# Local Business Leads - Emails, Phones, Websites by City (`geese_chief/local-business-leads`) Actor

Find local businesses by category and city (dentists in Austin, plumbers in Berlin) with address, phone, website, opening hours, plus emails and social profiles from their websites. Open map data, pay per lead.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/geese_chief/local-business-leads.md
- **Developed by:** [Ponytail Data](https://apify.com/geese_chief) (community)
- **Security:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $2.80 / 1,000 business leads

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

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.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

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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

## Local Business Leads - Emails, Phones, Websites by City

Build **local business lead lists** in minutes: type a category and a city ("dentists" + "Austin, Texas"), get every matching business with address, phone, website and opening hours, **plus emails and social profiles found on their websites**. Export to CSV or Excel and import into your CRM or cold-email tool.

- **Plain-English categories**: dentists, plumbers, restaurants, hair salons, lawyers, real estate agents, gyms, cafes, accountants, electricians... Raw OpenStreetMap tags (`shop=bakery`, `office=lawyer`) work too.
- **Any city, region or postcode worldwide**: "Berlin, Germany", "Manchester, UK", "Texas", "75001 Paris".
- **Email enrichment**: each business website (homepage, contact and about pages) is scanned for emails, phone numbers and LinkedIn / Facebook / Instagram / X / YouTube / TikTok profiles.
- **Filters**: keep only businesses with a website, phone or email.
- **No Google, no blocking**: data comes from OpenStreetMap, the open map used by Apple Maps, Meta and thousands of apps. No login, no API key, no proxies needed.

### Input example

```json
{
  "categories": ["dentists", "hair salons"],
  "locations": ["Austin, Texas", "Leipzig, Germany"],
  "maxResultsPerSearch": 200,
  "enrichContacts": true,
  "onlyWith": ["email"]
}
```

### Output example

```json
{
  "name": "Tech Ridge Dental",
  "type": "amenity=dentist",
  "address": "12400 North Interstate 35, Austin, 78753, TX",
  "street": "12400 North Interstate 35",
  "city": "Austin",
  "postcode": "78753",
  "state": "TX",
  "phone": "+1-512-821-2394",
  "website": "https://www.techridgedental.com/",
  "openingHours": "Mo-Fr 07:30-16:30",
  "lat": 30.4043302,
  "lon": -97.6760178,
  "osmUrl": "https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/2663954886",
  "emails": ["info@techridgedental.com"],
  "phones": ["+15128212394"],
  "linkedin": [],
  "facebook": [],
  "instagram": [],
  "contactsEnriched": true,
  "searchCategory": "dentists",
  "searchLocation": "Austin, Texas"
}
```

`emails`, `phones` and the social fields combine what the map lists with what was found on the website.

### How complete is the data?

OpenStreetMap is community-mapped. Coverage is excellent in Germany, France, the UK, the Netherlands and most of Europe, and good in big US cities, but it lists **fewer businesses than Google Maps** in some areas and categories. In our tests: 168 dentists in Leipzig (80 with email), 122 dentists in Austin (33 with email). Run a small search first to see the coverage for your market. The upside: no blocking, no CAPTCHAs, no proxy costs, and runs that do not break.

### Use cases

- **Cold outreach and agencies**: lists of dentists, salons or contractors with emails for your service offer.
- **Sales territory planning**: every business of a type in a region, with coordinates for mapping.
- **Market research**: count and compare businesses by city.

### Pricing

- **$4 per 1,000 businesses** ($0.004 per lead).
- **+ $2 per 1,000 businesses where website enrichment found contacts** ($0.002). Nothing is charged when the website has nothing new.

### Data source and license

Business data © [OpenStreetMap contributors](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright), available under the Open Database License (ODbL). If you publish the data, credit OpenStreetMap. Make sure your outreach complies with privacy and anti-spam laws (GDPR, CAN-SPAM) where you operate.

### Related

- [Contact Details Scraper](https://apify.com/geese_chief/contact-details-scraper): emails, phones and socials from any list of websites.

# Actor input Schema

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

What to look for, in plain English: dentists, plumbers, restaurants, hair salons, lawyers, real estate agents, gyms... Raw OpenStreetMap tags like shop=bakery also work.

## `locations` (type: `array`):

Cities, regions or postcodes with country, e.g. "Austin, Texas", "Berlin, Germany", "Manchester, UK".

## `maxResultsPerSearch` (type: `integer`):

You pay only for businesses saved.

## `enrichContacts` (type: `boolean`):

Visits each business website (homepage, contact and about pages) to add emails, phones and LinkedIn / Facebook / Instagram profiles. Charged only when something is found.

## `onlyWith` (type: `array`):

Skip businesses missing these. Email also counts emails found on their website.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "categories": [
    "dentists",
    "plumbers"
  ],
  "locations": [
    "Austin, Texas"
  ],
  "maxResultsPerSearch": 200,
  "enrichContacts": true
}
```

# 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 = {
    "categories": [
        "dentists",
        "plumbers"
    ],
    "locations": [
        "Austin, Texas"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("geese_chief/local-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": [
        "dentists",
        "plumbers",
    ],
    "locations": ["Austin, Texas"],
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("geese_chief/local-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": [
    "dentists",
    "plumbers"
  ],
  "locations": [
    "Austin, Texas"
  ]
}' |
apify call geese_chief/local-business-leads --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,geese_chief/local-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/DxPnVgM7wcyMfD8Rk/builds/G67dxxpix7RKaCj8x/openapi.json