# List every business of one category across a whole state

**Use case:** 

A state has thousands of most categories, and Google Maps only shows a few dozen per search. Give it the state and it walks the map until it has the list — set how many you want per place. Useful for a franchise map, a supplier list or a market count before entering a region. Every row carries Google's category so the count is of real HVAC contractors, not of everything Google matched loosely.

## Input

```json
{
  "category": "HVAC contractor",
  "locations": [
    "Minnesota, USA"
  ],
  "maxPerLocation": 300,
  "localize": true,
  "localizePlaces": true,
  "minRating": "",
  "onlyWithWebsite": false,
  "findContacts": false,
  "verifyEmails": false,
  "reviewSpan": "",
  "reviewStars": "all",
  "reviewsForTop": 0,
  "maxReviewsPerBusiness": 200,
  "businessLinks": [
    "https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=Evergreen%20Dental&query_place_id=ChIJ54Iuxm0Z9ocRxg9tJ813GVY"
  ],
  "estimateOnly": false
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "name": {
    "label": "Business",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "googleCategory": {
    "label": "Google's category",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "categoryMatch": {
    "label": "Match",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "city": {
    "label": "City",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "phone": {
    "label": "Phone",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "bestContact": {
    "label": "Best contact",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "contactSource": {
    "label": "Which is",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "rating": {
    "label": "Rating",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "reviewsCount": {
    "label": "Reviews",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "website": {
    "label": "Website",
    "format": "link"
  },
  "mapsUrl": {
    "label": "On the map",
    "format": "link"
  }
}
```

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [Local Business Leads by Category & City: Contacts, Reviews 商家名单](https://apify.com/lexonia/business-finder.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/lexonia/business-finder.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


## How to integrate an Actor?

This Task's input is already configured above. Use it as-is rather than inventing a new one.

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 full API examples (JavaScript, Python, CLI, MCP, OpenAPI), see this Task's Actor page: https://apify.com/lexonia/business-finder.md

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`).