local.ch · Swiss Business Leads

Build contact-ready lists of Swiss businesses from local.ch — phone, email, website, address, GPS and ratings when the profile publishes them.

Pick a category + city, or paste a listing URL. One row per business. CSV, Excel, or JSON.

No login. No API key. No account on local.ch.

Built for outbound, agencies, and CRM ops — see Who is this for? below.

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Standby lookup (HTTP)

Console Start is unchanged: pick a category + city (or paste listing URLs), run, download the dataset.

Need one local.ch fiche (or a few) in n8n, Make, or your own app? Use the Standby tab hostname. Authenticate with Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_TOKEN> (or ?token=).

Method	Path	Request	Response
GET / POST	/lookup	ficheUrl or url (/d/ profile only, max 5)	{ items, count, failed, budgetExhausted, cap }
GET	/	Header x-apify-container-server-readiness-probe	OK

Hard cap: 5 profiles per request. Category and search crawls stay on Start. Same PPE as a dataset row. First byte timeout: 5 minutes.

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $APIFY_TOKEN" \
  "https://<user>--local-ch-scraper.apify.actor/lookup?ficheUrl=https://www.local.ch/fr/d/geneve-ge/1201/dentiste/example-id"

Standby memory 2048 MB, idle 60 s (Console → Actor → Standby).

Who is this for?

You are…	Typical goal	Suggested setup
Swiss SDR / outbound	Call list in one city	Category dentiste · City geneve · Max 25
Agency / local SEO	Territory map	Category + several cities as extra search URLs
CRM ops	Refresh numbers on known links	Profile URLs mode
Healthcare BD	Practitioners + treatments	Category dentiste / chirurgien · Contacts view
Market research	Coverage by canton	Nationwide category (city blank) · Max 0

What you get by default: name, category, phone, email when published, website (WhatsApp stored separately), address, GPS, ratings, languages, treatments, opening hours, profile URL.

Typical fill (10 Geneva dentist profiles, May 2026 sample): ~100% phone, ~100% email, ~70% real website, ~100% address. Unclaimed or generic listings elsewhere fill lower — empty email is expected, not a scrape miss.

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Quick start

1. Leave What do you need? on Search.
2. Keep Category on Dentist and City geneve (or pick Lawyer, Restaurant, …).
3. Click Start — export from the Dataset tab.

Set Max businesses to 0 for an uncapped listing.

Already searched on local.ch?

Paste /fr/s/… or /de/s/… URLs into local.ch search URL(s). Combined with category + city when both are set.

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Ready-made examples (published tasks)

Example	Best for
Dentists in Geneva	Healthcare outbound · GE
Restaurants in Zurich	Hospitality · ZH
Lawyers in Bern	Professional services · BE
Enrich local.ch profile URLs	CRM refresh

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What does this Actor do?

local.ch is Switzerland’s main business directory. This Actor lists matching profiles, opens each public page, and flattens contacts into one export row.

Mode	What it does
Search	Category + city (or pasted listing URL) → paginated results → full profiles
Profile URLs	Only the /d/ links you paste

French, German, Italian and English listing URLs are supported (/fr/s/, /de/s/, /it/s/, /en/s/).

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What data does it extract?

Category	Fields
Identity	Name, subtitle, primary specialty, categories
Contacts	Phone, email, website, WhatsApp, social URLs, booking URLs
Geo	Street, city, postal code, GPS, map URL
Profile	Languages, treatments, payment methods, opening hours, description
Reputation	Rating, rating count, online booking flag
Link	local.ch profile URL

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How it works

1. Build or reuse a local.ch search (category + city, or a pasted listing URL).
2. Walk result pages and collect profile links.
3. Open each public profile and flatten contacts into one row.
4. Optional filters keep only rows with a phone or an email (skipped rows are not billed).

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How much does it cost to scrape local.ch?

Pay per exported business row, plus a tiny actor-start charge. Swiss datacenter proxy is applied automatically on cloud runs.

Scenario	Rows billed	FREE	Bronze	Silver	Gold
25 businesses (Try)	25	~$0.05	~$0.05	~$0.04	~$0.04
250 businesses	250	~$0.50	~$0.45	~$0.40	~$0.35
1,000 businesses	1,000	$2.00	$1.80	$1.60	$1.40

Row prices fall on higher Apify plans. Residential proxy is not required by default.

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Is it legal to scrape local.ch?

This Actor only reads public local.ch profile pages. Rows may include names, phones and emails. Ensure your use complies with Swiss FADP / GDPR and local.ch terms.

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Input

Field	Console	Description
scrapeMode	Yes	Search or Profile URLs
category	Yes	Dropdown: dentiste, avocat, restaurant, … or custom
customCategory	If Other	Free local.ch slug (osteopathe, …)
location	Yes	City or canton slug; blank = nationwide
language	Yes	fr / de / it / en
searchUrls	Yes	Optional pasted /s/ listing URLs
profileUrls	Yes	/d/ profile links (Profile URLs mode)
maxItems	Yes	Row cap; 0 = no numerical cap
requirePhone / requireEmail	Yes	Keep only rows with that contact
startUrls	API	Legacy alias

Example — dentists in Geneva, 25 rows

{
  "scrapeMode": "full",
  "category": "dentiste",
  "location": "geneve",
  "language": "fr",
  "maxItems": 25
}

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Output example

{
  "name": "Clinique dentaire Cornavin",
  "medicalSpecialty": "Clinique dentaire",
  "phone": "+41 22 557 93 79",
  "email": "dentistecornavin@gmail.com",
  "websiteUrl": "https://www.dentiste-cornavin.ch",
  "whatsappUrl": null,
  "socialUrls": [],
  "bookingUrls": [],
  "address": "Rue de Cornavin 5, 1201 Genève",
  "city": "Genève",
  "zipCode": "1201",
  "openingHours": [{ "day": "Monday", "opens": "08:00", "closes": "19:00" }],
  "openingHoursText": "Mon 08:00–19:00",
  "ratingValue": null,
  "profileUrl": "https://www.local.ch/fr/d/geneve/1201/clinique-dentaire/clinique-dentaire-cornavin-waGXhz8QOBLB3z84YDo88A"
}

Missing contacts, hours, or ratings are null or [] — never "-".

Dataset views: Overview, Contacts, Business profiles.

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FAQ

Why is email empty? Many listings publish a phone but no mailbox. Turn on Only rows with an email if you need a mail-ready list.

Why is website empty when I see WhatsApp? WhatsApp links (wa.me) are stored in whatsappUrl, not as the company website.

Do I need a local.ch account? No.

French and German searches? Yes — set Language or paste a /de/s/… URL.

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Local development

npm install
npm test
apify run --input-file=./input.json.example

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Also available

OneDoc practitioner scraper — Swiss medical booking profiles (specialties, expertises, booking flags).
Ameli Health Directory — French practitioners by specialty and city.

Many teams run local.ch + OneDoc and merge in the CRM.

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Support

Custom Swiss watches or CRM push: corentin@outreacher.fr