Yandex Maps Scraper

Extract business listings, reviews, place details, ratings, phone numbers, websites, working hours, and photos from Yandex Maps — Russia and CIS's dominant map platform. Supports 6 regional domains and 8 languages.

What data can you scrape?

• Business name, address, city, country
• Phone numbers and website URLs
• Star rating and total review count
• Business categories (e.g. "Restaurant", "Coffee shop")
• Working hours (structured by day)
• Photos (up to 20 per business)
• Coordinates (latitude and longitude)
• Customer reviews — author, star rating, text, date, likes

Use cases

• Lead generation — build lists of local businesses in Russia, Turkey, Kazakhstan, and other CIS countries
• Market research — find competitors, analyze ratings, and map business density
• Price monitoring — track businesses in Yandex Market categories
• Brand monitoring — find all your branded locations and monitor customer reviews
• Real estate & site selection — discover nearby amenities, transport links, and service density
• Academic research — study business ecosystems in Russian-speaking markets

Modes

searchPlaces (default)

Search Yandex Maps for businesses matching a keyword and/or location. Returns a list of place records.

Example queries:

• coffee shops Moscow
• sushi restaurant Istanbul
• hotel near Red Square
• pharmacy Almaty

getDetails

Fetch complete details for specific Yandex Maps business URLs. Useful when you already know which businesses to target.

getReviews

Scrape customer reviews from specific business pages, sorted by date, rating, or relevance.

Input

Field	Type	Description
mode	select	searchPlaces, getDetails, or getReviews
searchQueries	string[]	Search queries (mode=searchPlaces). Combine type + location.
businessUrls	string[]	Yandex Maps business URLs (mode=getDetails or getReviews)
yandexDomain	select	Regional domain: yandex.com, yandex.ru, yandex.com.tr, etc.
language	select	UI language: en, ru, tr, de, fr, uk, kk, uz
maxItems	integer	Max records to return (1–500, default 20)
minRating	select	Minimum rating filter: any, 3, 3.5, 4, 4.5 (searchPlaces only)
reviewsSortOrder	select	Sort reviews: by_date_desc, by_rating_desc, by_relevance (getReviews only)
proxyConfiguration	proxy	Residential proxies recommended for best results

Output

Each record in the dataset has a recordType field:

Place record (recordType: "place")

{
  "recordType": "place",
  "placeId": "123456789",
  "name": "Шоколадница",
  "url": "https://yandex.com/maps/org/shokoladnitsa/123456789/",
  "address": "Tverskaya St, 15, Moscow, 125009",
  "city": "Moscow",
  "coordinates": { "lat": 55.7644, "lng": 37.6055 },
  "phone": "+7 495 123-45-67",
  "website": "https://shokoladnitsa.ru",
  "rating": 4.5,
  "reviewCount": 2341,
  "categories": ["Coffee shop", "Cafe", "Bakery"],
  "workingHours": {
    "Monday": "08:00–22:00",
    "Tuesday": "08:00–22:00",
    "Saturday": "09:00–23:00",
    "Sunday": "09:00–23:00"
  },
  "photos": [
    "https://avatars.mds.yandex.net/get-altay/...",
    "https://avatars.mds.yandex.net/get-altay/..."
  ],
  "scrapedAt": "2026-05-17T10:00:00+00:00"
}

Review record (recordType: "review")

{
  "recordType": "review",
  "placeId": "123456789",
  "placeName": "Шоколадница",
  "placeUrl": "https://yandex.com/maps/org/shokoladnitsa/123456789/",
  "reviewId": "abc123",
  "author": "Ivan Petrov",
  "authorUrl": "https://yandex.com/profile/ivan",
  "rating": 5,
  "text": "Great coffee and friendly staff. The croissants are fresh every morning.",
  "date": "2024-01-15",
  "likes": 7,
  "scrapedAt": "2026-05-17T10:00:00+00:00"
}

Supported Yandex Domains

Domain	Region
yandex.com	International
yandex.ru	Russia
yandex.com.tr	Turkey
yandex.kz	Kazakhstan
yandex.uz	Uzbekistan
yandex.by	Belarus

Tips for best results

• Use residential proxies — Yandex may trigger CAPTCHA on datacenter IPs. The default proxy configuration uses Apify residential proxies.
• Combine type + location in your search query for precise results (e.g., Italian restaurant Saint Petersburg rather than just restaurant).
• Use the matching domain for your target country — yandex.ru for Russian cities, yandex.com.tr for Turkish cities.
• Set language to ru when searching Russian-language businesses for more complete results.
• Use getReviews mode with by_date_desc to get the most recent customer feedback.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can I scrape businesses from any city in Russia?
Yes. Yandex Maps covers all major Russian cities and thousands of smaller towns. Specify the city name in your search query, e.g., restaurants Novosibirsk.

Does this work for Turkish businesses?
Yes. Use yandex.com.tr as the domain and tr as the language for best results with Turkish locations.

How many results can I get per search query?
Yandex Maps typically returns up to 200–500 results per search. Set maxItems accordingly.

Can I get reviews in Russian?
Yes. Reviews are scraped in whatever language they were written. Set language: ru to ensure the UI is in Russian.

Is there a limit on how many reviews I can get per business?
You can set maxItems up to 500. Most businesses have fewer reviews than that; the scraper stops when there are no more reviews to load.

Can I filter by minimum star rating?
Yes. Use minRating to exclude businesses below a threshold (e.g., 4.5 for only top-rated places).

Why does the scraper use a proxy?
Yandex Maps may show a CAPTCHA for automated access from datacenter IP addresses. Residential proxies significantly reduce this. Proxy costs are separate from actor usage.

How is this different from the Yandex Search Scraper?
The Yandex Search Scraper extracts web search results (links, snippets). This actor specializes in Yandex Maps — structured business data including coordinates, phone numbers, hours, photos, and reviews that do not appear in web search results.

Can I get the coordinates of each business?
Yes. Latitude and longitude are included in each place record under the coordinates field.