Fast Google Maps Scraper — Places, Leads, Phones & Reviews

High-performance, production-grade Google Maps and Places business lead scraper built on a lightweight 256MB container. Extracts local businesses, company names, full addresses, phone numbers, websites, star ratings, review counts, coordinates, and categories without running a heavy Chromium browser.

Runs completely browserless via HTTP/2 and TLS fingerprint emulation — delivering data 10x faster and 5x cheaper than traditional Puppeteer scrapers while avoiding heavy memory leaks.

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Features

• Local Business & Lead Generation: Search any query or location (e.g., dentist in New York, plumber in Austin TX, Italian restaurants in Paris).
• Multi-Layer Resilient Architecture:
  • Google Maps APP_INITIALIZATION_STATE JSON tree parser
  • Google Local (tbm=lcl) SERP fallback and data-cid resolver
• Complete B2B Lead Fields:
  • Business Name / Title
  • Primary Category (e.g. Dental clinic, Plumber, Restaurant)
  • Full Street Address
  • Direct Telephone Number
  • Official Website URL
  • Average Star Rating (1.0 - 5.0)
  • User Review Count
  • Google Place ID / Unique CID
  • Latitude & Longitude Coordinates
  • Direct Google Maps URL
• Automatic Deduplication: Filters out duplicate places across search batches.
• 256MB Memory Footprint: Minimal compute cost on Apify.

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Input Parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
searchQueries	Array	["dentist in New York"]	Local search keywords with location.
language	String	"en"	Language code for results (en, fr, es, de).
maxItemsPerQuery	Integer	30	Maximum places to extract per search query.
proxyConfiguration	Object	{ "useApifyProxy": true }	Apify proxy configuration (Residential proxies strongly recommended).

Example Input

{
  "searchQueries": [
    "dentist in New York",
    "roofing contractor in Chicago"
  ],
  "language": "en",
  "maxItemsPerQuery": 40
}

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Output Data Structure

Each place pushed to the Apify dataset contains:

{
  "title": "Manhattan Dental Arts",
  "category": "Dentist",
  "address": "491 8th Ave, New York, NY 10001, United States",
  "phone": "+1 212-247-2330",
  "website": "https://manhattandentalarts.com",
  "rating": 4.9,
  "reviewsCount": 428,
  "placeId": "ChIJb_fM8a1ZwokRe6z_QyD3b7s",
  "latitude": 40.7527,
  "longitude": -73.9934,
  "googleMapsUrl": "https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJb_fM8a1ZwokRe6z_QyD3b7s",
  "searchQuery": "dentist in New York",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-10-15T08:50:00.000Z"
}

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Common Use Cases

• B2B Cold Outreach & Lead Generation: Build targeted prospect lists of local businesses with phone numbers and websites.
• Local SEO & Competitor Audits: Benchmark rating scores, review volumes, and categories across geographical zones.
• Directory & Marketplace Aggregation: Populate local business directories with verified location and category data.
• Franchise & Territory Mapping: Map competitor store locations and clusters with exact latitude/longitude coordinates.