BizBuySell Scraper API Documentation

BizBuySell Scraper

Extract business-for-sale listings with financials and broker contacts from BizBuySell

Parameters

Examples

curl -X POST https://app.scrapercity.com/api/v1/scrape/bizbuysell-scraper \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "startUrls": [
      "https://www.bizbuysell.com/texas-businesses-for-sale/"
    ],
    "maxItems": 250
  }'

curl -X POST https://app.scrapercity.com/api/v1/scrape/bizbuysell-scraper \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "startUrls": [
      "https://www.bizbuysell.com/restaurants-for-sale/",
      "https://www.bizbuysell.com/fast-food-restaurants-for-sale/"
    ],
    "maxItems": 1000,
    "datasetName": "restaurant-opportunities"
  }'

curl -X GET https://app.scrapercity.com/api/v1/scrape/status/{runId} \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"

Use Cases

• •SMB acquisition and search fund deal flow
• •Business broker market analysis
• •Investment opportunity research
• •Valuation benchmarking by industry
• •Automated daily listing alerts
• •Competitor analysis for business brokers

Best Practices

• •Apply filters on BizBuySell first, then copy the filtered URL
• •Use search URLs for broad extraction, listing URLs for specific businesses
• •Set maxItems to 99999 to extract all available listings
• •Use datasetName to avoid duplicates when running daily
• •Returns complete financials: EBITDA, revenue, cash flow
• •Includes direct broker contact information
• •Extracts full business descriptions and seller details
• •Can be cancelled while running