# Google Maps Scraper - $3/1000 Places (`scrapeunblocker/google-maps-local-scraper`) Actor

Scrape Google Maps / Local business results as JSON - name, rating, reviews, price level, category, address and hours. Powered by ScrapeUnblocker, no Places API key.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/scrapeunblocker/google-maps-local-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Scrapeunblocker](https://apify.com/scrapeunblocker) (community)
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $3.00 / 1,000 places

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

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

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
- **JavaScript/TypeScript projects** — the official [JS/TS client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): `npm install apify-client`.
- **Python projects** — the official [Python client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): `pip install apify-client`.
- **Any other language** — the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).

# README

## Google Maps Scraper

Scrape **Google Maps / Local business results** as clean, structured JSON - name, rating, reviews, category, address, hours and more - straight from Google's own local search. No Google Cloud project, billing account or Places API key, and none of its per-request quotas.

Powered by [ScrapeUnblocker](https://scrapeunblocker.com)'s anti-bot bypass - no proxies or CAPTCHA setup.

### What you get per place

- **Name** and primary **category**
- **Position** (rank from 1) in the local results
- **Rating** (stars) and **review count** (Google's "19K" expanded to a number, e.g. `19000`)
- **Price level** as shown, e.g. `$10-20`
- **Address**
- **Open / closed** status line with **hours**
- A **highlighted review snippet** when Google shows one

### Features

- **Real Google local results** - the same places Google shows in its local pack, already parsed.
- **Localization** - set the interface language (`hl`) and the country to search from (`gl`) to match the market you care about.
- **No API keys** - no Google Cloud project, Places API key, billing or quota to manage.

### Input

| Field | Type | Default | Description |
|-------|------|---------|-------------|
| `keyword` | string | **required** | Local search phrase, ideally with a location. |
| `hl` | string | `en` | Google UI language (ISO code). |
| `gl` | string | - | Country to search from (lowercase ISO-2). |
| `proxy_country` | string | - | Exit-IP country (ISO-2). |

#### Example input

```json
{
  "keyword": "coffee shops in Austin",
  "hl": "en",
  "gl": "us"
}
```

### Use cases

- **Local lead generation** - build lists of businesses in a niche and city with ratings and addresses.
- **Competitor & location research** - see who ranks in the local pack for your keywords and where.
- **Rating & review monitoring** - track a category's ratings and review counts over time.
- **Local-business datasets** - collect places by category and city to power maps, directories or analysis.

### Output

One dataset item per place, with the fields above. The run's `OUTPUT` record holds the raw parsed response.

***

Built by [ScrapeUnblocker](https://scrapeunblocker.com) - anti-bot bypass API for Cloudflare, DataDome, PerimeterX, Akamai and more.

# Actor input Schema

## `keyword` (type: `string`):

The local search phrase, e.g. 'coffee shops in Austin' or 'dentists in Berlin'. Include the location for best results.

## `hl` (type: `string`):

Google UI language as an ISO code, e.g. 'en', 'de', 'fr'. Affects result labels and formatting.

## `gl` (type: `string`):

Country to run the search from, as a lowercase ISO-2 code, e.g. 'us', 'de', 'gb'. Changes which local results Google shows.

## `proxy_country` (type: `string`):

Exit-IP country (ISO-2). Defaults to an exit chosen for the query.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "keyword": "coffee shops in Austin",
  "hl": "en"
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `items` (type: `string`):

Collected items

# 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 = {
    "keyword": "coffee shops in Austin"
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("scrapeunblocker/google-maps-local-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 = { "keyword": "coffee shops in Austin" }

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

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

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

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "keyword": "coffee shops in Austin"
}' |
apify call scrapeunblocker/google-maps-local-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,scrapeunblocker/google-maps-local-scraper"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/DKvV4GqDEdn25LSyc/builds/aAY56bZMdyx80HdYx/openapi.json