2GIS Places Scraper

What does 2GIS Places Scraper do?

2GIS Places Scraper collects businesses from 2GIS, the city directory and map used across Russia, Kazakhstan, the UAE (Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah), Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Azerbaijan, Cyprus and Chile. Type what you are looking for and a city, or paste 2GIS links, and get one row per business with its name, categories, address, coordinates, phone numbers, website, e-mails, social links, opening hours, rating and review count, plus the newest reviews if you want them.

Try it with the prefilled input: open the Actor, click Start, and ten Dubai coffee shops are ready in a few seconds. Because it runs on the Apify platform, you also get API access, scheduled runs, integrations (Google Sheets, Make, Zapier, Slack, webhooks), proxy rotation and run monitoring.

Why scrape 2GIS?

• Lead generation. 2GIS lists phones, websites, e-mails and messenger links (WhatsApp, Telegram, VK, Instagram and more) for most businesses, and phone numbers come in full, not masked.
• Market research. Count the dentists, car services or cafes in a city, see which chains have the most branches, and map where they are.
• Local SEO and reputation. Track ratings and review counts for your branches and your competitors, and read the newest reviews with the owner's replies.
• Data enrichment. Add coordinates, opening hours, categories and features (payment methods, Wi-Fi, average bill…) to a list of businesses you already have.

How to scrape businesses from 2GIS

1. Under Search queries, type what you want, one per line, just as you would on 2GIS: cafe, стоматология, car service, Starbucks.
2. Under City, type the city: Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Moscow, Москва, Almaty, Tashkent, Baku, Limassol…
3. Or paste 2GIS links instead: a business, a search, a category, or all branches of a company. Links from any 2GIS site work (2gis.ru, 2gis.ae, 2gis.kz, 2gis.uz, 2gis.kg, 2gis.az, 2gis.com.cy, 2gis.cl).
4. Choose how many places you want per search, and turn on Include reviews if you need them.
5. Click Start, then download the results when the run finishes.

Input

Everything is set on the Input tab. In JSON, the input looks like this:

{
    "searchQueries": ["coffee", "dentist"],
    "city": "Dubai",
    "startUrls": [
        "https://2gis.ru/moscow/search/кафе",
        "https://2gis.ae/dubai/firm/70000001006365610"
    ],
    "maxPlacesPerSearch": 100,
    "includeReviews": true,
    "maxReviewsPerPlace": 20,
    "language": "en"
}

Field	What it does
searchQueries	What to search for, one per line. Each query is searched in city.
city	The city for the search queries, in English or the local language. The run log names the city it found (for example "Searching in Abu Dhabi, UAE").
startUrls	2GIS links, one per line: a business (…/dubai/firm/70000001006365610), a search (…/moscow/search/кафе), a category (…/search/Кафе/rubricId/161), all branches of a company (…/moscow/branches/70000001034739764), or a bare place ID. Plain strings and {"url": "…"} objects both work, with or without https://. A search link searches the whole 2GIS region of its city (for example the whole UAE for 2gis.ae/dubai).
maxPlacesPerSearch	Stops after this many places per search query or search link, in 2GIS's own order. 0 takes every place 2GIS lists. Default: 100.
includeReviews	Adds the newest reviews with a star rating to each place. Default: off.
maxReviewsPerPlace	How many reviews per place when reviews are on. 0 takes all. Default: 20.
language	en, ru, ar, kk, uz, ky, az, es and others, for names, categories and addresses. Each country has only a few versions (UAE: English or Arabic; Russia: Russian, English and others; Kazakhstan: Russian or Kazakh), so when a country lacks the one you chose, its default is used and the log says so. Leave empty for each site's own language.
proxyConfiguration	Leave it empty. The Actor uses Apify's datacenter proxy and switches to residential proxy on its own if 2GIS stalls or refuses.

Output

Each business becomes one row. Here is a real example, with its review list shortened to one:

{
    "id": "70000001006365610",
    "name": "Hard Rock, cafe",
    "category": "Cafe / Restaurants",
    "rubrics": ["Cafe / Restaurants"],
    "address": "Dubai Festival City Mall, 9, Crescent Drive",
    "addressComment": "2 Floor",
    "postcode": null,
    "district": "Al Kheeran",
    "city": "Dubai",
    "country": "UAE",
    "lat": 25.22365,
    "lng": 55.351308,
    "phones": ["+97142328900"],
    "website": "http://cafe.hardrock.com",
    "websites": ["http://cafe.hardrock.com"],
    "emails": [],
    "socialLinks": {
        "twitter": "https://twitter.com/hardrockcafedxb",
        "youtube": "https://youtube.com/user/hardrock",
        "instagram": "https://instagram.com/hardrockcafedxb",
        "facebook": "https://facebook.com/hardrockcafedxb"
    },
    "workingHours": {
        "Mon": "12:00-01:00", "Tue": "12:00-01:00", "Wed": "12:00-01:00",
        "Thu": "12:00-01:00", "Fri": "12:00-02:00", "Sat": "12:00-02:00",
        "Sun": "12:00-01:00"
    },
    "utcOffset": "+04:00",
    "rating": 4.6,
    "reviewCount": 137,
    "photoCount": 64,
    "attributes": ["Average bill 60 AED", "American cuisine", "Live music", "Wi-Fi", "Payment by credit cards"],
    "organizationId": "70000001006365611",
    "branchCount": 3,
    "isAdvertiser": false,
    "url": "https://2gis.ae/dubai/firm/70000001006365610",
    "reviews": [
        {
            "id": "305299300",
            "rating": 5,
            "text": "5/5",
            "date": "2026-10-12T01:19:17.893345+07:00",
            "editedDate": null,
            "authorName": "Inderpreet Singh",
            "likes": 0,
            "photoCount": 0,
            "ownerReply": null,
            "ownerReplyDate": null,
            "source": "2gis"
        }
    ],
    "scrapedAt": "2026-10-20T15:12:22.472251+00:00"
}

You can download the dataset in various formats such as JSON, HTML, CSV, or Excel. The Output tab has two views: Places (the main columns) and Full details (every field).

Data fields

Field	Description
id	The business's 2GIS branch ID.
name	Name as 2GIS shows it, usually "Brand, type".
category	The main 2GIS category.
rubrics	Every 2GIS category the business is listed in.
address	Street address, or the building name and address.
addressComment	Floor, office or entrance note, when given.
postcode	Postcode, where 2GIS has one (common in Russia, rare in the UAE).
district, city, country	Where the business is.
lat, lng	Coordinates.
phones	Phone numbers in international format.
website	The business's own website (2GIS's click-tracking link is removed).
websites	Every website the business lists, the first one being website.
emails	Public business e-mail addresses.
socialLinks	One link per network, such as whatsapp, telegram, instagram, facebook, vkontakte, youtube.
workingHours	Opening hours per day in the place's local time, such as "09:00-18:00"; "closed" for days off and "00:00-24:00" for places open around the clock. Empty when 2GIS has no hours.
utcOffset	The place's time zone as an offset from UTC, such as "+04:00" in Dubai.
rating	Average rating out of 5, or null for places without ratings.
reviewCount	Number of reviews on 2GIS.
photoCount	Number of photos on 2GIS.
attributes	Features 2GIS lists, such as payment methods, average bill, cuisine, Wi-Fi or awards.
organizationId, branchCount	The company the branch belongs to, and how many branches it has.
isAdvertiser	true when the business advertises on 2GIS.
url	Link to the business on 2GIS.
reviews	Only with Include reviews: newest first, each with rating, text, date and editedDate (ISO 8601 with time zone), authorName, likes, photoCount, ownerReply, ownerReplyDate and source.
scrapedAt	When the row was saved, in UTC.

How much does it cost to scrape 2GIS?

The Actor uses pay-per-event pricing: you pay for each business saved and, when reviews are on, for each review saved. See the Pricing tab for the exact prices. Searches and links that find nothing are never charged, and if you set a maximum cost for a run, the Actor stops as soon as it is reached.

Runs are light and fast: the Actor reads 2GIS's own data service over plain HTTP, 50 businesses per request, without a browser. In testing, 1,000 Moscow cafes took about 35 seconds.

Tips for scraping 2GIS

• Use the city field for one city. Abu Dhabi searches only Abu Dhabi, while a pasted 2gis.ae/dubai/search/… link searches the whole UAE region, which is how the 2GIS site itself works.
• Category links are precise. On 2GIS, click a category (such as Cafes), copy the address bar, and paste it: you get exactly the businesses in that category.
• All branches of a chain: open a business, click its branches, and paste that …/branches/… link.
• Keep reviews off when you only need contacts: runs are faster and cheaper.
• A business found by two searches is saved once.
• Saudi Arabia: 2GIS shows the map there but has almost no business listings yet, so searches usually find nothing.

FAQ, disclaimers and support

Why did my search return fewer places than I asked for? 2GIS listed fewer matching businesses in that city. Searches that find nothing, cities 2GIS doesn't know, and links that are not 2GIS businesses or searches are listed with their reason in the FAILED_INPUTS record of the run's key-value store, and the status message gives the counts. A run fails only when every input could not be loaded because of an error on 2GIS's side or the network.

What about businesses that closed? Places 2GIS has removed from its directory are skipped in searches, and a link to one is listed in FAILED_INPUTS as "removed from 2GIS" with the date, so you are never charged for them.

Are short go.2gis.com links supported? Not yet. Open the short link in your browser and paste the full address it opens.

Is it legal to scrape 2GIS? This Actor collects business information that 2GIS publishes for anyone to see. Business contacts are the businesses' own. Reviews include the reviewer's display name as 2GIS shows it publicly; if you store or republish reviews, personal data rules such as the GDPR may apply. You are responsible for making sure your use complies with 2GIS's terms and the laws that apply to you. If in doubt, ask a lawyer.

Found a problem or need a custom solution? Open an issue on the Issues tab and we will look into it. Custom scrapers and data feeds are available on request.