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Scrape UK businesses from Thomson Local by trade and town or postcode - name, phone, website, address, postcode, rating and reviews. Export B2B leads.
A web-scraping connector that extracts structured UK business listings and lead data from the Thomson Local directory by querying trades and locations. It collects per-business contact and profile information including company name and trade category, contact phone numbers and website links, full UK addresses with formatted postcodes, customer ratings and review counts, short business descriptions, listing metadata (paid-listing indicator, listing identifier, profile URL, logo), and—when enabled—geographic coordinates, published services, full descriptions and opening hours. The connector issues searches combining trades and locations, respects Thomson Local’s category matching and ranking (including surrounding-area results), and deduplicates businesses found across multiple searches, producing data suitable for lead generation, local market mapping, and contact enrichment.
Verified Oct 25, 10:11 PM
$0.0015
per business listing
Up to 100 per call. Only pay for results returned; failed calls are refunded.
B2B lead generation across trades, professional services, healthcare, hospitality and other UK sectors
Cold calling and sales prospecting using direct phone numbers by trade and area
Local SEO and web design outreach to find businesses without websites
Market research and competitor mapping by town or postcode district
CRM enrichment to add phone, website and postcode/contact data to company lists
What to search for on Thomson Local - a trade, business type or company name, e.g.
Cities, towns or postcodes in the UK to search in, e.g.
Thomson Local search results URLs to scrape directly, e.g.
Optional settings
| Window | Uptime | Success rate | p50 | p95 | Calls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24h | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| 7d | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| 30d | — | — | — | — | 0 |
Call it through Sourcelane's gateway or MCP server. We run the connector, apply your agent's spend guardrails, and bill only the results returned.
Call it via Sourcelane
curl -X POST https://api.usesourcelane.com/v1/call \
-H "Authorization: Bearer sl_live_your_agent_key" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"listing":"thomson-local-scraper","params":{"searchTerms":["plumbers"],"maxItems":5},"maxResults":10}'Request params
| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
searchTerms | array | optional | What to search for on Thomson Local - a trade, business type or company name, e.g. "plumbers", "dentists", "accountants". Each term is searched in every location. |
locations | array | optional | Cities, towns or postcodes in the UK to search in, e.g. "Manchester", "London", "M1". |
startUrls | array | optional | Thomson Local search results URLs to scrape directly, e.g. https://www.thomsonlocal.com/search/plumbers/manchester. Used in addition to the search terms above. |
maxItems | integer | optional | Maximum number of businesses to return across all searches. 0 = no limit. Capped at 100 per call. |
maxItemsPerSearch | integer | optional | Optional cap for each search term + location combination. 0 = no per-search limit. |
includeDetails | boolean | optional | Also open each business page for GPS coordinates, full description, products and services, and opening hours (one extra request per business). |
Each result contains
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
name | string | Name |
category | string | Category |
categories | array | — |
description | string | — |
phone | string | Phone |
phones | array | — |
email | null | |
website | null | Website |
address | string | — |
street | string | Street |
postalCode | string | Postcode |
city | string | City |
district | null | — |
region | null | — |
country | string | — |
latitude | null | — |
longitude | null | — |
rating | null | Rating |
reviewCount | null | Reviews |
openingHours | array | — |
services | array | — |
vatNumber | null | — |
paymentMethods | array | — |
logoUrl | string | — |
badge | null | — |
isPaidListing | boolean | — |
listingId | string | — |
detailUrl | string | Listing |
position | integer | — |
searchTerm | string | Search term |
searchLocation | string | Location |
sourceUrl | string | — |
scrapedAt | string | — |
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Adds the Sourcelane MCP server with your key as a header.
claude mcp add --transport http sourcelane https://api.usesourcelane.com/mcp \
--header "Authorization: Bearer sl_live_your_agent_key"Alternative to the connector URL: add to claude_desktop_config.json, then restart Claude.
{
"mcpServers": {
"sourcelane": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"mcp-remote",
"https://api.usesourcelane.com/mcp",
"--header",
"Authorization:${AUTH_HEADER}"
],
"env": {
"AUTH_HEADER": "Bearer sl_live_your_agent_key"
}
}
}
}Add to ~/.cursor/mcp.json (or Windsurf's mcp_config.json).
{
"mcpServers": {
"sourcelane": {
"url": "https://api.usesourcelane.com/mcp",
"headers": {
"Authorization": "Bearer sl_live_your_agent_key"
}
}
}
}Save as .vscode/mcp.json. VS Code prompts for your key once.
{
"servers": {
"sourcelane": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://api.usesourcelane.com/mcp",
"headers": {
"Authorization": "Bearer ${input:sourcelane-key}"
}
}
},
"inputs": [
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "sourcelane-key",
"description": "Sourcelane agent key",
"password": true
}
]
}Create a GPT → Actions → Import from URL, then Authentication: API Key, Bearer.
https://usesourcelane.com/openapi.jsonOne POST. Pass maxResults to cap cost.
curl -X POST https://api.usesourcelane.com/v1/call \
-H "Authorization: Bearer sl_live_your_agent_key" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"listing":"thomson-local-scraper","params":{"searchTerms":["plumbers"],"maxItems":5},"maxResults":10}'Wrap the REST call as a tool, or point an MCP client at the endpoint.
import requests
res = requests.post(
"https://api.usesourcelane.com/v1/call",
headers={"Authorization": "Bearer sl_live_your_agent_key"},
json={
"listing": "thomson-local-scraper",
"params": {"searchTerms":["plumbers"],"maxItems":5},
"maxResults": 10,
},
timeout=300,
)
body = res.json()
print(body["receipt"]["chargedMicros"], "micro-USD for", body["receipt"]["results"], "results")
print(body["data"])—
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