# Goodfirms Scraper (`happitap/goodfirms-scraper`) Actor

Extract verified company profiles, ratings, reviews, contact info, and service details from GoodFirms.co. Perfect for B2B lead generation and market research.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/happitap/goodfirms-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [HappiTap](https://apify.com/happitap) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Developer tools, Automation
- **Stats:** 4 total users, 0 monthly users, 95.8% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $3.70 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

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

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).

# README

## GoodFirms.co Company Scraper

Extract verified company profiles, ratings, reviews, contact info, and service details from [GoodFirms.co](https://www.goodfirms.co/). Perfect for B2B lead generation and market research.

### Features

- **Directory Scraping** — Scrape companies from any GoodFirms category/directory page
- **Search Queries** — Search for companies by keyword
- **Company Profiles** — Extract detailed company information including:
  - Company name, tagline, and description
  - Rating and review count
  - Website, phone, and email
  - Location, employees, founded year
  - Hourly rate
  - Service focus areas
  - Industry focus areas
- **Client Reviews** — Extract verified client reviews with ratings
- **Portfolio/Case Studies** — Extract portfolio projects
- **Pagination** — Automatically follows pagination across listing pages
- **Anti-bot Protection** — Stealth mode with fingerprinting, session rotation, and human-like behavior

### Input Examples

#### Search by keyword

```json
{
    "searchQueries": ["Mobile App Development", "Web Development"],
    "maxItems": 50,
    "includeReviews": true,
    "maxReviewsPerCompany": 5
}
```

#### Scrape a specific category

```json
{
    "startUrls": [
        { "url": "https://www.goodfirms.co/directory/platform/app-development" }
    ],
    "maxItems": 100,
    "maxPages": 10,
    "includeReviews": true
}
```

#### Scrape specific company profiles

```json
{
    "startUrls": [
        { "url": "https://www.goodfirms.co/company/sapphire-software-solutions" },
        { "url": "https://www.goodfirms.co/company/openxcell" }
    ],
    "includeReviews": true,
    "includePortfolio": true
}
```

### Output Example

```json
{
    "companyName": "Sapphire Software Solutions",
    "tagline": "Leading USA App Development Company",
    "description": "Sapphire Solutions is an ISO 27001:2013 certified Web & Mobile App Development Company...",
    "rating": 4.9,
    "reviewCount": 201,
    "website": "https://www.sapphiresolutions.net/",
    "phone": "+1-234-567-8900",
    "email": "info@sapphiresolutions.net",
    "location": "Ahmedabad, India",
    "employees": "50 - 249",
    "founded": "2002",
    "hourlyRate": "$25 - $49/hr",
    "serviceFocus": [
        { "service": "Mobile App Development", "percentage": "40%" },
        { "service": "Web Development", "percentage": "30%" }
    ],
    "industryFocus": ["Healthcare", "Education", "Finance"],
    "reviews": [
        {
            "rating": 5.0,
            "title": "Amazing work by team",
            "text": "Sapphire gave us the programme we needed...",
            "author": "John Doe",
            "date": "2024-01-15",
            "projectType": "Mobile App Development"
        }
    ],
    "portfolio": [
        {
            "title": "Healthcare App",
            "description": "Custom healthcare management platform...",
            "industry": "Healthcare",
            "cost": "$50,000 - $100,000"
        }
    ],
    "goodfirmsUrl": "https://www.goodfirms.co/company/sapphire-software-solutions",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-02-21T14:00:00.000Z"
}
```

### Proxy Recommendations

GoodFirms may block requests from datacenter IPs. **Residential proxies are recommended** for reliable scraping.

### Development

```bash
npm install
npm run dev
```

### Deployment

Push to Apify platform:

```bash
apify push
```

# Actor input Schema

## `searchQueries` (type: `array`):

Keywords to search for companies (e.g., 'Mobile App Development', 'SEO Companies', 'Web Design').

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

Direct URLs to GoodFirms.co directory pages or specific company profiles (e.g., https://www.goodfirms.co/directory/platform/app-development).

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

Maximum number of companies to scrape in total.

## `includeReviews` (type: `boolean`):

Extract client reviews for each company profile.

## `maxReviewsPerCompany` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of reviews to extract per company.

## `includePortfolio` (type: `boolean`):

Extract portfolio/case study projects from company profiles.

## `maxPages` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of listing pages to paginate through per category/search.

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

Residential proxies are recommended to avoid blocks.

## `maxConcurrency` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of concurrent browser instances.

## `debugMode` (type: `boolean`):

If enabled, detailed logs will be shown.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searchQueries": [
    "Mobile App Development",
    "Web Development"
  ],
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.goodfirms.co/directory/platform/app-development"
    }
  ],
  "maxItems": 50,
  "includeReviews": true,
  "maxReviewsPerCompany": 5,
  "includePortfolio": false,
  "maxPages": 5,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  },
  "maxConcurrency": 5,
  "debugMode": false
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `dataset` (type: `string`):

Dataset containing scraped company profiles from GoodFirms

# 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 = {
    "searchQueries": [
        "Mobile App Development",
        "Web Development"
    ],
    "startUrls": [
        {
            "url": "https://www.goodfirms.co/directory/platform/app-development"
        }
    ],
    "maxItems": 50,
    "includeReviews": true,
    "maxReviewsPerCompany": 5,
    "includePortfolio": false,
    "maxPages": 5,
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true,
        "apifyProxyGroups": [
            "RESIDENTIAL"
        ]
    },
    "maxConcurrency": 5,
    "debugMode": false
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("happitap/goodfirms-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 = {
    "searchQueries": [
        "Mobile App Development",
        "Web Development",
    ],
    "startUrls": [{ "url": "https://www.goodfirms.co/directory/platform/app-development" }],
    "maxItems": 50,
    "includeReviews": True,
    "maxReviewsPerCompany": 5,
    "includePortfolio": False,
    "maxPages": 5,
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": True,
        "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"],
    },
    "maxConcurrency": 5,
    "debugMode": False,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("happitap/goodfirms-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 '{
  "searchQueries": [
    "Mobile App Development",
    "Web Development"
  ],
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.goodfirms.co/directory/platform/app-development"
    }
  ],
  "maxItems": 50,
  "includeReviews": true,
  "maxReviewsPerCompany": 5,
  "includePortfolio": false,
  "maxPages": 5,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  },
  "maxConcurrency": 5,
  "debugMode": false
}' |
apify call happitap/goodfirms-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,happitap/goodfirms-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/wjdnhZxsMlMb9Knz6/builds/B2duUG00f2vLYVY71/openapi.json