🚀 Google Maps Fast & Cheap Lead Scraper

The ultimate Fast & Cheap solution for B2B Lead Generation on Google Maps!

Stop paying for slow, expensive DOM scrapers. This ultra-fast Google Maps B2B Lead Extractor intercepts network traffic directly, bypassing the need to render complex HTML. It delivers clean, accurate, and high-volume business data at a fraction of the cost and time, ensuring your scraping operations are both Fast & Cheap.

If you are building B2B cold outreach campaigns, local SEO lists, or market research databases, this scraper is designed to provide you with reliable data instantly, giving you a competitive edge.

Extract Google Maps business leads at high speed without reading result cards or other page HTML. The Actor listens to the same background XHR/fetch responses used by Google Maps, parses business records in memory, and writes every unique result directly to the Apify dataset.

Features

• No DOM scraping — business data is never read from HTML elements or CSS selectors.
• Ultra-fast network interception — captures Google Maps search and place payloads as they arrive.
• Low memory usage — blocks images, media, and fonts and streams records directly to the dataset.
• B2B lead generation ready — exports company names, phones, websites, addresses, ratings, and review counts.
• Pay-per-event ready — every stored business emits the business-result charge event.
• Duplicate protection — de-duplicates places before storing and charging for them.
• Zero API keys — no Google Maps API key is required.

How it works

1. The Actor opens a Google Maps search with Crawlee and Playwright.
2. A response listener captures relevant Google Maps XHR/fetch traffic before navigation begins.
3. The parser handles XSSI-prefixed JSON, nested batched responses, compact Maps arrays, and length-delimited protobuf payloads.
4. If Google presents a regional consent dialog, the Actor accepts it and waits for the results feed. These selectors are used only for page control, never for extracting business data.
5. The Actor scrolls div[role="feed"] to trigger additional network requests.
6. Each unique business is immediately stored with Actor.pushData().

Google Maps is an evolving third-party service. Network payload formats, availability, and result counts can change. Use this Actor responsibly and make sure your use complies with applicable laws and Google’s terms.

Input parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description
searchQuery	string	Yes	Web design agencies in London	A Google Maps search phrase, such as Restaurants in London or Plumbers in Berlin.
maxItems	integer	No	20	Maximum unique businesses to store. Accepted range: 1–500.

Input example

{
  "searchQuery": "Dentists in Manchester",
  "maxItems": 50
}

Output example

Results are available in the run’s default dataset and can be seamlessly downloaded as JSON, CSV, Excel, XML, or RSS for your CRM and outreach tools.

{
  "companyName": "Manchester Dental Professionals",
  "phone": "+44 20 1234 5678",
  "website": "https://manchesterdentalpros.co.uk/",
  "address": "10 High Street, Manchester, M1 1PT, UK",
  "category": "Dental Clinic",
  "rating": 4.8,
  "reviewCount": 247,
  "googleMapsUrl": "https://goo.gl/maps/exampleID"
}

Unavailable optional values are returned as null, preserving a stable output shape for integrations.

Run locally

Node.js 20 or newer is required.

npm install
npm start

Local input is read from storage/key_value_stores/default/INPUT.json. Local results are written under storage/datasets/default/.

Deploy from GitHub

1. Push this complete repository to GitHub.
2. In Apify Console, create an Actor and choose Git repository as its source.
3. Connect the repository and build the latest version. The included manifest, schemas, and Dockerfile require no source-code changes.
4. For pay-per-event monetization, select that pricing model and define business-result as the primary recurring event. Choose the price per saved business in Apify Console.

The code checks the run’s charge limit through Actor.pushData(record, 'business-result'); when the customer’s limit is reached, it stops storing additional results.

Run diagnostics

Every run emits concise diagnostic markers in the Apify log:

• [CONSENT] — reports whether a Google consent screen was detected and dismissed.
• [NETWORK] — confirms that a Google Maps XHR/fetch data response was intercepted.
• [PARSER] — reports payload size, parsed record count, and each extracted company name.
• [DATASET] — confirms the item was written to the default dataset while emitting the business-result event.
• [SCROLL] — reports loading and scroll progress for div[role="feed"].

A run that extracts no businesses now fails with captured-response and parser counters instead of silently finishing with an empty output.

Data quality notes

• Phone numbers and websites are returned only when Google includes them in intercepted payloads.
• Google may return fewer places than requested for narrow searches or small geographic areas.
• Broad queries with a city or region generally produce the most consistent results.
• Proxy availability and Google rate limits can affect runs. On Apify, the Actor automatically uses the account’s default proxy configuration when available.