# Herold.at Scraper - Austrian Business Directory (PPR) (`plowdata/herold-at-ppr`) Actor

Extract Austrian business leads and company intelligence from Herold.at with pay-per-result pricing. You only pay for successfully extracted, deduplicated companies (one company = one result). Collect emails, phone numbers, addresses, opening hours, services, reviews, and payment methods.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/plowdata/herold-at-ppr.md
- **Developed by:** [Frederic](https://apify.com/plowdata) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Automation, Developer tools
- **Stats:** 12 total users, 1 monthly users, 96.9% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.35 / 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.
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

## What's an Apify Actor?

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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".

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- **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).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
- **JavaScript/TypeScript projects** — the official [JS/TS client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): `npm install apify-client`.
- **Python projects** — the official [Python client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): `pip install apify-client`.
- **Any other language** — the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

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

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# README

## Herold.at Scraper (Pay-Per-Result)

Turn **Herold.at** into a clean, ready-to-use **Austrian business leads and company intelligence dataset** — with **pay-per-result pricing**.

This actor is built for agencies, analysts, and automation workflows that need **high-quality Austrian business data** without a monthly commitment. You only pay for **successfully extracted, deduplicated company records**.

> **Looking for the most cost‑effective option for ongoing or high‑volume scraping?**\
> For large or recurring workloads, see the **[Herold.at Scraper (Rental)](https://apify.com/plowdata/herold-at)** version.

***

### 🚀 Built for agencies & recurring workflows

The Herold.at Scraper focuses on **depth, reliability, and predictable operation**, making it a strong fit for agency use cases, CRM enrichment, and automated pipelines.

- **Pay per result**
  You are charged only for each unique company listing written to the dataset.

- **One company = one result**
  Each Herold.at listing is emitted once and deduplicated automatically, ensuring clean datasets even across large or repeated runs.

- **Rich contact information**
  Emails, phone numbers, websites, addresses, and opening hours are extracted wherever available — ideal for lead generation and enrichment.

- **Deep company profiles**
  Extracts services, industries, reviews, payment methods, awards, images, and detailed company metadata when present.

- **No hard page limits**
  The scraper automatically paginates through all available results and stops when the directory is exhausted.

- **Built for unattended runs**
  Error-resilient by design: malformed listings are logged and skipped without interrupting the run.

- **Clean exports by default**
  Works out of the box with CSV, Excel, JSON, XML, and Apify’s table view.

***

### 🎯 Typical use cases

- **Austrian Lead Generation** – Build business lead lists by category and location
- **Sales & Marketing** – Extract verified contact data for outreach campaigns
- **Market & Competitor Research** – Analyze services, reviews, and positioning
- **CRM & Data Enrichment** – Augment existing records with authoritative Herold.at data
- **Automation Agencies** – Integrate Herold.at data into recurring pipelines

***

### ⚙️ Input

| Parameter   | Type    | Description                                                             |
| ----------- | ------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `query`     | string  | Search term you’d normally enter on Herold.at (required).               |
| `location`  | string  | Optional location filter (e.g., `Wien`, `Innsbruck`).                   |
| `openedNow` | boolean | Include only businesses currently open.                                 |
| `maxPages`  | number  | Maximum number of pages to scrape. If not set, all pages are processed. |

Example:

```json
{
  "query": "Restaurant",
  "location": "Wien",
  "openedNow": true
}
```

***

### 📦 Output: rich, structured business data

Each dataset row represents **one unique Herold.at company listing**, written once and deduplicated at source.

#### ⭐ Commonly used fields

- `name`
- `email`
- `phone`
- `website`
- `address`
- `rating`, `reviews.total`
- `industries`, `services`
- `openingHours`

***

### 🛡️ Reliability & guarantees

- Pay only for successfully extracted results
- Strongly typed, schema-validated output
- Safe to stop and restart without duplicating data
- Continues scraping even when individual fields are missing

If Herold.at changes its structure, the actor is updated accordingly to maintain consistent output.

***

### 👥 Who this actor is for

- **Agencies & Sales Teams** – Generate Austrian business leads with transparent pricing
- **Analysts & Researchers** – Collect structured market data
- **Automation Builders** – Integrate Herold.at data into recurring workflows
- **Users testing Herold.at data** – No subscription required

***

### 💬 Support

Questions, edge cases, or feature requests?

Open a support ticket or attach a failing run log — we’ll take care of it.

# Actor input Schema

## `query` (type: `string`):

Search query for the Herold.at search.

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

Location for the Herold.at search, optional.

## `openedNow` (type: `boolean`):

Filter results to only include businesses that are currently open.

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

Maximum number of pages to scrape, optional - when omitted/left empty, all pages are scraped.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "query": "Cafe",
  "maxPages": 10
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `companies` (type: `string`):

Extracted companies

# 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 = {
    "query": "Cafe",
    "maxPages": 10
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("plowdata/herold-at-ppr").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 = {
    "query": "Cafe",
    "maxPages": 10,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("plowdata/herold-at-ppr").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 '{
  "query": "Cafe",
  "maxPages": 10
}' |
apify call plowdata/herold-at-ppr --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,plowdata/herold-at-ppr"
        }
    }
}

```

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/IUCQeQ8MMUAxnmSL7/builds/xhx9mKa05nXAEh7Dv/openapi.json