🗺️ Google Maps Listings Scraper

Extract verified business data from Google Maps at scale — no browser, no API key, no limits on what you can search.

Collect business name, category, address, phone, website, rating, review count, coordinates, opening hours, and description — clean structured JSON ready for lead generation, market research, CRM enrichment, or automation pipelines.

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⚡ WHY THIS SCRAPER?

Most Google Maps scrapers are slow, unreliable, or burn through expensive API credits. This one hits Google's internal data endpoints directly — the same ones the Maps app uses — so it's:

• Fast — no browser rendering, pure HTTP requests
• Lightweight — runs on minimal memory (256 MB)
• Scalable — scrape hundreds or thousands of places per run
• Structured — outputs clean JSON ready for any downstream tool

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✅ WHAT YOU GET

Every scraped place includes:

Field	Description
placeId	Unique Google Maps place identifier
title	Business name
category	Primary business category
categories	All associated categories
address	Full formatted street address
phone	Business phone number
website	Official website URL
rating	Average star rating (1.0–5.0)
reviewsCount	Total number of reviews
location	Latitude & longitude coordinates
description	Business description or editorial summary
openingHours	Hours for each day of the week
imageUrl	Featured place photo URL
googleMapsUrl	Direct link to the place on Google Maps
scrapedAt	ISO timestamp of when data was collected

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💡 USE CASES

🏆 Sales & Lead Generation

Build targeted B2B or B2C contact lists with verified phone numbers and websites. Search by business type and city to find prospects in any market.

📊 Market Research

Map competitor density across neighbourhoods. Compare ratings, review counts, and categories to spot market gaps and opportunities.

🏘️ Real Estate & Site Selection

Analyse local amenities near a property — restaurants, schools, gyms, clinics. Pull coordinates and hours to enrich location intelligence reports.

🤖 App Development & Automation

Feed structured place data into CRMs, chatbots, recommendation engines, dashboards, or any custom pipeline that needs reliable business data.

📈 Reputation Monitoring

Track ratings and review counts for your own locations or competitors over time. Schedule recurring runs to detect changes.

🗂️ Directory Building

Build niche business directories for specific industries, cities, or categories — restaurants, lawyers, plumbers, gyms, and more.

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🚀 HOW TO USE

Option 1 — Search Mode (recommended)

1. Enter a Search Term (e.g. dentist, coffee shop, hotel)
2. Enter a Location (e.g. Lagos, Nigeria, London, UK, New York, USA)
3. Set Max Places
4. Click Run Actor

Option 2 — URL Mode

1. Paste one or more Google Maps URLs into the URL field
2. Supported formats:
   • Place pages: https://www.google.com/maps/place/...
   • Search pages: https://www.google.com/maps/search/...
3. Leave Search Term empty and click Run Actor

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🔗 URL EXAMPLES

# Search page — scrapes all results for that query
https://www.google.com/maps/search/restaurants+in+Lagos

# Place page — scrapes a single specific business
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Eiffel+Tower/@48.8584,2.2945,17z/data=!...

# Multiple URLs — paste one per line in the URL field
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Joe%27s+Coffee/@40.7128,-74.006,17z
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Blue+Bottle+Coffee/@37.7749,-122.418,17z

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⚙️ CONFIGURATION

Parameter	Type	Description	Default
url	array	Google Maps URLs to scrape directly	[]
searchTerm	string	What to search for (e.g. coffee shop)	coffee shop
locationQuery	string	Where to search (e.g. New York, USA)	New York, USA
language	string	Language code for results (en, fr, es, de)	en
countryCode	string	Two-letter country code (us, gb, ng, ca)	us
maxPlaces	integer	Maximum number of places to collect	20
scrapePlaceDetails	boolean	Fetch phone, hours, and description for each place	true
scrapeReviews	boolean	Collect individual reviews per place	false
maxReviewsPerPlace	integer	Max reviews per place (when reviews enabled)	50
reviewsSort	string	Sort order: relevant, newest, highest, lowest	relevant

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📊 SAMPLE OUTPUT

[
  {
    "placeId": "0x89c25855c6f1ff69:0x53c665ceee9c09d9",
    "title": "Joe's Coffee",
    "category": "Coffee shop",
    "categories": ["Coffee shop", "Café"],
    "address": "123 Main St, New York, NY 10001, USA",
    "phone": "+1 212-555-0123",
    "website": "https://www.joescoffee.com",
    "rating": 4.6,
    "reviewsCount": 1284,
    "location": { "lat": 40.7128, "lng": -74.0060 },
    "description": "Cozy neighbourhood café serving specialty coffee and pastries since 1996.",
    "openingHours": {
      "Monday": "7 AM-7 PM",
      "Tuesday": "7 AM-7 PM",
      "Wednesday": "7 AM-7 PM",
      "Thursday": "7 AM-7 PM",
      "Friday": "7 AM-8 PM",
      "Saturday": "8 AM-8 PM",
      "Sunday": "9 AM-6 PM"
    },
    "imageUrl": "https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/gps-cs-s/...",
    "googleMapsUrl": "https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:0x89c25...",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-06-20T10:32:11.000Z"
  }
]

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🔁 GETTING MORE THAN 20 RESULTS

Google Maps caps a single search at ~20 places. To collect more:

• Run multiple searches — use different search terms for the same area (e.g. coffee shop Manhattan, café Manhattan, espresso bar Manhattan)
• Split by neighbourhood — search coffee shop Midtown, coffee shop Brooklyn, coffee shop Harlem separately
• Use the URL field — paste multiple specific place URLs to scrape them directly regardless of search limits
• Increase Max Places — the actor will attempt to collect up to your limit before stopping

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🌍 SUPPORTED LOCATIONS

Works for any location worldwide. Just enter the city, region, or country in the Location field. Examples:

• New York, USA · London, UK · Lagos, Nigeria
• Paris, France · Dubai, UAE · Sydney, Australia
• Toronto, Canada · Berlin, Germany · Tokyo, Japan

Pair with the matching countryCode (e.g. ng for Nigeria, gb for UK) for most accurate results.

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💰 PRICING

Plan	Places Included	Rate After
Free Tier	50 places/month	—
Pay Per Use	Unlimited	$2.70 per 1,000 places

Billing is per place successfully scraped. Failed or skipped places are not charged.

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⚠️ LIMITATIONS

• Opening hours — Google's API returns today's hours only. The scraper fills remaining days based on available data with a note that hours may vary.
• Review count — not always available from the API; estimated from rating when missing.
• Search results — capped at ~20 per query by Google. Use multiple queries to get more.
• Dynamic content — some place details only load in a full browser; this scraper uses HTTP only for speed.

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🛠️ TECHNICAL NOTES

• Built on Crawlee BasicCrawler — efficient, retry-aware, and concurrency-controlled
• Uses Google Maps' internal JSON endpoints with proper anti-detection headers
• Proxy rotation via Webshare residential proxies for reliability at scale
• Output is pushed to Apify's default dataset — exportable as JSON, CSV, or Excel

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📬 SUPPORT

Having issues or need a custom feature? Reach out:

• 📧 Email: boneswill697@gmail.com
• 🐛 Bugs: Open an issue in the Issues tab

We respond within 24 hours.