Google Maps Rank Grid Tracker

Where does a business show up in Google Maps when someone nearby searches for what it sells? This actor checks a square grid of map points around the business (3x3, 5x5 or 7x7) and returns its rank at each point, the top 3 places there, and a summary per keyword. Built for local SEO reports that you run every week.

Who uses it, and for what

• Local SEO agencies: a weekly grid for each client, to show where the business wins and loses on the map and whether the work is paying off.
• Multi-location businesses: compare how each branch ranks in its own area for the same search.
• Sales to local businesses: run one 3x3 grid before a call to show a prospect where competitors beat them.
• Reporting tools and AI agents: flat rows per grid point, ready to draw a heat map.

Example inputs

A pizza place in New York, two keywords, 3x3 grid at 1 km (18 points, about $0.14):

{
  "keywords": ["pizza", "pizza delivery"],
  "website": "joespizzanyc.com",
  "latitude": "40.7305",
  "longitude": "-73.9891",
  "gridSize": "3",
  "spacingKm": 1
}

A business matched by its exact Google Maps name (put in your own), 5x5 grid at 2 km (25 points, $0.20):

{
  "keywords": ["dentist"],
  "businessName": "Smile Dental Studio",
  "latitude": "51.5072",
  "longitude": "-0.1276",
  "gridSize": "5",
  "spacingKm": 2
}

Input

• Keywords: up to 5, for example pizza.
• The business: its website, Google place id, cid or exact Maps name.
• Centre: latitude and longitude, usually the business itself.
• Grid size and spacing in km, and the map zoom.

Output

One row per grid point and keyword:

{"keyword": "pizza", "grid_row": 1, "grid_col": 1, "latitude": 40.7305, "longitude": -73.9891,
 "rank": 2, "in_top_3": true, "matched_title": "Joe's Pizza",
 "top_3": [{"rank": 1, "title": "...", "domain": "..."}], "places_seen": 20, "charged": true}

A free summary row per keyword gives points scanned, points in the top 3, points where the business is not in the first 20, and its average rank where found.

Price

$0.008 per grid point scanned. A 5x5 grid for one keyword is 25 points, $0.20. A point where the data provider fails, or Maps shows no places, is free. Summary rows are free.

Limits

• Ranks are read from the first 20 places Google Maps shows at each point.
• The business is matched by place id, cid, website domain or exact name, in that order.

Data from the DataForSEO SERP API (Google Maps).

Related actors

• Local Businesses Without Website: local businesses with no site, to pitch a rank grid report to.
• Google People Also Ask Scraper: the questions people ask about a local service, for page content.
• Google AI Mode Scraper: which businesses Google's AI recommends for the same search.