Rover Listings Scraper

Rover Listings Scraper

Scrape pet sitter and dog walker listings from Rover by city and state, up to a thousand per run. Each provider row includes their name, rating, repeat client count, price, and profile details. No API key needed. Export to CSV, JSON, Excel, or XML.

Rover's marketplace connects pet owners with local sitters and walkers, but manually browsing hundreds of profiles is slow and hard to compare. This Actor reads public provider listings for any U.S. city and state and returns each match in one flat schema. From ratings and repeat client percentages to price and profile headline, every row is ready for analysis or outreach.

Who uses it	What they scrape Rover for
Pet business analysts	benchmark local sitter pricing, ratings, and supply density across cities
Rover sitters	track competitor positioning and review signals in their own metro area
Marketing agencies	build targeted lists of high-rated sitters for partnership campaigns
Researchers	study gig-economy earning patterns and service availability in different regions

What it does

This Actor collects Rover pet care provider listings for a given location and returns each one as a flat row.

• 📍 Location-driven search: scrape all providers that appear for a city and state string, exactly as you would type it on Rover.
• 🔢 Capped collection: set a maximum listing count from 1 to 1000 so you control the run size and the dataset.
• 🛡️ Residential proxies included: runs through Apify residential proxies to handle Cloudflare protection reliably.

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

What you can do with Rover data

📊 Benchmark local pet care supply and rates.

A market analyst scrapes sitters in Austin, TX, builds a pricing histogram, and advises a pet startup on competitive entry.

🧑‍💼 Audit your own sitter ranking.

A Rover sitter pulls their city’s listings weekly, tracks their position in the default sort, and adjusts their profile headline and pricing.

🗺️ Map service gaps for expansion.

A pet franchise operator scrapes multiple suburbs, overlays provider density on a map, and picks the next location to open.

📋 Build a lead list of top-rated providers.

An agency extracts sitters with over 50 reviews and a high repeat client score, then reaches out for affiliate collaborations.

Why choose this scraper

	What you get
Location targeting	Collect providers from a specific metro area in one pull
Flat output schema	Every provider is one row, ready for spreadsheets or databases
Bypass anti-bot protection	Runs on residential proxies to avoid Cloudflare blocks
Controlled volume	Set an exact upper limit on how many listings to scrape

How it compares

No other Store actor targets Rover the same way, so the honest comparison is with the alternatives teams actually weigh.

	Rover Listings Scraper	Build it in-house	By hand
Setup	Run it now, zero config	Days of engineering	None, but hours per pull
When Rover changes	Maintained for you	You fix it	You re-learn the page
Proxies, retries, anti-bot	Built in	Your problem	Browser only
Output	Fixed JSON schema, CSV/Excel export	Whatever you build	Copy-paste
Cost	Pay per result	Engineering time	Analyst hours

Configure the run

Drive the Actor with a City, State location string and a maximum listing count. The Input tab lists every parameter.

A first run with the defaults:

{
  "location": "New York, NY",
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  }
}

A larger pull:

{
  "location": "New York, NY",
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  },
  "maxItems": 200
}

Pricing

Pay-per-result: $0.00449 per result collected. You pay only for the results written to your dataset.

Results collected	Approximate cost
100 results	$0.45
1,000 results	$4.49
10,000 results	$44.90

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 Rover Listings 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 Rover 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/rover-scraper"

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

Troubleshooting

Why is my run returning zero results?

Check that your location string matches how Rover formats city names, for example, 'Brooklyn, NY' not 'Brooklyn New York'. Also try a broader city if the current one has few sitters.

Why do I get fewer listings than my maxItems setting?

The Actor stops when it reaches your maxItems or when Rover runs out of matching providers, whichever happens first. Some smaller towns naturally return fewer listings.

Why is the run failing with a proxy or timeout error?

This is usually a temporary Cloudflare challenge. The residential proxies rotate automatically. Try running again after a few minutes or lowering the maxItems value.

Can I speed up the scrape?

The Actor runs at a controlled pace to avoid blocks. Reducing maxItems to the exact number you need will shorten the run time.

FAQ

Question	Answer
Can I scrape listings for multiple cities in one run?	Each run accepts one City, State input. To scrape multiple locations, run the Actor once per city, or use an Apify workflow or scheduler to loop over a list of locations.
What data does the Actor return for each provider?	Each row shows the provider’s name, rating, review count, repeat client count, price, profile headline, and other publicly visible profile fields from the search result page.
Does this Actor require a Rover login or API key?	No. It reads the same public search pages a browser would, so no login or Rover API credentials are needed.
Is there a risk of getting blocked?	The Actor uses Apify residential proxies by default, which rotate IPs and help avoid Cloudflare blocks. Its request rate is also kept moderate.
How many listings can I scrape in a single run?	You set the maximum, from 1 to 1000. The actual number returned depends on how many providers Rover shows for that city.
Can I filter providers by rating or price?	The Actor collects all listings Rover returns for a location. Apply filters in your dataset tool, or select specific rows using Apify’s dataset API and integrations.
Does it scrape individual sitter profiles?	It scrapes the search listing cards. If you need deeper profile data like full bios or calendar availability, you would parse the detail pages in a separate step.
What export formats are supported?	Your dataset can be downloaded as CSV, JSON, Excel, XML, or pushed to integrations like Google Sheets, BigQuery, or Airtable.

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⚠️ Disclaimer. This Actor is unofficial and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by A Place for Rover, 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.