# Google Maps Reviews Scraper (`scrapers_lat/google-maps-reviews-scraper`) Actor

Scrape all reviews for any Google Maps business: reviewer, star rating, text, dates, owner replies, photos and the place's overall rating.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/scrapers\_lat/google-maps-reviews-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Scrapers Lat](https://apify.com/scrapers_lat) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce, Lead generation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $7.00 / 1,000 reviews

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Google Maps Reviews Scraper

Extract reviews for any business on Google Maps. Give the actor a place URL, a place ID, or
just a business name and location, and it returns each review with the reviewer, star rating,
full review text, dates, the owner's reply, attached photos, and the place's overall rating
and total review count. Export to JSON, CSV, Excel, or pull straight from the API.

### What you can do with it

- Monitor what customers say about your locations (or your competitors').
- Pull reviews for reputation dashboards, sentiment analysis, and alerting.
- Track owner responses and response rates.
- Build lead lists from reviewer profiles and local guides.
- Feed fresh review text into your own AI / analytics pipelines.

### Input

You can target places three ways (mix and match):

| Field | Description |
|-------|-------------|
| `placeUrls` | One or more Google Maps place URLs, share links, or place IDs (e.g. `https://www.google.com/maps/place/...` or `ChIJ...`). |
| `searchQuery` + `location` | A business name plus an optional city/area when you don't have a URL. The top matching place is used. |
| `maxReviews` | Maximum reviews to collect per place. |
| `withDetails` | Include the owner's reply and review photos (on by default). |
| `reviewsSort` | Order reviews by most relevant, newest, highest rating, or lowest rating. |
| `language` | Two-letter language code for dates and replies (default `en`). |

Example:

```json
{
  "searchQuery": "Katz's Delicatessen",
  "location": "New York",
  "maxReviews": 100,
  "reviewsSort": "newest"
}
```

### Output

Every review is one dataset record:

```json
{
  "placeName": "Blue Bottle Coffee",
  "placeUrl": "https://maps.google.com/?cid=13757888117856636050",
  "placeRating": 4.6,
  "placeReviewCount": 896,
  "ratingDistribution": { "oneStar": 16, "twoStar": 14, "threeStar": 39, "fourStar": 199, "fiveStar": 628 },
  "reviewerName": "Adel Saad",
  "rating": 5,
  "reviewText": "Really enjoyed my stop at Blue Bottle. The drip coffee was excellent...",
  "relativeDate": "3 months ago",
  "publishedAt": "2026-04-07T19:13:15.693Z",
  "reviewLanguage": "en",
  "reviewerAvatarUrl": "https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a-/...",
  "reviewerProfileUrl": "https://www.google.com/maps/contrib/101605690454614380171",
  "reviewerReviewCount": 193,
  "isLocalGuide": true,
  "likesCount": 0,
  "ownerResponseText": "Thanks so much for the kind words...",
  "ownerResponseDate": "2 weeks ago",
  "reviewPhotos": ["https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/..."]
}
```

#### Fields

| Field | Description |
|-------|-------------|
| `placeName`, `placeUrl`, `featureId` | The business the review belongs to. |
| `placeRating`, `placeReviewCount` | The place's overall star rating and total number of reviews. |
| `ratingDistribution` | How many reviews gave 1 to 5 stars. |
| `reviewerName`, `reviewerProfileUrl`, `reviewerAvatarUrl` | Who wrote the review. |
| `reviewerReviewCount`, `isLocalGuide` | The reviewer's activity and Local Guide status. |
| `rating` | Star rating this reviewer gave (1-5). |
| `reviewText`, `reviewLanguage` | The review body and its detected language. |
| `relativeDate`, `publishedAt` | When it was posted (relative text and an exact ISO timestamp). |
| `likesCount` | How many people marked the review helpful. |
| `ownerResponseText`, `ownerResponseDate` | The business owner's public reply, if any. |
| `reviewPhotos` | Photos attached to the review. |

### Tips

- No URL? Use `searchQuery` with a `location` to disambiguate common names.
- Set `maxReviews` to control cost and runtime; leave it unset (paid plans) to go deep.
- Turn off `withDetails` if you only need the star rating and text.

### FAQ

**Do I need a Google account or API key?** No. Just provide a place and run.

**Which places are supported?** Any business, landmark, or point of interest that appears on
Google Maps, worldwide, in any language.

**How is pricing calculated?** Pay per review returned — you are only charged for results you
receive.

# Actor input Schema

## `maxReviews` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of reviews to collect per place. Optional.

## `withDetails` (type: `boolean`):

When on, each review also includes the business owner's response and any photos attached to the review.

## `placeUrls` (type: `array`):

One or more Google Maps place URLs, share links, or place IDs (e.g. https://www.google.com/maps/place/... or a place\_id like ChIJ...). Reviews are collected for each place.

## `searchQuery` (type: `string`):

Business name to search for when you do not have a URL (e.g. "Blue Bottle Coffee"). The top matching place is used.

## `location` (type: `string`):

Optional city / area to disambiguate the search query (e.g. "San Francisco").

## `reviewsSort` (type: `string`):

Order in which reviews are collected.

## `language` (type: `string`):

Two-letter language code for review dates and owner replies (e.g. en, es, pt).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "maxReviews": 10,
  "withDetails": true,
  "placeUrls": [
    "https://www.google.com/maps/place/Katz's+Delicatessen/@40.722237,-73.9884,17z/data=!4m6!3m5!1s0x89c2598f7ff4aa09:0x313547e757cb8cea!8m2!3d40.722237!4d-73.9873494!16s%2Fm%2F02y_dtf"
  ],
  "reviewsSort": "mostRelevant",
  "language": "en"
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "maxReviews": 10,
    "placeUrls": [
        "https://www.google.com/maps/place/Katz's+Delicatessen/@40.722237,-73.9884,17z/data=!4m6!3m5!1s0x89c2598f7ff4aa09:0x313547e757cb8cea!8m2!3d40.722237!4d-73.9873494!16s%2Fm%2F02y_dtf"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("scrapers_lat/google-maps-reviews-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "maxReviews": 10,
    "placeUrls": ["https://www.google.com/maps/place/Katz's+Delicatessen/@40.722237,-73.9884,17z/data=!4m6!3m5!1s0x89c2598f7ff4aa09:0x313547e757cb8cea!8m2!3d40.722237!4d-73.9873494!16s%2Fm%2F02y_dtf"],
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("scrapers_lat/google-maps-reviews-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "maxReviews": 10,
  "placeUrls": [
    "https://www.google.com/maps/place/Katz'\''s+Delicatessen/@40.722237,-73.9884,17z/data=!4m6!3m5!1s0x89c2598f7ff4aa09:0x313547e757cb8cea!8m2!3d40.722237!4d-73.9873494!16s%2Fm%2F02y_dtf"
  ]
}' |
apify call scrapers_lat/google-maps-reviews-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=scrapers_lat/google-maps-reviews-scraper",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/m7ING0jaRRD3nkR3i/builds/4BMl2HeRXcjl2gikO/openapi.json