# Google Maps Lead Finder (Robot 2) (`glistening_platform/google-maps-lead-finder`) Actor

Collects public business listings from Google Maps, then enriches each row with contact details published on the business's own website (emails, extra phones, Facebook, Instagram, contact page).

- **URL**: https://apify.com/glistening_platform/google-maps-lead-finder.md
- **Developed by:** [Paulicap Uzoh Egbule](https://apify.com/glistening_platform) (community)
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $5.00 / 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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You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

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

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## Google Maps Lead Finder — with Website Contact Enrichment

**One search in, sales-ready leads out.** This Actor collects businesses from Google Maps **and then visits each business's own website** to add the contact details Maps doesn't give you: published email addresses, extra phone numbers, Facebook and Instagram profiles, and the contact page.

Most Maps scrapers stop at the listing. This one finishes the job — the output is a list you can work from, not a list you still have to research.

### What you get per business

| Field | Meaning |
|---|---|
| `placeId` | Google's unique place ID (results are deduplicated by it) |
| `title` | Business name |
| `category` | Business category |
| `address` | Full address |
| `phone` | Phone number from the Maps listing |
| `website` | The business's website |
| `rating` / `reviewCount` | Maps rating and number of reviews |
| `location` | Latitude / longitude |
| `googleMapsUrl` | Link to the Maps listing |
| `contactEnrichment.emails` | Email addresses the business publishes on its own website |
| `contactEnrichment.extraPhones` | Additional published numbers (beyond the Maps phone) |
| `contactEnrichment.facebook` / `.instagram` | The business's social profiles, when published |
| `contactEnrichment.contactPageUrl` | The contact page, when one exists |
| `contactEnrichment.status` | `done`, `no-website`, `no-contact-found`, or `failed` — every row tells you honestly what was found |

### Honest by design

- Emails are copied **exactly as published** — never guessed, never pattern-generated, never "verified" with tricks. If a site publishes no email, the field is empty and the status says why.
- When a business publishes several addresses, the one on its **own domain** is listed first.
- Enrichment stays on the business's own website (homepage → contact page → one fallback, max 3 pages). Redirects off the domain are dropped.
- Only public business information is collected — the details these businesses publish for customers to reach them.

### Input

| Field | Type | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| `searchStringsArray` | array of strings | One or more Maps searches, e.g. `["dentists in Harrisburg PA", "plumbers in Austin TX"]` |
| `maxCrawledPlaces` | integer (1–1000) | Cap on total businesses per run |
| `language` | string | Maps interface language (default `en`) |
| `region` | string | Region code (default `us`) |

### Example output (a real row)

```json
{
  "title": "Center City Dental Care",
  "address": "227 Pine St, Harrisburg, PA 17101",
  "phone": "(717) 232-2991",
  "website": "https://www.centercitydental.care/",
  "rating": 4.5,
  "reviewCount": 264,
  "contactEnrichment": {
    "status": "done",
    "emails": ["ccdchbg@verizon.net"],
    "extraPhones": [],
    "facebook": "https://www.facebook.com/...",
    "instagram": "",
    "contactPageUrl": ""
  }
}
```

### Pricing

You pay per business returned — **$0.010 per lead** at the standard tier, with lower per-lead prices at higher usage tiers. A run that returns nothing costs nothing in event charges. Platform usage on the free tier measured about $0.0001 for a 5-lead run.

### Good fits

- Local lead generation for agencies and freelancers
- Building outreach lists for dentists, clinics, salons, contractors, restaurants, law offices
- Enriching a Maps export you already have a process around

### Limits (stated plainly)

- Some businesses publish no email anywhere — those rows come back with an honest `no-contact-found`.
- Websites that hide addresses behind heavy JavaScript or bot walls may return `failed` for that row; the Maps data is still delivered.
- About 3 in 5 businesses in testing had a findable published email or social profile. Set expectations by the status field, not by hope.

# Actor input Schema

## `searchStringsArray` (type: `array`):

List of search phrases to run on Google Maps.

## `maxCrawledPlaces` (type: `integer`):

Maximum total places to extract per run.

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

Language for Google Maps interface.

## `region` (type: `string`):

Region code for localization.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searchStringsArray": [
    "dentists in Harrisburg PA"
  ],
  "maxCrawledPlaces": 5,
  "language": "en",
  "region": "us"
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `downloadCsv` (type: `string`):

No description

## `overview` (type: `string`):

No description

## `totalItems` (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 = {
    "searchStringsArray": [
        "dentists in Harrisburg PA"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("glistening_platform/google-maps-lead-finder").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 = { "searchStringsArray": ["dentists in Harrisburg PA"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("glistening_platform/google-maps-lead-finder").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 '{
  "searchStringsArray": [
    "dentists in Harrisburg PA"
  ]
}' |
apify call glistening_platform/google-maps-lead-finder --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,glistening_platform/google-maps-lead-finder"
        }
    }
}
```

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/Wb8MZ6emNhqPxi9tW/builds/wqaDwXNu40Dl9wJjb/openapi.json