# Local Business Leads Finder - Emails, Phones (OSM) (`martin10291/local-business-leads-osm`) Actor

Find local businesses by category and city: name, address, phone, website, company emails from their websites (MX-checked), social profiles and coordinates. OpenStreetMap data, no login. $2 per 1000 businesses.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/martin10291/local-business-leads-osm.md
- **Developed by:** [Martin Petrov](https://apify.com/martin10291) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Automation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

$2.00 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

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# README

## Local Business Leads Finder - Emails, Phones & Websites (OpenStreetMap)

Find **local businesses by category and city** and get a ready-to-use contact list: **business name, address, phone, website, company email**, social profiles, opening hours and map coordinates.

Pick a category (dentists, restaurants, lawyers, plumbers, hotels, gyms and 30+ more), add one or more cities, and the actor:

1. loads every matching business from **OpenStreetMap**, the open map database used by thousands of apps,
2. visits each **business website** (home page plus contact and about pages) to find **public company emails** such as `info@` and `office@`, including Cloudflare-protected and "name \[at] domain \[dot] com" addresses,
3. checks that each **email domain has a mail server** (MX record), so you can skip dead addresses before you send.

No login, no API keys, no Google Maps limits. **$2.00 per 1000 businesses**, and with "Only businesses with an email" turned on you pay only for leads that have an email.

### Why this actor

- **Honest data, not a "B2B database" promise.** Many lead finders promise millions of decision-maker contacts and then return empty or outdated rows. This actor returns exactly what is publicly listed for each business, with the source of every email (`openstreetmap` or `website`).
- **Company emails only by default.** Generic business addresses (info@, office@, sales@, reception@) are returned; addresses that look like a person's name are skipped unless you turn them on. This keeps your list cleaner and closer to GDPR-friendly B2B outreach.
- **MX-checked emails.** `emailMxValid` tells you whether the email domain can receive mail.
- **Works worldwide and stays stable.** OpenStreetMap is open data with no anti-bot walls, and the actor switches between several public OpenStreetMap servers automatically when one is busy.
- **Pay only for what you keep.** Turn on `onlyWithEmail` and businesses without an email are skipped and not charged.
- **Only new businesses mode.** Schedule it daily or weekly with "Only new businesses" on and you get (and pay for) only businesses that appeared since the last run. Perfect for a steady stream of fresh leads.
- **38 ready categories plus any OpenStreetMap tag** (`shop=bicycle`, `craft=brewery`, `office=consulting`).

### Use cases

- **Cold email and outreach lists** for agencies, SaaS and B2B services selling to local businesses
- **Local SEO and web design prospecting:** find businesses with outdated websites or no website at all (`websiteStatus: "no website"`)
- **Market research:** count and map competitors in a city or region
- **Sales territory planning** with coordinates and Google Maps links
- **Enriching CRMs** with phones, websites and social profiles

### Input

| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `categories` | array | Business categories, e.g. `dentists`, `restaurants`, `lawyers`, `plumbers`, `hotels`, `gyms`. |
| `locations` | array | Cities, districts, regions or countries (`"Austin, Texas"`, `"Manchester, UK"`) or `"lat,lon,radiusKm"`. |
| `maxResults` | integer | Maximum businesses to save across all locations. Default `100`. |
| `scanWebsites` | boolean | Visit business websites to find emails and social profiles. Default `true`. |
| `onlyWithEmail` | boolean | Save (and pay for) only businesses with an email. Default `false`. |
| `onlyNewBusinesses` | boolean | Return only businesses not returned by earlier runs with the same search. Use with a schedule. Default `false`. |
| `onlyWithWebsite` | boolean | Skip businesses without a website. |
| `checkMx` | boolean | Check that email domains have a mail server. Default `true`. |
| `includePersonalEmails` | boolean | Also return name-like addresses (firstname.lastname@). Default `false`. |
| `customOsmTags` | array | Any OpenStreetMap tag, e.g. `shop=bicycle`, `office=consulting|financial`. |
| `maxPagesPerWebsite` | integer | Pages to read per website (home + contact/about). Default `4`. |
| `radiusKm` | integer | Search radius when a location is a point. Default `10`. |

#### Example input

```json
{
  "categories": ["dentists"],
  "locations": ["Austin, Texas", "Denver, Colorado"],
  "maxResults": 500,
  "onlyWithEmail": true
}
```

### Output

One row per business. Example:

```json
{
  "name": "Smile Dental Studio",
  "category": "amenity=dentist",
  "address": "123 Main St, 78701 Austin",
  "phone": "+1 512 555 0100",
  "website": "https://smiledental.example",
  "email": "info@smiledental.example",
  "emails": ["info@smiledental.example", "billing@smiledental.example"],
  "emailSource": "website",
  "emailMxValid": true,
  "facebook": "https://www.facebook.com/smiledental",
  "instagram": "https://www.instagram.com/smiledental",
  "openingHours": "Mo-Fr 08:00-17:00",
  "latitude": 30.2672,
  "longitude": -97.7431,
  "googleMapsUrl": "https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=30.2672,-97.7431",
  "osmUrl": "https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/123456789",
  "websiteStatus": "ok"
}
```

Download the results as **Excel, CSV, JSON or Google Sheets**, or connect them to your CRM with Make, Zapier, n8n or the Apify API. A run summary (businesses found, saved, with email, per location) is saved as `RUN_SUMMARY`.

### Pricing

**$2.00 per 1000 saved businesses**, no start fee. Website scanning, MX checks and filtering are included. Use `maxResults` to cap the cost of a run, and `onlyWithEmail` to pay only for leads with an email.

### Good to know

- **Coverage depends on OpenStreetMap.** Big cities in Europe and North America are mapped very well; small towns may have fewer businesses than Google Maps. Combine several nearby locations for more results.
- **Not every business publishes an email.** Typically 30-60% of businesses that have a website show a public email. Phones and websites come straight from OpenStreetMap.
- **No decision-maker names.** This actor finds public company contacts, not personal data of employees.
- Websites that are down or block visitors are reported in `websiteStatus` and the business is still saved with its OpenStreetMap data.

### FAQ

**Is this a Google Maps scraper?** No. It uses OpenStreetMap, which is open data and has no scraping limits. Results are usually a bit smaller than Google Maps, but runs are stable, cheap and include websites and emails.

**Which categories are supported?** 38 built-in categories (restaurants, cafes, bars, hotels, dentists, doctors, pharmacies, vets, lawyers, accountants, real estate, insurance, IT companies, marketing agencies, architects, travel agencies, hairdressers, beauty salons, gyms, car repair, car dealers, plumbers, electricians, builders, florists, bakeries, supermarkets, clothing, furniture, hardware, electronics, opticians, photographers, schools, kindergartens, coworking, event venues, pet shops) plus any OpenStreetMap tag.

**How do I get fresh leads every week?** Turn on `onlyNewBusinesses` and create a schedule in Apify (Schedules, for example every Monday). Each run returns only businesses that were not in earlier runs with the same categories and locations, so you never pay twice for the same lead.

**Can I search a whole country?** Yes, but large areas take longer. For best results use regions or cities.

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### Legal

Business data comes from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License, ODbL) and from public pages of business websites. Only company contact details that businesses publish themselves are collected. If you use the data for marketing, follow the laws of your recipients' countries (for example GDPR, ePrivacy and CAN-SPAM): send relevant B2B messages, identify yourself and honor opt-out requests. Do not use the data for spam.

# Actor input Schema

## `categories` (type: `array`):

What kind of businesses to find. Pick one or more.

## `locations` (type: `array`):

Cities, districts, regions or countries, e.g. "Austin, Texas", "Manchester, UK", "Plovdiv, Bulgaria". You can also use "latitude,longitude,radiusKm".

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of businesses to save across all locations. You only pay for saved results.

## `scanWebsites` (type: `boolean`):

Visit each business website (home page and contact/about pages) to collect public company emails and social profiles.

## `onlyWithEmail` (type: `boolean`):

Save only businesses where an email was found. Businesses without an email are skipped and not charged.

## `onlyNewBusinesses` (type: `boolean`):

Skip businesses returned by earlier runs with the same categories and locations. Schedule the actor daily or weekly to get, and pay for, only businesses that are new on the map.

## `onlyWithWebsite` (type: `boolean`):

Skip businesses that have no website in OpenStreetMap.

## `checkMx` (type: `boolean`):

Check that the email domain has a mail server. The result is in emailMxValid.

## `includePersonalEmails` (type: `boolean`):

By default only company addresses (info@, office@, sales@, ...) are returned. Turn on to also include addresses that look like a person's name (firstname.lastname@).

## `customOsmTags` (type: `array`):

Extra OpenStreetMap tags, one per line, like shop=bicycle or craft=brewery or office=consulting|financial. See wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Map_features.

## `maxPagesPerWebsite` (type: `integer`):

Home page plus up to this many contact/about pages minus one.

## `radiusKm` (type: `integer`):

Used when a location resolves to a point (or for latitude,longitude input) instead of an area.

## `maxConcurrency` (type: `integer`):

How many websites to scan at the same time.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Optional. Business websites rarely block, so no proxy is used by default.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "categories": [
    "dentists"
  ],
  "locations": [
    "Austin, Texas"
  ],
  "maxResults": 100,
  "scanWebsites": true,
  "onlyWithEmail": false,
  "onlyNewBusinesses": false,
  "onlyWithWebsite": false,
  "checkMx": true,
  "includePersonalEmails": false,
  "maxPagesPerWebsite": 4,
  "radiusKm": 10,
  "maxConcurrency": 15,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

One row per business.

## `summary` (type: `string`):

Businesses found, saved, with email, per location.

# 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 = {
    "categories": [
        "dentists"
    ],
    "locations": [
        "Austin, Texas"
    ],
    "maxResults": 100
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("martin10291/local-business-leads-osm").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 = {
    "categories": ["dentists"],
    "locations": ["Austin, Texas"],
    "maxResults": 100,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("martin10291/local-business-leads-osm").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 '{
  "categories": [
    "dentists"
  ],
  "locations": [
    "Austin, Texas"
  ],
  "maxResults": 100
}' |
apify call martin10291/local-business-leads-osm --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,martin10291/local-business-leads-osm"
        }
    }
}
```

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/c6c75n3TvQxgN0LQl/builds/2TPWobPWFDeE1ANlb/openapi.json