# Google Maps Business Scraper (`bgfc97/google-maps-business-scraper`) Actor

Scrape Google Maps business listings — name, rating, review count, category, address, phone, website, and coordinates — by keyword and location. Real browser (Playwright), scrolls the results feed, residential proxy.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/bgfc97/google-maps-business-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Bruno](https://apify.com/bgfc97) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Travel
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.50 / 1,000 place scrapeds

This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
- **JavaScript/TypeScript projects** — the official [JS/TS client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): `npm install apify-client`.
- **Python projects** — the official [Python client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): `pip install apify-client`.
- **Any other language** — the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).

# README

## Google Maps Business Scraper 📍

Extract **Google Maps** business listings as clean rows — name, rating, review count, category, address, phone, website, and coordinates — by keyword and location.

Perfect for local lead generation, sales prospecting, market mapping, competitor research, and building local business databases.

### What it does

- Searches Google Maps with a real browser and **scrolls the results feed** to load listings.
- Returns name, rating, reviews, category, address, phone (when shown), website, and lat/long.
- Search by full strings, or combine business types × locations automatically.

### Input

```json
{
  "searchStrings": ["restaurants in Austin TX"],
  "searchTerms": ["dentist"],
  "locations": ["Miami, FL", "Orlando, FL"],
  "maxPlacesPerSearch": 60,
  "language": "en",
  "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"] }
}
```

### Output (one row per place)

```json
{
  "type": "place",
  "search_query": "restaurants in Austin TX",
  "name": "Franklin Barbecue",
  "rating": 4.6,
  "reviews": 12043,
  "category": "Barbecue restaurant",
  "address": "900 E 11th St, Austin",
  "phone": "+1 512-653-1187",
  "website": "https://franklinbbq.com",
  "latitude": 30.2701,
  "longitude": -97.7312,
  "google_maps_url": "https://www.google.com/maps/place/..."
}
```

### Notes

- Uses a real browser (Playwright) — **residential proxy recommended**; the account running the Actor pays for proxy.
- Google Maps caps around 120 results per query; use several specific searches for coverage.
- Reads only public Maps data.

# Actor input Schema

## `searchStrings` (type: `array`):

Full Google Maps searches, e.g. 'restaurants in Austin TX', 'dentist near Miami'.

## `searchTerms` (type: `array`):

Business types/keywords. Combined with each location below (term + ' in ' + location).

## `locations` (type: `array`):

Locations to combine with each term above.

## `maxPlacesPerSearch` (type: `integer`):

Stop after this many places per search (Google Maps caps around 120 per query).

## `language` (type: `string`):

Two-letter language code (en, pt, es...).

## `maxConcurrency` (type: `integer`):

Parallel browser tabs. Keep low (browsers are heavy).

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Residential proxy recommended for Google Maps. The account running the Actor pays for proxy usage.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searchStrings": [
    "restaurants in Austin TX"
  ],
  "searchTerms": [],
  "locations": [],
  "maxPlacesPerSearch": 60,
  "language": "en",
  "maxConcurrency": 3,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  }
}
```

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "searchStrings": [
        "restaurants in Austin TX"
    ],
    "searchTerms": [],
    "locations": [],
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true,
        "apifyProxyGroups": [
            "RESIDENTIAL"
        ]
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("bgfc97/google-maps-business-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "searchStrings": ["restaurants in Austin TX"],
    "searchTerms": [],
    "locations": [],
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": True,
        "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"],
    },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("bgfc97/google-maps-business-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "searchStrings": [
    "restaurants in Austin TX"
  ],
  "searchTerms": [],
  "locations": [],
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  }
}' |
apify call bgfc97/google-maps-business-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=bgfc97/google-maps-business-scraper",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/4B36EYIrT3x526FK4/builds/WRS7gBZp1d8hXG3vb/openapi.json