Google Reviews Scraper and Export Tool for Google Maps

Export every Google review for any business into a clean JSON, CSV, or Excel file. Pull star ratings, full review text, reviewer names, dates, photos, owner responses, and aggregate ratings for your business and every competitor. Works past the 5 review cap of the official Google Places API.

Built for local business owners, multi location chains, marketing agencies, and BI teams who need Google Maps review data without a $400 per month reputation SaaS.

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Who uses this Google reviews scraper

flowchart TD
    A[Local business owner] -->|Catch bad reviews<br/>before they snowball| D[Google Maps<br/>Review Data]
    B[Multi location chain] -->|Rank every store<br/>against its city| D
    C[Marketing agency] -->|Client reputation<br/>reports in minutes| D
    R[BI analyst] -->|Feed sentiment models<br/>real review text| D
    D --> E[Weekly reputation report]
    D --> F[Store vs store ranking]
    D --> G[Complaint triage queue]

Role	What the export unlocks
Local business owner	Weekly star trend, 1 star spike alerts, owner reply coverage
Multi location chain	Every store's reviews in one dataset, grouped by city
Marketing agency	Client reputation reports pulled in minutes, not days
BI analyst	Clean JSON or CSV feed for sentiment models and dashboards

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How the Google reviews export works

flowchart LR
    A[Google Maps<br/>business URL] --> B[Load place page]
    B --> C[Click Reviews tab]
    C --> D[Scroll reviews panel]
    D --> E[Expand See more]
    E --> F[(JSON / CSV / Excel)]

The actor opens each Google Maps listing in a real browser, clicks the Reviews tab, applies your sort order, and scrolls the panel until your review cap is reached. Residential proxies keep every run past Google's anti bot defenses.

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Google Places API vs this scraper

flowchart LR
    subgraph Official[Google Places API]
        A1[Max 5 reviews<br/>per business]
        A2[No sort control]
        A3[Costs per request]
    end
    subgraph Actor[This actor]
        B1[Every review<br/>on the Maps page]
        B2[Sort by newest,<br/>lowest, highest]
        B3[$0.006 per review]
    end
    Official -.-> X[Choose based on<br/>review volume]
    Actor --> X

Feature	Places API	This actor
Reviews per business	5	Full history
Sort order	Fixed	Newest, most relevant, highest, lowest
Filter by star rating	No	Yes
Filter by language	No	Yes
Photo URLs	Limited	Yes
Owner responses	No	Yes
Price	Per request	$0.006 per review, first 100 free

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Quick start

Export 200 recent Google reviews for one restaurant:

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/scrapemint~google-reviews-intelligence/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=YOUR_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "placeUrl": "https://www.google.com/maps/place/Eleven+Madison+Park",
    "maxReviews": 200,
    "sortBy": "NEWEST"
  }'

Pull complaints only across 3 chain locations:

{
  "placeUrls": [
    { "url": "https://www.google.com/maps/place/Shake+Shack+Madison+Square" },
    { "url": "https://www.google.com/maps/place/Shake+Shack+Times+Square" },
    { "url": "https://www.google.com/maps/place/Shake+Shack+Brooklyn" }
  ],
  "maxReviews": 500,
  "filterByRating": ["1", "2"]
}

Search by business name and city instead of pasting URLs:

{
  "searchQueries": [
    "Eleven Madison Park New York",
    "Gramercy Tavern New York"
  ],
  "maxReviews": 300
}

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What one review record looks like

{
  "reviewId": "ChdDSUhNMG9nS0VJQ0FnSUNoMnUtcjVRRRAB",
  "rating": 5,
  "text": "Best anniversary dinner ever. Tomato tasting menu in summer is a highlight of the city.",
  "reviewerName": "Marissa K.",
  "reviewerReviewCount": "12 reviews",
  "writtenDate": "2 weeks ago",
  "photoUrls": ["https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/p/AF1Q..."],
  "hasOwnerResponse": true,
  "ownerResponseText": "Marissa, thank you for celebrating with us.",
  "ownerResponseDate": "1 week ago",
  "businessName": "Eleven Madison Park",
  "businessCategory": "Fine dining restaurant",
  "businessAddress": "11 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10010",
  "businessAggregateRating": 4.6,
  "businessReviewCount": 6184
}

Every record carries both the review fields and the business rollup, so multi location exports group cleanly by businessName in any spreadsheet.

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Inputs

Field	Type	Default	What it does
placeUrls	array	[]	Google Maps place URLs
placeUrl	string	null	Single URL shortcut
searchQueries	array	[]	Business name plus city, resolves to the first Maps match
maxReviews	integer	500	Hard cap per business, controls cost
sortBy	string	NEWEST	NEWEST, MOST_RELEVANT, HIGHEST_RATING, LOWEST_RATING
filterByRating	array	[]	Ratings to keep, e.g. ["1","2"]
language	string	""	Filter by language code (en, es, fr, de)

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Pricing

Pay per review. First 100 reviews every run are free so you can verify the output before spending.

Tier	Price	Best for
Free	First 100 reviews per run	Verifying output format
Standard	$0.006 per review	Ongoing monitoring and benchmarking

5,000 reviews across 10 locations: $29.40 once. Reputation SaaS like Yext or Podium: $300 to $1,200 per month per location.

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Benchmark every location in one run

flowchart LR
    A[Location 1 URL] --> X[Actor]
    B[Location 2 URL] --> X
    C[Location 3 URL] --> X
    X --> D[(Unified review<br/>dataset)]
    D --> E[Group by businessName]
    E --> F[Store vs store<br/>ranking report]

Every record carries businessName, businessAddress, and businessAggregateRating, so a pivot table turns multi location exports into a city by city ranking in seconds.

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Related tools in the review intelligence suite

• TripAdvisor Review Intelligence: hotel, restaurant, and attraction reviews with trip type, stay dates, and owner responses
• Trustpilot Brand Reputation: e-commerce review data with trust scores, country, and verification status
• Booking Review Intelligence: hotel and STR reviews with sentiment, category scores, and management replies
• Roadmap: Yelp, OpenTable, Facebook reviews

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Frequently asked questions

How do I scrape Google reviews into a CSV file? Run this actor with a Google Maps place URL and a review cap. Export the dataset as CSV from the Apify console or pull it via the API.

Is there a Google Reviews API alternative with more than 5 reviews? Yes. The official Google Places API caps results at 5 reviews per business. This actor pulls the full review history from the public Maps UI for pennies per run.

How do I export my Google My Business reviews? Paste your business's Google Maps URL into placeUrl or placeUrls. The actor pulls every review the public page shows in your chosen sort order.

How do I monitor Google reviews without Yext or Podium? Schedule this actor weekly. Diff the latest export against last week in a spreadsheet. Replaces a $300+ monthly subscription.

Can I compare multiple business locations in one run? Yes. Pass every URL in placeUrls. Every record includes businessName and businessAddress for grouping.

How do I analyze only negative Google reviews? Set filterByRating to ["1","2"] to pull only 1 and 2 star reviews.

Does this scraper work for any kind of business? Yes. Restaurants, hotels, retail, services, healthcare, any listing that appears on Google Maps.

Can I search by business name instead of pasting a URL? Yes. Use searchQueries with Business Name City. Each query resolves to the first Maps match.

How fresh is the data? Live at query time. Every run pulls straight from Google Maps.

Why residential proxies? Google Maps blocks datacenter IPs within a few requests. Residential proxies keep runs clean, and the actor ships with residential defaults.