Scrape search.ch — 2M+ Swiss Business Listings with Decoded Emails and Opening Hours

Extract structured business data from search.ch, Switzerland's most comprehensive directory with over 2 million listings. Our scraper automatically decodes search.ch's email obfuscation, extracts opening hours, and delivers clean contact data. Covers all 26 cantons with phone, email, address, and category data.

What You Can Scrape

• Business listings — company name, address, phone, decoded email, website
• Opening hours — structured weekly schedule extracted from listing pages
• Email decode — automatic deobfuscation of search.ch's encoded email addresses
• Category data — business type and industry classification
• Canton filtering — search within specific Swiss cantons
• Multi-query — batch multiple search terms in a single run

Primary Use Cases

• Swiss B2B prospecting — build comprehensive contact lists across all 26 cantons
• Local business analysis — map service providers by category and region
• Lead generation — extract verified email addresses for outreach campaigns
• Market research — analyze Swiss business landscape by industry and geography
• Data enrichment — supplement CRM records with Swiss business contacts

API Example

# Start a run via the Apify API
curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/santamaria-automations~search-ch-scraper/runs?token=YOUR_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"searchQueries": ["zahnarzt"], "location": "Bern", "maxResultsPerQuery": 200}'

# Or use with AI agents via MCP:
# https://mcp.apify.com?tools=santamaria-automations/search-ch-scraper

Integrations

• n8n / Make / Zapier — trigger runs and process results via webhook
• AI Agents (MCP) — Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code, LangChain, LlamaIndex
• Python / Node.js — Apify SDK for programmatic access
• Google Sheets / Airtable — export via Apify integrations

How It Compares

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