# BizQuest Scraper (`gio21/bizquest-scraper`) Actor

Scrape BizQuest businesses for sale: name, asking price, location, description and listing URL. Filter by location, industry and price range. Ideal for business acquisition research and deal sourcing.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/gio21/bizquest-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Gio](https://apify.com/gio21) (community)
- **Categories:** Business, Lead generation, E-commerce
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

Pay per event

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## BizQuest Scraper

Extract businesses for sale from [BizQuest](https://www.bizquest.com), one of the largest business-for-sale marketplaces in the US. Get the business name, asking price, location, tagline and listing URL for every result matching your location, industry and price range.

Built for business acquisition research, deal sourcing, brokerage market analysis and SMB market intelligence.

### Features

- Search by **location** (state or region) and **industry**, combined or separate
- **Price range** filter (min / max asking price)
- Pass exact BizQuest search URLs for city pages or niche categories
- Automatic pagination and de-duplication across pages
- Fast HTTP scraping with residential proxy support

### Input

| Field | Type | Description |
|-------|------|-------------|
| `location` | string | US state or region (e.g. "California", "Texas"). |
| `industry` | string | Industry (e.g. "Restaurants", "Manufacturing"). |
| `startUrls` | array | Exact BizQuest search URLs. Overrides location/industry. |
| `priceMin` | integer | Minimum asking price in USD. |
| `priceMax` | integer | Maximum asking price in USD. |
| `includeUnpriced` | boolean | Keep listings with undisclosed price when a price filter is set. Default `false`. |
| `maxItems` | integer | Max listings to return. `0` = no limit. Default `100`. |
| `proxyConfiguration` | object | Residential proxy recommended (default). |

#### Example input

```json
{
  "location": "California",
  "industry": "Restaurants",
  "priceMin": 100000,
  "priceMax": 500000,
  "maxItems": 100
}
```

### Output

```json
{
  "listingId": "2457405",
  "name": "Turnkey Restaurant for Sale - Prime Cupertino Location",
  "tagline": "Fully equipped kitchen, strong foot traffic",
  "askingPrice": 268000,
  "currency": "USD",
  "city": "Cupertino",
  "state": "CA",
  "imageUrl": "https://images.bizquest.com/shared/listings/...webp",
  "url": "https://www.bizquest.com/business-for-sale/.../BW2457405/"
}
```

### Common use cases

- Source acquisition targets by industry, state and budget
- Track new listings and asking-price trends in a market
- Feed deal-flow pipelines and CRMs for business buyers
- Competitive analysis for business brokers

### Pricing

Pay per result: a small fee to start the run plus a per-listing fee. Errors and duplicates are never charged.

### FAQ

**Can I search a specific city?** Yes, pass the city page URL via `startUrls`, e.g. `https://www.bizquest.com/businesses-for-sale-in-los-angeles-ca/`.

**Does it include financial details like cash flow?** Search results expose the asking price. Cash flow, revenue and other financials live behind BizQuest's listing pages and are not included.

**Is this affiliated with BizQuest?** No. This is an independent tool for extracting publicly available data. Please respect BizQuest's terms of service.

# Actor input Schema

## `location` (type: `string`):

US state or region to search (e.g. "California", "New York", "Texas"). Leave empty for all locations.

## `industry` (type: `string`):

Industry to search (e.g. "Restaurants", "Manufacturing", "Landscaping"). Leave empty for all industries.

## `startUrls` (type: `array`):

Exact BizQuest search URLs to scrape (e.g. https://www.bizquest.com/restaurants-for-sale-in-california/). Overrides the location and industry fields, useful for city pages or niche categories.

## `priceMin` (type: `integer`):

Only include listings with an asking price at or above this value.

## `priceMax` (type: `integer`):

Only include listings with an asking price at or below this value.

## `includeUnpriced` (type: `boolean`):

Some listings do not disclose an asking price. Include them even when a price filter is set.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of business listings to return. Set 0 for no limit.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Proxy used for requests. Residential proxy is recommended, BizQuest blocks datacenter IPs.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "location": "California",
  "industry": "Restaurants",
  "startUrls": [
    "https://www.bizquest.com/restaurants-for-sale-in-california/"
  ],
  "includeUnpriced": false,
  "maxItems": 100,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  }
}
```

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "location": "California"
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("gio21/bizquest-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "location": "California" }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("gio21/bizquest-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "location": "California"
}' |
apify call gio21/bizquest-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,gio21/bizquest-scraper"
        }
    }
}

```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/swqTeGPTKPriJXrsy/builds/Hn5XDTGFjPCr8zIIU/openapi.json