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B2B Directory Scraping

B2B directory scraping is the automated extraction of business contact information -- company names, addresses, phone numbers, websites, and categories -- from online directories to build prospecting lists for sales and marketing outreach.

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Definition

B2B directory scraping is the automated extraction of business contact information -- company names, addresses, phone numbers, websites, and categories -- from online directories to build prospecting lists for sales and marketing outreach.

In Depth

B2B directories like Google Maps, Yelp, Yellow Pages, and industry-specific listings contain structured business data that sales teams need for outreach. Traditional scraping uses headless browsers or HTTP requests to parse directory HTML, but this approach faces constant breakage, CAPTCHAs, and legal risk under CFAA and GDPR. Modern teams increasingly use search APIs as a compliant alternative: instead of scraping directories directly, they query a search API that returns the same data in structured JSON. Scavio returns Google Maps business listings at $0.005/credit with fields including name, address, phone, website, rating, reviews, and hours. Apollo provides enriched B2B contact data at $49+/user/mo with access to 275M contacts, but focuses on individual contacts rather than location-based businesses. For local and SMB-focused prospecting, the search API approach via Scavio or DataForSEO ($0.002/query, $50 min deposit) provides better coverage than scraping while avoiding legal exposure.

Example Usage

Real-World Example

A SaaS company targeting restaurants replaces their Puppeteer-based Yelp scraper -- which broke monthly -- with Scavio API calls for 'restaurants in [city]' on Google Maps. They get the same data with structured JSON output, no maintenance, and full compliance.

Platforms

B2B Directory Scraping is relevant across the following platforms, all accessible through Scavio's unified API:

  • Google
  • Amazon
  • Reddit

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Frequently Asked Questions

B2B directory scraping is the automated extraction of business contact information -- company names, addresses, phone numbers, websites, and categories -- from online directories to build prospecting lists for sales and marketing outreach.

A SaaS company targeting restaurants replaces their Puppeteer-based Yelp scraper -- which broke monthly -- with Scavio API calls for 'restaurants in [city]' on Google Maps. They get the same data with structured JSON output, no maintenance, and full compliance.

B2B Directory Scraping is relevant to Google, Amazon, Reddit. Scavio provides a unified API to access data from all of these platforms.

B2B directories like Google Maps, Yelp, Yellow Pages, and industry-specific listings contain structured business data that sales teams need for outreach. Traditional scraping uses headless browsers or HTTP requests to parse directory HTML, but this approach faces constant breakage, CAPTCHAs, and legal risk under CFAA and GDPR. Modern teams increasingly use search APIs as a compliant alternative: instead of scraping directories directly, they query a search API that returns the same data in structured JSON. Scavio returns Google Maps business listings at $0.005/credit with fields including name, address, phone, website, rating, reviews, and hours. Apollo provides enriched B2B contact data at $49+/user/mo with access to 275M contacts, but focuses on individual contacts rather than location-based businesses. For local and SMB-focused prospecting, the search API approach via Scavio or DataForSEO ($0.002/query, $50 min deposit) provides better coverage than scraping while avoiding legal exposure.

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