📍 Brave Maps Scraper

Brave Maps Scraper lets you extract structured local business data from Brave Maps using keywords and a location.

Generate local business leads, analyze competitors, research markets, and collect business contact data without manually searching Brave Maps.

• 🎯 Generate business leads: collect business names, phone numbers, websites, addresses, and coordinates
• 📊 Analyze competitors: compare categories, business locations, and observed Brave Maps visibility
• 📍 Research local markets: discover businesses operating in a specific city, state, region, or country
• 🔎 Track search visibility: preserve the observed Brave Maps result rank for every query
• 🧹 Get cleaner data: branch-safe deduplication reduces duplicate appearances without merging separate locations
• 🖼 Collect business media: extract primary and additional business images when available
• 🔗 Enrich business records: optionally request Brave Maps place details for additional structured data
• ⚡ Automate workflows: export structured results to Apify Dataset, API, integrations, or downstream applications

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📦 What data does Brave Maps Scraper extract?

🏢 Business name	🆔 Brave Place ID
🏷 Category	📍 Address
📌 Latitude	📌 Longitude
☎️ Phone number	🌐 Website
🕐 Opening hours when available	🖼 Primary image
🖼 Additional images	🏆 Observed Brave Maps rank
🔍 Search query	🌍 Search location
🔗 Brave Maps source URL	🕒 Scrape timestamp
⭐ Rating when available	💬 Review count when available
💰 Price range when available	✉️ Email when available
🔗 External profiles when available	🌐 Timezone when available

Missing fields are returned as null or an empty array where appropriate. The Actor does not invent business data that Brave Maps does not expose.

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🚀 Features

Brave Maps Scraper is designed for lead generation, local-search research, and business-data automation.

• Multiple search terms: search multiple keywords or business categories in one Actor run
• One location per run: apply the same location to every search term
• Up to 100 unique businesses per search term
• Observed Brave Maps ranking: preserve the position where the business appeared during the scrape
• Branch-safe deduplication: different physical business locations are not incorrectly merged
• Optional place-detail enrichment: collect additional structured business data when available
• Business images: capture a primary image plus additional image URLs
• Independent query results: the same business can appear separately for different search terms
• Retry handling: temporary search failures are retried automatically
• Partial failure protection: successful queries remain available even if another query fails
• Detail failure protection: a failed place-detail request never removes a valid business from the Dataset
• API-friendly output: every Dataset row follows a predictable schema
• Browser-backed Brave Maps session: requests run inside a normal Brave Maps browser session

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⬇️ Input

You can configure Brave Maps Scraper directly from the Apify Console or send input programmatically through the Apify API.

🔎 Search terms

Add one or more business keywords or categories.

Example:

plumber
electrician
HVAC contractor
dentist

Each search term is processed independently.

For example:

Search term:
plumber

Location:
Los Angeles, California

creates one Brave Maps search.

Adding:

plumber
HVAC contractor
dentist

creates three independent searches using the same location.

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📍 Location

Enter the location that should be applied to every search term.

Example:

Los Angeles, California

Other examples:

Phoenix, Arizona
Miami, Florida
Austin, Texas
New York, New York
London, United Kingdom
Sydney, Australia

The current version supports one location per Actor run.

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🔢 Maximum results per search

Set the maximum number of unique businesses to collect for each search term.

Minimum: 1
Default: 100
Maximum: 100

For example:

Search terms:
plumber
electrician

Maximum results per search:
100

can return up to:

100 plumbers
+
100 electricians
=
200 Dataset rows

The requested number is a maximum, not a guarantee.

If Brave Maps exposes fewer businesses for the requested search, the Actor returns the businesses that are available rather than generating fake or duplicate records.

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🔎 Include place details

Enable:

Include place details

to request the Brave Maps place-detail response for each business.

Default:

true

When enabled, the Actor may enrich businesses with additional information such as:

Additional images
External profiles
Richer opening-hours data
Contact information
Price range
Timezone
Other structured place metadata

Availability depends on the individual business.

Faster mode

Set:

"includeDetails": false

to skip individual place-detail requests.

This can significantly reduce run time when you only need the information already available in Brave Maps search results.

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🌐 Proxy configuration

Apify Proxy is enabled by default.

The Brave Maps search runs through a browser session using the configured proxy.

Example:

{
  "useApifyProxy": true
}

You can adjust proxy settings through the standard Apify proxy configuration input.

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🧪 Example input

{
  "searchTerms": [
    "plumber",
    "HVAC contractor"
  ],
  "location": "Los Angeles, California",
  "maxResultsPerSearch": 50,
  "includeDetails": true,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}

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⬆️ Output

Results are stored in the Actor's default Apify Dataset.

You can access results from:

Output
Storage
Apify API
Integrations

Each Dataset row represents one business appearance for one search query.

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📊 Example result

{
  "bravePlaceId": "loc4ASFWRYHMARAUBNEUFQT...",
  "name": "JW Plumbing, Heating and Air",
  "category": "HVAC Contractor",
  "address": "904 Wall St Ste 203, Los Angeles, CA 90015",
  "phone": "+12133795931",
  "website": "https://jwheatingandair.com/",
  "latitude": 34.0384789,
  "longitude": -118.2520235,
  "openingHours": null,
  "imageUrl": "https://...",
  "images": [
    "https://...",
    "https://..."
  ],
  "rank": 2,
  "query": "plumber",
  "location": "Los Angeles, California",
  "sourceUrl": "https://search.brave.com/maps/search?...",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-09-08T09:35:41.000Z",
  "rating": null,
  "reviewCount": null,
  "priceRange": null,
  "email": null,
  "profiles": null,
  "timezone": null
}

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🏆 Observed Brave Maps rank

One of the most useful fields returned by the Actor is:

rank

This means:

Observed Brave Maps result position for this query during this scrape.

For example:

Business A → rank 1
Business B → rank 2
Business C → rank 7

Rank is captured from the original Brave Maps result order.

If duplicate appearances are removed, the remaining businesses are not renumbered.

For example, if the same business appears at:

Rank 3
Rank 19
Rank 42

the Actor keeps the first observed appearance:

rank: 3

The remaining results keep their original positions.

This preserves the actual Brave Maps search provenance.

Brave Maps rankings can change over time and may vary depending on search context. rank should not be interpreted as a permanent or universal business ranking.

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🧹 Branch-safe deduplication

Businesses are deduplicated within each search query.

Identity is determined using the strongest available signal.

The Actor uses the following hierarchy:

1. Brave Place ID
2. Normalized domain + address
3. Phone + address
4. Business name + address
5. Business name + coordinates

If none of those signals are available, the Actor does not attempt fuzzy merging.

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🏪 Different business branches remain separate

Different physical locations can share:

Business name
Website
Domain
Phone number
Brand

while still representing different businesses or branches.

If Brave Maps provides different Place IDs for the locations, they remain separate.

Example:

Business Name — Address A — Brave Place ID A
Business Name — Address B — Brave Place ID B

remain two Dataset rows.

The Actor does not merge different branches simply because their names are similar.

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🔍 Multiple search terms

Every search term has its own search context.

For example, the same business may appear as:

ABC Home Services
Query: plumber
Rank: 4

and:

ABC Home Services
Query: HVAC contractor
Rank: 11

Both rows are retained.

This is intentional because they represent two different search appearances.

The Actor does not globally deduplicate businesses across different search terms.

This makes the output useful for analyzing which businesses appear across multiple categories and how their observed positions differ.

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⭐ Ratings and review counts

rating and reviewCount are included in the output schema but should be considered optional fields.

Brave Maps does not currently expose authoritative structured rating and review-count data for every place.

The Actor only uses structured business data when it is actually available.

It does not derive review counts from unrelated web-result snippets or text such as:

Read 150 reviews

If an authoritative structured value is unavailable, the Actor returns:

"rating": null,
"reviewCount": null

rather than inventing or estimating values.

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🔗 External profiles

When Include place details is enabled, Brave Maps may expose external profile information.

For example:

Official website
Facebook
Twitter / X
Other business profiles

These are returned in:

profiles

when available.

Not every business provides profile data.

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🖼 Business images

The Actor can return:

imageUrl
images

imageUrl contains the primary selected business image.

images contains the available image URLs collected for that business.

Image availability varies by listing.

Some businesses may return:

"imageUrl": null,
"images": []

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🕐 Opening hours

Opening-hours information is returned in:

openingHours

when Brave Maps exposes structured opening-hours data.

The exact information available can vary by business.

The Actor does not fabricate missing schedules.

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⚡ Performance

Brave Maps Scraper uses a browser-backed architecture.

Brave Maps search traffic is collected from a normal browser session and then parsed into structured Dataset records.

With place details disabled

Using:

"includeDetails": false

requires only the main Brave Maps search workflow and is generally faster.

With place details enabled

Using:

"includeDetails": true

requests additional place details for individual businesses.

A 100-business search therefore performs substantially more work than a list-only search.

Use detail enrichment when you need the additional metadata.

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🛡 Reliability

Temporary search failures are automatically retried.

If you search:

plumber
electrician
roofing contractor

and only one query fails after retries, successful results from the other queries remain in the Dataset.

If every search fails, the Actor run fails instead of silently reporting a successful empty run.

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🛡 Detail enrichment protection

A failed place-detail request does not discard the valid Brave Maps search result.

For example, if Brave Maps returns:

Business name
Address
Phone
Website
Coordinates

but its individual detail request fails, the Actor still saves the available list-level business data.

This helps prevent temporary detail-response problems from causing otherwise valid business leads to disappear.

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🔌 API & integrations

Brave Maps Scraper can be used programmatically through the Apify API.

You can connect the results to workflows such as:

• Google Sheets
• Make
• Zapier
• CRMs
• Internal APIs
• Data warehouses
• Lead-generation systems
• AI agents
• MCP workflows

Each Actor run stores structured results in the default Apify Dataset, making them easy to consume from another application.

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💡 Example use cases

🎯 Local lead generation

Search:

roofing contractor
HVAC contractor
plumber

Location:

Phoenix, Arizona

Build prospect lists containing:

Business name
Phone
Website
Address
Category
Coordinates
Observed rank

Use the results for:

Outbound sales
Business prospecting
CRM imports
Local marketing
Market expansion

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📊 Competitor research

Search a business category and analyze:

Which companies appear highest
Which businesses appear across multiple keywords
Business locations
Website coverage
Phone availability
Category coverage
Observed Brave Maps visibility

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📍 Market research

Compare businesses Brave Maps exposes for different categories within a market.

Use results to identify:

Market saturation
Potential service gaps
Competitive categories
Local business concentration
Geographic coverage

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🔎 Local search visibility research

Run the same business category periodically and compare:

Observed result rank
New businesses appearing
Businesses disappearing
Changes in category visibility
Changes in local competition

Remember that Brave Maps rank is an observed result position, not a guaranteed permanent ranking.

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🤖 Automated business-data pipelines

Use the Apify API to automatically:

Start Brave Maps searches
Download Dataset results
Push business data into a CRM
Feed local business data into AI workflows
Update internal lead databases
Trigger downstream enrichment

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⚠️ Current limitations

The current version focuses on reliable Brave Maps keyword + location search.

It currently supports:

Multiple search terms
One location per run
Up to 100 results per search term
Optional place-detail enrichment
Business contact information
Business images
Observed search rank
Structured Dataset output

It does not currently perform:

Multiple locations in one run
Grid-based geographic crawling
Hidden map panning
Unlimited result pagination
Detailed review extraction
Full customer review scraping
Business website crawling
Website email discovery
Employee/contact enrichment
Deep social-media enrichment

These capabilities are intentionally separate from the core Brave Maps search workflow.

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❓ FAQ

How does Brave Maps Scraper work?

The Actor combines each search term with your selected location and opens the corresponding Brave Maps search.

It then:

Loads Brave Maps
Captures structured business results
Preserves result order
Removes duplicate appearances within the query
Optionally fetches place details
Normalizes business information
Stores results in an Apify Dataset

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How many businesses can I scrape?

The current maximum is:

100 unique businesses per search term

Brave Maps may expose fewer businesses.

For example, if you request:

100

and only 73 unique businesses are available from the returned Brave Maps result pool, the Actor returns those available businesses.

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Can I search multiple business categories?

Yes.

Example:

{
  "searchTerms": [
    "plumber",
    "electrician",
    "HVAC contractor",
    "roofing contractor"
  ]
}

Each term is searched independently.

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Can I search multiple locations in one run?

Not in the current version.

One location is applied to all search terms.

For example:

{
  "searchTerms": [
    "plumber",
    "electrician"
  ],
  "location": "Los Angeles, California"
}

runs both searches in Los Angeles.

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Why are some fields null?

Brave Maps does not expose every field for every business.

The Actor deliberately returns:

null

when information cannot be determined confidently.

It does not fabricate missing business data.

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Why are rating and review count often null?

Brave Maps place responses do not currently provide authoritative structured ratings and review counts for every business.

The Actor only outputs those values when they are available from structured business data.

It does not infer them from unrelated web-result snippets.

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Why do rank numbers sometimes have gaps?

Because rank represents the original Brave Maps result position.

If a duplicate appearance is removed, the remaining results are not renumbered.

Example:

Original Brave positions:

1
2
3
4
5

If the business at rank 3 is a duplicate, the Dataset may contain:

1
2
4
5

This preserves the actual observed Brave Maps ordering.

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Can the same business appear more than once?

Yes, when it appears under different search terms.

Example:

Business: ABC Home Services
Query: plumber
Rank: 3

and:

Business: ABC Home Services
Query: HVAC contractor
Rank: 7

Both are retained because they represent different search appearances.

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What does Include place details do?

When enabled, the Actor makes an additional Brave Maps place request for each business.

This can provide richer data such as:

Additional images
External profiles
Additional contact information
Opening-hour details
Price information
Timezone information

when Brave Maps exposes it.

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Should I disable Include place details?

Disable it when speed matters more than enrichment.

Example:

{
  "includeDetails": false
}

The Actor will still return the business information available from the main Brave Maps search results.

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Can I use Brave Maps Scraper through an API?

Yes.

Every Actor can be started through the Apify API, and its Dataset can be downloaded programmatically.

This makes the scraper suitable for automated lead-generation and business-data pipelines.

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Can I export the results?

Yes.

Apify Dataset results can be exported in supported formats such as:

JSON
CSV
Excel
XML
HTML

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Is a browser required?

Yes for the current Brave Maps workflow.

Brave Maps Scraper uses a normal browser-backed session to access the Brave Maps search transport reliably.

The Actor does not require a Brave API key.

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Does Brave Maps Scraper use the official Brave Search API?

No.

This Actor extracts results from the Brave Maps web experience.

It does not require users to provide a Brave Search API key.

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🧭 Recommended workflow

For strong local lead-generation coverage, use distinct business categories instead of many nearly identical search terms.

Good:

plumber
electrician
HVAC contractor
roofing contractor

Less useful:

plumber
plumbers
plumbing
plumbing company
plumbing companies

Very similar keywords may return heavily overlapping business pools.

Distinct categories generally provide more useful coverage.

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💡 Fast lead-generation workflow

If you mainly need:

Business name
Address
Phone
Website
Category
Coordinates
Rank

use:

{
  "includeDetails": false
}

This avoids individual business-detail requests and can make large runs significantly faster.

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💡 Enriched-data workflow

If you also want the maximum available Brave Maps metadata, use:

{
  "includeDetails": true
}

This is the default.

The Actor will attempt to enrich every selected business while preserving the original list result even when enrichment is unavailable.

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💬 Feedback & support

Found a bug or have a feature request?

Use the Actor's Issues tab on Apify.

Useful future additions may include:

Multiple locations
Area/grid search
Additional local-search intelligence
Website contact enrichment
Additional business detail fields
Social profile normalization
Enhanced export fields

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🚀 Brave Maps business data without the manual searching

Enter your keywords, choose a location, run the Actor, and receive structured Brave Maps business data ready for:

Lead generation
Competitor research
Local market analysis
APIs
CRM workflows
Automation
AI agents

Search Brave Maps once. Use the business data everywhere.