Houzz: scrapers and the official API, compared

Home improvement professionals, categories, ratings, review counts, locations and reviews from Houzz.

Short answer

For most Houzz jobs, start with Houzz Pro Directory Finder by City & Category: it covers 6 of 8 core fields (title, category, phone, rating and 2 more) at $0.99 per 1,000 results on Apify's Free plan. The top published score for Houzz goes to Houzz Pro Scraper by abotapi (91 of 100), a Store tool from another publisher, listed for reference.

From published Store listings, output schemas and the official documentation. Checked 2026-11-02. How the ranking works.

Houzz Pro Directory Finder by City & Category: inputs, code and cost Open in Apify Store

1 catalogue Actor 8 other Store tools Official API: Partner only Lowest rate $0.99 per 1K

Route map

Each line is one way to get Houzz data; each stop is a field you probably need. Green lines are catalogue Actors, ranked by the published formula.

1 Houzz Pro Directory Finder by City & Category 17 output fields, pay per event 6 of 8 core fields
$0.99 / 1K
+ 6 other Store tools, combined Reference only 7 of 8 core fields
from $1.00 / 1K
API Houzz Pro API Partner only fields not compared

Stops are fields. A ring means the field is in that route's published output schema; no ring means the line passes without it. Bold labels are the core fields for this website, the rest are fields that differ between routes. A white capsule means every data line stops there. The red line is the official API; its field coverage is not compared. A crossed red line means there is no open official API.

Catalogue Actors for Houzz

Houzz Pro Directory Finder by City & Category

Find Houzz contractors, architects, and designers by city and category across 16 countries, with ratings, reviews, hires, services, license…

6/8 core fields 17 output fields $0.99 per 1K Open in Apify Store

Field matrix: who returns what

Every tool with a published output schema, against the 8 fields most Houzz jobs need. A dot means the field name appears in the schema; rows can still leave it empty.

Which tools return each core Houzz field, from published output schemas
Tool	title	category	phone	rating	review	city	state	profile	Fields
Houzz Pro Directory Finder by City & Category	●	●	●	●	–	●	●	–	6/8
Houzz Pro ScraperReference only, by abotapi	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	–	7/8
Houzz Professional ScraperReference only, by shahidirfan	●	–	●	●	●	●	●	–	6/8
Houzz Pro ScraperReference only, by malikgen	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	–	7/8
Houzz ScraperReference only, by solidcode	●	–	●	●	●	●	●	–	6/8
Houzz ScraperReference only, by jungle_synthesizer	●	–	●	●	–	●	–	–	4/8
Houzz ScraperReference only, by lulzasaur	●	–	●	●	–	●	●	–	5/8
Tools returning it	7	3	7	7	4	7	6	0

Field dictionary: the exact keys

The same core field has a different key in each Actor's output. Map these before you merge datasets; a dash means the published schema has no matching key. Need a field that is not listed here, such as email? Search every Houzz Actor by field.

Output keys for each core Houzz field in the top catalogue Actors
Core field	Houzz Pro Directory Finder by…
title	title, proName
category	category
phone	phoneNumber
rating	ratingValue, rating
review	–
city	city
state	state
profile	–

All 9 tools, scored

Catalogue Actors link to their detail pages; the score (0 to 100) is the published formula, identical for every tool. Other Store tools follow in their own table, for reference. Price is the published primary-result rate per 1,000 (the Free-plan rate where the price is tiered; higher Apify plans pay less); start events and platform usage are excluded.

Catalogue Actors for Houzz, ranked by the published method
		Sample fields
80	Houzz Pro Directory Finder by City & Category Catalogue Actor, pay per event	title, category, phoneNumber	17	$0.99	9 runs, too few to rate	Nov 2026

Other Store tools, for reference

Scored with the same published formula and listed for comparison only; this site does not link or recommend them.

Other Store tools for Houzz, for reference
		Sample fields
91	Houzz Pro Scraper Reference only, by abotapi	displayName, proCategory, formattedPhone	120	$1.70	79% of 136 runs	Oct 2026
90	Houzz Professional Scraper Reference only, by shahidirfan	name, phone, rating	52	$1.00	96% of 179 runs	Oct 2026
90	Houzz Pro Scraper Reference only, by malikgen	name, category, phone	26	$4.00	92% of 87 runs	Jun 2026
87	Houzz Scraper Reference only, by solidcode	title, phone, reviewRating	39	$3.55	95% of 91 runs	Oct 2026
82	Houzz Scraper Reference only, by jungle_synthesizer	name, phone, rating	20	$2.00	97% of 31 runs	Nov 2026
73	Houzz Professional Scraper Reference only, by easyapi	No published schema	–	$2.99	83% of 65 runs	Nov 2026
70	Houzz.com Scraper Reference only, by fatihtahta	No published schema	–	$3.99	97% of 114 runs	Mar 2026
66	Houzz Scraper Reference only, by lulzasaur	name, telephone, rating	9	$40	98% of 41 runs	Oct 2026

Official API route

Houzz Pro API

The Houzz Pro API gives verified partners access to Houzz Pro business data such as projects, leads, contacts, tasks, scheduling and files. It does not offer public directory search.

Price. No public self-serve price is published.

Limits. Requests are limited per company by a token bucket with a 45-request burst refilling at 15 requests per second; accounts may also carry a monthly request allowance.

Official documentation

Terms and personal data

Houzz's terms prohibit data mining, robots and scraping on the platform; public business data only. This is general information, not legal advice.

Read Houzz's terms. Keep to public data, do not bypass logins or access controls, and check whether personal data is involved before you collect it. The can-I-scrape checklist walks through it.

How to start

Open Houzz Pro Directory Finder by City & Category and start from its default input; its Actor page has the full example input and code.
Set the Houzz search, profile, listing or URL you need and a result limit.
Run it and export the dataset as JSON, CSV or Excel, or call it from the Apify API.

Call Houzz Pro Directory Finder by City & Category from code

The example input uses the Actor's published defaults; set your own Houzz query before you run it. You need an Apify API token.

Python

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>")
run_input = {
    "mode": "search",
    "country": "us",
    "city": "Los Angeles, CA",
    "profession": "general-contractor",
    "sortBy": "relevance",
    "minRating": 0,
    "minReviewCount": 0,
    "directoryUrls": [],
    "profileUrls": [],
    "photoUrls": [],
    "photoCategory": "kitchen",
    "includeReviews": False,
    "maxReviewsPerPro": 20,
    "fetchDetails": True,
    "fetchPhotoDetails": False,
    "enrichEmails": False,
    "maxItems": 1,
    "maxPages": 0
}

run = client.actor("dataspryva/houzz-pro-directory-finder-by-city-and-category").call(run_input=run_input)
if run is None:
    raise RuntimeError("The Actor run was not found.")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

pip install apify-client

JavaScript

import { ApifyClient } from "apify-client";

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: "<YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>" });
const input = {
    "mode": "search",
    "country": "us",
    "city": "Los Angeles, CA",
    "profession": "general-contractor",
    "sortBy": "relevance",
    "minRating": 0,
    "minReviewCount": 0,
    "directoryUrls": [],
    "profileUrls": [],
    "photoUrls": [],
    "photoCategory": "kitchen",
    "includeReviews": false,
    "maxReviewsPerPro": 20,
    "fetchDetails": true,
    "fetchPhotoDetails": false,
    "enrichEmails": false,
    "maxItems": 1,
    "maxPages": 0
};

const run = await client.actor("dataspryva/houzz-pro-directory-finder-by-city-and-category").call(input);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
console.log(items);

npm install apify-client

cURL

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/dataspryva~houzz-pro-directory-finder-by-city-and-category/run-sync-get-dataset-items"   -H "Authorization: Bearer $APIFY_TOKEN"   -H "Content-Type: application/json"   -d '{"mode":"search","country":"us","city":"Los Angeles, CA","profession":"general-contractor","sortBy":"relevance","minRating":0,"minReviewCount":0,"directoryUrls":[],"profileUrls":[],"photoUrls":[],"photoCategory":"kitchen","includeReviews":false,"maxReviewsPerPro":20,"fetchDetails":true,"fetchPhotoDetails":false,"enrichEmails":false,"maxItems":1,"maxPages":0}'

Waits for the run and returns the dataset items (runs over 300 seconds return HTTP 408; start an async run instead).

MCP (AI agents)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apify": {
      "url": "https://mcp.apify.com?tools=dataspryva/houzz-pro-directory-finder-by-city-and-category",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer <YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Adds this Actor as a tool in an MCP client that takes a remote server URL (Cursor, VS Code, Claude Code) through Apify's hosted MCP server. OAuth sign-in also works without the header. Clients that only start local servers can wrap the URL with npx mcp-remote.

Questions people ask

What is the cheapest catalogue Actor for Houzz data?

Houzz Pro Directory Finder by City & Category lists $0.99 per 1,000 results (pay per event), with 17 fields in its published output schema. Start events and platform usage are billed separately. Checked 2026-11-02.

Which Houzz scraper returns the most core fields?

Houzz Pro Directory Finder by City & Category covers 6 of the 8 core Houzz fields this page tracks (title, category, phone, rating, review, city, state, profile), based on its published output schema.

Does Houzz have an official API?

Partner only: The Houzz Pro API gives verified partners access to Houzz Pro business data such as projects, leads, contacts, tasks, scheduling and files. It does not offer public directory search. No public self-serve price is published.

Is it legal to scrape Houzz?

It depends on what you collect and how. Houzz's terms prohibit data mining, robots and scraping on the platform; public business data only. Read Houzz's terms (https://www.houzz.com/termsOfUse) before you collect, and check whether personal data is involved. This is general information, not legal advice.

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Google Maps17 Actors
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Sources

Data checked 2026-11-02

Cite this page

Scraper Finder. "How to get Houzz data." https://scraperfinder.com/sites/houzz/ (data checked 2026-11-02).

Highest-scoring catalogue Actor

Houzz Pro Directory Finder by City & Category: 6 of 8 core fields, $0.99 per 1,000 results, score 80. The highest score overall is 91 (Houzz Pro Scraper, a Store tool from another publisher); both are in the table above.

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