Google Maps Scraper — Extract Local Business Data by Location

Scrape Google Maps to extract phone numbers, websites, ratings, reviews, opening hours, social links, photos, and more — targeting any area on earth by coordinates and radius. No Google Places API key required.

How it works

This Google Maps scraper uses geo-targeted coordinate sampling to systematically cover an area, bypassing the 60-result cap that limits standard Google Maps searches. Instead of querying a single point, it generates dozens of random points within your defined radius and searches each one — uncovering thousands of businesses per city.

What data does this Google Maps scraper extract?

Each place result includes:

Field	Description
name	Business name
full_address	Street address
phone_number	Contact phone number
website	Business website URL
rating	Google star rating (0–5)
reviews_count	Total number of reviews
categories	Business categories (e.g. "Italian restaurant")
operational_hours	Today's opening hours
geo	Latitude and longitude
photos	Array of Google-hosted photo URLs
plus_code	Google Plus Code
price_per_person	Estimated price range
tags	Amenities, atmosphere, service options, payment methods, etc.
social_links	Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and other social profiles (optional)
third_party_services	Delivery links: UberEats, Grubhub, DoorDash, etc. (optional)
place_id / cid / mid	Google Maps internal identifiers
google_frontpage_url	Direct Google Maps link for the place
extraction_datetime	UTC timestamp of when data was collected

Use cases

Lead generation & sales prospecting Extract business name, phone, website, and social media from any area. Build targeted prospect lists for cold outreach without buying expensive B2B databases.

Competitive intelligence Monitor competitor ratings, review counts, and pricing across a geographic area. Track changes over time by scheduling recurring runs.

Market research & location analysis Measure category density (e.g. "how many dentists are within 5 km of this address?"). Identify gaps and saturation in local markets.

Franchise & retail auditing Verify that your locations appear correctly on Google Maps — hours, address, phone, and category — at scale.

Food delivery & on-demand platform expansion Find restaurants, cafés, and shops not yet onboarded to your platform by scraping an area and filtering by category.

Real estate & investment research Assess the commercial ecosystem around a property: restaurants, gyms, pharmacies, banks, and other amenities within walking distance.

Why use this scraper instead of the Google Places API?

	Google Maps Scraper	Google Places API
API key required	No	Yes
Cost	Pay-per-result (Apify)	$17–$32 per 1,000 requests
Results per area	Thousands (radius sampling)	60 max per query
Social links	Yes (optional)	No
Delivery service links	Yes (optional)	No
Place photos	Yes	Yes (limited)
Setup time	Minutes	Hours (quota, billing, auth)

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Input

Field	Type	Required	Description
search_terms	array<string>	✅	Keywords to search on Google Maps (e.g. ["restaurant", "coffee shop"]).
central_latitude	string	✅	Latitude of the center coordinate.
central_longitude	string	✅	Longitude of the center coordinate.
search_radius_in_km	integer	✅	Radius in km around the center to cover.
number_of_points	integer	✅	Number of random sampling points to generate inside the radius.
zoom	integer (10–20)	✅	Google Maps zoom level. 15 recommended for city-level searches.
dispersion_factor	string (0.1–1.0)	✅	Point spread: 0.1 = tight cluster, 1.0 = wide scatter across full radius.
max_results	integer	✅	Hard cap on total places to return. Actor stops when reached.
country_code	string (ISO-2)	✅	Restrict results to this country (e.g. "us", "de", "mx").
extract_social_links	boolean	❌	Visit each place's Google social page to collect Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, etc.
extract_related_services	boolean	❌	Collect third-party delivery and booking links (UberEats, DoorDash, Grubhub, etc.).

Example input

{
  "search_terms": ["restaurant", "pizza"],
  "central_latitude": "40.66382229790527",
  "central_longitude": "-73.93410730374993",
  "zoom": 15,
  "search_radius_in_km": 3,
  "number_of_points": 50,
  "dispersion_factor": "0.5",
  "max_results": 500,
  "country_code": "us",
  "extract_social_links": true,
  "extract_related_services": false
}

Output

Each dataset record corresponds to one Google Maps place. Output is available in JSON, CSV, XML, Excel, HTML, RSS, JSONL, or via the Apify API.

{
  "place_id": "ChIJYQchsYFLwokRyef6-Xp1JWY",
  "cid": "7360418337047373769",
  "name": "Sapori Ristorante",
  "full_address": "3800 Richmond Ave, Staten Island, NY 10312",
  "country_code": "us",
  "phone_number": "+17182100388",
  "website": "http://saporiristorantesi.com/",
  "google_frontpage_url": "https://www.google.com/maps?cid=7360418337047373769",
  "rating": 4.9,
  "reviews_count": 326,
  "categories": ["Italian restaurant"],
  "operational_hours": [
    { "day": "Monday", "hours": "3 p.m.–10 p.m." }
  ],
  "geo": { "lat": 40.545043, "lng": -74.165947 },
  "price_per_person": [{ "currency": "USD", "price_from": 20.0, "price_to": 30.0 }],
  "plus_code": "87G7GRWM+2J",
  "photos": [
    "https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/p/AF1QipOBvdBBg2ca1VSPD9OdYevQqBKVj41GXZ_vqPy0",
    "https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/p/AF1QipM5oX6dX4d_gwSdg-RUps04bzgRFRYevJYSdVUF"
  ],
  "social_links": [
    "https://www.facebook.com/p/Sapori-Ristorante-SI-100094523357010/"
  ],
  "third_party_services": [
    "https://www.grubhub.com/restaurant/sapori-ristorante-3800-richmond-ave-staten-island/11017944",
    "https://www.doordash.com/store/sapori-ristorante-staten-island-28036724/"
  ],
  "tags": [
    { "group_id": "service_options", "key_title": "Outdoor seating", "value": 1 },
    { "group_id": "service_options", "key_title": "Delivery", "value": 1 },
    { "group_id": "payments", "key_title": "Credit cards", "value": 1 }
  ],
  "search_term": "restaurant",
  "maps_url": "https://www.google.com/maps/search/restaurant/@40.589,-74.032,12z",
  "extraction_datetime": "2025-08-16T06:34:39+00:00"
}

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How to run

From Apify Console

1. Open the actor page and click Try for free.
2. Paste your JSON input (see example above).
3. Click Start — results appear live in the Dataset tab.

From Python

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_APIFY_API_TOKEN>")

run = client.actor("BenjaminFloresV~google-maps-crawler-by-location").call(input={
    "search_terms": ["pharmacy"],
    "central_latitude": "48.8566",
    "central_longitude": "2.3522",
    "zoom": 15,
    "search_radius_in_km": 2,
    "number_of_points": 30,
    "dispersion_factor": "0.3",
    "max_results": 300,
    "country_code": "fr"
})

for place in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(place["name"], place["phone_number"], place["website"])

Via REST API (cURL)

curl -X POST \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_APIFY_API_TOKEN>' \
  -d '{
    "search_terms": ["hotel"],
    "central_latitude": "51.5072",
    "central_longitude": "-0.1276",
    "zoom": 15,
    "search_radius_in_km": 4,
    "number_of_points": 40,
    "dispersion_factor": "0.4",
    "max_results": 400,
    "country_code": "gb"
  }' \
  'https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/BenjaminFloresV~google-maps-crawler-by-location/runs?waitForFinish=1'

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Key features

• Radius-based geo-targeting — define a center coordinate + radius and generate random sampling points to systematically cover the area, bypassing the 60-result cap on standard Google Maps searches.
• Multi-keyword support — supply multiple search terms; the actor runs all combinations across all generated points.
• Residential proxy rotation — built-in residential IP rotation reduces CAPTCHAs and blocks on Google Maps.
• Async & concurrent — powered by Apify Python SDK + asyncio for high-throughput parallel scraping.
• Optional social links — extract Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and other social profiles for each business.
• Optional delivery links — extract UberEats, DoorDash, Grubhub, Seamless, and similar third-party service URLs.
• Pay-per-event billing — charged only for what you use (scraped_place, scraped_photos, fetch_social_links, fetch_related_services).
• Country filter — restrict results to your target country using ISO-2 codes for cleaner datasets.
• Deduplication — built-in place_id deduplication prevents duplicate records across overlapping search points.

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Frequently asked questions

Does this scraper require a Google Maps API key? No. This actor scrapes Google Maps directly — no API key, Google Cloud account, or billing setup required on your end.

How many results can it extract per run? There is no hard platform limit. A typical run with 50 sampling points over a 3 km radius returns 200–800 places depending on business density. Set max_results to control the cap.

Can I scrape multiple cities in one run? One run covers one circular area (center + radius). For multiple cities, start a separate run per city or schedule them using Apify's built-in scheduler.

What is the dispersion_factor parameter? It controls how spread out the sampling points are within the radius. 0.1 clusters all points near the center; 1.0 distributes them evenly across the full circle. Use 0.5 as a balanced default.

What is the zoom parameter? It sets the Google Maps zoom level used when generating search URLs. Lower zoom = wider view = fewer but larger-area results. 15 is ideal for city streets; 12 for broader metro coverage.

Can I extract social media profiles? Yes — enable extract_social_links: true. The actor will visit each place's Google knowledge panel to collect links to Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, and other profiles.

What delivery platforms are supported? With extract_related_services: true, the actor extracts third-party links shown by Google Maps for each place: UberEats, DoorDash, Grubhub, Seamless, Instacart, and others depending on the business.

Is this legal? Web scraping publicly available data from Google Maps is widely practiced for research, lead generation, and business intelligence. Users are responsible for compliance with Google's Terms of Service and applicable laws in their jurisdiction.

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Supported countries

Flag	Country		Flag	Country
🇺🇸	United States		🇩🇪	Germany
🇬🇧	United Kingdom		🇫🇷	France
🇪🇸	Spain		🇮🇹	Italy
🇲🇽	Mexico		🇧🇷	Brazil
🇦🇷	Argentina		🇨🇴	Colombia
🇨🇱	Chile		🇵🇪	Peru
🇨🇦	Canada		🇦🇺	Australia
🇳🇿	New Zealand		🇯🇵	Japan
🇰🇷	South Korea		🇳🇱	Netherlands
🇧🇪	Belgium		🇵🇹	Portugal
🇵🇱	Poland		🇸🇪	Sweden
🇳🇴	Norway		🇩🇰	Denmark
🇫🇮	Finland		🇦🇹	Austria
🇨🇭	Switzerland		🇬🇷	Greece
🇹🇷	Turkey		🇷🇺	Russia
🇺🇦	Ukraine		🇷🇴	Romania
🇭🇺	Hungary		🇨🇿	Czech Republic
🇸🇰	Slovakia		🇭🇷	Croatia
🇷🇸	Serbia		🇧🇬	Bulgaria
🇱🇹	Lithuania		🇱🇻	Latvia
🇪🇪	Estonia		🇸🇮	Slovenia
🇮🇪	Ireland		🇮🇸	Iceland
🇨🇾	Cyprus		🇲🇹	Malta
🇱🇺	Luxembourg		🇲🇨	Monaco
🇸🇲	San Marino		🇻🇦	Vatican City
🇦🇩	Andorra		🇦🇱	Albania
🇦🇲	Armenia		🇦🇿	Azerbaijan
🇧🇦	Bosnia and Herzegovina		🇧🇾	Belarus
🇧🇴	Bolivia		🇨🇷	Costa Rica
🇨🇺	Cuba		🇩🇴	Dominican Republic
🇪🇨	Ecuador		🇬🇪	Georgia
🇬🇹	Guatemala		🇭🇳	Honduras
🇰🇿	Kazakhstan		🇲🇩	Moldova
🇲🇪	Montenegro		🇳🇮	Nicaragua
🇵🇦	Panama		🇵🇾	Paraguay
🇸🇻	El Salvador		🇺🇾	Uruguay
🇻🇪	Venezuela

Don't see your country? Open an issue and we'll add support as soon as possible.

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Support

Open an issue on the Apify store page or contact @BenjaminFloresV — responses within one business day.

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