Houzz Professionals Scraper

Houzz Professionals Scraper

Scrape Houzz professional profiles by category, location, style, budget, and more, up to a million per run. Each listing returns contact details, reviews, badges, service areas, and business descriptions. No API key or login required. Export to CSV, JSON, Excel, or XML.

Houzz does not offer a public API for its professional directory, making bulk lead generation and market research a manual grind. This Actor reads the public professional search pages directly, letting you filter by 15 categories, 17 design styles, budget level, rating, language, and 16 professional highlights. It returns every matched professional in one consistent, flat schema so you can build a clean prospecting list in minutes.

Who uses it	What they scrape Houzz for
Home renovation sales teams	Build targeted lead lists of interior designers and contractors in a specific city who offer free consultations.
Market researchers	Analyze the density and rating distribution of landscape architects across different metro areas.
Recruitment agencies	Find top-rated design-build firms with verified hires and Best of Houzz badges for executive outreach.
Marketing agencies	Identify kitchen remodelers who speak Spanish and serve a particular region for localized ad campaigns.

What it does

This Actor collects Houzz professional profiles from search results or direct URLs and returns each one as a flat row with contact information, reviews, badges, and business details.

• 🏗️ 15 professional categories: architects, interior designers, general contractors, pool builders, and more.
• 📍 Location-based search: target any city, state, or region to find local professionals.
• 🎨 17 design styles: filter by Modern, Farmhouse, Scandinavian, Victorian, and others.
• 💰 Budget level filter: narrow results to budget-friendly, mid-range, or premium professionals.
• ⭐ Minimum rating filter: only return pros rated 3+, 4+, or a perfect 5 stars.
• 🏅 16 professional highlights: Best of Houzz winners, eco-friendly, woman-owned, free estimates, and more.
• 🗣️ Language filter: find professionals who speak Spanish, French, Chinese, and other languages.
• 🔧 Service type filter: target specialists in color consulting, floor plans, sustainable design, and more.
• 🔗 Direct URL input: paste specific Houzz professional page URLs to scrape known profiles directly.

Results export to CSV, JSON, Excel, or XML, or straight from the API.

What you can do with Houzz data

📋 Build a local lead list.

A home services company scrapes all general contractors in Dallas with a 4+ star rating and free estimate badge to create a warm outreach list.

🎯 Find niche specialists.

A product supplier filters for kitchen and bathroom designers who offer 3D visualization and speak Spanish in the Miami area.

📊 Analyze a competitive market.

A market analyst collects all interior designers in New York, segments them by budget level and style, and maps the competitive landscape.

🏆 Identify award-winning pros.

A trade publication scrapes Best of Houzz winners across multiple categories and cities to build a feature shortlist.

Why choose this scraper

	What you get
No official API	Houzz does not provide a public API for its professional directory, so this Actor is the fastest way to get structured data.
Multi-filter search	Combine category, location, style, budget, rating, and 16 professional highlights in one run.
Fixed flat schema	Every professional comes back in the same columns, ready for your CRM or spreadsheet.
Scale ready	Collect up to a million listings per run with no rate-limiting guesswork.

How it compares

This Actor focuses on the Houzz professional directory with 8 filter dimensions that run during collection, while other Houzz scrapers vary in their filter depth and data coverage.

Feature	ParseForge	Houzz Professional Scraper	houzz	Houzz.com Scraper | All In One
Category filter (15 types)	Yes	Not listed	Not listed	Not listed
Design style filter (17 styles)	Yes	Not listed	Not listed	Not listed
Budget level filter	Yes	Not listed	Not listed	Not listed
Professional highlights filter (16 badges)	Yes	Not listed	Not listed	Not listed
Language spoken filter	Yes	Not listed	Not listed	Not listed
Service type filter	Yes	Not listed	Not listed	Not listed

Configure the run

Drive the Actor from direct Houzz professional URLs or use the built-in category, location, style, budget, rating, highlight, language, and service type filters. Filters run as each listing is read so only matches reach your dataset. The Input tab lists every parameter.

A first run with the defaults:

{
  "maxItems": 10,
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.houzz.com/professionals/interior-designer/probr0-bo~t_11785"
    }
  ]
}

A larger pull:

{
  "maxItems": 200,
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.houzz.com/professionals/interior-designer/probr0-bo~t_11785"
    }
  ]
}

Pricing

Pay-per-result: $0.01734 per result collected. You pay only for the results written to your dataset.

Results collected	Approximate cost
100 results	$1.73
1,000 results	$17.34
10,000 results	$173.40

New Apify accounts start with $5 in free credit.

Free users

Free-plan runs return up to 10 results as a preview. Upgrade your Apify plan to collect up to 1,000,000 results per run.

Run it

1. Create a free Apify account with $5 in credit.
2. Open the Houzz Professionals Scraper.
3. Set your inputs and any filters, then click Start.
4. Export the results as CSV, Excel, JSON, or XML from the Dataset tab.

Run it programmatically through the Apify API (run-sync-get-dataset-items) or the ApifyClient for JavaScript and Python.

Use with AI agents (MCP)

Give an AI agent live access to Houzz through the Model Context Protocol. Add the Actor to Claude, Cursor, or any MCP client:

claude mcp add --transport http apify "https://mcp.apify.com?tools=parseforge/houzz-scraper"

Then prompt it in plain language to run the scraper and read back the results.

Troubleshooting

Why am I getting no results?

Your filter combination may be too narrow. Try removing one filter at a time, starting with the highlight or service type, to see which one eliminates all matches. Also check that your location spelling matches how Houzz writes it.

The Actor returns fewer results than my maxItems setting.

This is expected when there are not enough professionals on Houzz that match your filters. Try broadening your location or removing some filters to increase the pool.

Some contact fields are empty in my dataset.

Houzz professionals choose what contact information to display publicly. If a phone number or website is missing, that professional did not list it on their profile.

Can I scrape product pages or photos instead of professionals?

This Actor is built for the Houzz professional directory only. It does not scrape product listings, photos, or discussion threads. Use a general Houzz scraper if you need those data types.

The run takes a long time with a high maxItems.

Large runs naturally take longer because the Actor respects Houzz's page load times. Reduce maxItems or narrow your filters to speed things up.

FAQ

Question	Answer
Can I scrape a specific professional's full profile page?	Yes. Paste the direct URL of any Houzz professional page into the startUrls field, and the Actor will return that profile's details. When you provide direct URLs, all search filters are ignored.
What information do I get for each professional?	Each row includes the business name, contact phone, website, address, service area, review count and rating, badges and highlights, business description, and category tags. The exact fields are shown in the sample output above.
How do I search for professionals in a specific city?	Enter the city, state, or region name in the location field, for example 'Austin' or 'San Diego'. The Actor will search Houzz for professionals in that area matching your other filters.
Can I combine multiple filters in one run?	Yes. You can set a category, location, design style, budget level, minimum rating, professional highlight, language, and service type all at once. The Actor applies every filter you configure.
Does this Actor handle pagination automatically?	Yes. The Actor navigates through all pages of search results until it reaches your maxItems limit or there are no more listings.
What is the maximum number of professionals I can scrape?	You can set maxItems up to 1,000,000. The actual number returned depends on how many professionals match your filters on Houzz.
Do I need a Houzz account or API key?	No. This Actor reads the publicly available Houzz professional directory pages. No login, API key, or account registration is required.
Can I filter by professionals who offer free consultations?	Yes. Set the highlight filter to 'Free Consultation' and the Actor will only return professionals who have that badge on their profile.
What export formats are supported?	You can export your dataset in JSON, CSV, Excel, XML, and several other formats directly from the Apify platform.
Can I schedule this scraper to run weekly?	Yes. Apify supports scheduled runs. You can set this Actor to run daily or weekly to keep your professional list fresh.

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⚠️ Disclaimer. This Actor is unofficial and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Houzz Inc. It collects only publicly available data. You are responsible for using the collected data in compliance with the source's terms of service and applicable data-protection laws, including GDPR, CCPA, and PIPL. Do not use it to collect personal data unlawfully.