
"NV",
"NH",
"NJ",
"NM",
"NY",
"NC",
"ND",
"OH",
"OK",
"OR",
"PA",
"RI",
"SC",
"SD",
"TN",
"TX",
"UT",
"VT",
"VA",
"WA",
"WV",
"WI",
"WY"
],
"enumTitles": [
"All states",
"Alabama",
"Alaska",
"Arizona",
"Arkansas",
"California",
"Colorado",
"Connecticut",
"Delaware",
"District of Columbia",
"Florida",
"Georgia",
"Hawaii",
"Idaho",
"Illinois",
"Indiana",
"Iowa",
"Kansas",
"Kentucky",
"Louisiana",
"Maine",
"Maryland",
"Massachusetts",
"Michigan",
"Minnesota",
"Mississippi",
"Missouri",
"Montana",
"Nebraska",
"Nevada",
"New Hampshire",
"New Jersey",
"New Mexico",
"New York",
"North Carolina",
"North Dakota",
"Ohio",
"Oklahoma",
"Oregon",
"Pennsylvania",
"Rhode Island",
"South Carolina",
"South Dakota",
"Tennessee",
"Texas",
"Utah",
"Vermont",
"Virginia",
"Washington",
"West Virginia",
"Wisconsin",
"Wyoming"
],
"prefill": "ALL",
"title": "State",
"type": "string"
},
"stateKey": {
"description": "Optional. Set the same key on scheduled runs to remember previously seen listings in a named key-value store. Leave empty for stateless scraping.",
"editor": "textfield",
"title": "Monitoring state key",
"type": "string"
},
"strictFilters": {
"default": false,
"description": "When a gross-revenue filter is set, trust BizBuySell's source-side filter when detail revenue is unavailable; when enrichDetails successfully reads a detail page, drop records whose detail revenue is still unknown. Default false.",
"editor": "checkbox",
"prefill": false,
"title": "Strict gross-revenue filtering",
"type": "boolean"
}
},
"required": [
"mode"
],
"schemaVersion": 1,
"title": "BizBuySell Businesses-for-Sale Scraper Input",
"type": "object"
}
Output schema
Published result links and storage locations. This schema is not an exhaustive contract for every field in a dataset record.
| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
listings | string | optional | Dataset containing all scraped business-for-sale listings |
Download the published output schema
View complete JSON
{
"actorOutputSchemaVersion": 1,
"description": "One record per BizBuySell business-for-sale listing with asking price, location, financials, broker contacts, listing age, lease terms, optional full detail-page fields, incremental-monitoring change flags and inactive tombstones for missing explicit listing IDs.",
"properties": {
"listings": {
"description": "Dataset containing all scraped business-for-sale listings",
"template": "{{links.apiDefaultDatasetUrl}}/items",
"title": "BizBuySell Listings",
"type": "string"
}
},
"title": "BizBuySell Businesses-for-Sale & Financials Scraper Output"
}
Dataset schema
Published dataset views and any declared field definitions. A view can select only a subset of the returned record fields.
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{
"actorSpecification": 1,
"views": {
"detailed": {
"display": {
"component": "table",
"properties": {
"askingPrice": {
"format": "text",
"label": "Asking Price"
},
"askingPriceNumeric": {
"format": "number",
"label": "Price (numeric)"
},
"brokerName": {
"format": "text",
"label": "Broker"
},
"brokerPhone": {
"format": "text",
"label": "Broker Phone"
},
"cashFlow": {
"format": "text",
"label": "Cash Flow (SDE)"
},
"category": {
"format": "text",
"label": "Category"
},
"changed": {
"format": "text",
"label": "Changed This Run"
},
"daysListedAgo": {
"format": "number",
"label": "Days Listed"
},
"daysModifiedAgo": {
"format": "number",
"label": "Days Since Modified"
},
"description": {
"format": "text",
"label": "Description"
},
"ebitda": {
"format": "text",
"label": "EBITDA"
},
"grossRevenue": {
"format": "text",
"label": "Gross Revenue"
},
"isNew": {
"format": "text",
"label": "New This Run"
},
"leaseDurationMonths": {
"format": "number",
"label": "Lease Duration (months)"
},
"leaseRatePerSquareFootNumeric": {
"format": "number",
"label": "Lease Rate / SF"
},
"listingStatus": {
"format": "text",
"label": "Listing Status"
},
"location": {
"format": "text",
"label": "Location"
},
"productId": {
"format": "text",
"label": "Listing ID"
},
"scrapedAt": {
"format": "text",
"label": "Scraped At"
},
"searchUrl": {
"format": "link",
"label": "Search URL"
},
"stateCode": {
"format": "text",
"label": "State"
},
"title": {
"format": "text",
"label": "Business Title"
},
"url": {
"format": "link",
"label": "Listing URL"
}
}
},
"title": "Detailed",
"transformation": {
"fields": [
"title",
"productId",
"location",
"stateCode",
"category",
"description",
"askingPrice",
"askingPriceNumeric",
"cashFlow",
"grossRevenue",
"ebitda",
"brokerName",
"brokerPhone",
"url",
"searchUrl",
"scrapedAt",
"detailStatus",
"enriched",
"truncated",
"imagesOriginal",
"imageStatus",
"daysListedAgo",
"daysModifiedAgo",
"listingStatus",
"leaseDurationMonths",
"leaseRatePerSquareFootNumeric",
"isNew",
"changed"
]
}
},
"financials": {
"display": {
"component": "table",
"properties": {
"askingPrice": {
"format": "text",
"label": "Asking Price"
},
"cashFlow": {
"format": "text",
"label": "Cash Flow (SDE)"
},
"ebitda": {
"format": "text",
"label": "EBITDA"
},
"employees": {
"format": "text",
"label": "Employees"
},
"established": {
"format": "text",
"label": "Established"
},
"grossRevenue": {
"format": "text",
"label": "Gross Revenue"
},
"location": {
"format": "text",
"label": "Location"
},
"title": {
"format": "text",
"label": "Business Title"
}
}
},
"title": "Financials",
"transformation": {
"fields": [
"title",
"location",
"askingPrice",
"cashFlow",
"grossRevenue",
"ebitda",
"established",
"employees"
]
}
},
"overview": {
"display": {
"component": "table",
"properties": {
"askingPrice": {
"format": "text",
"label": "Asking Price"
},
"cashFlow": {
"format": "text",
"label": "Cash Flow (SDE)"
},
"listingType": {
"format": "text",
"label": "Listing Type"
},
"location": {
"format": "text",
"label": "Location"
},
"title": {
"format": "text",
"label": "Business Title"
},
"url": {
"format": "link",
"label": "Listing URL"
}
}
},
"title": "Overview",
"transformation": {
"fields": [
"title",
"location",
"askingPrice",
"cashFlow",
"listingType",
"url"
]
}
}
}
}
Key-value schema
Published key-value store definitions, when provided by this build.
This definition is not present in the default published build. See the published README for available documentation.
Published README
Read the full published documentation
BizBuySell Businesses-for-Sale & Financials Scraper
BizBuySell is the largest US marketplace for buying and selling small businesses, franchises and commercial real estate. This actor turns its public listings into structured deal data: asking price, location, cash flow, EBITDA, revenue, broker contacts and the full detail-page story for each business.
What this actor does
- Search the marketplace your way — keyword, state, city, county, 200+ industries, listing type, asking-price range, cash-flow range, gross-revenue range, established-after year, days listed and sort order.
- Or paste URLs and IDs — BizBuySell search pages, category pages, state/city/county pages and individual listing URLs all work; exact listing IDs are supported too.
- Get the financial picture — asking price, cash flow (SDE), EBITDA, gross revenue, real estate, inventory, FF&E, rent, year established and employee count when the seller discloses them.
- Reach the broker — broker name, phone, company and profile link from the listing and its detail page.
- Go deeper on demand — turn on
enrichDetailsfor the full description, facilities, competition, growth, financing, support and reason for selling. - Monitor new and changed listings — set
stateKeyon scheduled runs to remember what was already seen;onlyNewandemitUnchangedcontrol whether you receive new, changed or every listing. - Empty fields are omitted, never sent as
null.
Output per listing
productId— BizBuySell's numeric listing IDtitle— listing headlinedescription— summary, or the full description withenrichDetailsurl— direct link to the listinglocation— city or county plus state, e.g.Bonita Springs, FLcity,county,stateCode,state— parsed location partsaskingPrice,askingPriceNumeric— formatted and numeric asking priceaskingPriceDetail— asking price as shown on the detail page, withenrichDetailscashFlow,cashFlowNumeric— seller's discretionary earnings / SDEgrossRevenue,grossRevenueNumeric— annual gross revenue, withenrichDetailsebitda,ebitdaNumeric— EBITDA when disclosedrealEstate,realEstateNumeric— included real-estate value orOwned/Leasedstatus, withenrichDetailsinventory,inventoryNumeric— inventory value and inclusion, withenrichDetailsffe,ffeNumeric— furniture, fixtures and equipment, withenrichDetailsrentMonthly,rentMonthlyNumeric— monthly rent, withenrichDetailsestablished,establishedYear— founding year, withenrichDetailsemployees,employeeCount— headcount, withenrichDetailslistingTypeId,listingType— established, asset sale, real estate or startupadLevelId,adLevel— marketplace placement levelcategory— industry path, e.g.Laundromats and Coin Laundry > Dry Cleanersimage— primary photo URL; withmirrorImageson (the default) this is a public Apify storage URL that opens from any client. If you turn mirroring off, this is the source CDN URL and may return 403.images— every photo URL the search result exposes, in source order. These are the original BizBuySell CDN URLs.imageOriginal— the source BizBuySell CDN URL, kept for traceability; the CDN may return 403 to a clean shell, so useimagefor customer-facing linksimageStatus—mirrored,mirror_failedorskippedwhen image mirroring is requestedrecentlyAdded,recentlyUpdated,priceReduced— listing freshness flagsdaysListedAgo,daysModifiedAgo— days since the listing was added or modified, only when BizBuySell reports them; never calculated from an invented datehotProperty,franchiseResale— marketplace badges when the search result reports themleaseRateDuration,leaseRatePerSquareFoot— raw lease terms exactly as the search result reports themleaseDurationMonths— lease duration normalized to months only when the raw text states years or months (for example5 years→60); omitted when the unit is not explicitleaseRatePerSquareFootNumeric,leaseRatePerSquareFootPeriod— numeric per-square-foot rate and the period (year,month,weekorday) only when the source text states it; the rawleaseRatePerSquareFoottext is retainedlistingStatus,listingStatusSource,listingStatusEvidence,statusCheckedAt—inactivetombstone for an explicit listing ID that a successful lookup no longer returns; this is the actor's observed absence, not a BizBuySell sold/expired statusrealEstateIncluded— real estate included in the asking pricesellerFinancing,homeBased— seller terms and operating style, withenrichDetailsbrokerName,brokerPhone,brokerCompany,brokerProfileUrl— listing contactfacilities,competition,growthAndExpansion,financing,supportAndTraining,reasonForSelling— detail-page narrative, withenrichDetailsbuildingSquareFeet,website— premises size and business website, withenrichDetailsdetailsRaw— raw detail-page labels and values (for example"Cash Flow (SDE)": "$75,000"), withenrichDetailsenriched—trueonly when the detail page was fetched and mergeddetailStatus—ok,blocked,timeout,skippedorerror;skippedcoversenrichDetailsoff and the circuit breakerdetailError— the reason enrichment was blocked, timed out, failed or was skipped by the circuit breakersearchUrl— the exact search URL, including every filter and sort used; listing-ID and listing-URL runs use the listing URL as provenancesearchTotal— the total the source reported for that search, when it returned onetruncated—truewhenmaxItemsor the 10,000-result window actually cut the result setsearchInput— the normalized search filters used for the recordisNew,changed,changedFields,previousValues— incremental-monitoring signals whenstateKeyis set; a new listing hasisNew: true, a previously seen listing with different tracked fields haschanged: trueand lists them inchangedFieldsfirstSeenAt,lastSeenAt,lastChangedAt,monitorStateKey— actor observation timestamps and the state key used for monitoring; these are not BizBuySell-provided listing datesrecordType: "businessListing",scrapedAt— UTC ISO 8601 timestamp
Input
| Field | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
mode |
string | search |
search, byUrls or byListingIds |
searchQuery |
string | - | Keyword, e.g. restaurant, HVAC, car wash (mode=search) |
state |
string | ALL |
US state or ALL (mode=search) |
city |
string | – | City filter, e.g. Austin (mode=search) |
county |
string | – | County filter, e.g. Los Angeles County (mode=search) |
category |
string | ALL |
BizBuySell industry category (mode=search) |
listingType |
string | all |
all, established, assetSale, realEstate, startup (mode=search) |
minAskingPrice / maxAskingPrice |
integer | – | Asking-price range in USD |
minCashFlow / maxCashFlow |
integer | – | Annual cash-flow range in USD |
minGrossRevenue / maxGrossRevenue |
integer | – | Annual gross-revenue range in USD |
establishedAfterYear |
integer | – | Only businesses founded after this year |
listedWithinDays |
integer | 0 |
Only listings added or refreshed within this many days; 0 = any |
sortBy |
string | default |
default, priceAsc, priceDesc, cashFlowDesc, newest |
sellerFinancing |
boolean | false |
Only seller-financing listings |
homeBased |
boolean | false |
Only home-based businesses |
realEstateIncluded |
boolean | false |
Only listings with real estate included |
absenteeOwner |
boolean | false |
Only absentee-owner listings |
priceReduced |
boolean | false |
Only price-reduced listings |
franchiseResale |
boolean | false |
Only franchise resales |
strictFilters |
boolean | false |
Enforce the gross-revenue filter strictly. The source-side filter is trusted when detail revenue is unavailable; with enrichDetails, unknown detail values are dropped |
enrichDetails |
boolean | false |
Fetch each listing's detail page for full financials and narrative |
mirrorImages |
boolean | true |
Copy photos into public Apify storage and return stable URLs |
startUrls |
array | [] |
BizBuySell search, category or listing URLs (mode=byUrls) |
listingIds |
array | [] |
Numeric listing IDs (mode=byListingIds) |
maxItems |
integer | 50 |
Hard cap, 1–10,000 |
stateKey |
string | – | Optional incremental-monitoring key. Reuse the same key on scheduled runs to persist seen listings in a named key-value store |
onlyNew |
boolean | false |
With stateKey, emit only listing IDs never seen in a previous run |
emitUnchanged |
boolean | false |
With stateKey, also emit listings whose tracked fields did not change; leave off for new/changed only |
proxyConfiguration |
object | – | Optional proxy override; leave empty to use the actor's own connection fallback |
Example: California laundromats with strong cash flow
{
"mode": "search",
"searchQuery": "laundromat",
"state": "CA",
"minCashFlow": 100000,
"maxItems": 50
}
Example: restaurants in Los Angeles County
{
"mode": "search",
"category": "17",
"state": "CA",
"county": "Los Angeles County",
"minAskingPrice": 100000,
"maxAskingPrice": 1000000,
"sortBy": "priceAsc",
"maxItems": 100
}
Example: look up exact listings with full details
{
"mode": "byListingIds",
"listingIds": ["2501583", "2571748"],
"enrichDetails": true,
"maxItems": 2
}
Example: paste a BizBuySell search URL
{
"mode": "byUrls",
"startUrls": [
{ "url": "https://www.bizbuysell.com/california-businesses-for-sale/" }
],
"maxItems": 50
}
Example: daily monitoring of new California laundromats
{
"mode": "search",
"searchQuery": "laundromat",
"state": "CA",
"maxItems": 50,
"stateKey": "ca-laundromats",
"onlyNew": true
}
Run this on a schedule with the same stateKey; each run emits only listing IDs that were not seen before. Drop onlyNew and keep emitUnchanged: false to receive new plus changed listings, or set emitUnchanged: true to receive every match with change flags.
Use cases
- Deal sourcing — build a daily shortlist of businesses for sale by state, county, industry and cash flow.
- Broker outreach — collect broker names and phone numbers for a target market and industry.
- Valuation benchmarking — compare asking prices and SDE multiples across regions and categories.
- Search-fund research — screen acquisition targets by revenue, cash flow and seller financing.
- Market monitoring — track new listings, price reductions and recently updated businesses.
- Franchise and real-estate buyers — find franchise resales and listings where real estate is included.
FAQ
Do I need a BizBuySell account?
No. Every field comes from public listing pages and the public search feed. No login, cookie or API key is needed.
How fresh is the data?
Each run reads the current search results and listing pages, so the dataset reflects what BizBuySell shows at that moment.
How does incremental monitoring work?
Set stateKey to a stable name, for example ca-laundromats, and reuse it on every scheduled run. The actor stores a per-listing field snapshot and observation timestamps in the named Apify key-value store bizbuysell-monitor-state, under the stateKey record, not in the dataset. Each emitted record then carries isNew, changed, changedFields, previousValues, firstSeenAt, lastSeenAt and lastChangedAt.
onlyNew: trueemits only listing IDs that were never seen before.- With
onlyNew: falseandemitUnchanged: false(the default whenstateKeyis set), only new or changed listings are emitted. emitUnchanged: trueemits every match and still annotates changes.- Without
stateKey, every run is stateless and always emits every matching listing. Use a newstateKeyto start a fresh baseline.
The tracked fields are search-level (title, price, cash flow, EBITDA, location, listing type, status and freshness flags), so a temporarily unavailable detail page does not create false price-change alerts. Monitoring timestamps are observation times recorded by the actor, not listing dates published by BizBuySell.
Which date and status fields are available?
BizBuySell's search feed sometimes exposes daysListedAgo and daysModifiedAgo; the actor emits them only when the source provides them. recentlyAdded and recentlyUpdated come from the same feed. Detail-page date-listed or sold/expired status is not reliably exposed by BizBuySell; that part is a hard limit, so the actor does not invent one. For explicit listingIds or listing URLs, an ID that a successful lookup no longer returns is emitted as a tombstone with listingStatus: "inactive", listingStatusSource: "listing-id-lookup" and statusCheckedAt. Tombstones keep the ID, status, provenance and observation timestamps but do not invent a title or price. A failed lookup is not treated as an inactive listing.
How are lease terms normalized?
The raw leaseRateDuration and leaseRatePerSquareFoot text is always preserved. leaseDurationMonths is added only when the raw duration states a year or month unit. leaseRatePerSquareFootNumeric is the amount and leaseRatePerSquareFootPeriod is set only when the source text names the period. A bare number such as 20 is not assumed to be monthly or annual.
Why are some financial fields missing?
Sellers fill in cash flow, revenue, EBITDA, inventory and similar fields voluntarily. If a seller did not disclose a figure, that field is omitted from the record instead of being invented.
Why do some listings have no asking price?
Some sellers hide the price. Those records keep the listing, location, description and broker details but omit the price fields.
What is the difference between cash flow, EBITDA and gross revenue?
Cash flow (SDE) is the seller's discretionary earnings after owner compensation and add-backs. EBITDA is earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization. Gross revenue is total annual sales before expenses. BizBuySell sellers report them separately and not every listing discloses all three.
How many listings can I get in one run?
BizBuySell returns up to 10,000 results per query. To go deeper, split the market into smaller slices — for example one state, county or category at a time — and combine the runs. maxItems is capped at 10,000 for the same reason. Each search-mode record carries searchTotal when the source reports it, and truncated tells you whether maxItems or the 10,000-result window actually cut that search short.
Does enrichDetails always fill every detail field?
It fills what the public detail page shows. The detail page is sometimes rate-limited by the site, so the actor treats enrichment as best-effort: when a detail page is unavailable, the listing is still saved with its search-result fields and the run continues. Every record states enriched and detailStatus, with detailError when applicable; records skipped after repeated failures are marked detailStatus: "skipped" rather than being reported as enriched.
How does the gross-revenue filter behave when revenue is unknown?
The search feed rarely includes gross revenue, but BizBuySell applies the gross-income range on its own search endpoint. The actor trusts that source-side filter when detail revenue is unavailable. With enrichDetails, a missing detail value is included unless strictFilters: true is set; strict filtering only drops unknowns when detail data was expected. The run status message states which behavior was used, so the filter is never silently claimed to be complete.
Can I search by city or county?
Yes. Enter a city or county name and the actor resolves it against BizBuySell's location list. A state filter is optional but helps disambiguate names that exist in several states.
How does keyword search work?
BizBuySell ranks keyword matches by relevance across the listing, including the full description. It is not an exact substring match, so a result can match a word that appears later in the description rather than in the title.
Can I get broker email addresses?
No. This is a hard limit. BizBuySell's public search API returns broker name, phone and profile URL only, and the public detail page's broker block exposes name, phone and profile link with no email address. The actor does not invent, guess or enrich emails.
Why does imageOriginal sometimes fail to open?
imageOriginal is the source BizBuySell CDN URL, kept for traceability. That CDN can return 403 to a clean client. The image field is the customer-facing URL and is mirrored into Apify storage by default.
Do you scrape franchise and broker directories?
No. The actor covers business-for-sale listings, including franchise resales and real-estate listings. The separate franchise directory and broker directory are out of scope.
Why are some fields only present with enrichDetails?
Fields such as gross revenue, inventory, FF&E, rent, employees, year established, facilities, financing and website come from the individual listing page. The search feed does not carry them for every listing.
Do I need to set up a proxy?
No. Search works with no proxy at all, and the actor chooses a fallback connection for detail pages automatically. proxyConfiguration is an optional override for advanced users only; leaving it empty is the recommended setup.
Is this affiliated with BizBuySell?
No. This is an independent, third-party actor that reads publicly available BizBuySell listing pages. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by BizBuySell or its parent company.
Python quickstart
Use a schema-derived input and the Python standard library to start a run. An Apify account and token are required for execution.
Source build wEIFBh05Vywiqqs7t. Documentation is regenerated from the default published build; private drafts are not included.