Google Maps Business Extractor

Extract detailed business data from Google Maps — works with any search query or direct Google Maps URL.

✨ What you get

• Business info — name, category, address, phone, website, price level, description
• Ratings & reviews — overall rating, total review count, optional recent reviews with text
• Location — latitude & longitude coordinates, Plus Code
• Opening hours — full weekly schedule (opt-in)
• Images — up to 10 photo URLs per business
• Status — whether the business is permanently closed

Sample output

{
  "title": "Joe's Pizza",
  "category": "Pizza restaurant",
  "address": "7 Carmine St, New York, NY 10014",
  "phone": "+1 212-366-1182",
  "website": "https://joespizzanyc.com",
  "rating": 4.6,
  "reviewsCount": 8420,
  "priceLevel": "$$",
  "description": "Classic NYC slice joint open since 1975.",
  "plusCode": "QXRG+RX New York",
  "permanentlyClosed": false,
  "location": { "lat": 40.7303, "lng": -74.0024 },
  "placeId": "ChIJN2q7FEBZwokRVBXfAsCkFDc",
  "googleMapsUrl": "https://www.google.com/maps/place/Joe%27s+Pizza",
  "imageUrls": ["https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/p/AF1Qip..."],
  "openingHours": [
    { "day": "Monday",  "hours": "10:00 AM – 11:00 PM" },
    { "day": "Tuesday", "hours": "10:00 AM – 11:00 PM" }
  ],
  "reviews": [
    { "author": "John D.", "rating": "5", "text": "Best slice in NYC, no contest." }
  ]
}

🚀 Usage

Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
searchStringsArray	string[]	—	Search queries (e.g. "pizza New York", "dentist London")
startUrls	URL[]	—	Direct Google Maps place or search URLs
maxCrawledPlaces	number	20	Max businesses to extract per query / URL
language	string	en	Interface language code (en, fr, de, es…)
countryCode	string	—	2-letter country bias (US, FR, GB…)
includeOpeningHours	boolean	true	Extract weekly opening schedule
includeReviews	boolean	false	Extract recent customer reviews
maxReviews	number	5	Max reviews per place (when reviews enabled)
proxyConfiguration	object	Apify Residential	Proxy settings — see below

Proxy configuration

Google Maps aggressively blocks requests from datacenter IPs. A proxy is strongly recommended.

Option A — Apify Residential proxies (default, best results):

{ "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"] }

Option B — Your own proxies:

{ "useApifyProxy": false, "proxyUrls": ["http://user:pass@proxy.example.com:8080"] }

Option C — No proxy (may be blocked by Google):

{ "useApifyProxy": false }

Supported URL formats

Search URL (copy from Google Maps address bar):

https://www.google.com/maps/search/pizza+new+york

Place URL (open a business on Google Maps, copy the URL):

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Joe's+Pizza/@40.7303,-74.003,17z/...

💡 Tips

• For local business research, combine searchStringsArray with countryCode and language to get localised results.
• Use includeReviews: true to get customer sentiment data.
• maxCrawledPlaces applies per query — to scrape 100 places across 5 queries, set it to 20.
• Google Maps typically shows up to 120 results per search page.

💰 Pricing

Pay-per-result — from $1.50 per 1,000 businesses (Business plan) up to $3.00/1,000 on the Free plan. Billed on top of Apify platform compute costs.

Plan	Price per 1,000 results
Free	$3.00
Starter	$2.50
Scale	$2.00
Business	$1.50

Note: because this actor uses a real browser with proxies, compute costs are higher than API-based actors (~$0.05–0.15 per 1,000 places depending on proxy usage).

⚠️ Limitations

• Google Maps is a dynamic SPA — occasional changes to the page structure may affect extraction. The actor uses multiple fallback selectors to stay robust.
• Opening hours and reviews require additional page interactions and may add a few seconds per place.
• Very high volumes (>10,000 places/run) should use residential proxies to avoid blocks.

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