# Google Maps Rank Grid Tracker (`brightgro/google-maps-rank-grid`) Actor

See where a business ranks in Google Maps for a keyword at each point of a grid around it: rank per point, the top 3 places, average rank and points in the top 3. Data from the DataForSEO SERP API.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/brightgro/google-maps-rank-grid.md
- **Developed by:** [Brightgro LLC](https://apify.com/brightgro) (community)
- **Categories:** SEO tools, Marketing
- **Security:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

$8.00 / 1,000 grid points

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

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

## What's an Apify Actor?

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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.
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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## 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):

```json
{
  "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):

```json
{
  "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:

```json
{"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](https://apify.com/brightgro/local-no-website): local businesses with no site, to pitch a rank grid report to.
- [Google People Also Ask Scraper](https://apify.com/brightgro/people-also-ask): the questions people ask about a local service, for page content.
- [Google AI Mode Scraper](https://apify.com/brightgro/google-ai-mode): which businesses Google's AI recommends for the same search.

# Actor input Schema

## `keywords` (type: `array`):

What a customer types into Google Maps, up to 5, for example pizza.

## `website` (type: `string`):

The business's website, used to find it in the results, for example joespizzanyc.com.

## `businessName` (type: `string`):

Its exact Google Maps name, if it has no website.

## `placeId` (type: `string`):

Its Google place id, the surest match, if you have it.

## `cid` (type: `string`):

Its Google Maps cid number, if you have it.

## `latitude` (type: `string`):

The centre of the grid, usually the business itself, for example 40.7305.

## `longitude` (type: `string`):

For example -73.9891.

## `gridSize` (type: `string`):

Points per side: 3 (9 points), 5 (25) or 7 (49).

## `spacingKm` (type: `number`):

Distance between grid points, 0.1 to 20 km.

## `zoom` (type: `integer`):

Google Maps zoom at each point, 10 to 20. 15 is a neighbourhood.

## `languageCode` (type: `string`):

Language code of the results, for example en.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "keywords": [
    "pizza"
  ],
  "website": "joespizzanyc.com",
  "latitude": "40.7305",
  "longitude": "-73.9891",
  "gridSize": "3",
  "spacingKm": 1,
  "zoom": 15,
  "languageCode": "en"
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

See where a business ranks in Google Maps for a keyword at each point of a grid around it: rank per point, the top 3 places, average rank and points in the top 3. Data from the DataForSEO SERP API.

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

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("brightgro/google-maps-rank-grid").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 = {
    "keywords": ["pizza"],
    "website": "joespizzanyc.com",
    "latitude": "40.7305",
    "longitude": "-73.9891",
    "gridSize": "3",
    "spacingKm": 1,
}

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

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

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

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "keywords": [
    "pizza"
  ],
  "website": "joespizzanyc.com",
  "latitude": "40.7305",
  "longitude": "-73.9891",
  "gridSize": "3",
  "spacingKm": 1
}' |
apify call brightgro/google-maps-rank-grid --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,brightgro/google-maps-rank-grid"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/xCHuBVh4bYSpMhd33/builds/5vLSQwidE3wYlgbV9/openapi.json