Google Maps Lead Generator — AI-Powered Email Finder & Sales Intel

The most complete Google Maps scraper on Apify. Extract verified business data, hunt emails across multi-page websites, find social profiles, score lead quality with AI, and get tailored cold-email pitches — all in one run.

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Why This Actor?

Feature	Free Scrapers	This Actor
Business name, address, rating	Yes	Yes
Phone number from detail panel	Rare	Yes
Email discovery (6 pages/site)	No	Yes
Social media profiles	No	Yes
AI-powered sales pitch	No	Yes
Lead scoring & priority ranking	No	Yes
Multi-city campaigns	No	Yes
Buying-intent detection	No	Yes
Data completeness % per lead	No	Yes

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How It Works

The actor runs a 3-stage pipeline using a headless Chromium browser:

Stage 1: MAPS SEARCH        Stage 2: DETAIL PANEL        Stage 3: WEBSITE CRAWL
─────────────────────        ─────────────────────        ──────────────────────
Scroll Google Maps feed  →   Open each listing's page →   Crawl business website
Extract cards (name,         Extract phone, website,       + /contact, /about,
  rating, address)           reviews, rating, address      /team, /contact-us
                                                           Find emails & socials
                                    ↓
                            Stage 4: AI ENRICHMENT
                            ──────────────────────
                            Score leads, detect intent,
                            write personalized pitches,
                            classify business category

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Output Fields (22 columns)

Every lead comes with 22 enriched data points, export-ready in CSV, JSON, or Excel:

Contact Data

Field	Example
name	Bright Smile Dental
address	1234 Main St, Austin, TX 78701
phone	(512) 555-0199
website	https://brightsmile.com
emails	info@brightsmile.com, dr.smith@brightsmile.com
emailConfidence	High
socialLinks	{ facebook, instagram, linkedin }
mapsUrl	https://google.com/maps/place/...

Scoring & Intelligence

Field	Example
category	Dental/Healthcare
leadScore	High
intentScore	High
intentReason	Only 7 reviews — Needs review generation/marketing.
priority	Immediate
priorityReason	High intent detected and direct contact available.

AI Analysis

Field	Example
aiSummary	Bright Smile Dental is a family dental practice in Austin. They offer cosmetic and general dentistry with a focus on patient comfort.
reputationSummary	Good rating (4.5/5) with 7 reviews.
targetAudience	Local families, individuals seeking dental care, cosmetic dentistry patients
outreachSuggestion	Only 7 reviews — pitch review generation campaigns and local SEO to build social proof.

Meta

Field	Example
contactMethods	4
dataCompleteness	88%
scrapedAt	2024-03-15T14:30:00.000Z

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Quick Start

1. Minimal Input

{
    "searchKeyword": "Marketing Agency",
    "location": "Austin, TX",
    "maxResults": 20
}

2. Multi-City Campaign

{
    "searchKeyword": "Dentist",
    "location": ["Austin, TX", "Dallas, TX", "Houston, TX"],
    "maxResults": 50
}

3. High-Intent Only (Agencies / SDRs)

{
    "searchKeyword": "Plumber",
    "location": "Los Angeles, CA",
    "maxResults": 100,
    "onlyWithEmail": true,
    "onlyHighIntent": true,
    "minRating": 0
}

This returns only businesses that need your services and have a reachable email — ready-to-send leads.

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Who Is This For?

• Digital agencies prospecting for new clients in any niche
• SDRs & BDRs building targeted outreach lists
• Freelancers (web designers, SEO consultants) looking for local clients
• SaaS companies selling to SMBs (CRM, booking, review tools)
• Lead gen businesses reselling enriched data to clients

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Input Reference

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
searchKeyword	string	—	Business type to search (e.g., Plumber)
location	string or array	—	City/state or array for multi-city
maxResults	integer	10	Max businesses per location (1–500)
minRating	number	0	Minimum Google rating filter (0–5)
onlyWithEmail	boolean	false	Exclude leads without emails
onlyHighIntent	boolean	false	Only return high buying-intent leads

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Performance & Limits

Setting	Recommendation
Memory	4 GB minimum (headless Chromium + parallel requests)
Max Results	10–120 per location for best speed
Timeout	60s per request (auto-retries up to 2x)
Concurrency	10 parallel pages (auto-managed)

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AI Enrichment

This actor uses LLaMA 3.1 (via Groq) for AI analysis. Set the GROQ_API_KEY environment variable to enable AI features. If no API key is set, the actor generates structured fallback data from the scraped fields — no run will ever fail due to missing AI.

AI-Generated Fields

• Business Summary — 2-sentence overview of operations
• Reputation Summary — Assessment based on rating + reviews
• Target Audience — Who their customers are
• Pitch Angle — Tailored cold-email opener based on their specific weaknesses

Smart Fallbacks (No AI Key Required)

• Category detection from 15+ industry keywords
• Per-industry target audiences
• Context-aware pitch suggestions based on rating, review count, and website presence

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FAQ

Q: How many leads can I extract per run? A: Google Maps typically returns up to ~120 results per search query. For larger volumes, use multi-city campaigns.

Q: Will this work for any country? A: Yes. Google Maps is global. Just set the location to any city (e.g., London, UK, Mumbai, India, Tokyo, Japan). Phone number extraction supports all international formats.

Q: Do I need a Groq API key? A: No. Without it, the actor uses intelligent fallback logic that generates useful category, audience, and pitch data from scraped fields. The AI key makes summaries more personalized.

Q: How are emails found? A: The actor crawls up to 6 pages per website (homepage + /contact, /about, /team, /contact-us, /about-us) and extracts emails via both mailto: links and regex. Junk addresses (noreply, test, sentry) are automatically filtered.

Q: What does "High Intent" mean? A: A business is flagged as high-intent if it has clear service gaps: no website, rating below 4.0, or very few reviews. These are prime prospects for agencies selling web design, SEO, or reputation management.