Local Business Data API

Local Business Data is a fast and reliable API for finding businesses and points of interest and retrieving their full profiles from Google Maps and the web in real-time. It returns 40+ data points per business as structured JSON via REST.

What it returns: business search results (by query, area, bounding box, radius, or nearby), full business details, reviews and review details, photos, posts, plus reverse geocoding and autocomplete.

This actor runs the same Local Business Data API that developers use on RapidAPI and OpenWeb Ninja, with the same endpoints, parameters and output.

What you can do with it

• Build B2B lead lists: businesses by category and area with phone, website, emails and socials
• Enrich CRM records with Google Maps business details
• Collect reviews and ratings for reputation and sentiment analysis
• Map competitors and points of interest for local SEO and market research
• Power store locators, directories and location-based apps

Endpoints

Pick the endpoint in the Endpoint field. Each run makes one call to that endpoint and writes its results to the dataset.

Search

GET /search

Search local businesses on Google Maps with an option to pull emails and social profile links from their website (see the extract_emails_and_contacts parameter below).

Parameter	Required	Description
query	Yes	Search query / keyword Examples: Plumbers near New-York, USA Bars in 94102, USA
limit	No	Maximum number of businesses to return. Default: 20.
lat	No	Latitude of the coordinates point from which the query is applied - recommended to use so that results are biased towards this location. Defaults to some central location in the region (see the region parameter). Default: 37.359428.
lng	No	Longitude of the coordinates point from which the query is applied - recommended to use so that results are biased towards this location. Defaults to some central location in the region (see the region parameter). Default: -121.925337.
zoom	No	Zoom level on which to make the search (the viewport is determined by lat, lng and zoom). Default: 13.
language	No	Set the language of the results. For a list of supported language codes see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ISO_639-1_codes. Default: en.
region	No	Query Google Maps from a particular region or country. For a list of supported region/country codes see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ISO_639-1_codes (Alpha-2 code). Default: us.
subtypes	No	Find businesses with specific subtypes, specified as a comma separated list of types (business categories). For the complete list of types, see https://daltonluka.com/blog/google-my-business-categories.
verified	No	Only return verified businesses
business_status	No	Find businesses with specific status (comma separated). OPEN, CLOSED_TEMPORARILY, CLOSED Examples: OPEN CLOSED_TEMPORARILY,CLOSED
extract_emails_and_contacts	No	Extract emails, contacts and social profiles for each business in the response. Default: false.
fields	No	A comma separated list of business fields to include in the response (field projection). By default all fields are returned.

Bulk Search

POST /search (parameters go in the JSON body)

Search multiple queries in a single request (up to 20 queries). Returns a flat, normalized list of businesses aggregated across all queries.

Parameter	Required	Description
queries	Yes	List of search queries to run in a single request (each treated like a normal Search query). Up to 20 queries per request.
language	No	Set the language of the results (ISO 639-1 code). Default: en.
region	No	Query Google Maps from a particular region / country (ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code). Default: us.
coordinates	No	Bias the search toward a specific location, as a "lat,lng" string.
limit	No	Maximum number of businesses to return per query. Allowed values: 1-500. Default: 20.
offset	No	Number of businesses to skip per query, for pagination. Allowed values: 0-500. Default: 0.
zoom	No	Map zoom level used for each query (higher = tighter area). Allowed values: 0-22. Default: 13.
dedup	No	If true, deduplicate overlapping businesses across queries. Default: true.

Area Search (Zoom Level)

GET /search-in-area

Search businesses in a specific geographic area defined by a center coordinate point and zoom level. To see it in action, make a query on Google Maps, wait for the results to show, move the map or change the zoom and click "Search this area" at the top.

Parameter	Required	Description
query	Yes	Search query / keyword
lat	Yes	Latitude of the center coordinate point of the area to search in. Default: 37.359428.
lng	Yes	Longitude of the center coordinate point of the area to search in. Default: -121.925337.
zoom	Yes	Zoom level on which to make the search (the search area / viewport is determined by lat, lng and zoom on a 1000x1000 screen)
limit	No	Maximum number of businesses to return. Default: 20.
language	No	Set the language of the results. For a list of supported language codes see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ISO_639-1_codes. Default: en.
region	No	Query Google Maps from a particular region or country. For a list of supported region/country codes see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ISO_639-1_codes (Alpha-2 code). Default: us.
subtypes	No	Find businesses with specific subtypes, specified as a comma separated list of types (business categories). For the complete list of types, see https://daltonluka.com/blog/google-my-business-categories.
extract_emails_and_contacts	No	Extract emails, contacts and social profiles for each business in the response. Default: false.
fields	No	A comma separated list of business fields to include in the response (field projection). By default all fields are returned.

Area Search (Bounding Box)

GET /area-search-by-bounding-box

Search businesses within a rectangular area defined by its bottom-left (south-west) and top-right (north-east) corner coordinates.

Parameter	Required	Description
query	Yes	Search query / keyword
bottom_left	Yes	The bottom-left (south-west) corner of the bounding box to search in, as a "lat,lng" string.
top_right	Yes	The top-right (north-east) corner of the bounding box to search in, as a "lat,lng" string.
limit	No	Maximum number of businesses to return. Default: 20.
language	No	Set the language of the results. For a list of supported language codes see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ISO_639-1_codes. Default: en.
region	No	Query Google Maps from a particular region or country. For a list of supported region/country codes see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ISO_639-1_codes (Alpha-2 code). Default: us.
subtypes	No	Find businesses with specific subtypes, specified as a comma separated list of types (business categories). For the complete list of types, see https://daltonluka.com/blog/google-my-business-categories.
extract_emails_and_contacts	No	Extract emails, contacts and social profiles for each business in the response. Default: false.
fields	No	A comma separated list of business fields to include in the response (field projection). By default all fields are returned.

Area Search (Radius)

GET /area-search-by-radius

Search businesses within a circular area defined by a center coordinate point (lat, lng) and a radius in meters.

Parameter	Required	Description
query	Yes	Search query / keyword
lat	Yes	Latitude of the center coordinate point of the area to search in. Default: 37.359428.
lng	Yes	Longitude of the center coordinate point of the area to search in. Default: -121.925337.
radius	Yes	The radius (in meters) of the circular search area around the center coordinate point (lat, lng). Allowed values: 1-50000.
limit	No	Maximum number of businesses to return. Default: 20.
language	No	Set the language of the results. For a list of supported language codes see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ISO_639-1_codes. Default: en.
region	No	Query Google Maps from a particular region or country. For a list of supported region/country codes see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ISO_639-1_codes (Alpha-2 code). Default: us.
subtypes	No	Find businesses with specific subtypes, specified as a comma separated list of types (business categories). For the complete list of types, see https://daltonluka.com/blog/google-my-business-categories.
extract_emails_and_contacts	No	Extract emails, contacts and social profiles for each business in the response. Default: false.
fields	No	A comma separated list of business fields to include in the response (field projection). By default all fields are returned.

Search Nearby

GET /search-nearby

Search businesses near by specific geographic coordinates. To see it in action, right click on a specific point in the map on Google Maps and select "Search nearby", enter a query and search.

Parameter	Required	Description
query	Yes	Search query / keyword Examples: Bars and pubs Plumbers
lat	Yes	Latitude of the geographic coordinates to search near by. Default: 37.359428.
lng	Yes	Longitude of the geographic coordinates to search near by. Default: -121.925337.
limit	No	Maximum number of businesses to return. Default: 20.
language	No	Set the language of the results. For a list of supported language codes see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ISO_639-1_codes. Default: en.
region	No	Query Google Maps from a particular region or country. For a list of supported region/country codes see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ISO_639-1_codes (Alpha-2 code). Default: us.
subtypes	No	Find businesses with specific subtypes, specified as a comma separated list of types (business categories). For the complete list of types, see https://daltonluka.com/blog/google-my-business-categories.
extract_emails_and_contacts	No	Extract emails, contacts and social profiles for each business in the response. Default: false.
fields	No	A comma separated list of business fields to include in the response (field projection). By default all fields are returned.

Business Details

GET /business-details

Get full business details including emails and social contacts. Supports batching of up to 20 Business Ids.

Parameter	Required	Description
business_id	Yes	Unique Business Id. Accepts google_id / business_id or place_id.
extract_emails_and_contacts	No	Whether to extract emails, contacts and social profiles for the business. Default: true.
extract_share_link	No	Whether to extract place's share link for the business. In case true, businesses will be enriched with a share_link field containing a shortened Google URL for sharing (e.g. https://goo.gl/maps/oxndE8SVaNU5CV6p6). Default: false.
fields	No	A comma separated list of business fields to include in the response (field projection). By default all fields are returned.
region	No	Query Google Maps from a particular region or country. For a list of supported region/country codes see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ISO_639-1_codes (Alpha-2 code). Default: us.
language	No	Set the language of the results. For a list of supported language codes see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ISO_639-1_codes. Default: eu.
coordinates	No	Geographic coordinates of the location from which the query is applied - recommended to use so that results are biased towards this location. Defaults to some central location in the region (see the region parameter).

Business Details Plus

GET /business-details-plus

Get full business details PLUS additional AI-powered enrichments — currently includes keywords_mentioned_in_reviews, an array of the keywords most frequently surfaced in the business' Google Maps reviews together with how many reviews mention each.

Parameter	Required	Description
business_id	Yes	Unique Business Id. Accepts google_id / business_id or place_id.
extract_emails_and_contacts	No	Whether to extract emails, contacts and social profiles for the business. Default: true.
extract_share_link	No	Whether to extract place's share link for the business. In case true, businesses will be enriched with a share_link field containing a shortened Google URL for sharing. Default: false.
fields	No	A comma separated list of business fields to include in the response (field projection). By default all fields are returned.
region	No	Query Google Maps from a particular region or country. For a list of supported region/country codes see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ISO_639-1_codes (Alpha-2 code). Default: us.
language	No	Set the language of the results. For a list of supported language codes see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ISO_639-1_codes. Default: en.
coordinates	No	Geographic coordinates of the location from which the query is applied - recommended to use so that results are biased towards this location. Defaults to some central location in the region (see the region parameter).

Business Reviews

GET /business-reviews-v2

Get all / paginate business reviews by Business Id using a pagination cursor.

Parameter	Required	Description
business_id	Yes	Unique Business Id. Accepts google_id / business_id or place_id. Examples: 0x880fd393d427a591:0x8cba02d713a995ed ChIJkaUn1JPTD4gR7ZWpE9cCuow
limit	No	Maximum number of business reviews to return. Default: 20.
cursor	No	Pagination cursor for fetching the next page of reviews. Pass the cursor value returned in the previous response's data.cursor. Omit on the first request to start from the most relevant reviews.
translate_reviews	No	Whether to translate reviews to the language specified as the language parameter (defaults to false).
query	No	Return reviews matching a text query
sort_by	No	How to sort the reviews in the results. Values: most_relevant, newest, highest_ranking, lowest_ranking. Default: most_relevant.
fields	No	A comma separated list of review fields to include in the response (field projection). By default all fields are returned.
region	No	Query Google Maps from a particular region or country. For a list of supported region/country codes see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ISO_639-1_codes (Alpha-2 code). Default: us.
language	No	Set the language of the results. For a list of supported language codes see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ISO_639-1_codes. Default: en.

Business Review Details

GET /review-details

Get the details of a specific review by Google Id / Business Id or Google Place Id and Review Author Id.

Parameter	Required	Description
business_id	Yes	The Business Id of the business for which the review belongs. Accepts google_id / business_id or place_id. Examples: 0x880fd393d427a591:0x8cba02d713a995ed ChIJkaUn1JPTD4gR7ZWpE9cCuow
review_author_id	Yes	Review author id (i.e review author_id field). In addition, batching of up to 20 Review Author Ids is supported in a single request using a comma separated list (e.g.review_author_id=id1,id2).
region	No	Query Google Maps from a particular region or country. For a list of supported region/country codes see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ISO_639-1_codes (Alpha-2 code). Default: us.
language	No	Set the language of the results. For a list of supported language codes see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ISO_639-1_codes. Default: en.

Business Photos

GET /business-photos

Get business photos by Business Id.

Parameter	Required	Description
business_id	Yes	Unique Business Id. Accepts google_id / business_id or place_id. Examples: 0x880fd393d427a591:0x8cba02d713a995ed ChIJkaUn1JPTD4gR7ZWpE9cCuow
limit	No	Maximum number of business photos to return. Default: 20.
cursor	No	Specify the cursor obtained from the previous request to get the next of result page (use for pagination).
is_video	No	Only return video type media (type=video) or not. Default: false.
region	No	Query Google Maps from a particular region or country. For a list of supported region/country codes see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ISO_639-1_codes (Alpha-2 code). Default: us.
fields	No	A comma separated list of review fields to include in the response (field projection). By default all fields are returned.

Business Photo Details

GET /photo-details

Get extra details about a business photo - caption, owner name and avatar, and more information. Supports batching of up to 20 Photo Ids.

Parameter	Required	Description
business_id	Yes	The Business Id of the business for which the photo belongs. Accepts google_id / business_id or place_id. Examples: 0x880fd393d427a591:0x8cba02d713a995ed ChIJkaUn1JPTD4gR7ZWpE9cCuow
photo_id	Yes	Photo Id of the photo to fetch. In addition, batching of up to 20 Photo Ids is supported in a single request using a comma separated list (e.g. photo_id=id1,id2).

Business Posts

GET /business-posts

Get all / paginate Business Owner Posts ("From the owner" section on Google Maps) by Business Id, sorted chronologically.

Parameter	Required	Description
business_id	Yes	Unique Business Id. Accepts google_id / business_id or place_id. Examples: 0x880fd393d427a591:0x8cba02d713a995ed ChIJkaUn1JPTD4gR7ZWpE9cCuow
cursor	No	Specify the cursor obtained from the previous request to get the next of result page (use for pagination).
region	No	Query Google Maps from a particular region or country. For a list of supported region/country codes see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ISO_639-1_codes (Alpha-2 code). Default: us.
language	No	Set the language of the results. For a list of supported language codes see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ISO_639-1_codes. Default: en.

Reverse Geocoding

GET /reverse-geocoding

Get the details of a place or address in a specific geographic location by latitude and longitude (reverse geocoding). This endpoint implements the "What's here?" functionality available on Google Maps (right click on the map).

Parameter	Required	Description
lat	Yes	Latitude of the geographic coordinates to search near by. Default: 40.6958453.
lng	Yes	Longitude of the geographic coordinates to search near by. Default: -73.9799119.
region	No	Query Google Maps from a particular region or country. For a list of supported region/country codes see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ISO_639-1_codes (Alpha-2 code). Default: us.
language	No	Set the language of the results. For a list of supported language codes see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1_alpha-2. Default: en.
fields	No	A comma separated list of business fields to include in the response (field projection). By default all fields are returned.

Autocomplete

GET /autocomplete

Returns place/address, business and query predictions for text-based geographic queries.

Parameter	Required	Description
query	Yes	Search query
region	No	Return results based to a particular region. For a list of supported region/country codes see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ISO_639-1_codes (Alpha-2 code). Default: us.
language	No	Set the language of the results. For a list of supported language codes see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1_alpha-2. Default: en.
coordinates	No	Geographic coordinates of the location from which the query is applied - recommended to use so that results are biased towards this location. Defaults to some central location in the region (see the region parameter).

Example input

{
  "endpoint": "/search",
  "query": "Hotels in San Francisco, USA"
}

Example output

One dataset item per result. A Search item looks like this (trimmed):

{
  "business_id": "0x8085808b287f3b3b:0xa49802f84f7ddb35",
  "google_id": "0x8085808b287f3b3b:0xa49802f84f7ddb35",
  "place_id": "ChIJOzt_KIuAhYARNdt9T_gCmKQ",
  "google_mid": "/m/06618ms",
  "phone_number": "+14154336600",
  "name": "Hilton San Francisco Financial District",
  "latitude": 37.7952284,
  "longitude": -122.40407289999999,
  "full_address": "Hilton San Francisco Financial District, 750 Kearny St, San Francisco, CA 94108",
  "review_count": 5248,
  "rating": 3.9,
  "timezone": "America/Los_Angeles",
  "opening_status": null,
  "working_hours": null,
  "website": "https://www.hilton.com/en/hotels/sfofdhf-hilton-san-francisco-financial-district/",
  "tld": "hilton.com",
  "verified": true,
  "place_link": "https://www.google.com/maps/place/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x8085808b287f3b3b:0xa49802f84f7ddb35",
  "cid": "11860232884188994357",
  "reviews_link": "https://search.google.com/local/reviews?placeid=ChIJOzt_KIuAhYARNdt9T_gCmKQ&authuser=0",
  "owner_id": "112262189677275123944",
  "owner_link": "https://maps.google.com/maps/contrib/112262189677275123944",
  "owner_name": "Hilton San Francisco Financial District",
  "booking_link": null,
  "reservations_link": null,
  "business_status": "OPEN",
  "type": "Hotel",
  "subtypes": [
    "Hotel"
  ],
  "photos_sample": [
    {
      "photo_id": "AF1QipOZ1DmCL4eDQ1akS9x5W9nAeJGVox-e372FzjX_",
      "photo_url": "https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/p/AF1QipOZ1DmCL4eDQ1akS9x5W9nAeJGVox-e372FzjX_",
      "photo_url_large": "https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/p/AF1QipOZ1DmCL4eDQ1akS9x5W9nAeJGVox-e372FzjX_=w1023-h682-k-no",
      "video_thumbnail_url": null,
      "latitude": 37.795129599999996,
      "longitude": -122.40462550000001,
      "type": "photo",
      "photo_datetime_utc": "2025-02-12T00:00:00.000Z",
      "photo_timestamp": 1739318400
    }
  ],
  "reviews_per_rating": null,
  "photo_count": 8346,
  "about": {
    "summary": "Located in San Francisco's financial district, this upscale 27-story hotel...",
    "details": {
      "Crowd": {
        "LGBTQ+ friendly": true
      }
    }
  },
  "address": "750 Kearny St, San Francisco, CA 94108",
  "order_link": null,
  "price_level": null,
  "district": "Chinatown",
  "street_address": "750 Kearny St",
  "city": "San Francisco",
  "zipcode": "94108",
  "state": "California",
  "country": "US",
  "hotel_location_rating": null,
  "hotel_amenities": null,
  "hotel_stars": 4,
  "hotel_review_summary": null
}

The run's key-value store OUTPUT record holds the request parameters, the request id and any non-list fields of the response (for example a pagination cursor).

Pricing

Pay per event: you pay per business, at the same rates as our API plans. A search is charged for the businesses it returns, a batch lookup for each business id, exactly as on the API.

Apify plan	Price per 1,000 businesses
Free	$4.00
Starter (Bronze)	$1.25
Scale (Silver)	$0.75
Business (Gold) and above	$0.50

A request that fails is not charged.

Using it from code

Run it through the Apify API or a client library, with the input above as the JSON body:

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/openweb-ninja~local-business-data/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=<YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"endpoint":"/search","query":"Hotels in San Francisco, USA"}'

Need higher volume or a direct REST API? Local Business Data API is also available as an API on OpenWeb Ninja and RapidAPI.

Support

For custom plans, high volumes or anything else:

• Email: support@openwebninja.com
• Discord: https://discord.gg/wxJxGsZgha