# Google Business Profile Change Monitor - Listing Edit Alerts (`dominvo/google-maps-listing-edit-alerts`) Actor

Monitor your Google Business Profile and Google Maps listings for changes to address, phone, website, category, hours, or closure since the last check — an evidence-backed change row per edit. Saves a per-location snapshot per monitorId and diffs each run. Pay-per-event, $0.012 per location.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/dominvo/google-maps-listing-edit-alerts.md
- **Developed by:** [Domin Vo](https://apify.com/dominvo) (community)
- **Categories:** Automation, Developer tools, SEO tools
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, NaN bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $12.00 / 1,000 location checkeds

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/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#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.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md):

```bash
npm install apify-client
```

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```bash
pip install apify-client
```

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````bash
# MacOS / Linux
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# Windows
irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex
```bash

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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Google Maps Listing Edit Alerts

Monitor your own Google Business Profile and Google Maps listings for changes to address, phone, website, category, hours, or closure status since the last check.

### Monitor your Google Business Profile for changes

One evidence-backed change row per edit, plus a per-location summary every run. The Actor saves a snapshot of each listing, then compares every scheduled run against it — so you find out *what changed*, not just what the listing says today.

### When an MCP agent should use this

- "Did my store listings change address or phone this week?"
- "Alert me if Google changed my business hours."
- "Track my franchise locations for listing edits."
- "Did any of my locations get marked permanently closed?"

### When to use something else

| You want | Use instead |
|---|---|
| New negative reviews / reply tracking | `Google Maps Negative Review AI Monitor` |
| Competitors' review/rating/profile changes | `Google Maps Competitor Momentum Watch` |
| Owned branches losing rating fast | `Google Maps Branch Reputation Drift` |
| A one-off pull of all place fields | a raw Google Maps places scraper |

### How it works

1. **Collect** — fetches the current listing for each URL (Google Maps places source, with a trusted fallback).
2. **Snapshot & diff** — compares against your saved baseline for this `monitorId`.
3. **Classify** — turns each changed field into one `changeType` row with the old and new value.
4. **Emit** — writes export-ready rows (JSON / CSV / XLSX) and updates the snapshot.

### Inputs

| Field | Required | Example |
|---|---|---|
| `locationUrls` | yes | `["https://www.google.com/maps/place/..."]` |
| `monitorId` | yes | `"acme-us-stores"` |
| `mode` | no | `"check_for_changes"` (default) or `"reset_baseline"` |

**Baseline run:**

```json
{ "locationUrls": ["https://www.google.com/maps/place/..."], "monitorId": "acme-us-stores", "mode": "reset_baseline" }
````

**Refresh run (the recurring job):**

```json
{ "locationUrls": ["https://www.google.com/maps/place/..."], "monitorId": "acme-us-stores", "mode": "check_for_changes" }
```

### Example output

A detected edit:

```json
{
  "recordType": "location_edit_alert",
  "monitorId": "acme-us-stores",
  "placeId": "ChIJ...",
  "businessName": "Acme Cafe - Austin",
  "changeType": "phone",
  "oldValue": "+1 512-555-0100",
  "newValue": "+1 512-555-0199",
  "evidence": ["Phone changed from +1 512-555-0100 to +1 512-555-0199"],
  "sourceUrls": ["https://www.google.com/maps/place/..."],
  "snapshotDate": "2026-06-02T08:10:00Z"
}
```

A no-change summary:

```json
{ "recordType": "location_check_summary", "placeId": "ChIJ...", "editCount": 0, "evidence": ["No listing changes since 2026-05-26"], "snapshotDate": "2026-06-02T08:10:00Z" }
```

### Modes

- `check_for_changes` *(default)* — compare against the baseline and return what changed. Auto-creates the baseline on the first run, so use this almost every time.
- `reset_baseline` — save a fresh starting point and report nothing. Use only to re-baseline after you intentionally changed your listings.

### Billing

| Event | Price | When |
|---|---:|---|
| `location-checked` | `$0.012` | One location snapshotted or checked (both modes). |

No per-edit charge — five edits and zero edits both cost one location check.

### FAQ

**Is this Google Business Profile management software?**

No — it's the change-monitoring layer. It doesn't post, edit, or manage your listings; it watches your Google Business Profile and Google Maps listings and tells you when something changed. Pair it with your existing GBP management or local SEO tools.

**Does it run a Google Business Profile audit?**

Every scheduled run is a lightweight audit of the fields that matter — NAP (name, address, phone), website, category, hours, and closure status — reporting only what changed since the last check.

**Can agencies use it for local listing management across clients?**

Yes. Use one `monitorId` per client portfolio; it's built for multi-location operators and local-SEO agencies tracking listing accuracy at scale.

### Limits & support

- Reads the place snapshot only (NAP, category, hours, closure). It does not read review text.
- The first run on a new `monitorId` is a baseline; the diff begins on the next run.
- A failed listing fetch is reported clearly, never silently treated as "no changes".

# Actor input Schema

## `locationUrls` (type: `array`):

One or more Google Maps place URLs for the listings you own and want to monitor for edits.

## `monitorId` (type: `string`):

Stable name for this saved watchlist. Reuse the exact same value on every later check so the Actor can compare against the right baseline.

## `mode` (type: `string`):

check\_for\_changes (default) compares against the saved baseline and returns what changed since the last check — use this almost every time; it auto-creates the baseline on the first run. reset\_baseline saves a fresh starting point and reports nothing — use only to re-baseline after you intentionally changed your listings.

## `language` (type: `string`):

Optional Google Maps language code for the listing text (e.g. en, es, de). Defaults to English.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "locationUrls": [
    "https://www.google.com/maps/place/..."
  ],
  "monitorId": "acme-us-stores",
  "mode": "check_for_changes",
  "language": "en"
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

No description

# 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 = {
    "locationUrls": [
        "https://www.google.com/maps/place/..."
    ],
    "monitorId": "acme-us-stores",
    "mode": "check_for_changes",
    "language": "en"
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("dominvo/google-maps-listing-edit-alerts").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 = {
    "locationUrls": ["https://www.google.com/maps/place/..."],
    "monitorId": "acme-us-stores",
    "mode": "check_for_changes",
    "language": "en",
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("dominvo/google-maps-listing-edit-alerts").call(run_input=run_input)

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

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

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "locationUrls": [
    "https://www.google.com/maps/place/..."
  ],
  "monitorId": "acme-us-stores",
  "mode": "check_for_changes",
  "language": "en"
}' |
apify call dominvo/google-maps-listing-edit-alerts --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=dominvo/google-maps-listing-edit-alerts",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

```json
{
    "openapi": "3.0.1",
    "info": {
        "title": "Google Business Profile Change Monitor - Listing Edit Alerts",
        "description": "Monitor your Google Business Profile and Google Maps listings for changes to address, phone, website, category, hours, or closure since the last check — an evidence-backed change row per edit. Saves a per-location snapshot per monitorId and diffs each run. Pay-per-event, $0.012 per location.",
        "version": "0.1",
        "x-build-id": "lxHD83iPekpfURLZN"
    },
    "servers": [
        {
            "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2"
        }
    ],
    "paths": {
        "/acts/dominvo~google-maps-listing-edit-alerts/run-sync-get-dataset-items": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-dominvo-google-maps-listing-edit-alerts",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
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                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/dominvo~google-maps-listing-edit-alerts/runs": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "runs-sync-dominvo-google-maps-listing-edit-alerts",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
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                "parameters": [
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                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
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                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
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                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK",
                        "content": {
                            "application/json": {
                                "schema": {
                                    "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema"
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/dominvo~google-maps-listing-edit-alerts/run-sync": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-dominvo-google-maps-listing-edit-alerts",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    },
    "components": {
        "schemas": {
            "inputSchema": {
                "type": "object",
                "required": [
                    "locationUrls",
                    "monitorId"
                ],
                "properties": {
                    "locationUrls": {
                        "title": "Google Maps location URLs",
                        "type": "array",
                        "description": "One or more Google Maps place URLs for the listings you own and want to monitor for edits.",
                        "items": {
                            "type": "string"
                        }
                    },
                    "monitorId": {
                        "title": "Monitor ID",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Stable name for this saved watchlist. Reuse the exact same value on every later check so the Actor can compare against the right baseline."
                    },
                    "mode": {
                        "title": "What to do",
                        "enum": [
                            "check_for_changes",
                            "reset_baseline"
                        ],
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "check_for_changes (default) compares against the saved baseline and returns what changed since the last check — use this almost every time; it auto-creates the baseline on the first run. reset_baseline saves a fresh starting point and reports nothing — use only to re-baseline after you intentionally changed your listings.",
                        "default": "check_for_changes"
                    },
                    "language": {
                        "title": "Language",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Optional Google Maps language code for the listing text (e.g. en, es, de). Defaults to English."
                    }
                }
            },
            "runsResponseSchema": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                    "data": {
                        "type": "object",
                        "properties": {
                            "id": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "actId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "userId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "startedAt": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "format": "date-time",
                                "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
                            },
                            "finishedAt": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "format": "date-time",
                                "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
                            },
                            "status": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "example": "READY"
                            },
                            "meta": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "origin": {
                                        "type": "string",
                                        "example": "API"
                                    },
                                    "userAgent": {
                                        "type": "string"
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "stats": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "inputBodyLen": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 2000
                                    },
                                    "rebootCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "restartCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "resurrectCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "computeUnits": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "options": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "build": {
                                        "type": "string",
                                        "example": "latest"
                                    },
                                    "timeoutSecs": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 300
                                    },
                                    "memoryMbytes": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 1024
                                    },
                                    "diskMbytes": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 2048
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "buildId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultKeyValueStoreId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultDatasetId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultRequestQueueId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "buildNumber": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "example": "1.0.0"
                            },
                            "containerUrl": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "usage": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 1
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_SERPS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "usageTotalUsd": {
                                "type": "number",
                                "example": 0.00005
                            },
                            "usageUsd": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
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                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "number",
                                        "example": 0.00005
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_SERPS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}
```