# Google Maps Business Status Checker (`seemuapps/google-maps-status-checker`) Actor

Bulk-check any list of Google Maps businesses for open/closed status right now, today's hours, and permanent closures.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/seemuapps/google-maps-status-checker.md
- **Developed by:** [Andrew](https://apify.com/seemuapps) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce, Travel, Automation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

$0.60 / 1,000 status check results

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?

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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 Business Status Checker

Bulk-check any list of Google Maps businesses for open/closed status right now, today's full weekly hours, and permanent or temporary closures — no login required. Paste a list of Google Maps URLs or Place IDs and get one row back per business, guaranteed 1:1 with your input list.

### What you get

- **Live status on every row**: `openNow` (true/false), `openStatusText` (e.g. "Open · Closes 10 PM"), `businessStatus` (`OPERATIONAL`, `CLOSED_TEMPORARILY`, or `CLOSED_PERMANENTLY`), `isPermanentlyClosed` (boolean)
- **Full week of hours**: `weekdayText` — the complete opening-hours listing as shown on the business's Google Maps page
- **Identity fields**: `name`, `address`, `phone`, `phoneUnformatted`, `website`, `rating`, `reviewCount`, `placeUrl`
- **Identifiers**: `placeId`, `googlePlaceId`, `inputRef` (the exact value you passed in, so you can join the results back to your source list)
- **A row for every input, always** — if a URL is malformed or a place can't be resolved, you still get a row with `resolutionError` explaining why, instead of a silently shorter result set
- `checkedAt` timestamp on every row
- Export to CSV, Excel, JSON, or Google Sheets directly from the Apify console

### Use cases

- **Lead-list hygiene** — strip permanently- or temporarily-closed businesses out of a sales or outreach list before a campaign goes out
- **Franchise & multi-location monitoring** — check hundreds of locations for a chain in one run and flag any that have gone dark or changed hours
- **Business-directory data-quality audits** — verify that the URLs and hours in your own directory or CRM still match what's live on Google Maps
- **Pre-visit or pre-call verification** — confirm a vendor, supplier, or office is actually open before a driver, rep, or customer heads out
- **Delivery & logistics dispatch pre-checks** — confirm a pickup or drop-off location is currently open before routing a driver

### How to use

1. Paste your list of **Place URLs or IDs** — Google Maps URLs, `maps.app.goo.gl` short links, `?cid=` links, Place IDs (`ChIJ…`), or hex IDs (`0x…:0x…`), one per line.
2. Run the actor — one row per input streams into the **Dataset** tab as it's checked.
3. Export as CSV, Excel, or connect to Google Sheets.

This actor only checks a known list you provide — it does not search Google Maps by keyword. If you need to *find* places first, pair it with a Google Maps search actor and feed its `placeUrl` output straight into this one.

### Output format

```json
{
  "inputRef": "ChIJaXQRs6lZwokRY6EFpJnhNNE",
  "placeId": "0x89c259a9b3117469:0xd134e199a405a163",
  "googlePlaceId": "ChIJaXQRs6lZwokRY6EFpJnhNNE",
  "name": "Empire State Building",
  "address": "20 W 34th St., New York, NY 10001",
  "placeUrl": "https://maps.google.com/?cid=15074921902713971043",
  "openNow": true,
  "openStatusText": "Open · Closes 12 AM",
  "businessStatus": "OPERATIONAL",
  "isPermanentlyClosed": false,
  "weekdayText": [
    "Monday: 9 AM–12 AM",
    "Tuesday: 9 AM–12 AM",
    "Wednesday: 9 AM–12 AM",
    "Thursday: 9 AM–12 AM",
    "Friday: 9 AM–12 AM",
    "Saturday: 9 AM–12 AM",
    "Sunday: 9 AM–12 AM"
  ],
  "phone": null,
  "phoneUnformatted": null,
  "website": "https://www.esbnyc.com/",
  "rating": 4.7,
  "reviewCount": 128138,
  "checkedAt": "2026-08-18T02:53:56.892Z",
  "resolutionError": null
}
```

A row that couldn't be resolved looks like this — same shape, so it stays easy to filter or join:

```json
{
  "inputRef": "not-a-real-place-xyz-12345",
  "placeId": null,
  "name": null,
  "openNow": null,
  "checkedAt": "2026-08-18T02:54:00.054Z",
  "resolutionError": "Could not recognize a Google Maps place reference in the provided value."
}
```

### Pricing

Pay per place checked and saved to the dataset — every input produces exactly one row and one charge, whether the check succeeds or the place can't be resolved. Cheap, predictable, no per-batch math.

### FAQ

**What counts as "open right now"?** The live status Google Maps shows at the moment the actor runs, based on the business's own posted hours and time zone.

**What if a business's Google Maps hours are wrong?** This actor reports exactly what Google Maps shows — it can't verify a business's real-world hours beyond what's published there.

**Does this search Google Maps for businesses?** No — give it a specific list of places (URLs, short links, or Place IDs). To discover new places by keyword, use a Google Maps search actor first.

**Do I need a Google API key?** No.

# Actor input Schema

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

The list of businesses to check, one per line — Google Maps place URLs, maps.app.goo.gl short links, ?cid= links, Place IDs (ChIJ…), or hex IDs (0x…:0x…).

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

Language code for results, e.g. en, de, fr, es, pt-BR.

## `country` (type: `string`):

Two-letter country code that biases results, e.g. us, gb, de, au.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Optional. By default the actor connects directly and automatically falls back to Apify datacenter → residential proxies only if Google starts blocking. Set a specific proxy here to force it for all requests.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "placeUrls": [
    "https://maps.app.goo.gl/8UGmg1E4C1Y5N8UM8"
  ],
  "language": "en",
  "country": "us",
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

One row per input entry: inputRef, placeId, googlePlaceId, name, address, placeUrl, openNow, openStatusText, businessStatus, isPermanentlyClosed, weekdayText, phone, phoneUnformatted, website, rating, reviewCount, checkedAt, resolutionError.

# 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 = {
    "placeUrls": [
        "https://maps.app.goo.gl/8UGmg1E4C1Y5N8UM8"
    ],
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": false
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("seemuapps/google-maps-status-checker").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 = {
    "placeUrls": ["https://maps.app.goo.gl/8UGmg1E4C1Y5N8UM8"],
    "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": False },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("seemuapps/google-maps-status-checker").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 '{
  "placeUrls": [
    "https://maps.app.goo.gl/8UGmg1E4C1Y5N8UM8"
  ],
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}' |
apify call seemuapps/google-maps-status-checker --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

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

```

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/h9zFDF5HXhh157ixU/builds/0nd00YTDgvRGMQju9/openapi.json