# Google Maps Business Leads (`mighty_monk/google-maps-business-leads`) Actor Extract local business leads from Google Maps search queries or place URLs. Returns name, address, phone, website, rating, review count, category, coordinates, hours, and Maps URL — ready for outreach and CRM import. - **URL**: https://apify.com/mighty\_monk/google-maps-business-leads.md - **Developed by:** [Harsh](https://apify.com/mighty_monk) (community) - **Categories:** Lead generation, Travel - **Stats:** 1 total users, 0 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $4.00 / 1,000 business leads 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/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours, and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store. In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server. Actors are written with capital "A". ## How to integrate an Actor? If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects. You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## Google Maps Business Leads **Extract local business leads from Google Maps** search queries or place URLs. Returns name, address, phone, website, rating, review count, category, coordinates, opening hours, and Maps URL — ready for outreach and CRM import. Built with **TypeScript** and **Crawlee CheerioCrawler** (no browser by default). Multi-strategy HTML parsing (fixture cards, JSON-LD, embedded Maps payloads, place links, meta tags, DOM panels) with retries, rate limiting, proxy support, and placeId deduplication. Run it on the [Apify platform](https://apify.com) for scheduling, API access, proxy rotation, monitoring, and dataset exports (JSON, CSV, Excel). ### Features - Search by free-text query (city + niche), e.g. `coffee shops in Austin TX` - Or scrape direct Google Maps **place** / **search** URLs - Fields: `name`, `category`, `address`, `city`, `state`, `country`, `phone`, `website`, `emails`, `rating`, `reviewCount`, `placeId`, `lat`, `lng`, `mapsUrl`, `openingHours`, `searchQuery`, `scrapedAt` - Deduplicate by `placeId` (with name+address fallback) - Retries, rate limiting (`requestDelayMs`), concurrency controls - Apify Proxy enabled by default (recommended for Maps) - Graceful handling of captcha/blocks (records error, does not crash the run) - Dataset JSON + **LEADS.csv** + **SUMMARY.md** in the key-value store - Optional email harvest from business websites (`includeEmailsFromWebsite`) ### Why use Google Maps Business Leads? - **Lead generation** — build outreach lists for local services and retail - **Market research** — compare density, ratings, and categories by city - **CRM enrichment** — import phone, website, and address fields - **Sales ops** — monitor competitor footprints by query ### How to use 1. Open the Actor in [Apify Console](https://console.apify.com) 2. Enter one or more **search queries** (and/or Maps place URLs) 3. Set **Max results per query**, delay, and proxy (residential recommended if blocked) 4. Click **Start** 5. Download results from the **Dataset** tab, or **LEADS.csv** / **SUMMARY.md** from the key-value store ### Input | Field | Type | Default | Description | | -------------------------- | -------- | -------------- | ------------------------------------------------ | | `searchQueries` | string[] | sample queries | Maps search queries (city + niche) | | `startUrls` | array | `[]` | Direct Google Maps place or search URLs | | `maxResultsPerQuery` | integer | `50` | Cap unique leads per query | | `maxConcurrency` | integer | `2` | Parallel HTTP requests (keep low for Maps) | | `maxRequestRetries` | integer | `3` | HTTP retry count | | `requestDelayMs` | integer | `1000` | Delay used for rate limiting | | `language` | string | `en` | Maps `hl` language code | | `countryCode` | string | `us` | Maps `gl` country bias | | `includeEmailsFromWebsite` | boolean | `false` | Visit business websites to collect public emails | | `proxyConfiguration` | object | Apify Proxy on | Proxy settings | Example: ```json { "searchQueries": ["coffee shops in Austin TX", "plumbers in Chicago"], "startUrls": [], "maxResultsPerQuery": 50, "maxConcurrency": 2, "maxRequestRetries": 3, "requestDelayMs": 1000, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true }, "language": "en", "includeEmailsFromWebsite": false, "countryCode": "us" } ```` See [`examples/input.json`](examples/input.json). ### Output Each dataset item is one business lead: ```json { "name": "Joe's Coffee", "category": "Coffee shop", "address": "123 Congress Ave, Austin, TX 78701, United States", "city": "Austin", "state": "TX", "country": "United States", "phone": "+1 512-555-0101", "website": "https://joescoffee.example.com", "emails": [], "rating": 4.7, "reviewCount": 842, "placeId": "ChIJfixture0001joescoffee", "lat": 30.2672, "lng": -97.7431, "mapsUrl": "https://www.google.com/maps/place/...", "openingHours": ["Monday: 7AM-6PM", "Tuesday: 7AM-6PM"], "searchQuery": "coffee shops in Austin TX", "scrapedAt": "2026-07-13T12:00:00.000Z", "error": null } ``` Key-value store exports: - **LEADS.csv** — flat CRM-friendly CSV of all leads - **SUMMARY.md** — human-readable run summary - **OUTPUT** — JSON totals and export keys See [`examples/output.json`](examples/output.json). ### Pricing Pay-per-event pricing: charged primarily per business lead written to the default dataset (`apify-default-dataset-item`), plus a small actor-start fee. ### Installation (local) ```bash cd factory/google-maps-business-leads npm install npm run build npm test ## Optional local run (live Maps often requires residential proxy): ## apify run -p ``` ### Limitations - Google Maps is heavily protected. Datacenter IPs are frequently captcha’d; **use Apify Proxy** (residential groups when needed). - Result volume and field completeness depend on what Maps returns in HTML for your IP/locale. Some sessions return thin or empty payloads. - This Actor prefers **Cheerio/HTTP** (fast, cheap). It does not drive a full browser; highly interactive Maps UI may need additional strategies over time. - Opening hours, emails, and some fields may be missing for certain listings. - Respect Google Terms of Service, local laws, and do not use data for spam or prohibited purposes. - Email extraction from websites is best-effort regex on public HTML only. ### FAQ **Why did I get zero results?**\ Likely a block/captcha or empty HTML payload. Check logs for “blocked”, enable residential proxy, lower concurrency, and increase `requestDelayMs`. **Can I scrape only place URLs?**\ Yes — put place URLs in `startUrls` and leave `searchQueries` empty. **How are duplicates handled?**\ Leads are deduplicated primarily by `placeId`, then by name+address / coordinates. **Does it support languages other than English?**\ Set `language` (`hl`) and `countryCode` (`gl`) to bias Maps results. ### Changelog #### 1.0.0 - Initial release: search queries + place URLs, multi-strategy extractors, CSV/Markdown export, proxy/retries, unit tests with HTML fixtures ### License Apache-2.0 # Actor input Schema ## `searchQueries` (type: `array`): Google Maps search queries such as "coffee shops in Austin TX" or "plumbers in Chicago". Each query is scraped up to maxResultsPerQuery leads. ## `startUrls` (type: `array`): Optional direct Google Maps place or search URLs. Place URLs are scraped as individual leads; search URLs expand to listings. ## `maxResultsPerQuery` (type: `integer`): Maximum number of unique business leads to keep for each search query. ## `maxConcurrency` (type: `integer`): Maximum number of HTTP requests processed in parallel. Keep low for Maps to reduce blocks. ## `maxRequestRetries` (type: `integer`): How many times to retry failed HTTP requests before giving up. ## `requestDelayMs` (type: `integer`): Approximate delay between requests used for rate limiting (converted to maxRequestsPerMinute). ## `language` (type: `string`): Google Maps interface language code (hl parameter), e.g. en, es, de, fr. ## `countryCode` (type: `string`): Preferred country/region bias (gl parameter), e.g. us, gb, de, ca. ## `includeEmailsFromWebsite` (type: `boolean`): When enabled, visits each business website homepage and extracts public email addresses (extra requests; slower). ## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`): Apify Proxy is strongly recommended for Google Maps. Residential proxies work best when datacenter IPs are blocked. ## Actor input object example ```json { "searchQueries": [ "coffee shops in Austin TX", "plumbers in Chicago" ], "startUrls": [], "maxResultsPerQuery": 50, "maxConcurrency": 2, "maxRequestRetries": 3, "requestDelayMs": 1000, "language": "en", "countryCode": "us", "includeEmailsFromWebsite": false, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true } } ``` # Actor output Schema ## `results` (type: `string`): No description ## `csv` (type: `string`): No description ## `summary` (type: `string`): No description # 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 '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "searchQueries": [ "coffee shops in Austin TX", "plumbers in Chicago" ] }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("mighty_monk/google-maps-business-leads").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 '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "searchQueries": [ "coffee shops in Austin TX", "plumbers in Chicago", ] } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("mighty_monk/google-maps-business-leads").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{ "searchQueries": [ "coffee shops in Austin TX", "plumbers in Chicago" ] }' | apify call mighty_monk/google-maps-business-leads --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=mighty_monk/google-maps-business-leads", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Google Maps Business Leads", "description": "Extract local business leads from Google Maps search queries or place URLs. Returns name, address, phone, website, rating, review count, category, coordinates, hours, and Maps URL — ready for outreach and CRM import.", "version": "1.0", "x-build-id": "oX4meIgaS3QpYaNYN" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/mighty_monk~google-maps-business-leads/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-mighty_monk-google-maps-business-leads", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/mighty_monk~google-maps-business-leads/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-mighty_monk-google-maps-business-leads", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/mighty_monk~google-maps-business-leads/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-mighty_monk-google-maps-business-leads", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } } }, "components": { "schemas": { "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "searchQueries": { "title": "Search queries", "type": "array", "description": "Google Maps search queries such as \"coffee shops in Austin TX\" or \"plumbers in Chicago\". Each query is scraped up to maxResultsPerQuery leads.", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "startUrls": { "title": "Google Maps place URLs", "type": "array", "description": "Optional direct Google Maps place or search URLs. Place URLs are scraped as individual leads; search URLs expand to listings.", "default": [], "items": { "type": "object", "required": [ "url" ], "properties": { "url": { "type": "string", "title": "URL of a web page", "format": "uri" } } } }, "maxResultsPerQuery": { "title": "Max results per query", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 500, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum number of unique business leads to keep for each search query.", "default": 50 }, "maxConcurrency": { "title": "Max concurrency", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 20, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum number of HTTP requests processed in parallel. Keep low for Maps to reduce blocks.", "default": 2 }, "maxRequestRetries": { "title": "Max request retries", "minimum": 0, "maximum": 10, "type": "integer", "description": "How many times to retry failed HTTP requests before giving up.", "default": 3 }, "requestDelayMs": { "title": "Request delay (ms)", "minimum": 0, "maximum": 60000, "type": "integer", "description": "Approximate delay between requests used for rate limiting (converted to maxRequestsPerMinute).", "default": 1000 }, "language": { "title": "Language", "type": "string", "description": "Google Maps interface language code (hl parameter), e.g. en, es, de, fr.", "default": "en" }, "countryCode": { "title": "Country code", "type": "string", "description": "Preferred country/region bias (gl parameter), e.g. us, gb, de, ca.", "default": "us" }, "includeEmailsFromWebsite": { "title": "Include emails from website", "type": "boolean", "description": "When enabled, visits each business website homepage and extracts public email addresses (extra requests; slower).", "default": false }, "proxyConfiguration": { "title": "Proxy configuration", "type": "object", "description": "Apify Proxy is strongly recommended for Google Maps. Residential proxies work best when datacenter IPs are blocked.", "default": { "useApifyProxy": true } } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "resurrectCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "computeUnits": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "options": { "type": "object", "properties": { "build": { "type": "string", "example": "latest" }, "timeoutSecs": { "type": "integer", "example": 300 }, "memoryMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 1024 }, "diskMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 2048 } } }, "buildId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultKeyValueStoreId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultDatasetId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultRequestQueueId": { "type": "string" }, "buildNumber": { "type": "string", "example": "1.0.0" }, "containerUrl": { "type": "string" }, "usage": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } } } } } } } } } ```