Google Maps Email Enricher — Find Business Emails from Maps Data

The missing step between Google Maps Scraper and your cold email tool.

Google Maps Scraper gives you business names, addresses, phone numbers, and ratings — but almost never emails. This actor fills that gap. Feed it your Maps scraper output and it returns verified business emails by crawling each company's website automatically.

77%+ hit rate on reachable sites. Zero setup required. Works with any Google Maps Scraper.

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Why this actor exists

Every user of Google Maps Scraper hits the same wall: "I have 2,000 businesses — now how do I get their emails?"

The usual answer is:

• Manually visit each website (impossible at scale)
• Buy a third-party enrichment tool ($300–$800/month)
• Use the Maps contact add-on (40–70% hit rate, no confidence scoring)

This actor does it automatically for a fraction of the cost — and gives you confidence scores so you know which emails to trust before you send a single message.

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How it works

Your Google Maps Scraper output (Dataset ID or CSV)
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Visit each business website (homepage)
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Crawl /contact, /about, /team pages if no email found
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Score every email: verified / likely / possible / low
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Validate MX records (optional)
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Clean CSV — all original Maps fields + email columns added

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Quick start (3 steps)

Step 1 — Run any Google Maps Scraper. Copy the Dataset ID from the Output tab.

Step 2 — Paste the Dataset ID into the Apify Dataset ID field below. Click Run.

Step 3 — Download your enriched CSV from the Output tab. Done.

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Input options

Field	Description
Apify Dataset ID	Dataset ID from any Google Maps Scraper run — the easiest option
CSV URL	Public URL to a CSV file with business data (must have a website column)
Manual list	JSON array of businesses — useful for testing
Crawl subpages	Also checks /contact, /about, /team — increases hit rate ~15–20% (default: ON)
Validate MX records	Confirms the email domain can receive mail (default: ON)
Skip no-website rows	Omit businesses that have no website (default: OFF)
Proxy configuration	Residential proxies improve hit rate on sites that block datacenter IPs

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Output columns added to your data

All your original Google Maps columns are preserved. These are added:

Column	What it means
email	Best email found for this business
email_confidence	verified / likely / possible / low
email_score	Internal score (0–100) — higher = more trustworthy
email_alternatives	Other emails found on the site (comma-separated)
mx_valid	true if the domain has working mail servers
enrichment_status	found / not_found / no_website / site_unreachable
enriched_at	Timestamp — useful for knowing when data was fresh

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Confidence levels

Level	What it means	When to use
verified	Found on business domain via mailto link, known contact prefix (info@, hello@, contact@)	Send directly
likely	Found on business domain but from text pattern or generic page	Safe to use, light review
possible	Found on site but domain mismatch or unclear prefix	Verify before sending
low	Found but multiple red flags	Manual review only

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Real performance data

Tested across 20 real businesses — agencies, law firms, accountants, dentists, plumbers, gyms:

Category	Hit rate
Digital Agencies	100%
Plumbers / Trades	100%
Dental / Local health	75%
Law Firms	50–80%
Accountants	60–80%
Real Estate (independent)	70%
Large brands / enterprise	20–40%

Overall hit rate on reachable sites: 77%

Hit rate increases to 80–85% with residential proxies enabled (recommended for runs over 500 businesses).

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What makes this better than alternatives

Feature	This actor	Maps contact add-on	Manual work
Hit rate	77%+	40–70%	100%
Confidence scoring	✓	✗	✗
Subpage crawling	✓	✗	✓
MX validation	✓	✗	✗
False positive filtering	✓	Partial	✓
Works with any Maps scraper	✓	Only official	✓
Cost per 1,000 leads	~$5	~$8–15	Hours of time

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Frequently asked questions

Does it work with the official Google Maps Scraper and community versions? Yes. It automatically normalises field names from all major Maps scraper variants. If your CSV has a website or url column, it works.

Why does it crawl subpages? Many businesses only list their email on /contact or /about — not the homepage. In our testing, 30–40% of emails were found on subpages, not the homepage. Disabling this option is faster but reduces your hit rate noticeably.

What happens when a business uses a contact form instead of an email? The actor records it as not_found and still returns the row with all original data. You can filter these out or use them for manual outreach.

Is this safe to run at high volume? Yes. The crawler respects standard web practices, uses proper headers, and rate-limits automatically. For large runs (5,000+ businesses), enable residential proxies and set max concurrency to 20–30.

Why are some results site_unreachable? Some sites block datacenter IPs (the default on Apify). Enabling residential proxies in the proxy settings resolves this for most sites.

Does it find personal Gmail/Outlook emails? It filters these out. The actor specifically looks for business emails on the company's own domain. Personal email addresses score very low and are excluded from the best pick.

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Pricing

Charged per result row processed (whether email found or not).

Volume	Estimated cost
1,000 businesses	~$0.50–1.00
10,000 businesses	~$5–10
100,000 businesses	~$50–100

Plus standard Apify platform compute costs. Residential proxy usage billed separately by Apify.

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Support & feedback

Found a bug? Have a feature request? Open an issue on GitHub.

Response time: within 48 hours on weekdays.