Google Maps Scraper — 10x Cheaper & Faster

Extract Google Maps business data in seconds, not minutes — at $0.40 per 1,000 results (vs. $4+ for traditional scrapers).

No browser. No Playwright. Pure API.

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Why this scraper?

	This actor	Traditional browser scrapers
Speed	~20 sec for 100 results	2–10 minutes
Cost	~$0.40 / 1,000 results	$4–7 / 1,000 results
Duplicates	Auto-deduplicated	Often duplicated
Setup	Just type a location	Proxy config, browser setup

Smart page skipping

Most Google Maps scrapers return duplicate results — Google serves nearly identical results on every other page. This actor uses a skip-duplicate-pages strategy (pages 1 → 2 → 4 → 6 → 8...) based on statistical analysis of 1,178 results across 8 niches. Result: more unique leads per dollar spent.

Smart location resolver

Type a location in any format — the actor resolves it automatically to the correct search format before querying Google.

"New Jersey"   →  New Jersey, United States
"prague"       →  Prague, Prague, Czechia
"prag"         →  Prague, Prague, Czechia
"florida"      →  Florida, United States
"London"       →  London, England, United Kingdom

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What you get

Each result includes:

• ✅ Business name & category
• ✅ Phone number (mandatory — businesses without a phone are excluded)
• ✅ Website & domain
• ✅ Rating & review count
• ✅ GPS coordinates
• ✅ Direct Google Maps link (CID-based, always works)
• ✅ Source location & page number

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Input

Field	Type	Required	Default	Description
query	string	✅	—	Business type (e.g. roofers, dentists, HVAC)
location	string	✅	—	Any city, state or country — resolved automatically
maxResults	integer		50	Max leads (1–500)
websiteFilter	select		all	all / with_website / without_website
language	string		en	Search language

Location examples

New Jersey
Prague
Florida
London
California
Australia
Berlin
New York

No need for specific formats — the actor figures it out.

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Output

{
  "businessName": "ABC Roofing Co",
  "category": "Roofing contractor",
  "address": "123 Main St, Boulder, CO 80301",
  "phone": "+1 303-555-0123",
  "website": "https://abcroofing.com",
  "domain": "abcroofing.com",
  "rating": 4.8,
  "reviewsCount": 47,
  "latitude": 40.015,
  "longitude": -105.2705,
  "mapsUrl": "https://www.google.com/maps?cid=1234567890",
  "sourceLocation": "Boulder,Colorado,United States",
  "pageFetched": 4,
  "scrapedAt": "2026-05-20T10:00:00.000Z",
  "placeId": "1234567890"
}

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Use cases

Web design agencies Find businesses without a website — your next redesign clients.

{ "query": "restaurants", "location": "Austin", "websiteFilter": "without_website" }

Local SEO agencies Later pages = lower-ranking businesses = most likely to need SEO.

{ "query": "dentists", "location": "Florida", "maxResults": 200 }

Review management Find businesses with few reviews — easy upsell.

{ "query": "plumbers", "location": "Denver", "maxResults": 100 }

Cold outreach lists Bulk lead generation by niche + city.

{ "query": "roofers", "location": "Texas", "maxResults": 500 }

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Pricing

Pay per result — you only pay for what you get.

Estimated cost per 1,000 results:

Filter	Estimated cost
All businesses	~$0.40
With website	~$0.40–0.80
Without website	~$1–3

without_website filter has lower yield → higher cost per result. Compare: Apify's Compass Google Maps Scraper starts at $4.00 / 1,000 results.

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Limitations

• Phone number is required — businesses without a listed phone are excluded
• Maximum 500 results per run
• Primarily tested on US locations; international locations work but results may vary
• Location resolver uses Serper's public locations API — obscure locations may fall back to raw input