Google Maps Scraper: B2B Leads & Emails

🗺️ Google Maps Scraper: B2B Leads & Emails

What is Google Maps Scraper: B2B Leads & Emails?

Google Maps Scraper: B2B Leads & Emails is an Apify Actor that turns a Google Maps search — like "plumbers in New York" — into a clean dataset of business leads: name, address, phone, website, email, rating, review count, category, opening hours, and more. No API key, no browser extension, no manual copy-pasting.

💡 No coding required. Type a search term, click Run, and download your leads.

Under the hood, this Actor talks directly to Google Maps' own data feed over plain HTTP — no browser, no page rendering, no scrolling. That's what makes it fast and cheap to run compared to browser-automation scrapers (see How it works below).

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What data can this Google Maps scraper extract?

For every business found, you get:

Data	Example
🏢 Business name	Joe's Plumbing & Heating
📍 Full address (+ city, postal code, country)	742 Evergreen Terrace, Springfield, IL 62704
📞 Phone number	+1 (217) 555-0142
🌐 Website	https://joesplumbing.com
📧 Email	from Google Maps or scanned from the business website
⭐ Rating & review count	4.8 stars, 312 reviews
🏷️ Category (and the full category list)	Plumber
🕑 Opening hours	Monday: 8 AM–6 PM; ...
📱 Social links	Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, X, YouTube, TikTok
🖼️ Photos, ♿ accessibility info, 🌍 timezone	—
🔗 Direct Google Maps link	—

Export as: CSV, Excel, JSON, or pull results into your CRM via the Apify API.

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🚀 Quick start (3 steps)

Step 1: Enter your search

Type what you'd search on Google Maps — the location should be part of the phrase:

Dentists in Chicago
Coffee shops in San Francisco
Real estate agents in Miami

Step 2: Choose how many leads

• 10 leads → quick test (~$0.05)
• 100 leads → small campaign (~$0.50)
• 500 leads → city-wide prospecting (~$2.51)

Step 3: Click Run & download

Your leads appear in the Results tab as soon as they're found. Download as CSV, Excel, or JSON — ready for outreach.

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How much does it cost to scrape Google Maps leads?

$0.005 per lead extracted (half a cent), via Apify's Pay-Per-Event model — plus Apify's standard $0.00001-per-dataset-item platform fee that applies to every Actor's output, so the true cost is $0.00501 per lead. There's also a tiny, automatic $0.00005 fee per run that covers the Actor's first 5 seconds of compute — not per lead, and the same on every Apify Actor that uses it.

Leads	Cost	Good for
10	~$0.05	Testing it out
100	~$0.50	Local outreach
500	~$2.51	City campaign
1,000	~$5.01	Multi-city lead gen

You're in control:

• ✅ Set a spending limit before you run
• ✅ See live cost updates in the Console as it works
• ✅ Only pay for leads actually delivered — nothing is charged for a result you never see
• ✅ Graceful stop when your limit is reached — no surprise bills

Who pays for what: you (as the Actor's user) pay Apify directly for your own runs — proxy, compute, and the per-lead charges above. There's no separate subscription and no API key to manage; everything is billed through your Apify account.

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🎬 Example: input → output

Input:

{
    "searchTerms": ["Plumbers in New York"],
    "maxItems": 100
}

Output (one of 100 results):

{
    "businessName": "Joe's Plumbing & Heating",
    "address": "Joe's Plumbing & Heating, 742 Evergreen Terrace, Springfield, IL 62704, United States",
    "city": "Springfield",
    "postalCode": "62704",
    "countryCode": "US",
    "website": "https://joesplumbing.com",
    "phone": "+1 217-555-0142",
    "email": "contact@joesplumbing.com",
    "rating": 4.8,
    "reviewCount": 312,
    "category": "Plumber",
    "categories": ["Plumber", "Heating contractor"],
    "openingHours": "Monday: 8 AM–6 PM; Tuesday: 8 AM–6 PM; ...",
    "socialLinks": { "facebook": "https://www.facebook.com/joesplumbing" },
    "timezone": "America/Chicago",
    "latitude": 39.7817,
    "longitude": -89.6501,
    "placeId": "0x89c25a31b7f4e5a9:0x1234567890abcdef",
    "googleMapsUrl": "https://www.google.com/maps?cid=1311768467294899695",
    "searchTerm": "Plumbers in New York",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-10-31T10:30:00.000Z"
}

More input examples

Search multiple cities at once:

{
    "searchTerms": ["Coffee shops in San Francisco", "Pizza restaurants in Boston", "Hair salons in Miami"],
    "maxItems": 100
}

Wide-area search beyond one city (a single search already returns up to ~200 results per term — use locationQuery + gridSize only to go further, e.g. "every dentist in Texas"):

{
    "searchTerms": ["dentists"],
    "locationQuery": "Texas, USA",
    "gridSize": 3,
    "maxItems": 2000
}

Skip the slow part (email/social links require visiting each business's own website — turn them off for the fastest possible run):

{
    "searchTerms": ["Hotels in Dubai"],
    "maxItems": 500,
    "includeEmail": false,
    "includeSocialLinks": false
}

💡 Tip: includeWebsite/includePhone come bundled in the same fast request as everything else — turning them off only removes them from your output, it won't speed up the run. includeEmail/includeSocialLinks are what actually cost time, since those visit the business's own website.

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🎯 Who is this for?

You are...	You can use this to...
Sales rep	Build targeted call lists for any industry/location
Marketing agency	Research competitors' ratings and reviews
Startup founder	Find suppliers, partners, or customers
Real estate agent	Locate contractors, inspectors, service providers
Franchise owner	Scout locations by analyzing nearby businesses
Recruiter	Find companies hiring in specific areas

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⚙️ All settings explained

Setting	What it does	Default
searchTerms	Your Google Maps queries (location included, e.g. "Dentists in LA")	["Coffee shops in New York"]
startUrls	Direct Google Maps place URLs instead of search terms (name must be in the URL path)	[]
placeIds	Not supported in this version — see Known limitations	[]
maxItems	Max results per search term (1–500)	10
proxyConfiguration	Apify Proxy settings	Apify Proxy (auto)
includeWebsite	Include website URL in output	off
includePhone	Include phone number in output	off
includeEmail	Extract email from Google Maps or the business website	on
maxEmailPagesFromWebsite	How many pages of the business site to scan for an email (1–20)	10
onlyBusinessesWithEmail	Drop results with no email found	off
includeOpeningHours	Include weekly opening hours	on
includeSocialLinks	Scan the business website for social profile links	on
skipClosedPlaces	Drop businesses marked closed (fails open if status is unknown)	off
categoryFilterWords	Only keep businesses whose category matches one of these words	[]
locationQuery	A city/region to center the search on, for wide-area coverage	—
gridSize	Splits locationQuery into an N×N grid for exhaustive coverage (1–7)	1

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🔧 Troubleshooting & FAQ

Question	Answer
Is it legal to scrape Google Maps business listings?	This Actor extracts publicly visible business information (name, address, phone, hours) the same way a person browsing Google Maps would see it. You're responsible for how you use the data and for complying with Google's Terms of Service and any applicable laws (e.g. GDPR/CAN-SPAM for outreach) in your jurisdiction.
Getting fewer results than expected?	Try a broader search term, or add locationQuery + gridSize for wide-area coverage — some areas genuinely have fewer listings than your maxItems.
Run stopped early?	You hit your spending limit. Increase it and re-run.
Missing phone/website/email?	Some businesses don't list a phone/website on Google Maps at all, and email requires one to be published on the business's own site — not every business publishes one.
Missing opening hours or photos?	Coverage varies by category — e.g. hotel listings tend to carry much more category/review data per result, and Google's own response for those sometimes omits the day-by-day hours and most photos that a simpler listing (e.g. a dentist) includes. If it's not in Google's response, it's not in the output — there's nothing extra to extract.
How is this different from the Google Places API?	No API key, no Google Cloud billing account, and a per-lead price instead of per-API-call quota tiers.

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💡 Pro tips

1. Start small — test with 10 leads first to check data quality for your niche
2. Be specific — "Italian restaurants in Brooklyn" beats "restaurants in NY"
3. Combine searches — run multiple cities/categories in one go
4. Set spending limits — control your budget before hitting Run

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📊 How we compare

Feature	This tool	Others
Price per 1,000 leads	~$5	$200–$500+
Pay per result	✅	❌ (subscriptions)
Spending limits	✅	❌
Live cost tracking	✅	❌
No API key needed	✅	❌
Email extraction included	✅	Often a separate paid add-on
No browser overhead	✅ HTTP-only engine	Often browser-based

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📝 Changelog

v4.0.0 (October 2026)

• 🚀 Rebuilt on an HTTP-only engine — no more browser, no scrolling, no detail-page visits
• 🆕 New output fields: categories, city, postalCode, countryCode, timezone, photos, accessibility, reserveTableUrl, kgmid
• ⚠️ Place IDs are no longer supported — use Start URLs or Search Terms instead
• ⚠️ Business status is now always OPERATIONAL; price level is usually unavailable
• ✅ Added automated unit tests for the response parser (npm test)

v3.0.0 (March 2026)

• 💰 Pay-per-event pricing — $0.005/lead
• 📊 Live cost tracking in Console
• 🛑 Graceful stop at spending limit

v2.0.0 (February 2026)

• ⚡ 2-3x faster with adaptive scrolling
• 🎯 Smart detail-page fallback

v1.0.0 (January 2026)

• ✨ Initial release

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Related tools on Apify Store

Looking for data beyond local business leads? Search Apify Store for scrapers covering social media, e-commerce, and search engine results — many integrate with this Actor's output through the same Apify API and dataset format.

🤝 Support

Questions, bug reports, or need a custom version of this Actor for your specific use case? Open an issue on the GitHub repository.