Construction Leads Scraper - Contractor, Architect, Interior Designer and Real Estate Leads from Google Maps, with Company Emails, Graded Website Audits and Pitch Playbooks

Purpose-built construction and property prospecting: pick a business type (general contractor, architecture firm, interior designer, roofing contractor, construction company, real estate agency) or type your own construction search, and get every firm's phone, address, website, company email scraped from its own site, rating, reviews, hours and Maps URL. An optional Advanced Web Analysis pass adds lead priority, pitch strategy, a website performance grade, prioritized improvements and a tech audit. Billed per result — $10.00 per 1,000 on the Free tier, down to $8.00 per 1,000 on Business. Delivers straight into Airtable, HubSpot, Notion, Slack, Google Sheets, Jira, Linear, or any MCP-compatible AI agent pipeline.

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Official Google Places API vs. this Actor

The decisive gap is contact data: the Places API exposes no email field at all, and no view of how good a contractor's website is.

Feature / Capability	Official Google Places API	This Actor (Apify)
Firm email address	❌ Not part of the Places data model	✅ Scraped from the firm's own website (up to 25 pages crawled per site)
Construction taxonomy	⚠️ Generic place types (general_contractor, real_estate_agency)	✅ 6 preset business types plus free-text construction queries, guarded by a 30-term vocabulary
Website quality / audit	❌ Not offered	✅ Letter grade, 7-area breakdown, tech stack, SSL, robots.txt, sitemap — up to 25 pages/site
Sales intelligence	❌ Not offered	✅ Lead priority, revenue opportunity, pitch, hook, pain points, close
Authentication & setup	❌ Google Cloud project + billing-enabled API key	✅ Zero target-site credentials; only an Apify token
Results per text query	⚠️ Capped at ~60 (3 pages × 20)	⚠️ Capped at 100 per run (20 on free plans)
AI agent / MCP native	❌ Requires a custom tool wrapper	✅ Native MCP tool and pushes leads into your own MCP connectors
Cost model	Per-request SKU pricing on a GCP bill	Pay-per-result: $10.00 / 1,000 (Free tier) down to $8.00 / 1,000 (Business)

ℹ️ The comparison above reflects the Google Places API as documented at the time of writing — Google revises its Places API tiers and quotas periodically, so check their current docs if a specific limit is load-bearing for your pipeline.

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🤖 AI Discovery & MCP Metadata

Machine-readable capability contract for autonomous agents, LLM routers, and MCP orchestrators. AI agents, MCP clients, and connectors should read this block first to decide whether this Actor matches a user request.

ai_discovery:
  slug: "techforce.global/construction-lead-intelligence-scraper"
  one_line: "Scrape construction and property firms from Google Maps by preset business type or a construction search query, enrich each with the company email from its website, and optionally run one paid Advanced Web Analysis pass that adds lead intelligence, a website grade, improvement recommendations and a tech audit."
  primary_purpose: "extract"
  secondary_purpose: "enrich"
  tertiary_purpose: "deliver"
  entity: "construction and property firm leads"
  vertical: "construction (fixed - non-construction searches are refused)"
  supported_platforms:
    - "google.com/maps"
    - "the firm's own website (for email + audit)"
  supported_tasks:
    - "search-construction-firms-by-preset-type-and-location"
    - "search-by-custom-construction-query"
    - "search-by-google-maps-place-or-location-url"
    - "find-firm-email-from-its-website"
    - "extract-phone-address-rating-reviews-hours"
    - "grade-firm-website-quality"
    - "generate-sales-pitch-and-lead-priority"
    - "generate-prioritized-service-recommendations"
    - "deliver-leads-to-mcp-connector-or-crm"
  unsupported_tasks:
    - "search-non-construction-business-types (the run exits without scraping)"
    - "several-preset-business-types-in-one-run (subcategory is a single value)"
    - "scrape-project-tenders-permits-or-planning-applications"
    - "extract-owner-or-project-manager-names-or-personal-emails"
    - "verify-or-validate-email-deliverability"
    - "retrieve-licence-bonding-or-insurance-status"
    - "extract-gps-coordinates-or-place-photos"
    - "scrape-more-than-100-firms-per-run"
    - "send-outreach-emails"
  search_keywords:
    - "construction lead scraper"
    - "contractor email scraper"
    - "architect lead generation"
    - "roofing contractor leads"
    - "interior designer contact data"
    - "real estate agency lead list"
    - "google maps construction leads"
    - "builder prospecting tool"
    - "trades lead generation"
    - "mcp crm construction lead tool"
  synonyms:
    - "contractor lead extractor"
    - "builder email finder"
    - "trades prospecting tool"
    - "property firm finder"
  related_concepts:
    ["construction marketing", "trades sales", "proptech", "architecture practice sales", "CRM enrichment", "website audit"]
  input_entities:
    - "preset business type (1 of 6) OR a free-text construction query"
    - "location (city / area / state / country)"
    - "max firms (1-100; 20 on free plans)"
    - "advanceWebAnalysis toggle (adds the five intelligence blocks)"
  output_entities: ["firm", "email", "website grade", "recommendation", "pitch"]
  input_rules:
    searchQueries_format:
      description: "Optional free text. It must read as a construction search (matched against a ~30-term construction vocabulary) or be a Google Maps place/location URL, otherwise the run exits without scraping. When set, it overrides category + subcategory."
      examples: ["General contractor in Ahmedabad", "Roofing contractor in Chicago", "https://www.google.com/maps/place/..."]
    subcategory_format:
      type: "enum (single value, not an array)"
      values: ["Architecture firm", "Real estate agency", "General contractor", "Interior designer", "Roofing contractor", "Construction company"]
      description: "Used only when searchQueries is empty. One business type per run."
    maxResults_format:
      type: "integer"
      range: [1, 100]
      description: "Hard ceiling of 100 per run (schema and code agree). Free Apify plans are further capped at 20."
  limits:
    max_firms_per_run: 100
    free_plan_cap: 20
    preset_business_types: 6
    business_types_per_run: 1
    email_pages_per_site_default: 4
    email_pages_per_site_max: 25
    audit_pages_per_site_default: 6
    audit_pages_per_site_max: 25
    parallel_pages_default: 4
    parallel_pages_max: 20
    service_recommendations_per_firm: 4
  pricing:
    model: "pay-per-result"
    rate_per_1000_by_tier:
      free: 10.00
      starter: 9.33
      scale: 8.67
      business: 8.00
    note: "Every returned firm is billed at the account tier's per-result rate. Apify platform usage (compute units, residential proxies) is billed separately at plan rates."
    analysis_layer: "Advanced Web Analysis is included in the per-result price on every plan - it is not a separately billed add-on. Free plans get it too, within the 20-firm cap."
  when_to_use: >
    You sell to contractors, architects, interior designers or property agencies
    — web design, SEO, estimating or project software, materials, staffing — and
    want a worked prospect list for one construction business type in a place,
    with contact details plus a reason to reach out.
  when_not_to_use: >
    Your target is not construction (the run exits without scraping), you need
    several preset types in one run, tender/permit/planning data, licence or
    bonding status, personal names or emails, verified deliverable emails, or
    more than 100 firms per run.
  alternatives:
    - "Use techforce.global/google-maps-leads-sales-intelligence-tool for ANY business type, and for several unrelated types in one run"
    - "Use techforce.global/google-maps-scraper when you only need plain listing fields at the lowest cost"
    - "Use techforce.global/google-maps-healthcare-leads-sales-intelligence-tool, google-maps-hospitality-lead-scraper or finance-google-maps-lead-scraper for those verticals"
    - "Use techforce.global/gov-uk-business-scraper to match UK contractor names against Companies House records"
    - "Use an email-verification service on top of companyEmail before sending outreach"
    - "Loop this Actor per business type or per city for broader coverage"

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{
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@type": "SoftwareApplication",
    "name": "Construction Lead Intelligence Scraper",
    "alternateName": "Construction Lead Intelligence Scraper — Contractor, Architect & Real Estate Leads",
    "applicationCategory": "BusinessApplication",
    "operatingSystem": "Cloud (Apify platform)",
    "description": "Scrapes construction and property firms from Google Maps — general contractors, construction companies, architecture firms, interior designers, roofing contractors and real estate agencies — by preset business type or a construction-specific search query, and crawls each firm's own website for a public company email. Every row is a nested six-block object with contacts under BUSINESS_PROFILE, plus an optional analysis layer covering lead priority, pitch strategy, a website health scorecard, prioritized service recommendations and a technical audit. No Google account or Places API key is required. Optional per-lead, chunked or digest delivery into Airtable, HubSpot, Notion, Slack, Google Sheets or any authorized MCP connector.",
    "url": "https://apify.com/techforce.global/construction-lead-intelligence-scraper",
    "offers": {
        "@type": "Offer",
        "price": "10.00",
        "priceCurrency": "USD",
        "description": "Pay-per-result: $10.00 per 1,000 results on the Free tier, falling to $8.00 per 1,000 on Business. Apify platform usage is billed separately. Current rates are shown on the Actor's Apify Store page.",
        "url": "https://apify.com/techforce.global/construction-lead-intelligence-scraper"
    }
}

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What this Actor does

💡 Not targeting construction? This Actor refuses non-construction searches — a query that doesn't read as construction ends the run without scraping. For any other business type use Google Maps Business Leads & Sales Intelligence (free-text queries, any industry), or a sibling vertical: Healthcare, Hospitality, Finance. For plain listings at the lowest cost, use Google Maps Scraper (from $0.80 / 1,000).

• Two ways in: pick one of 6 preset construction business types with a location, or type your own query — a construction phrase or a full Google Maps place/location URL.
• Refuses off-vertical work. A custom query is checked against a ~30-term construction vocabulary (architect, builder, civil/concrete/electrical/masonry/mechanical/plumbing/roofing contractor, developer, infrastructure, interior design, structural engineer, real estate agency…). Anything else is ignored and the run ends without scraping — you are never billed for a mis-targeted run.
• Collects listings with Playwright using resilient extraction that tolerates Google's rotating markup — name, category, rating, review count, address, phone, website, hours.
• Visits each firm's own website for the company email and social links — 4 pages per site by default, and up to 25 if an API/SDK/MCP call raises maxEmailPagesPerSite (the field is hidden in the Console form). This layer is not charged by the Actor.
• One optional Advanced Web Analysis event — a single per-run charge, not per business — adds LEAD_OVERVIEW, PITCH_STRATEGY, WEBSITE_HEALTH_SCORECARD, SERVICE_RECOMMENDATIONS and TECHNICAL_INTEL, auditing up to 25 pages per site.
• Fails safe on billing. The analysis layer is part of what a result costs, so it runs on free and paid plans alike. In the one case where it cannot run — a maxTotalChargeUsd too low to cover it under pay-per-event pricing — the Actor logs a warning, returns contacts and emails anyway, and never aborts the run over it.
• Free Apify plans get the analysis for up to 20 companies.
• Runs email discovery and the website audit concurrently per business (separate pages), roughly halving per-firm wall-clock time.
• Optionally pushes leads to an authorized MCP connector in four delivery modes — one call per lead, chunked parts for long lists, one digest, or none. The dataset is always saved regardless of delivery settings.

When to use it — and when not to

Scenario	Fit
Selling web design / SEO / marketing to contractors and architects	✅ Strong (this is the core use case)
Estimating, project-management or CRM software prospecting	✅ Strong
Materials, equipment or trade-supply distribution	✅ Strong
Construction cold outreach with an email and a reason to call	✅ Strong
A contacts-only list	✅ Strong — turn advanceWebAnalysis off (results are still billed per result)
Deep website audits (up to 25 pages per firm)	✅ Strong on free plans; ⚠️ currently gated on paid plans — see Pricing
CRM / Airtable / HubSpot enrichment via connector	✅ Strong (deliveryMode: "perLead")
Several preset business types in one run	❌ subcategory is a single value — run once per type
A business type outside construction	❌ The run exits without scraping — use the any-industry Actor
More than 100 firms in one execution	⚠️ Hard cap of 100 (20 on free plans) — split across runs
Guaranteed-deliverable email addresses	⚠️ Emails are scraped, not verified — validate before sending
Tenders, permits, planning applications, project pipelines	❌ Not extracted — Google Maps listings only
Licence, bonding or insurance status	❌ Not extracted — pair with a registry source
Owner / project-manager names or personal emails	❌ Not supported — firm-level public contacts only
Review text, reviewer names, place photos, GPS coordinates	❌ Not extracted

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⚡ Execution Rules (Avoid Common Agent Failures)

1. Nothing is required, and every field has a default. required is empty: an input of {} scrapes General contractor in London, maxResults: 5, with Advanced Web Analysis ON. It will not raise a validation error. API and MCP callers should always send subcategory (or searchQueries), location and maxResults explicitly.
2. maxResults defaults to just 5 — the lowest default in the family. Set it explicitly or you will get a five-row dataset.
3. subcategory is a single string, not an array. One preset business type per run: Architecture firm, Real estate agency, General contractor, Interior designer, Roofing contractor, Construction company. To cover several, run the Actor once per type.
4. searchQueries overrides category + subcategory when it is non-empty.
5. A non-construction searchQueries value ends the run without scraping. The string must contain a construction term (or be a Google Maps URL). "dentist in Austin" produces an empty, successful run — check itemCount and the log, not just run status.
6. maxResults is capped at 100 per run, matching every sibling Actor; schema and code agree, so >100 is rejected up front. Free Apify plans are further capped at 20.
7. Results are billed per result, at the account tier's rate — $10.00 / 1,000 on Free down to $8.00 / 1,000 on Business. The advanceWebAnalysis toggle changes what each item contains and how long the run takes; it does not add a separate per-result charge.
8. The analysis layer is included in the per-result price, on every plan. advanceWebAnalysis: true (the default) runs it for free-plan and paid runs alike. The single case where it is skipped is a maxTotalChargeUsd too low to cover it under pay-per-event pricing; the run then returns contacts and emails and logs max charge limit does not allow the premium event. The output carries no flag for which mode ran — check whether LEAD_OVERVIEW.leadPriority is populated, or read the run log.
9. Every item is the same nested 6-block object — LEAD_OVERVIEW, BUSINESS_PROFILE, PITCH_STRATEGY, WEBSITE_HEALTH_SCORECARD, SERVICE_RECOMMENDATIONS, TECHNICAL_INTEL. Contact fields live inside BUSINESS_PROFILE, not at the top level — this differs from every sibling Actor, whose profile fields are flat. Read item["BUSINESS_PROFILE"]["companyEmail"], never item["companyEmail"].
10. With the analysis off, the analysis blocks are present but empty. They are not removed — expect empty strings/arrays rather than missing keys, so branch on content, not on key presence.
11. A missing email is the string "NA". Read BUSINESS_PROFILE.emailStatus first: ok · no_email_found · failed (site wouldn't load) · no_website.
12. maxEmailPagesPerSite and maxAuditPagesPerSite are the two biggest run-time levers, and both are API-only. Each accepts 1–25, but both are hidden in the Console form, so a Console run always uses the defaults of 4 and 6. Along with batchSize and language, they can only be set from the API, an SDK or MCP.
13. There is no proxy input. This Actor has no proxyConfiguration field and always uses the container's direct connection.
14. deliveryMode defaults to perLead, not none. With a connector selected, a 100-firm run makes 100 connector calls. For dataset-only runs leave mcpConnector empty or set deliveryMode: "none".
15. Delivery placeholders use short names — {name}, {email}, {rating}, {reviews}, {mapsUrl} — not the sibling Actors' {businessName} / {companyEmail} / {googleRating}. A template copied from another Actor in this family will render empty.

dependencies:
  - rule: "searchQueries (when non-empty) overrides category + subcategory"
    note: "leave it empty to use the preset business type"
  - rule: "a non-construction searchQueries value ends the run with zero items"
    on_violation: "run is SUCCEEDED with itemCount 0; nothing is scraped or charged"
  - rule: "advanceWebAnalysis is included in the per-result price and needs no billable event"
    on_violation: "skipped only when maxTotalChargeUsd is too low to cover a configured pay-per-event charge; contacts and emails are still returned"
    note: "on this pay-per-RESULT listing there is no separate analysis charge to refuse"
  - rule: "free Apify plans get the analysis but are capped at 20 companies"
    note: "the cap is on companies per run, not on which blocks are populated"
  - rule: "contact fields are nested inside BUSINESS_PROFILE"
    on_violation: "top-level lookups like item['companyEmail'] return nothing"
  - rule: "delivery requires mcpConnector AND mcpTool"
    on_violation: "delivery step is skipped with a warning; the dataset is still written in full"
  - rule: "mcpArguments must reference {message} for the rendered template to appear anywhere"
    on_violation: "message body is empty; the tool is still called"
  - rule: "mcpConnector only resolves when the Actor runs on the Apify platform"
    on_violation: "local runs log 'APIFY_MCP_PROXY_URL is not set' and skip delivery; the dataset is unaffected"
authentication:
  actor_input: none
  platform: "Apify API token required for API / SDK / MCP invocation"
  target_site: "no Google account, API key, or GCP billing project required (public listings and public website content only)"

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📥 Input Contract

.actor/input_schema.json is authoritative — if any table on this page disagrees with the schema files, the schema files win.

Scraping Parameters

Field	Type	Required	Default	Allowed Values / Format	Example
searchQueries	string	⬜ No	""	A construction phrase, or a Google Maps place/location URL. Overrides category+subcategory	Roofing contractor in Chicago
category	string (enum)	⬜ No	Construction	Construction only	Construction
subcategory	string (enum)	⬜ No	General contractor	One of the 6 preset types	Architecture firm
location	string	⬜ No	London	City / area / state / country	Ahmedabad
maxResults	integer	⬜ No	5	1–100 (free plans capped at 20)	100
language	string	⬜ No	en	Google Maps language code — hidden in Console, settable via API / SDK / MCP	en
batchSize	integer	⬜ No	4	1–20 parallel browser pages — hidden in Console, settable via API / SDK / MCP	8
maxEmailPagesPerSite	integer	⬜ No	4	1–25 pages crawled for email/social — hidden in Console, settable via API / SDK / MCP	10
advanceWebAnalysis	boolean	⬜ No	true	Unlocks all five analysis blocks (see Pricing for the current gating)	false
maxAuditPagesPerSite	integer	⬜ No	6	1–25, only used when the analysis runs — hidden in Console, settable via API / SDK / MCP	20

Preset business types — all 6 values

Business type	Typical buyer for it
General contractor	Web/SEO, estimating software, materials, staffing
Construction company	ERP, project management, equipment, insurance
Architecture firm	CAD/BIM tooling, rendering, marketing, recruitment
Interior designer	Sourcing platforms, 3D visualisation, lead gen
Roofing contractor	Local SEO, lead gen, materials, financing
Real estate agency	Proptech, listing marketing, photography, CRM

Custom-query vocabulary

A non-empty searchQueries must contain one of ~30 construction terms, or be a Google Maps URL. Accepted terms include:

architecture · architect(s) · builder(s) · building contractor · civil contractor · commercial construction · concrete contractor · construction · construction company · construction firm · contractor(s) · developer(s) · electrical contractor · engineering firm · general contractor · home builder · infrastructure · interior designer · interior design · landscaping contractor · masonry contractor · mechanical contractor · plumbing contractor · property developer · real estate agency · real estate developer · renovation contractor · roofing contractor · structural engineer

Anything else — "dentist in Austin", "cafe in Goa" — is ignored and the run ends without scraping.

Examples

Preset type, contacts only — fastest run, smallest payload:

{
  "subcategory": "General contractor",
  "location": "Ahmedabad",
  "maxResults": 100,
  "advanceWebAnalysis": false,
  "deliveryMode": "none"
}

Full intelligence on a focused set — one analysis charge covers the whole run:

{
  "subcategory": "Architecture firm",
  "location": "London",
  "maxResults": 50,
  "advanceWebAnalysis": true,
  "maxAuditPagesPerSite": 20,
  "deliveryMode": "none"
}

Custom construction query with a deeper email crawl. maxEmailPagesPerSite is hidden in the Console form, so this payload can only be sent from the API, an SDK or MCP:

{
  "searchQueries": "Roofing contractor in Chicago",
  "maxResults": 80,
  "maxEmailPagesPerSite": 12,
  "advanceWebAnalysis": false,
  "deliveryMode": "none"
}

MCP Delivery Configuration (Optional)

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
mcpConnector	string	""	Authorized MCP connector on your Apify account (Airtable, HubSpot, Notion, Slack, Sheets, Jira, GitHub, Linear, …). Leave empty for dataset-only runs.
deliveryMode	enum	perLead	perLead (one call per lead) · chunked (split a long list across calls) · summary (one digest) · none.
mcpTool	string	""	Tool name on the connector: create_record, send_message, create_page, create_issue. Run once with a connector selected — the log lists the connector's available tools.
mcpArguments	object	{}	Arguments passed to the tool. String leaves support {placeholders}.
mcpMessageTemplate	string	""	Template rendered and exposed to mcpArguments as {message}.

Placeholders by mode — short names, unlike every sibling Actor:

Mode	Placeholders
perLead	{name}, {category}, {address}, {phone}, {email}, {website}, {rating}, {reviews}, {mapsUrl}, {leadPriority}, {salesAngle}, {recommendedPitch}, {finalGrade}, {message}
summary	{leadCount}, {leads} (all leads as text blocks), {message}
chunked	the above, plus {part} and {partCount} — and {leads} holds one part

Chunked delivery groups lead blocks into parts under ~72,000 characters, so services with per-request block or timeout caps (Notion in particular) never reject the call.

One Airtable/CRM record per lead:

{
  "subcategory": "Roofing contractor",
  "location": "Chicago",
  "maxResults": 60,
  "mcpConnector": "<your-authorized-airtable-connector>",
  "deliveryMode": "perLead",
  "mcpTool": "create_record",
  "mcpArguments": {
    "fields": {
      "Name": "{name}",
      "Type": "{category}",
      "Phone": "{phone}",
      "Email": "{email}",
      "Website": "{website}",
      "Rating": "{rating}",
      "Priority": "{leadPriority}",
      "Grade": "{finalGrade}",
      "Maps": "{mapsUrl}"
    }
  }
}

One Slack digest for the whole run:

{
  "subcategory": "General contractor",
  "location": "Manchester",
  "maxResults": 40,
  "mcpConnector": "<your-authorized-slack-connector>",
  "deliveryMode": "summary",
  "mcpTool": "send_message",
  "mcpArguments": { "channel": "#construction-leads", "text": "{message}" },
  "mcpMessageTemplate": "{leadCount} construction leads:\n\n{leads}"
}

Chunked into Notion pages for a long list:

{
  "subcategory": "Construction company",
  "location": "Mumbai",
  "maxResults": 100,
  "mcpConnector": "<your-authorized-notion-connector>",
  "deliveryMode": "chunked",
  "mcpTool": "notion-create-pages",
  "mcpArguments": {
    "parent": { "page_id": "<your-page-id>" },
    "pages": [
      {
        "properties": { "title": "Mumbai construction leads (part {part}/{partCount})" },
        "content": "{leads}"
      }
    ]
  }
}

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📤 Output Contract & Data Structure

Storage: Apify Dataset (one JSON object per firm). Pagination: limit & offset on the dataset items endpoint. Duplicates: one record per listing within a run. Cross-run deduplication is the consumer's responsibility — use BUSINESS_PROFILE.googleMapsUrl as the key.

⚠️ Nested shape — different from every sibling Actor. Each item has six top-level blocks and the contact fields live inside BUSINESS_PROFILE:

{
  LEAD_OVERVIEW: {...},              // analysis
  BUSINESS_PROFILE: {...},           // ← name, phone, email, website, rating…
  PITCH_STRATEGY: {...},             // analysis
  WEBSITE_HEALTH_SCORECARD: {...},   // analysis
  SERVICE_RECOMMENDATIONS: [...],    // analysis
  TECHNICAL_INTEL: {...}             // analysis
}

With advanceWebAnalysis off (or disabled by billing), the five analysis blocks are still present but empty — empty strings, empty arrays, Unknown — rather than removed. Branch on content, not on key presence.

BUSINESS_PROFILE — always populated

Field	Type	Meaning
businessName	string	Firm name as listed
category	string	Google Maps category for the firm
address	string	Full address as displayed
phone	string	Phone number as displayed
website	string	Website URL from the listing
companyEmail	string	Email found on the firm's website; the literal string "NA" when none was found
emailStatus	string	ok · no_email_found · failed · no_website
workingHours	object/string	Opening hours by day (formatted)
googleRating	string	Star rating as a string — e.g. "4.7"
totalReviews	string	Review count as a string
googleMapsUrl	string	Listing URL — use as the dedupe key
searchQuery	string	The resolved query that produced this record

LEAD_OVERVIEW — requires Advanced Web Analysis

Key	Type	Meaning
leadPriority	string	Triage label — e.g. High
revenueOpportunityLevel	string	Opportunity size
salesAngle	string	Why this firm is worth calling
recommendedPitch	string	The pitch to lead with
estimatedMonthlyServicePotential	string	Recurring revenue estimate
estimatedOneTimeProjectPotential	string	Project revenue estimate

PITCH_STRATEGY — requires Advanced Web Analysis

Key	Type	Meaning
openingHook	string	Opening line tailored to the firm's rating/reviews/site
bestServicesToPitch	array	Services worth proposing (up to 4)
painPointsToHighlight	array	Up to 5 concrete weaknesses to raise
outcomesToPromise	array	Results to promise
closingStrategy	string	Suggested close

WEBSITE_HEALTH_SCORECARD — requires Advanced Web Analysis

Key	Type	Meaning
finalGrade	string	Letter grade for the website overall
finalClassification	string	Plain-language verdict — e.g. Needs Improvement
gradeBreakdown	array of {area, grade, status}	Per-area grades. Areas: Technical Quality · Technical SEO · SSL / Security · Navigation Structure · Performance · SEO Readiness · SEO Parameters. Areas with no grade are omitted.

SERVICE_RECOMMENDATIONS — requires Advanced Web Analysis

Array, at most 4 items, sorted High → Medium → Low priority:

Key	Type	Meaning
priority	string	High · Medium · Low
service	string	Service to sell, in human-readable form
currentGrade	string	The area's current grade
whatToFix	string	The concrete work required
whyItMatters	string	Business rationale
outcomeAfterFix	string	Expected result once fixed
sellingPoint	string	The line to use in the proposal

TECHNICAL_INTEL — requires Advanced Web Analysis

Key	Type	Meaning
techStack	string	Detected stack, or Unknown
sslStatus	string	Status with grade — e.g. "Good (Grade A)"
robotsTxtStatus	string	HTTP status label for robots.txt
sitemapUrl	string	Sitemap URL if found
auditedPages	integer	How many pages of that site were audited (up to maxAuditPagesPerSite)
auditedUrls	array	The exact URLs audited
navigationNotes	string	Navigation-structure summary
keyTechnicalIssues	array	Notable problems found

Consumer rules: read contacts from BUSINESS_PROFILE; googleRating and totalReviews are strings; a missing email is the literal "NA"; analysis blocks exist even when the analysis didn't run; and there is no socialMedia, coordinate, or photo field in the output.

Example output item

{
  "LEAD_OVERVIEW": {
    "leadPriority": "High",
    "revenueOpportunityLevel": "High",
    "salesAngle": "Strong local reputation but a dated site with no project gallery or quote form.",
    "recommendedPitch": "Rebuild the site around project photography and a quote request flow.",
    "estimatedMonthlyServicePotential": "$700–$1,400/mo",
    "estimatedOneTimeProjectPotential": "$4,000–$8,000"
  },
  "BUSINESS_PROFILE": {
    "businessName": "Halewood Building Contractors",
    "category": "General contractor",
    "address": "42 Ordsall Ln, Manchester M5 4RR",
    "phone": "+44 161 555 0100",
    "website": "https://halewoodbuilding.co.uk",
    "companyEmail": "office@halewoodbuilding.co.uk",
    "emailStatus": "ok",
    "workingHours": { "Monday": "8:00 AM – 5:00 PM" },
    "googleRating": "4.7",
    "totalReviews": "58",
    "googleMapsUrl": "https://www.google.com/maps/place/...",
    "searchQuery": "General contractor in Manchester"
  },
  "PITCH_STRATEGY": {
    "openingHook": "You have a 4.7-star rating with 58 reviews - strong social proof.",
    "bestServicesToPitch": ["Website redesign", "Local SEO"],
    "painPointsToHighlight": ["Performance: slow pages lose quote requests"],
    "outcomesToPromise": ["More qualified quote requests from the same traffic"],
    "closingStrategy": "Offer a paid audit that credits toward the rebuild."
  },
  "WEBSITE_HEALTH_SCORECARD": {
    "finalGrade": "C",
    "finalClassification": "Needs Improvement",
    "gradeBreakdown": [
      { "area": "Performance", "grade": "D", "status": "Poor (Grade D)" },
      { "area": "SSL / Security", "grade": "A", "status": "Good (Grade A)" }
    ]
  },
  "SERVICE_RECOMMENDATIONS": [
    {
      "priority": "High",
      "service": "Website performance optimization",
      "currentGrade": "D",
      "whatToFix": "Compress project photos and defer unused scripts.",
      "whyItMatters": "Slow galleries lose mobile visitors before they request a quote.",
      "outcomeAfterFix": "Faster load and more completed quote forms.",
      "sellingPoint": "Turn existing search traffic into booked site visits."
    }
  ],
  "TECHNICAL_INTEL": {
    "techStack": "WordPress",
    "sslStatus": "Good (Grade A)",
    "robotsTxtStatus": "200 OK",
    "sitemapUrl": "https://halewoodbuilding.co.uk/sitemap.xml",
    "auditedPages": 6,
    "auditedUrls": ["https://halewoodbuilding.co.uk/"],
    "navigationNotes": "Primary navigation is clear; no dedicated services pages.",
    "keyTechnicalIssues": ["Large uncompressed gallery images"]
  }
}

What a successful run looks like

{
  "status": "SUCCEEDED",
  "defaultDatasetId": "<datasetId>",
  "stats": { "itemCount": 47 }
}

The terminal log line reads Finished <n> companies in <t>s. plus the connector count when delivery ran. itemCount: 0 with a SUCCEEDED status usually means the query was not recognised as construction — check the log before treating it as a scraper failure. On free plans, itemCount stops at 20.

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▶️ Invocation & Integration

Lifecycle: Discover → Understand → Configure → Execute → Retrieve → Validate. Authenticate every call with Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_TOKEN>.

Apify Console

Open the Actor → Input tab → either type a construction search or pick a Business type and Location → raise Maximum businesses from the default of 5 → decide on Advanced business opportunity analysis → tune the email/audit page depths → Start → export from the Dataset tab (JSON, CSV, Excel, XML).

Model Context Protocol (MCP)

claude mcp add --transport http apify \
  "https://mcp.apify.com?tools=techforce.global/construction-lead-intelligence-scraper"

Python (apify-client)

import os
from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient(os.getenv("APIFY_TOKEN"))

run = client.actor("techforce.global/construction-lead-intelligence-scraper").call(run_input={
    "subcategory": "General contractor",
    "location": "Manchester",
    "maxResults": 100,            # 100 is the ceiling; free plans stop at 20
    "advanceWebAnalysis": True,   # one charge for the whole run
    "maxAuditPagesPerSite": 10,
    "deliveryMode": "none",
})

items = client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).list_items().items
print(f"{len(items)} firms")

# Contacts are NESTED under BUSINESS_PROFILE - not at the top level.
for item in items[:5]:
    profile = item.get("BUSINESS_PROFILE", {})
    overview = item.get("LEAD_OVERVIEW", {})
    print(
        profile.get("businessName", "-"),
        "|", profile.get("phone", "-"),
        "|", profile.get("companyEmail", "NA"),
        "|", overview.get("leadPriority") or "(no analysis)",
    )

emailable = [
    i for i in items
    if i.get("BUSINESS_PROFILE", {}).get("companyEmail", "NA") != "NA"
]
print(f"{len(emailable)} with a usable email")

JavaScript / TypeScript (apify-client)

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: process.env.APIFY_TOKEN });

const run = await client
  .actor('techforce.global/construction-lead-intelligence-scraper')
  .call({
    searchQueries: 'Roofing contractor in Chicago',
    maxResults: 80,
    advanceWebAnalysis: false,   // contacts only - fastest run
    maxEmailPagesPerSite: 10,
    deliveryMode: 'none',
  });

const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
const withEmail = items.filter(
  (i) => i.BUSINESS_PROFILE?.companyEmail && i.BUSINESS_PROFILE.companyEmail !== 'NA',
);
console.log(`${items.length} contractors, ${withEmail.length} with an email`);

cURL — synchronous (returns items directly; 300s limit)

curl -X POST \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>' \
  -d '{"subcategory":"General contractor","location":"London","maxResults":20,"advanceWebAnalysis":false,"deliveryMode":"none"}' \
  'https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/techforce.global~construction-lead-intelligence-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items'

Use the async pattern below for anything beyond ~20 firms — website crawling and auditing make this Actor far slower per record than a listings-only scraper.

cURL — asynchronous with a spend cap (recommended for production)

# 1. Start execution with a hard spend limit
#    NOTE: too low a cap makes the Actor skip Advanced Web Analysis and return contacts only.
curl -X POST -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>' \
  -d '{"subcategory":"Architecture firm","location":"London","maxResults":100,"advanceWebAnalysis":true,"deliveryMode":"none"}' \
  'https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/techforce.global~construction-lead-intelligence-scraper/runs?maxTotalChargeUsd=2.00'

# 2. Poll
curl -H 'Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>' \
  'https://api.apify.com/v2/actor-runs/<runId>'

# 3. Retrieve when SUCCEEDED
curl -H 'Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>' \
  'https://api.apify.com/v2/datasets/<DATASET_ID>/items?clean=true&format=json&limit=1000&offset=0'

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⚠️ Autonomous Agent Error Handling & Resolution Matrix

Error Code	Detection Condition	Underlying Cause	Deterministic Agent Action
AUTH_INVALID	HTTP 401	Missing or malformed APIFY_TOKEN	Abort & Prompt User: request a valid API token.
RATE_LIMITED	HTTP 429	Apify API rate / concurrency limits	Retry: exponential backoff (2s, 4s, 8s).
SYNC_TIMEOUT	HTTP 408 on the sync endpoint	Run exceeded the 300s synchronous ceiling — easy to hit here	Reconfigure: switch to async POST /runs + polling.
SILENT_DEFAULT	Results are General contractors in London you never asked for	No field is required; subcategory/location defaulted	Modify Input: always pass both explicitly from API/MCP/SDK.
TINY_DEFAULT_RUN	Exactly 5 items when you expected many	maxResults defaults to 5	Modify Input: set maxResults explicitly.
NON_CONSTRUCTION_QUERY	SUCCEEDED, itemCount: 0, nothing scraped	searchQueries didn't match the construction vocabulary	Modify Input: add a construction term, use a preset subcategory, or re-route to the any-industry Actor.
MULTI_TYPE_REQUEST	User wants several preset types at once	subcategory is a single value	Reconfigure: one run per type, then merge datasets.
EMPTY_RESULTS	SUCCEEDED, itemCount: 0, log shows a valid query	Type/location combination has no Google Maps matches	Modify Input: widen the location or change the type.
CAP_REACHED	itemCount == maxResults == 100	Per-run maximum of 100 truncated the result set	Reconfigure: partition by city or business type across runs.
MAX_RESULTS_REJECTED	Input validation rejects maxResults above 100	The schema maximum is 100 (schema and code agree)	Modify Input: send 100 or less and run repeatedly for more.
FREE_PLAN_CAP	itemCount stops at 20, log Reached free-tier limit	Free Apify plan caps the run at 20 companies	Prompt User: upgrade for full-volume runs.
ANALYSIS_INCLUDED	Log Advance Web Analysis is included at no extra charge	The listing is priced per result, so the analysis needs no separate event	Informational. The analysis is running; no action needed.
ANALYSIS_UNCHARGED	Log event 'advanced-web-analysis' is not configured	Pay-per-event pricing is on but the event is undefined	Informational. The analysis runs without a separate charge; no action needed.
ANALYSIS_CHARGE_REFUSED	Log max charge limit does not allow the premium event	maxTotalChargeUsd too low for the analysis charge	Reconfigure: raise the spend cap and re-run if you need the analysis.
ANALYSIS_MISSING	Analysis blocks present but empty	advanceWebAnalysis: false, or the spend cap refused a configured analysis charge	Check LEAD_OVERVIEW.leadPriority and the run log before assuming an extraction bug.
WRONG_FIELD_PATH	Top-level companyEmail / businessName is undefined	Contact fields are nested inside BUSINESS_PROFILE	Fix Consumer: read item["BUSINESS_PROFILE"]["companyEmail"].
NO_EMAIL	BUSINESS_PROFILE.emailStatus: "no_email_found" or email "NA"	The site published no discoverable email within the crawled pages	Not an error. Fall back to phone, or raise maxEmailPagesPerSite from an API/SDK/MCP call.
NO_WEBSITE	BUSINESS_PROFILE.emailStatus: "no_website"	The listing has no website, so no email or audit is possible	Not an error. Analysis blocks will carry no website grades.
SITE_UNREACHABLE	emailStatus: "failed", log Homepage load failed for …	The firm's site timed out or refused the connection	Not an error. Retry later if the email matters.
NO_LICENCE_DATA	No licence / bonding / insurance fields	Not part of Google Maps listings	Enrich elsewhere: pair with a licensing board, or GOV.UK Business Scraper for UK entities.
PLACEHOLDER_EMPTY	Connector message renders blank fields	Sibling-style placeholders ({businessName}, {companyEmail}) were used	Modify Input: use this Actor's short names — {name}, {email}, {rating}, {mapsUrl}.
SLOW_RUN	Run approaching the timeout	maxEmailPagesPerSite and maxAuditPagesPerSite both up to 25	Reconfigure: turn the analysis off, or from an API/SDK/MCP call lower both depths and raise batchSize.
DELIVERY_SKIPPED	Log no tool name was provided	mcpConnector set but mcpTool empty	Modify Input: set mcpTool; the dataset is already saved.
DELIVERY_TOOL_UNKNOWN	Log Tool 'x' is not available on this connector	Wrong tool name for that connector	Modify Input: pick a name from the Available tools: list in the same log line.
DELIVERY_EMPTY	Connector called, body empty	mcpArguments omitted the {message} placeholder	Modify Input: map {message} inside mcpArguments.
DELIVERY_FLOOD	Hundreds of connector calls / connector rate limits	deliveryMode defaults to perLead	Reconfigure: use summary or chunked.
MCP_PROXY_MISSING	Log APIFY_MCP_PROXY_URL is not set	Running locally instead of on the platform	Reconfigure: apify push and run on the platform.

Reading run status: SUCCEEDED with itemCount: 0 is a valid outcome — it means the query returned no Google Maps matches, or the custom query was rejected as non-construction. Neither is a run failure; only a FAILED status is a platform-level failure. Every log-line and field condition in the table above comes from this Actor’s own behavior; the 401/408/429 rows are standard Apify API responses.

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🗣️ Natural Language → Actor Mapping

User says	Intent	Constructed Actor input
"Find general contractors in Manchester with their emails"	Construction lead gen	{"subcategory":"General contractor","location":"Manchester","maxResults":100}
"Get me architecture firms in London"	Practice prospecting	{"subcategory":"Architecture firm","location":"London"}
"List roofing contractors in Chicago"	Trade prospecting	{"searchQueries":"Roofing contractor in Chicago","maxResults":80}
"Interior designers in Mumbai, contacts only"	Cheap contact list	{"subcategory":"Interior designer","location":"Mumbai","advanceWebAnalysis":false}
"Which contractors have bad websites?"	Agency prospecting	{"advanceWebAnalysis":true} then sort on WEBSITE_HEALTH_SCORECARD.finalGrade
"Who should I call first?"	Lead triage	{"advanceWebAnalysis":true} then read LEAD_OVERVIEW.leadPriority
"What should I fix on this builder's site, and how do I sell it?"	Proposal input	{"advanceWebAnalysis":true} then read SERVICE_RECOMMENDATIONS
"Audit these firms' sites properly — 20 pages each"	Deep audit	{"advanceWebAnalysis":true,"maxAuditPagesPerSite":20,"maxResults":40} — API/SDK/MCP only
"Real estate agencies in Ahmedabad"	Property prospecting	{"subcategory":"Real estate agency","location":"Ahmedabad"}
"Push these contractor leads into Airtable"	CRM delivery	{"mcpConnector":"airtable","deliveryMode":"perLead","mcpTool":"create_record","mcpArguments":{"fields":{"Name":"{name}","Email":"{email}"}}}
"Post today's construction leads to Slack"	Digest delivery	{"mcpConnector":"slack","deliveryMode":"summary","mcpTool":"send_message","mcpArguments":{"channel":"#leads","text":"{message}"}}
"Save a long lead list into Notion without it timing out"	Chunked delivery	{"deliveryMode":"chunked","mcpTool":"notion-create-pages"} with {part}/{partCount} in the title
"Contractors and architects in one run"	Multi-type	⚠️ subcategory is single-valued — run once per type, or use the any-industry Actor
"Find dentists / cafes / accountants"	Non-construction	❌ The run exits without scraping — route to the matching vertical or any-industry Actor
"Show me open tenders or planning applications"	Project pipeline	❌ Out of scope — Google Maps listings only
"Is this contractor licensed and bonded?"	Compliance check	❌ Out of scope — pair with a licensing board register
"Get the owner's personal email"	Contact discovery	❌ Out of scope — firm-level public emails only

Should NOT route here: any non-construction business type (the run exits without scraping) · several preset types in one run · plain listing data at lowest cost (→ Google Maps Scraper) · tenders, permits, planning applications or project pipelines · licence, bonding or insurance status · owner names or personal emails · review text, photos or coordinates · email verification/deliverability · sending outreach · more than 100 firms in one run.

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🧭 Agent Execution & Routing Logic

[Input User Query]
       │
       ▼
1. Target is Google Maps business listings?            NO  → Route to the right platform Actor
       │ YES
       ▼
2. Is the target a CONSTRUCTION or PROPERTY firm?        NO  → Route to the any-industry / matching vertical Actor
       │ YES                                                  (a non-construction query here scrapes nothing)
       ▼
3. Needs tenders / permits / licences / project data?  YES → Abort (not extracted)
       │ NO
       ▼
4. Pick the input route:
       ├── one of the 6 preset types?  → subcategory + location
       └── a specific phrase or URL?   → searchQueries (must contain a construction term)
       ▼
5. Several preset types needed?                        YES → One run per type, merge datasets
       │ NO
       ▼
6. Set maxResults EXPLICITLY (default is only 5; ceiling 100; free plans 20)
       ▼
7. Advanced Web Analysis needed?
       ├── YES → advanceWebAnalysis: true
       │         └─ included in the per-result price on every plan; skipped only if
       │            maxTotalChargeUsd is too low to cover a configured analysis charge
       └── NO  → advanceWebAnalysis: false (same per-result price, faster run, smaller payload)
       ▼
8. Tune depth vs speed (API/SDK/MCP only - all four are hidden in Console):
   maxEmailPagesPerSite (1-25, default 4), maxAuditPagesPerSite (1-25, default 6), batchSize (1-20, default 4)
       ▼
9. Deliver to a connector?                              YES → mcpConnector + mcpTool + {message}
       │                                                      use SHORT placeholders: {name} {email} {rating} {mapsUrl}
       │ NO  → set deliveryMode "none" (it defaults to perLead)
       ▼
[Execute Apify Actor]
       │
       ├──► status == "SUCCEEDED" ──► itemCount == 0?  YES → was the query construction-shaped? fix and re-run
       │                              │ NO
       │                              └──► read BUSINESS_PROFILE.* for contacts (NOT top level)
       │                                   check whether the analysis blocks are populated
       └──► status == "FAILED"    ──► route to Error Handling Matrix above

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💰 Cost Control & Pricing Transparency

Model: pay-per-result. Every firm returned in the dataset is billed at your account tier's rate. There is no separate charge for the analysis layer, and no monthly subscription.

Apify plan	Rate per 1,000 results	Cost per firm
Free (no discount)	$10.00	$0.010
Starter (bronze)	$9.33	$0.0093
Scale (silver)	$8.67	$0.0087
Business (gold)	$8.00	$0.0080

Worked examples at the Free-tier rate:

Firms returned	Cost (Free tier)	Cost (Business tier)
5 firms (the default run)	$0.05	$0.04
20 firms (free-plan cap)	$0.20	$0.16
50 firms	$0.50	$0.40
100 firms (per-run ceiling)	$1.00	$0.80
1,000 firms (10 runs)	$10.00	$8.00

Apify platform usage is billed on top, at your plan's rates — compute units ($0.20/CU on Free down to $0.13/CU on Business) and residential proxies ($8.00/GB on Free, $7.00/GB on Business) are the two that matter here. Deep audits raise compute-unit consumption sharply, so maxAuditPagesPerSite and maxEmailPagesPerSite affect your platform bill even though they don't change the per-result price.

Cost levers: keep maxResults tight — it is the only thing that moves the per-result charge; lower the two page-depth settings to cut compute units; and set maxTotalChargeUsd on the run endpoint as a hard per-execution ceiling.

ℹ️ The analysis layer costs nothing extra. Advanced Web Analysis is part of the per-result price on every plan, free plans included (within the 20-firm cap). It is skipped only when maxTotalChargeUsd is set too low to cover a configured pay-per-event analysis charge, and the run still returns contacts and emails. What the analysis does change is run time and compute-unit usage — turn it off with advanceWebAnalysis: false when you only need contacts.

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🔍 Companion machine-readable files

File	Purpose
.actor/actor.json	Identity, version, default run options (4096 MB, 3600s timeout), input/output/dataset wiring
.actor/input_schema.json	Authoritative typed input contract — custom query, 6-value business type, location, maxResults (1–100), the analysis toggle, deliveryMode enum, plus the Console-hidden language, batchSize, maxEmailPagesPerSite and maxAuditPagesPerSite
.actor/dataset_schema.json	Declares the six nested output blocks and the Console table view
.actor/output_schema.json	Declares where results are stored
my_actor/main.py	Query validation, Playwright listing extraction, concurrent email crawl + website audit, charge gating, intelligence generation, MCP delivery
my_actor/connector.py	MCP connector session handling and {placeholder} rendering

Note: this Actor has no pay_per_event.json. The Store listing is priced pay-per-result, which is why the analysis layer behaves as described under Cost Control.

If any table on this page disagrees with the schema files, the schema files win.

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🛠️ Troubleshooting

#	Symptom you see	Most likely cause	Fix
1	SUCCEEDED but nothing scraped	searchQueries was not recognised as a construction search	Add a construction term, or clear it and use a preset subcategory.
2	Only 5 results	maxResults defaults to 5	Set it explicitly — up to 100.
3	Results are General contractors in London you never asked for	subcategory and location silently defaulted	Always pass both explicitly from API / MCP / SDK calls.
4	Input rejected for maxResults above 100	The per-run ceiling is 100	Send 100 or less; partition bigger jobs across runs.
5	Results stop at 20	Free Apify plan cap	Upgrade the plan; the log prints Reached free-tier limit.
6	Analysis blocks are empty	The analysis didn’t run	Confirm advanceWebAnalysis is true, and check the log for max charge limit.
7	Log: Advance Web Analysis is included at no extra charge	Normal on this per-result listing	Informational only — the analysis is running.
8	Log: event 'advanced-web-analysis' is not configured	Pay-per-event pricing is on but the event is undefined	Informational only — the analysis runs without a separate charge.
9	Log: max charge limit does not allow the premium event	maxTotalChargeUsd too low	Raise the cap and re-run if you need the analysis.
10	item["companyEmail"] is undefined	Contacts are nested under BUSINESS_PROFILE	Read item["BUSINESS_PROFILE"]["companyEmail"].
11	companyEmail is "NA"	No email discoverable within the crawled pages	Read emailStatus first; fall back to phone. From an API/SDK/MCP call you can raise maxEmailPagesPerSite up to 25.
12	emailStatus: "no_website"	The firm has no website — nothing to crawl or audit	Expected. Analysis blocks will be thin.
13	emailStatus: "failed"	The firm's site timed out or refused the connection	Retry later; a single slow site does not fail the run.
14	Can't select two business types	subcategory is a single string	Run once per type and merge on BUSINESS_PROFILE.googleMapsUrl.
15	No licence / bonding fields	Not part of Google Maps listings	Pair with a licensing board, or GOV.UK Business Scraper for UK entities.
16	Emails bounce when you send outreach	Scraped emails are not verified	Run them through an email-verification service first.
17	googleRating won't compare numerically	It is a string ("4.7")	Cast to float before comparing.
18	Run is very slow	Up to 25 email pages + 25 audit pages per firm	Turn the analysis off. From an API/SDK/MCP call you can also lower both depths and raise batchSize.
19	Pages time out after raising batchSize	Too many parallel pages for the current network	Lower batchSize back toward the default of 4.
20	HTTP 408 on run-sync-get-dataset-items	The synchronous endpoint has a hard 300-second ceiling	Use async: POST /runs → poll → fetch dataset. Recommended above ~20 firms.
21	Blank or empty listing fields	Google served an empty page to the container's IP	Re-run. This Actor has no proxy input — there is nothing to reconfigure.
22	Log: Saved outputs to <dir>	The Actor also writes JSON/CSV inside the container for local development	Ignore it on the platform — the dataset is the real output.
23	Connector message has blank fields	You used sibling-style placeholders	Use {name}, {email}, {rating}, {reviews}, {mapsUrl} — see the placeholder table.
24	Hundreds of connector calls / connector rate-limited	deliveryMode defaults to perLead	Switch to summary or chunked.
25	Slack / Airtable / Notion received nothing	Delivery needs both mcpConnector and mcpTool	Set both. The dataset is still written in full.
26	Log: APIFY_MCP_PROXY_URL is not set	You ran locally; connectors only resolve on the platform	Deploy with apify push and run on the platform.
27	HTTP 401 / 403	Missing, expired, or malformed APIFY_TOKEN	Regenerate in Apify Console → Settings → API & Integrations.
28	HTTP 429	Apify account concurrency / rate limits — not Google blocking	Retry with exponential backoff (2s → 4s → 8s).

Diagnostic checklist before opening an issue

1. Baseline run. subcategory = General contractor, location = a large city, maxResults = 5, advanceWebAnalysis: false, deliveryMode: "none".
2. Results returned? If yes, the scraper is fine — re-add the analysis and volume one step at a time.
3. Zero items? Read the log: an unrecognised searchQueries value ends the run before any scraping.
4. Analysis missing? Confirm advanceWebAnalysis is true, then search the log for max charge limit — a spend cap too low to cover a configured analysis charge is the only thing that disables it.
5. Check where you're reading fields from — contacts live under BUSINESS_PROFILE.

If the issue survives all five steps, open an Issues ticket on the Actor page (or email support) with the run ID, the exact input JSON, and what you expected.

❓ FAQ

Setup & access

Do I need a Google account, API key, or Google Cloud project?

No. The Actor reads public Google Maps listings and public website content. You need an Apify account and API token only.

Is this the official Google Places API?

No. This is an independent Actor, not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Google.

Can I configure a proxy?

No — this Actor has no proxy input and uses a direct connection. If you need proxy control, the any-industry sibling and Hospitality Actor expose a proxyConfiguration field.

Can I plug it into Claude, Cursor, or a LangChain agent?

Yes — it is a native MCP tool:

claude mcp add --transport http apify "https://mcp.apify.com?tools=techforce.global/construction-lead-intelligence-scraper"

Search & volume

Can I search a business type that isn't construction?

No. A custom query that doesn't read as construction ends the run without scraping. Use the any-industry Actor for anything else.

Can I scrape two business types in one run?

No — subcategory takes a single value. Run once per type and merge the datasets.

Can I paste a Google Maps URL?

Yes. A Google Maps place or location URL in searchQueries is accepted directly.

How many firms can one run return?

Up to 100 — the same ceiling as every sibling Actor — and 20 on free Apify plans. Note the default is only 5, so set it explicitly.

Output & data

Why is companyEmail not at the top level?

This Actor nests the contact fields inside BUSINESS_PROFILE, unlike its siblings. Read item["BUSINESS_PROFILE"]["companyEmail"].

Why are the analysis blocks empty?

Because Advanced Web Analysis didn’t run — either you set advanceWebAnalysis: false, or your maxTotalChargeUsd was too low to cover a configured analysis charge (the log says max charge limit does not allow the premium event). The blocks are still emitted, just unpopulated.

Are the emails verified?

No. They are scraped from public website content. Run them through an email-verification service before any real outreach.

Do I get tenders, permits or licence status?

No. Google Maps listings don't carry them. Pair the output with a licensing board or planning-portal source.

Do I get owner names or personal emails?

No — firm-level public addresses only (info@, office@, contact@ and similar).

Pricing

How is this billed?

Pay-per-result: every firm in the dataset costs $0.010 on the Free tier, falling to $0.0080 on Business ($10.00 → $8.00 per 1,000). Apify platform usage — compute units and residential proxies — is billed separately at your plan's rates.

Does turning the analysis on cost more?

Not per result. It doesn’t change the per-result price; it makes the run longer and the payload bigger, which raises compute-unit usage. Note that on paid plans the analysis layer does not currently run at all — see Cost Control.

How do I make a run as cheap as possible?

Keep maxResults tight — it is the only lever on the per-result charge. To cut platform usage as well, set advanceWebAnalysis: false; from an API/SDK/MCP call you can also lower maxEmailPagesPerSite and maxAuditPagesPerSite.

What happens if my spend cap is too low?

The Actor logs a warning, skips the analysis, and still returns contacts and emails. It never aborts the run over the premium layer.

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🔗 Related Actors

Same data family

This Actor is the construction vertical member of the family — the only one with a nested output shape and a single-value business type. Its siblings cover other verticals, any industry, and a cheap listings-only mode.

Actor	Best for	Why pick it over this one
Google Maps Business Leads & Sales Intelligence	Any industry, free-text queries, several unrelated business types in one run	Your target isn't construction, you need several types per run, or you want flat output fields and socialMedia (from $6.50 / 1,000)
Google Maps Scraper	Plain Google Maps listings — name, address, phone, website, rating, reviews, hours, coordinates, images	You don't need emails or sales intelligence, and want the lowest cost per result (from $0.80 / 1,000)
Google Maps Healthcare Leads & Sales Intelligence	Healthcare — 55 preset medical categories, multi-select	Clinics, dental, diagnostics, wellness instead of construction (from $4.00 / 1,000)
Google Maps Hospitality Scraper	Hotels, resorts, restaurants, cafes — 33 mapped types	A hospitality patch instead of construction ($9.09 / 1,000)
Finance Google Maps Lead Intelligence	28 finance business types, deepest per-site audit	Accounting, tax, insurance, broking, lending (from $10.00 / 1,000)

Pick by intent: contractors/architects/designers/property (this Actor) · any other industry → any-industry · listings only, cheapest → Google Maps Scraper · clinics & dental → Healthcare · hotels & restaurants → Hospitality · accounting & insurance → Finance.

ℹ️ Pricing, output shape and per-run limits differ between siblings (they are separate Store listings on separate tiers). This Actor's nested BUSINESS_PROFILE output and short delivery placeholders are unique to it — check before pointing an existing pipeline here.

Enrichment & downstream pipeline

Actor	Use it for
GOV.UK Business Scraper	Match UK contractor and developer names against Companies House records, with PSC / beneficial-ownership enrichment
Advanced Website Crawling Actor	Crawl a firm's whole site from BUSINESS_PROFILE.website for clean HTML/Markdown/text context beyond the audited pages

Suggested pipeline patterns

🎯 Trades agency prospecting engine One run per preset type in a city with advanceWebAnalysis: true → filter WEBSITE_HEALTH_SCORECARD.finalGrade ≤ C → deliveryMode: "perLead" into Airtable → work the queue from SERVICE_RECOMMENDATIONS.

💸 Fast contact harvest, then targeted analysis Broad advanceWebAnalysis: false runs to build the contact base quickly and cheaply in compute units → shortlist by rating/reviews → re-run just the shortlist with the analysis on and a deeper audit.

🏛️ UK contractor verification This Actor for contacts → GOV.UK Business Scraper on BUSINESS_PROFILE.businessName → attach company number, incorporation date and PSC data before outreach.

📇 CRM enrichment loop One run per city on a schedule → perLead delivery into HubSpot → dedupe on BUSINESS_PROFILE.googleMapsUrl → verify companyEmail before any sequence.

Browse all Actors by Techforce Global at scraper.techforce.global.

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🔐 Compliance & Data Privacy

This is an independent Actor. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Google. Google Maps™ is a trademark of Google LLC; all trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

This Actor collects publicly available business listing data and publicly published website content for construction and property firms. It does not log into any account, bypass authentication, or access client, contract, or project data.

Three points matter before you use the output:

• Firm contact data is still personal data in many jurisdictions — a sole-trader builder's email or mobile number identifies a person. GDPR and CCPA can apply to it.
• Cold outreach is regulated. Before sending anything to a scraped address, satisfy the applicable anti-spam and electronic-marketing rules (GDPR Art. 6/21, ePrivacy/PECR, CAN-SPAM, CASL). Emails here are unverified and unconsented.
• Nothing here is licensing or vetting data. The output carries no licence, bonding, insurance or safety-record status. Do not present a scraped listing as evidence that a contractor is licensed, insured or qualified.

You are responsible for ensuring your use complies with Google's Terms of Service and all applicable law.

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🆘 Support & Custom Pipeline Engineering

Need multi-type or multi-city scheduled refreshes, extra construction business types, licensing-register enrichment, email verification in-pipeline, or a full CRM / data-warehouse integration?

• Email: bhavin.shah@techforceglobal.com
• Custom Enterprise Integrations: Book a 15-Minute Technical Consultation
• Maintained by: Techforce Global — Specialists in High-Performance Web Scrapers and Agentic Workflows.

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Made with ❤️ by Techforce Global Specialists in High-Performance Lead Generation Data Extraction and AI Automation.

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🏷️ Structured data for search & AI discovery

SoftwareApplication describes the Actor; FAQPage wraps the FAQ above so those answers are eligible for rich results, matching it question-for-question.

{
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@type": "SoftwareApplication",
    "name": "Construction Lead Intelligence Scraper",
    "alternateName": "Construction Lead Intelligence Scraper — Contractor, Architect & Real Estate Leads",
    "applicationCategory": "BusinessApplication",
    "applicationSubCategory": "Web Scraping / Construction & Property Lead Generation",
    "operatingSystem": "Cloud (Apify platform)",
    "description": "Scrapes construction and property firms from Google Maps — general contractors, construction companies, architecture firms, interior designers, roofing contractors and real estate agencies — by preset business type or a construction-specific search query, and crawls each firm's own website for a public company email. Every row is a nested six-block object with contacts under BUSINESS_PROFILE, plus an optional analysis layer covering lead priority, pitch strategy, a website health scorecard, prioritized service recommendations and a technical audit. No Google account or Places API key is required. Optional per-lead, chunked or digest delivery into Airtable, HubSpot, Notion, Slack, Google Sheets or any authorized MCP connector.",
    "url": "https://apify.com/techforce.global/construction-lead-intelligence-scraper",
    "author": {
        "@type": "Organization",
        "name": "Techforce Global",
        "url": "https://www.techforceglobal.com"
    },
    "provider": {
        "@type": "Organization",
        "name": "Apify",
        "url": "https://apify.com"
    },
    "offers": {
        "@type": "Offer",
        "price": "10.00",
        "priceCurrency": "USD",
        "description": "Pay-per-result: $10.00 per 1,000 results on the Free tier, falling to $8.00 per 1,000 on Business. Apify platform usage is billed separately. Current rates are shown on the Actor's Apify Store page.",
        "url": "https://apify.com/techforce.global/construction-lead-intelligence-scraper"
    },
    "featureList": [
        "No Google account, Places API key or billing project required",
        "Six preset construction and property business types selected from a dropdown",
        "Free-text construction search queries, validated against a construction vocabulary",
        "Google Maps place and location URLs accepted directly as the search input",
        "Non-construction queries end the run cleanly instead of scraping the wrong market",
        "Company email discovered by crawling each firm's own website",
        "Email status flag so unreachable and site-less firms are distinguishable",
        "Configurable email-discovery depth of up to 25 pages per site",
        "Name, category, address, phone, website, rating, review count and opening hours under BUSINESS_PROFILE",
        "Optional analysis layer: lead priority, revenue opportunity, sales angle and recommended pitch",
        "Pitch playbook: opening hook, services to pitch, pain points, outcomes and closing strategy",
        "Graded website health scorecard with a full grade breakdown",
        "Prioritized service recommendations with what to fix, why it matters and the expected outcome",
        "Website technology audit: tech stack, SSL, robots.txt, sitemap, audited pages and key issues",
        "Configurable audit depth of up to 25 pages per site",
        "Configurable Google Maps interface language",
        "Configurable parallel browser pages to trade speed against memory",
        "Per-lead, chunked or digest MCP delivery into Airtable, HubSpot, Notion, Slack, Google Sheets or any authorized connector",
        "Chunked delivery keeps long lead lists under connector size and timeout caps",
        "Results pushed to the dataset batch by batch, so aborted runs keep partial data"
    ],
    "isAccessibleForFree": false,
    "softwareHelp": {
        "@type": "CreativeWork",
        "url": "https://apify.com/techforce.global/construction-lead-intelligence-scraper"
    }
}

{
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@type": "FAQPage",
    "mainEntity": [
        {
            "@type": "Question",
            "name": "Do I need a Google account, API key, or Google Cloud project?",
            "acceptedAnswer": {
                "@type": "Answer",
                "text": "No. The Actor reads public Google Maps listings and public website content. You need an Apify account and API token only."
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "Question",
            "name": "Is this the official Google Places API?",
            "acceptedAnswer": {
                "@type": "Answer",
                "text": "No. This is an independent Actor, not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Google."
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "Question",
            "name": "Can I configure a proxy?",
            "acceptedAnswer": {
                "@type": "Answer",
                "text": "No - this Actor has no proxy input and uses a direct connection. If you need proxy control, the any-industry sibling at techforce.global/google-maps-leads-sales-intelligence-tool and the Hospitality Actor at techforce.global/google-maps-hospitality-lead-scraper expose a proxyConfiguration field."
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "Question",
            "name": "Can I plug it into Claude, Cursor, or a LangChain agent?",
            "acceptedAnswer": {
                "@type": "Answer",
                "text": "Yes - it is a native MCP tool. Add it with: claude mcp add --transport http apify \"https://mcp.apify.com?tools=techforce.global/construction-lead-intelligence-scraper\""
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "Question",
            "name": "Can I search a business type that isn't construction?",
            "acceptedAnswer": {
                "@type": "Answer",
                "text": "No. A custom query that doesn't read as construction ends the run without scraping. Use the any-industry Actor at techforce.global/google-maps-leads-sales-intelligence-tool for anything else."
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "Question",
            "name": "Can I scrape two business types in one run?",
            "acceptedAnswer": {
                "@type": "Answer",
                "text": "No - subcategory takes a single value. Run once per type and merge the datasets."
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "Question",
            "name": "Can I paste a Google Maps URL?",
            "acceptedAnswer": {
                "@type": "Answer",
                "text": "Yes. A Google Maps place or location URL in searchQueries is accepted directly."
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "Question",
            "name": "How many firms can one run return?",
            "acceptedAnswer": {
                "@type": "Answer",
                "text": "Up to 100 - the same ceiling as every sibling Actor - and 20 on free Apify plans. Note the default is only 5, so set it explicitly."
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "Question",
            "name": "Why is companyEmail not at the top level?",
            "acceptedAnswer": {
                "@type": "Answer",
                "text": "This Actor nests the contact fields inside BUSINESS_PROFILE, unlike its siblings. Read item[\"BUSINESS_PROFILE\"][\"companyEmail\"]."
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "Question",
            "name": "Why are the analysis blocks empty?",
            "acceptedAnswer": {
                "@type": "Answer",
                "text": "Because Advanced Web Analysis did not run - either you set advanceWebAnalysis to false, or your maxTotalChargeUsd was too low to cover a configured analysis charge (the log says max charge limit does not allow the premium event). The blocks are still emitted, just unpopulated."
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "Question",
            "name": "Are the emails verified?",
            "acceptedAnswer": {
                "@type": "Answer",
                "text": "No. They are scraped from public website content. Run them through an email-verification service before any real outreach."
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "Question",
            "name": "Do I get tenders, permits or licence status?",
            "acceptedAnswer": {
                "@type": "Answer",
                "text": "No. Google Maps listings don't carry them. Pair the output with a licensing board or planning-portal source."
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "Question",
            "name": "Do I get owner names or personal emails?",
            "acceptedAnswer": {
                "@type": "Answer",
                "text": "No - firm-level public addresses only, such as info@, office@ and contact@."
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "Question",
            "name": "How is this billed?",
            "acceptedAnswer": {
                "@type": "Answer",
                "text": "Pay-per-result: every firm in the dataset costs $0.010 on the Free tier, falling to $0.0080 on Business ($10.00 to $8.00 per 1,000). Apify platform usage - compute units and residential proxies - is billed separately at your plan's rates."
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "Question",
            "name": "Does turning the analysis on cost more?",
            "acceptedAnswer": {
                "@type": "Answer",
                "text": "Not per result. It doesn't change the per-result price; it makes the run longer and the payload bigger, which raises compute-unit usage. Note that on paid plans the analysis layer does not currently run at all - see Cost Control."
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "Question",
            "name": "How do I make a run as cheap as possible?",
            "acceptedAnswer": {
                "@type": "Answer",
                "text": "Keep maxResults tight - it is the only lever on the per-result charge. To cut platform usage as well, set advanceWebAnalysis to false; from an API/SDK/MCP call you can also lower maxEmailPagesPerSite and maxAuditPagesPerSite."
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "Question",
            "name": "What happens if my spend cap is too low?",
            "acceptedAnswer": {
                "@type": "Answer",
                "text": "The Actor logs a warning, skips the analysis, and still returns contacts and emails. It never aborts the run over the premium layer."
            }
        }
    ]
}