# OpenStreetMap Business Leads – Phones, Websites, No Google (`gazidev/openstreetmap-business-leads`) Actor

Local business lists for any category and area worldwide from OpenStreetMap (ODbL): name, address, phone, website, e-mail, opening hours, social links. Optional homepage e-mail enrichment. The legally clean Google Maps alternative.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/gazidev/openstreetmap-business-leads.md
- **Developed by:** [Cemal Atakli](https://apify.com/gazidev) (community)
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $0.40 / 1,000 place saveds

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

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# README

## OpenStreetMap Business Leads – Phones, Websites, No Google

Get **local business lead lists from OpenStreetMap** for any category and any area in the world: name, full address,
phone, mobile, e-mail, website, opening hours, brand, cuisine, wheelchair access, social links and coordinates.
No Google Maps scraping, no API key, no login - just open data under the **ODbL** licence, at **$0.40 per 1,000 places**.

Optionally, the Actor visits each business's own website and adds **e-mail addresses and social profiles** found there.

### What it does

1. Resolves your area names (e.g. `Kadıköy, Istanbul`, `Kreuzberg, Berlin`, `Austin, Texas`) to their official
   OpenStreetMap boundary, or takes a bounding box or a point + radius.
2. Queries OpenStreetMap through public **Overpass API** servers whose terms allow this use, with server-side timeouts,
   automatic retries, fallback servers and automatic splitting of heavy areas into smaller tiles.
3. Returns one clean row per business, the best-documented places (phone + website + e-mail) first.
4. (Optional) Fetches the business homepage (+ at most one contact page, robots.txt respected) for e-mails and social links.

### Use cases

- **Local-services agencies and SDRs** who cannot or will not use Google Maps scrapers: dentists, plumbers, restaurants,
  hotels, lawyers, car repair shops... with phone and website.
- **Market sizing**: "how many dentists are there in Kadıköy?", "pharmacies per district".
- **GIS and analytics teams**: POIs with coordinates, opening hours and OSM IDs for joins.
- **AI agents** that need a list of places for a category and city.

### Input example

```json
{
  "categories": ["dentist"],
  "areas": ["Kadıköy, Istanbul"],
  "requirePhoneOrWebsite": false,
  "enrichWebsite": false,
  "maxItems": 100
}
```

- `categories`: 53 friendly categories (dentist, doctor, pharmacy, restaurant, cafe, hotel, plumber, electrician,
  car_repair, lawyer, accountant, real_estate, hairdresser, gym, ...), each mapped to the right OSM tags.
- `osmTags`: any raw OSM tag filter - `shop=bicycle`, `craft` (any craft), `cuisine~pizza`, `office!=government`.
- `areas` / `boundingBoxes` (`south,west,north,east`) / `centerPoint` + `radiusMeters`.
- `requireName` (default on), `requirePhoneOrWebsite`, `enrichWebsite`, `includeAllTags`, `maxItems`.
- Advanced: `overpassTimeoutSecs` (default 60) and `customOverpassUrl` (your own or a paid Overpass server, tried first).

### Output example

```json
{
  "osmId": 867281416,
  "osmType": "node",
  "name": "Kottident",
  "category": "dentist",
  "lat": 52.5007252,
  "lon": 13.4187141,
  "street": "Adalbertstraße",
  "housenumber": "94",
  "postcode": null,
  "city": null,
  "country": null,
  "fullAddress": "Adalbertstraße 94",
  "phone": "+49 30 3911155",
  "phones": ["+49 30 3911155", "+49 30 69598003"],
  "mobile": null,
  "email": "info@kottident.de",
  "website": "https://kottident.de",
  "openingHours": "Mo,Tu,Th 09:00-14:00,15:00-19:00; We 14:00-20:00; Fr 09:00-15:00",
  "brand": null,
  "cuisine": null,
  "wheelchair": null,
  "socialLinks": null,
  "lastEditedAt": "2024-10-05T10:22:55Z",
  "osmUrl": "https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/867281416",
  "licence": "ODbL – © OpenStreetMap contributors",
  "attribution": "Data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL) 1.0 - https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright",
  "websiteEmails": ["info@kottident.de"],
  "websiteSocialLinks": {"facebook": "https://www.facebook.com/kottident"},
  "websiteEnriched": true
}
```

The run summary (key-value store `OUTPUT`) shows places per area, phone/website/e-mail **fill rates**, which servers
answered and any failed areas.

### Pricing

| | This Actor | automation-lab/openstreetmap-poi-extractor | thequietstack/openstreetmap-extract | transparent_meteorite/local-business-leads |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Per place | **$0.0004** | $0.0008 | $0.002 | $0.0019 |
| Start fee | $0.00005 | $0.005 | - | - |
| Website e-mails | $0.001, only when something was found | - | - | $0.002 |

- `place` - $0.0004 per business saved.
- `website-enriched` - $0.001, only if the website returned at least one e-mail or social profile.
- Failed areas, error rows and filtered-out places are **free**. The run stops gracefully at your maximum charge.

Competitor prices as listed in the Apify Store on 2026-11-02.

### Honest limits: OpenStreetMap vs Google Maps

- **Coverage**: OSM is excellent for shops, restaurants, hotels and healthcare in Europe and big cities, thinner for
  home-based trades and in some countries.
- **Contact fill rates are lower than Google's.** Example run, dentists in Kadıköy: 82 places, 54% with a website,
  32% with a phone, 9% with an e-mail. Use `requirePhoneOrWebsite` to keep only contactable places and `enrichWebsite`
  to find more e-mails.
- No reviews, ratings or photos - OSM does not have them.
- The free public Overpass servers are run by volunteers and are sometimes slow or down. The Actor checks every server
  before querying, retries and falls back to other servers, and **does not charge for areas that fail**. Smaller areas
  (a district instead of a whole country) are faster and more reliable. For heavy or business-critical use, set
  `customOverpassUrl` to your own or a paid Overpass server.

### Licence: ODbL - please read

OpenStreetMap data is © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the
[Open Database License (ODbL) 1.0](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright). Commercial use is allowed, but:

- **Attribution is required.** Credit "© OpenStreetMap contributors" wherever you use or show the data. Every row
  carries `licence` and `attribution` fields.
- **Share-alike.** If you publicly distribute a database derived from this data (for example, a lead list you resell),
  that database must also be offered under the ODbL. Using the data internally (calling the businesses, market
  analysis) does not trigger share-alike.
- Website-enriched fields (`websiteEmails`, `websiteSocialLinks`) come from the businesses' own public websites, not
  from OSM. You are responsible for using contact data lawfully (GDPR, CAN-SPAM, local marketing rules).

### Data sources and fair use

- Overpass servers used: overpass.private.coffee, maps.mail.ru (global), ovp.dresel.systems (Europe only), in that
  order. The main overpass-api.de server is **not** used - its robots.txt disallows `/api/`.
- Area names are geocoded with OpenStreetMap Nominatim: one request per area name, at most 1 request per second,
  identifying User-Agent, per its usage policy.
- One Overpass query at a time, at least 1 s apart; heavy queries are split instead of retried blindly.

### FAQ

**Is this legal?** Yes. OpenStreetMap is open data and allows commercial use under the ODbL with attribution.
Unlike Google Maps scrapers, there are no terms of service against extraction.

**Why are some fields empty?** OSM volunteers did not tag them. Check `fillRates` in the run summary.

**How many results can I get?** Set `maxItems` to 0 for no limit. A city district usually returns in seconds; a whole
large city can take a few minutes on the free servers.

**My area failed - was I charged?** No. Failed areas appear as free error rows. Try again later, use a smaller area or a
custom Overpass server.

**Which categories are supported?** 53 friendly categories, plus any raw OSM tag via `osmTags`
(see [Map features](https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Map_features)).

### Use with AI agents / Apify MCP

The Actor works as a tool for AI agents through the [Apify MCP server](https://mcp.apify.com): an agent can call
`gazidev/openstreetmap-business-leads` with `{"categories": ["plumber"], "areas": ["Leeds, UK"], "requirePhoneOrWebsite": true}`
and get structured JSON back. It also works with the Apify API, Make, Zapier, n8n and LangChain.

# Actor input Schema

## `categories` (type: `array`):

Friendly categories mapped to OpenStreetMap tags (e.g. *Dentist* = `amenity=dentist` or `healthcare=dentist`). Combine several, or use raw OSM tags below.

## `osmTags` (type: `array`):

Any OpenStreetMap tag filter: `key=value`, `key` (any value), `key!=value` or `key~regex`, e.g. `shop=bicycle`, `craft`, `cuisine~pizza`. Each entry is OR-ed with the categories. See wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Map_features.

## `areas` (type: `array`):

Place names resolved via OpenStreetMap Nominatim to their official boundary, e.g. `Kadıköy, Istanbul`, `Kreuzberg, Berlin`, `Austin, Texas`. Smaller areas are faster and more reliable on the free OSM servers.

## `boundingBoxes` (type: `array`):

`south,west,north,east` in decimal degrees, e.g. `52.50,13.38,52.53,13.42`.

## `centerPoint` (type: `string`):

`latitude,longitude`, e.g. `41.0082,28.9784`. Used with *Radius*.

## `radiusMeters` (type: `integer`):

Search radius around the center point.

## `requireName` (type: `boolean`):

Skip unnamed map objects (recommended for lead lists).

## `requirePhoneOrWebsite` (type: `boolean`):

Keep only places that have a phone, mobile or website tag in OSM. Filtered server-side - you pay only for what is saved.

## `enrichWebsite` (type: `boolean`):

Fetch each business's own homepage (and at most one contact page, robots.txt respected) and add e-mail addresses and social profile links found there. Charged as *website-enriched* only when something was found.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum places to save (0 = no limit). Places with the most contact data (phone, website, e-mail) are saved first.

## `includeAllTags` (type: `boolean`):

Add a `tags` object with every OpenStreetMap tag of the place.

## `overpassTimeoutSecs` (type: `integer`):

Server-side timeout per query. Queries that time out are automatically split into smaller tiles.

## `customOverpassUrl` (type: `string`):

Your own or a paid Overpass instance (e.g. `https://overpass.nextgis.com/YOUR_KEY/api/interpreter`), tried first. Public overpass-api.de is not allowed (its robots.txt disallows /api/).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "categories": [
    "dentist"
  ],
  "areas": [
    "Kadıköy, Istanbul"
  ],
  "radiusMeters": 1000,
  "requireName": true,
  "requirePhoneOrWebsite": false,
  "enrichWebsite": false,
  "maxItems": 100,
  "includeAllTags": false,
  "overpassTimeoutSecs": 60
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `places` (type: `string`):

No description

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

No description

## `summary` (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 = {
    "categories": [
        "dentist"
    ],
    "areas": [
        "Kadıköy, Istanbul"
    ],
    "maxItems": 100
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("gazidev/openstreetmap-business-leads").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 = {
    "categories": ["dentist"],
    "areas": ["Kadıköy, Istanbul"],
    "maxItems": 100,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("gazidev/openstreetmap-business-leads").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 '{
  "categories": [
    "dentist"
  ],
  "areas": [
    "Kadıköy, Istanbul"
  ],
  "maxItems": 100
}' |
apify call gazidev/openstreetmap-business-leads --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,gazidev/openstreetmap-business-leads"
        }
    }
}
```

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/np9bd5yNaI62GRaPU/builds/ooVkHDaqVhZ3kF6pE/openapi.json