BizQuest Scraper & API - Businesses For Sale & Broker Leads

Scrape BizQuest businesses and franchises for sale with no API key. Pull asking price, cash flow, EBITDA, gross revenue, industry, financing and real-estate flags, images, full location, and the business broker or seller contact (name, company, phone, profile) - the data you need for M&A deal sourcing, business acquisition leads, and franchise research. Export to JSON, CSV, or Excel.

Here is one real result, with every field the actor returns:

{
  "imageUrl": "https://images.bizquest.com/shared/listings/251/2517142/9ee5575f-17f6-4bbd-b281-22b0cfa82ab1-W336.webp",
  "title": "Fully Built Restaurant / Coffee Shop",
  "url": "https://www.bizquest.com/business-for-sale/fully-built-restaurant-coffee-shop/BW2517142/",
  "listingId": "2517142",
  "askingPrice": 599000,
  "currency": "USD",
  "availability": "InStock",
  "city": "Hoboken",
  "state": "NJ",
  "postalCode": "07030",
  "country": "US",
  "location": "Hoboken, NJ",
  "description": "150 seats / Full kitchen (vented) / 2 story",
  "totalListingsForSearch": 412,
  "observedAt": "2026-08-10T14:04:10.140Z",
  "error": null,
  "headline": "Fully Built Restaurant / Coffee Shop",
  "county": null,
  "listingType": "Established Business",
  "industry": "Food & Beverage",
  "industryId": 224,
  "stateName": "New Jersey",
  "stateCode": "NJ",
  "sellerType": "Business Broker",
  "sellerUserTypeId": 60,
  "brokerName": "Rami Rosen",
  "brokerCompany": null,
  "brokerPhone": "(646) 465-1580",
  "brokerPhoneAlt": null,
  "brokerPhoneExt": null,
  "brokerEmail": null,
  "brokerProfileUrl": "https://www.bizquest.com/business-broker/rami-rosen/BW1525577/",
  "brokerPhotoUrl": null,
  "brokerCompanyLogoUrl": null,
  "brokerIntroduction": null,
  "brokerCertifications": null,
  "brokerActiveListings": 7,
  "brokerSoldListings": 3,
  "brokerSbaEligibleListings": 0,
  "brokerContactId": 1525577,
  "brokerAccountId": null,
  "cashFlow": null,
  "ebitda": 200000,
  "grossRevenue": null,
  "financingAvailable": false,
  "realEstateIncluded": false,
  "priceReduced": false,
  "recentlyAdded": false,
  "recentlyUpdated": true,
  "featured": false,
  "franchiseResale": false,
  "franchiseInitialFee": null,
  "franchiseInitialCapital": null,
  "leaseRatePerSqFt": 22000,
  "auctionStartDate": null,
  "auctionEndDate": null,
  "auctionDateDisplay": null,
  "externalUrl": null,
  "images": [
    "https://images.bizquest.com/shared/listings/251/2517142/9ee5575f-17f6-4bbd-b281-22b0cfa82ab1-W336.webp",
    "https://images.bizquest.com/shared/listings/251/2517142/eee0c991-7484-446a-923c-71a660b2cac7-W336.webp",
    "https://images.bizquest.com/shared/listings/251/2517142/7e7808da-9089-4007-a771-dc9551edece2-W336.webp"
  ]
}

The most complete BizQuest scraper and API available. It returns every field the listing exposes pre-login, including the business broker or seller contact (name, company, phone, alternate phone, profile, photo, certifications, portfolio counts) and the financials BizQuest publishes (asking price, EBITDA, gross revenue, franchise fees, listing type, financing and real-estate flags), plus optional AI acquisition scoring and deal extraction, with more than 20 filters to target the deals you want. No BizQuest API key, no login, no browser needed.

📥 Input · 📤 Output · 💰 Pricing · ▶️ Examples

Table of contents

• What it does
• Quickstart
• Input reference
• Output reference
• Example output record
• How we compare
• Run via API and CLI
• Fetch results
• Billing and limits
• FAQ and troubleshooting

What it does

The actor searches BizQuest for US businesses for sale. Build the search from a keyword, industry, and state, or pass a direct BizQuest listing URL. It paginates the results and writes one normalized record per listing, with asking price, location, industry, listing type, images, and the flags BizQuest shows (financing available, real estate included, price reduced, recently added).

With broker contact and financials enabled (the default), each listing also carries the broker or seller name, company, phone, alternate phone, and profile, plus the financials BizQuest exposes before login (EBITDA, lease rate, franchise fees). BizQuest hides cash flow behind "Sign In to View" and gates broker emails behind a contact form, so those fields stay null on most listings; the actor never invents them.

Prices and financials are parsed to plain integers. A set of post-collection filters (price range, cash flow, EBITDA, gross revenue, keyword contains, financing, real estate, price reduced, recently added) lets you narrow a broad search. Optional AI add-ons add a summary, an acquisition score, and structured deal-attribute extraction.

Quickstart

Open the actor, paste this into the input, and press Run. It returns 10 listings with broker contact and financials.

{
  "maxListings": 10,
  "withDetails": true
}

Target a specific search with filters, or pass a direct URL:

{
  "category": "restaurants",
  "state": "florida-fl",
  "minPrice": 100000,
  "maxListings": 25
}

Input reference

Field	Type	Required	Default	Description
maxListings	integer	no	10	Maximum listings to collect. Free Apify plans are capped at 10 per run.
startUrl	string	no	(empty)	A BizQuest listing URL to scrape directly. Overrides the keyword, industry, and state filters.
query	string	no	(empty)	Keyword to search, for example coffee, laundromat, pizza, gym. Matched as a category slug, so single business-type words work best.
category	enum	no	(any)	BizQuest industry, for example restaurants, retail, auto-and-automotive, health-and-medical.
state	enum	no	(any)	US state slug, for example florida-fl, texas-tx, california-ca.
minPrice	integer	no	(none)	Keep only listings with asking price at or above this amount (USD).
maxPrice	integer	no	(none)	Keep only listings with asking price at or below this amount (USD).
withDetails	boolean	no	true	Include broker contact and the financials BizQuest exposes pre-login. Turn off for a lean listings-only output.
keywordContains	string	no	(empty)	Post-collection filter: keep only listings whose title, description, industry, or location contains this text. Requires withDetails.
minCashFlow	integer	no	(none)	Keep only listings with published cash flow at or above this amount. Few listings publish cash flow pre-login.
maxCashFlow	integer	no	(none)	Keep only listings with published cash flow at or below this amount.
minEbitda	integer	no	(none)	Keep only listings with published EBITDA at or above this amount.
maxEbitda	integer	no	(none)	Keep only listings with published EBITDA at or below this amount.
minGrossRevenue	integer	no	(none)	Keep only listings with published gross revenue at or above this amount.
maxGrossRevenue	integer	no	(none)	Keep only listings with published gross revenue at or below this amount.
listingType	enum	no	(any)	Keep only established, franchise, auction, or asset listings.
financingAvailableOnly	boolean	no	false	Keep only listings that offer seller or third-party financing.
realEstateIncludedOnly	boolean	no	false	Keep only listings where real estate is included in the asking price.
priceReducedOnly	boolean	no	false	Keep only listings whose price was recently reduced.
recentlyAddedOnly	boolean	no	false	Keep only listings BizQuest flags as recently added.
recentlyUpdatedOnly	boolean	no	false	Keep only listings BizQuest flags as recently updated.
franchiseResaleOnly	boolean	no	false	Keep only franchise-resale listings (an existing franchise unit being resold).
absenteeOwnerOnly	boolean	no	false	Keep only listings that mention absentee or semi-absentee (passive) ownership.
withAiProfileSummary	boolean	no	false	Add an AI plain-English summary per listing. Billed only when produced. Paid Apify plans only.
withAiLeadScore	boolean	no	false	Add an AI acquisition score (0-100) with tier and rationale. Billed only when produced. Paid Apify plans only.
withAiExtract	boolean	no	false	Add AI-extracted deal attributes from the description. Billed only when produced. Paid Apify plans only.

Output reference

One dataset item per listing. Types: string, integer, boolean, string[], object, or null when the source value is absent. Fields marked "detail" are populated only when withDetails is on.

Field	Type	Description
imageUrl	string	Primary listing image URL.
title	string	Listing title.
url	string	Canonical BizQuest listing URL.
listingId	string	BizQuest listing ID.
askingPrice	integer	Asking price in USD, or null if not disclosed.
currency	string	Currency of the asking price, for example USD.
availability	string	Offer availability, for example InStock.
city	string	Listing city.
state	string	Two-letter US state code.
postalCode	string	ZIP / postal code, when published.
country	string	Country code, for example US.
location	string	Combined location text.
description	string	Listing description shown pre-login.
totalListingsForSearch	integer	Total listings BizQuest reports match the current search.
observedAt	string	ISO 8601 timestamp of when the record was collected.
error	string	null on success. On a failed run, a single item with a populated error field is written instead.
headline	string	Listing headline (detail).
county	string	County, when published (detail).
listingType	string	Listing type, for example Established Business (detail).
industry	string	Industry name (detail).
industryId	integer	BizQuest numeric industry ID (detail).
stateName	string	Full state name (detail).
stateCode	string	Two-letter state code from the listing blob (detail).
sellerType	string	Contact type, for example Business Broker (detail).
sellerUserTypeId	integer	BizQuest numeric contact-type ID (detail).
brokerName	string	Broker or seller name (detail).
brokerCompany	string	Broker company (detail).
brokerPhone	string	Broker phone (detail).
brokerPhoneAlt	string	Broker alternate phone (detail).
brokerPhoneExt	string	Broker phone extension (detail).
brokerEmail	string	Broker email. Usually null; BizQuest gates emails behind a contact form (detail).
brokerProfileUrl	string	Broker profile URL (detail).
brokerPhotoUrl	string	Broker headshot photo URL (detail).
brokerCompanyLogoUrl	string	Broker company logo URL, when published (detail).
brokerIntroduction	string	Broker bio / introduction text, when published (detail).
brokerCertifications	string	Broker certifications, when published (detail).
brokerActiveListings	integer	Number of active listings the broker has on BizQuest (detail).
brokerSoldListings	integer	Number of listings the broker has sold on BizQuest (detail).
brokerSbaEligibleListings	integer	Number of the broker's listings that are SBA-eligible (detail).
brokerContactId	integer	BizQuest broker contact ID (detail).
brokerAccountId	integer	BizQuest broker account ID (detail).
cashFlow	integer	Cash flow in USD. Usually null; hidden behind "Sign In to View" (detail).
ebitda	integer	EBITDA in USD, when published (detail).
grossRevenue	integer	Gross revenue in USD, when published (detail).
financingAvailable	boolean	Whether financing is offered (detail).
realEstateIncluded	boolean	Whether real estate is included (detail).
priceReduced	boolean	Whether the price was recently reduced (detail).
recentlyAdded	boolean	Whether BizQuest flags the listing as recently added (detail).
recentlyUpdated	boolean	Whether the listing was recently updated (detail).
featured	boolean	Whether the listing is featured (detail).
franchiseResale	boolean	Whether the listing is a franchise resale (detail).
franchiseInitialFee	integer	Franchise initial fee, for franchise listings (detail).
franchiseInitialCapital	integer	Franchise initial capital required (detail).
leaseRatePerSqFt	integer	Lease rate value published on the listing (detail).
auctionStartDate	string	Auction start date, for auction listings (detail).
auctionEndDate	string	Auction end date (detail).
auctionDateDisplay	string	Auction date display text (detail).
externalUrl	string	External listing URL, when present (detail).
images	string[]	All listing image URLs (detail).
aiProfileSummary	string	AI summary, or null unless enabled.
aiLeadScore	integer	AI acquisition score 0-100, or null unless enabled.
aiLeadTier	string	AI acquisition tier, or null unless enabled.
aiLeadRationale	string	AI score rationale, or null unless enabled.
aiDealAttributes	object	AI-extracted deal attributes, or null unless enabled.

Example output record

Real record from a live run (input {"maxListings": 10, "withDetails": true}):

{
  "title": "Fully Built Restaurant / Coffee Shop",
  "url": "https://www.bizquest.com/business-for-sale/fully-built-restaurant-coffee-shop/BW2517142/",
  "listingId": "2517142",
  "askingPrice": 599000,
  "currency": "USD",
  "city": "Hoboken",
  "state": "NJ",
  "location": "Hoboken, NJ",
  "listingType": "Established Business",
  "industry": "Food & Beverage",
  "stateName": "New Jersey",
  "brokerName": "Rami Rosen",
  "brokerPhone": "(646) 465-1580",
  "ebitda": 200000,
  "cashFlow": null,
  "recentlyUpdated": true,
  "observedAt": "2026-08-10T14:04:10.140Z",
  "error": null
}

How we compare

This actor is built to be a strict superset of the other BizQuest scrapers on Apify: it accepts the same inputs and returns the same fields they do, plus extras none of them offer. Comparison based on each actor's public input and output schema.

Capability	This actor	memo23	parseforge	powerai	fatihtahta
Keyword / industry / state search	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Direct search-URL input	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Price min/max filter	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Cash flow min/max filter	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
EBITDA min/max filter	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
Gross revenue min/max filter	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
Listing-type filter (franchise/asset/auction)	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
Financing / real-estate / absentee filters	Yes	No	No	No	Partial
Broker or seller name + phone	Yes	Yes	No	Partial	Yes
Broker company, profile, photo, certifications	Yes	No	No	No	Partial
Broker portfolio counts (active / sold / SBA)	Yes	No	No	No	No
Asking price + EBITDA + gross revenue	Yes	Yes	Yes	Partial	Yes
Franchise economics (initial fee / capital / resale)	Yes	No	No	No	No
Auction fields	Yes	No	No	No	No
All listing images	Yes	Partial	No	No	Yes
Search match count per record	Yes	No	No	No	No
AI acquisition score + deal extraction	Yes	No	No	No	Partial
No-charge-on-failure + spend cap	Yes	Partial	Partial	Partial	Partial

Notes on honesty: BizQuest hides cash flow behind "Sign In to View" and gates broker email behind a contact form for everyone, and employee count, inventory, and established year live only on the login-walled detail page. This actor reports what BizQuest publishes pre-login and never fabricates those values; the optional AI extract add-on can pull reason-for-selling, employees, and established year from the listing description text when the seller states them.

Run via API and CLI

Start a run and wait for it to finish, then read the dataset. Replace <TOKEN> with your Apify API token.

Run synchronously and get dataset items in one call:

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/scrapers_lat~bizquest-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=<TOKEN>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"category":"restaurants","state":"florida-fl","minPrice":100000,"maxListings":25}'

Start a run asynchronously:

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/scrapers_lat~bizquest-scraper/runs?token=<TOKEN>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"query":"laundromat","state":"texas-tx","maxListings":100}'

Apify CLI:

apify call scrapers_lat/bizquest-scraper \
  --input '{"startUrl":"https://www.bizquest.com/businesses-for-sale-in-texas-tx/"}'

Fetch results

Every run writes to a dataset. Fetch items as JSON, CSV, or Excel by changing format:

# JSON
curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/datasets/<DATASET_ID>/items?token=<TOKEN>&clean=true&format=json"

# CSV
curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/datasets/<DATASET_ID>/items?token=<TOKEN>&clean=true&format=csv"

# Paginate large datasets
curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/datasets/<DATASET_ID>/items?token=<TOKEN>&offset=1000&limit=1000"

<DATASET_ID> is returned as defaultDatasetId in the run object. Use offset and limit to page through large result sets. clean=true drops empty and internal fields.

Billing and limits

• Pay per result. You are charged per listing returned (result event). See the pricing tab for the current per-result price.
• No charge on failure. If a run errors, the actor writes an item with a populated error field and does not charge for it. Empty runs cost nothing.
• AI add-ons are opt-in. AI summary, lead score, and deal-attribute extraction are billed per listing only when usable output is produced, and only on paid Apify plans.
• Spend cap respected. Set maxTotalChargeUsd on the run; once reached, the actor stops emitting and charging further billable results.
• Free Apify plans are capped at 10 listings per run. Upgrade for higher maxListings.

FAQ and troubleshooting

Is there a BizQuest API? Do I need an API key? BizQuest does not offer a public data API. This actor is a BizQuest API alternative: it reads the public listing pages directly, so you get structured JSON, CSV, or Excel with no BizQuest API key, no login, and no scraping code to maintain.

Can I use this for M&A deal sourcing and acquisition leads? Yes. It is built for buyers, business brokers, search funds, and M&A advisors who need business-for-sale data and business broker leads at scale: asking price, cash flow, EBITDA, gross revenue, industry, financing, location, and broker name, company, and phone for outreach.

Does it cover franchises and franchise resales? Yes. Franchise and franchise-resale listings are included, with franchise initial fee, initial capital, the franchiseResale flag, and the listingType filter to isolate them.

Can I filter by SBA eligibility or cash flow? You can filter by published cash flow, EBITDA, and gross revenue, and each broker record includes a count of their SBA-eligible listings. Note that BizQuest publishes cash flow on only some listings pre-login.

A run returned 0 records. Why? The keyword, industry, state, or filters matched nothing. Loosen the filters or widen the price range. Zero-result runs are not charged.

Why is cashFlow null on most listings? BizQuest hides cash flow behind "Sign In to View" on the public listing. The actor reports only what BizQuest publishes pre-login and never invents figures. EBITDA is published on more listings and is captured when present.

Why is brokerEmail null? BizQuest gates broker emails behind a contact form, so they are not available pre-login. Broker name and phone are captured when published.

Can I scrape one specific search or listing? Yes. Put the URL in startUrl. It overrides the keyword, industry, and state filters.

How do the price and cash-flow filters work? BizQuest does not filter by these on the server, so the actor applies them to the values it collects. Listings without a published value for a filtered field are excluded when that filter is set.

Is this an official BizQuest tool? No. This actor is independent and has no affiliation with BizQuest. It reads only data that is publicly available on BizQuest listing pages. Use it in accordance with BizQuest's terms of service.

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Independent tool, not affiliated with BizQuest. Accesses only publicly available listing data. Use in accordance with BizQuest's terms of service.