Google Maps Scraper — Places, Reviews, Photos

What does Google Maps Scraper do?

Scrape Google Maps at scale — search places by keyword and location, fetch full place details (hours, contact, rating breakdown, popular times), list reviews with topic filters, photos, and merchant posts.

Why use Google Maps Scraper?

• Five modes, one actor. Search Places → Get Place Detail → List Reviews / Photos / Posts — the full Google Maps data surface.
• GPS viewport targeting. @lat,lng,zoom for pinpoint area searches.
• Business-type filters. restaurant, hotel, coffee_shop, gas_station, gym — 4,000+ Google categories.
• 200+ country domains. Local rankings with gl + hl targeting.
• Reviews sort + topic filter. newestFirst, highestRating, filter by topic keyword.

What data can Google Maps Scraper extract?

Field	Type	Description
title	string	Place name
place_id	string	Google Place ID (ChIJ…)
data_id	string	Google Maps data_id (0x…:0x…)
rating	number	Average star rating
reviews	number	Total review count
address	string	Formatted street address
phone	string	Phone number
website	string	Business website
gps_coordinates	object	{lat, lng}
hours	object	Weekly opening hours
type	array	Google category slugs
photos / reviews / posts	array	In per-mode calls — see the matching micro-actors for batch workflows

How to scrape Google Maps

1. Click Try for free.
2. Pick a mode: Search Places, Get Place Detail, List Reviews, List Photos, or List Posts.
3. Fill in the required input — q for Search Places, place_id for the detail / list modes.
4. Optional: set gl, hl, GPS ll viewport, type business category.
5. For list modes, set max_pages (1-20).
6. Click Start — results stream per-place into the dataset.

How much will it cost?

$0.003 per page (search / reviews / photos / posts) · $0.005 per Place Detail. One credit-equivalent per API call. List Reviews with max_pages: 10 is 10 calls = $0.03. Get Place Detail is a single richer call.

Competitor benchmark

Actor	Author	Price	Notes
compass/crawler-google-places	Compass	~$7 / 1k places	Most popular, per-place pricing
apify/google-maps-scraper	Apify	~$9 / 1k places	Official Apify actor
lukas_krivka/google-maps-with-contact-details	Lukas Krivka	~$5 / 1k	Contact-focused
scrape-badger/google-maps-scraper	ScrapeBadger	$3 / 1k pages	Undercuts every major

Input

Configure the run in the Input tab above, or pass a JSON object matching the fields below when calling the Actor via the Apify API.

Field	Required	Description
mode	✅	Search Places / Get Place Detail / List Reviews / List Photos / List Posts.
q	Search only	Search query.
place_id	Detail / list modes	Google Place ID (ChIJ…).
data_id	—	Alternative to place_id for list modes.
ll	—	GPS viewport @lat,lng,zoom.
gl / hl	—	Country + language.
type	—	Business category (Search only).
sort_by / topic_id	—	Reviews-only filters.
max_pages	—	1-20 for list modes.

Output

Every successful run streams records into the run's dataset. Download as JSON, CSV, XML, Excel, or HTML from the Dataset tab; consume programmatically via the Apify API or webhooks.

Example record:

{
  "title": "Blue Bottle Coffee",
  "place_id": "ChIJ_3Su08fj5UYRkFfNoiuWQUk",
  "rating": 4.6,
  "reviews": 1284,
  "address": "1 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020",
  "phone": "+1 212-555-0198",
  "website": "https://bluebottlecoffee.com",
  "gps_coordinates": {
    "lat": 40.758,
    "lng": -73.978
  },
  "type": [
    "cafe",
    "coffee_shop"
  ]
}

Tips / Advanced options

• Pipe Search → List Reviews. Run Search Places first, pipe each place_id through google-maps-reviews-scraper for 100% batch efficiency.
• GPS viewport beats q-based searches for hyperlocal ranking. Google ranks results differently when you pass ll vs. a text-based location in the query.
• Reviews volume estimate. Each reviews page ≈ 10 reviews. Budget max_pages accordingly.
• Use micro-actors for single-purpose batch workflows. google-maps-reviews-scraper and google-maps-photos-scraper accept many place_ids per run — one Apify job instead of N.

FAQ, Disclaimers, Support

What's the difference between place_id and data_id?

place_id starts with ChIJ… and is Google's durable place identifier. data_id (0x…:0x…) is Google Maps' internal ID. Either works for list modes; the actor normalises them.

Does this include reviews?

Yes — use mode: List Reviews or the dedicated google-maps-reviews-scraper for batch workflows.

Can I filter by opening hours?

Google doesn't expose that as a filter; you'll have to post-filter the output's hours field.

What's ludocid?

Google's Location Document ID (the numeric ID in cid= URL parameters). Alternative to place_id for direct-lookup.

Disclaimer

This Actor scrapes public Google data only. You're responsible for compliance with Google's Terms of Service and any applicable data-protection laws (GDPR, CCPA, etc.) in your jurisdiction. ScrapeBadger does not store the scraped results — they are delivered directly to your Apify dataset.

Support

Something not working? Open a ticket in the Issues tab above — we triage within one business day. Full API reference: docs.scrapebadger.com.

Related Actors

• google-maps-reviews-scraper — Reviews-only, batch place_ids
• google-maps-photos-scraper — Photos-only, batch place_ids

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