# Google Maps Market Research – Low-Cost Business Scraper

**Use case:** 

Low-cost Maps-only scraping for market sizing and local competitor research: business names, categories, addresses, ratings, and review counts. No emails.

## Input

```json
{
  "searchTerms": [
    "coffee shops",
    "specialty coffee",
    "espresso bars",
    "cafes"
  ],
  "location": "Austin, TX",
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.google.com/maps/search/dentists+Toronto"
    }
  ],
  "maxItems": 100,
  "maxResultsPerSearch": 100,
  "contactExtraction": "none",
  "emailVerification": "syntax",
  "inferCategories": true,
  "requireEmail": false,
  "requireWebsite": false,
  "includeReviews": false,
  "scrapeDetailPages": true,
  "maxConcurrency": 5,
  "requestRetries": 2,
  "requestTimeoutSecs": 30,
  "requestDelayMillis": 0
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "title": {
    "label": "Business"
  },
  "category_name": {
    "label": "Category name"
  },
  "address": {
    "label": "Address"
  },
  "phone": {
    "label": "Phone"
  },
  "website": {
    "label": "Website"
  },
  "primary_email": {
    "label": "Email"
  },
  "email_status": {
    "label": "Email status"
  },
  "email_confidence": {
    "label": "Confidence"
  },
  "total_score": {
    "label": "Total score"
  },
  "reviews_count": {
    "label": "Reviews count"
  },
  "google_maps_url": {
    "label": "Google maps url"
  }
}
```

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [Google Maps Email Extractor](https://apify.com/kmiloaguilar/google-maps-email-extractor) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/kmiloaguilar/google-maps-email-extractor) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.