# Clutch.co Scraper (`great_pistachio/clutch-scraper`) Actor

Scrape agency listings from Clutch.co — company names, ratings, reviews, pricing, services, locations, and more. Filter by category and location. Perfect for lead generation, competitor analysis, and market research.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/great_pistachio/clutch-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Saturnin Pugnet](https://apify.com/great_pistachio) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Marketing
- **Features:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 56 total users, 5 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $8.00 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

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You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## Clutch.co Scraper — Extract Agency Data at Scale

The most reliable **Clutch.co scraper** and **Clutch.co API alternative** on Apify. Extract structured data from [Clutch.co](https://clutch.co) agency listings — company name, website, rating, reviews, pricing, employee count, location, services, and more. No coding required.

### What is Clutch.co?

[Clutch.co](https://clutch.co) is the world's largest B2B ratings and reviews platform, listing **250,000+ agencies** across web development, mobile apps, SEO, marketing, design, and IT services. It's the go-to **agency directory** for businesses evaluating service providers — and a goldmine of structured B2B data.

Clutch.co does **not offer a public API**, so this actor provides the only scalable way to extract agency directory data programmatically. Think of it as a **Clutch.co API** that returns clean, structured JSON.

### Why Use This Clutch.co Scraper?

- 🔍 **Category filtering** — scrape any Clutch.co directory (web developers, SEO firms, mobile app developers, PPC agencies, and dozens more)
- 📍 **Location filtering** — narrow results by city, state, or country
- 📊 **Rich data extraction** — ratings, reviews, pricing, services breakdown, verification status
- 🛡️ **Real browser automation** — uses Playwright with browser fingerprinting to minimize blocks from anti-bot protection
- ⚡ **Pagination support** — scrape multiple pages with configurable start/end
- 🔄 **Always up-to-date** — maintained against Clutch.co's latest site structure

### Use Cases

#### Lead Generation & Sales Prospecting

Build targeted lists of **web development agencies**, marketing firms, or any B2B service provider. Filter by location and category to find exactly the companies you want to reach. Export to CSV and load into your CRM.

#### Competitor Analysis

Track your competitors' **Clutch.co profiles** — monitor their ratings, review counts, pricing changes, and service offerings over time. Benchmark your agency against others in the same category and location.

#### Market Research

Analyze the **web development agencies data** landscape: average hourly rates by region, most common service combinations, rating distributions, and market saturation by city. Build reports that inform your go-to-market strategy.

#### Agency Aggregation & Directories

Power your own agency directory or comparison tool with fresh data from Clutch.co. Build "top agencies" content pages backed by real data.

#### Investment & M\&A Research

Screen agencies by size, rating, and specialty for acquisition targets or partnership opportunities.

### Input

| Field | Type | Default | Description |
|-------|------|---------|-------------|
| `category` | string | `web-developers` | Category slug from the Clutch.co URL |
| `location` | string | *(empty)* | Location filter (e.g., `new-york`, `california`) |
| `maxPages` | integer | `5` | Max pages to scrape (~30 results per page) |
| `startPage` | integer | `1` | Page number to start from |

#### How to Use

1. **Pick a category** — Browse [Clutch.co](https://clutch.co) and copy the category slug from the URL. For example, `https://clutch.co/web-developers` → use `web-developers`.
2. **Set a location** (optional) — Add a location slug like `new-york` or `california` to filter geographically.
3. **Choose page range** — Each page has ~30 results. Set `maxPages` to control volume.
4. **Run the actor** — Click "Start" or call via the Apify API.
5. **Export results** — Download as JSON, CSV, or Excel from the dataset tab. Or integrate directly via the Apify API.

#### Common Categories

| Slug | Description |
|------|-------------|
| `web-developers` | Web Development Companies |
| `mobile-app-development` | Mobile App Developers |
| `ai-development` | AI Development Companies |
| `seo-firms` | SEO Companies |
| `agencies/ppc` | PPC Agencies |
| `agencies/graphic-designers` | Graphic Design Agencies |
| `app-developers` | App Development Companies |
| `it-services` | IT Services Companies |
| `agencies/digital-marketing` | Digital Marketing Agencies |

#### Location Examples

- **US Cities:** `new-york`, `los-angeles`, `chicago`, `miami`, `san-francisco`
- **US States:** `california`, `texas`, `florida`, `new-york-state`
- **UK:** `uk/england/london`, `uk/scotland/edinburgh`
- **Global:** `india`, `ukraine`, `poland`, `brazil`

### Output Example

Each result contains structured data about one agency:

```json
{
  "name": "Company Name",
  "profileUrl": "https://clutch.co/profile/company-name",
  "websiteUrl": "https://company-website.com",
  "rating": 4.8,
  "reviewsCount": 123,
  "minProjectSize": "$5,000+",
  "hourlyRate": "$25 - $49 / hr",
  "employees": "50 - 249",
  "location": "New York, NY",
  "services": ["50% Web Development", "40% E-Commerce Development", "10% Custom Software Development"],
  "description": "Company description text...",
  "isVerified": true,
  "isSponsored": false,
  "sourceUrl": "https://clutch.co/web-developers"
}
```

#### Output Fields

| Field | Description |
|-------|-------------|
| `name` | Company name |
| `profileUrl` | Direct link to Clutch.co profile |
| `websiteUrl` | Company's own website |
| `rating` | Clutch rating (0–5 scale) |
| `reviewsCount` | Number of verified reviews |
| `minProjectSize` | Minimum project budget |
| `hourlyRate` | Hourly rate range |
| `employees` | Employee count range |
| `location` | Headquarters city/state |
| `services` | List of services with percentage breakdown |
| `description` | Company description from profile |
| `isVerified` | Whether the profile is Clutch-verified |
| `isSponsored` | Whether it's a paid/sponsored listing |

### Comparison: This Scraper vs Alternatives

#### vs Manual Scraping / Copy-Paste

Manually browsing Clutch.co and copying data into spreadsheets is tedious, error-prone, and doesn't scale. This actor extracts **thousands of listings** in minutes with zero manual effort.

#### vs Building Your Own Scraper

Clutch.co uses **Cloudflare protection** that blocks simple HTTP scrapers. Building and maintaining a scraper that handles fingerprinting, browser automation, and site changes is a significant engineering investment. This actor handles all of that out of the box.

#### vs Clutch.co's Own Data

Clutch.co does not offer a public API or data export. Their data is locked behind the website. This actor is the closest thing to a **Clutch.co API** — structured, programmatic access to the same data.

#### vs Other Apify Scrapers

This actor is purpose-built for Clutch.co with real browser automation, clean data extraction, and active maintenance. Generic scrapers often fail on Clutch.co's anti-bot protection.

### FAQ

**How much data can I scrape?**
Each page returns ~30 results. With `maxPages: 100`, you can extract ~3,000 agencies per category/location combination. Most categories have 50–500 pages of results.

**How often is Clutch.co data updated?**
Clutch.co updates profiles continuously as companies receive new reviews. Run this actor weekly or monthly to keep your data fresh.

**Does this work with all Clutch.co categories?**
Yes — any category visible on Clutch.co can be scraped by using the URL slug. This includes all service categories, industry verticals, and subcategories.

**Can I filter by rating or review count?**
The actor scrapes all listings in a category. You can filter the output dataset by rating, review count, or any other field using Apify's dataset API or by post-processing the results.

**Is this legal?**
This actor scrapes publicly available data from Clutch.co. The data is visible to anyone browsing the site. Please use responsibly and in accordance with applicable laws and Clutch.co's Terms of Service.

**Can I integrate this with my CRM?**
Yes. Export results as CSV and import into any CRM, or use the Apify API to integrate directly with Salesforce, HubSpot, Pipedrive, Google Sheets, Zapier, Make, and more.

**What if Clutch.co changes their website?**
We actively maintain this actor. If Clutch.co updates their site structure, we push fixes quickly. If you encounter issues, please open an issue.

### Pricing

- **$5.00 per 1,000 results**
- **$0.01 per actor start**

Scraping 5 pages (~150 results) costs approximately $0.76.

### Related Actors

- **[Website Company Enricher](https://apify.com/great_pistachio/website-company-enricher)** — Enrich the agency websites you scrape from Clutch.co with emails, phone numbers, social links, tech stack, and more. A free Clearbit alternative that pairs perfectly with this scraper.
- **[Florida Business Leads](https://apify.com/great_pistachio/florida-business-leads)** — Get 1,000+ fresh Florida LLC and corporation filings daily from Sunbiz. Great for B2B lead generation alongside Clutch data.

### Legal Disclaimer

This actor scrapes publicly available data from Clutch.co. Users are responsible for ensuring their use complies with Clutch.co's Terms of Service and all applicable laws. Consider rate limiting for large scraping jobs.

# Actor input Schema

## `category` (type: `string`):

Service category slug from Clutch.co URL, e.g. 'web-developers', 'mobile-app-development', 'ai-development', 'seo-firms', 'agencies/ppc', 'agencies/graphic-designers'

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

Location filter as it appears in the Clutch.co URL path, e.g. 'new-york', 'uk/england/london', 'california'. Leave empty for global results.

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

Maximum number of listing pages to scrape. Each page has ~30 results.

## `startPage` (type: `integer`):

Page number to start from (1-based).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "category": "web-developers",
  "location": "",
  "maxPages": 5,
  "startPage": 1
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `defaultDataset` (type: `string`):

Structured agency data scraped from Clutch.co listings — name, ratings, services, pricing, location

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "category": "web-developers"
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("great_pistachio/clutch-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "category": "web-developers" }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("great_pistachio/clutch-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "category": "web-developers"
}' |
apify call great_pistachio/clutch-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,great_pistachio/clutch-scraper"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/WTfniO1Im4lCwCOud/builds/Y1iK2cwfNgLqJCjx0/openapi.json