📍 Google Maps Scraper - Business Leads, Contacts, Reviews

A no-browser Google Maps scraper built for lead generation. Search businesses by keyword and location, enrich each place with website contacts, emails, phones, social profiles, photos, opening hours, reviews, and lead-quality scores.

Turn searches like "dentists in Austin", "coffee shops New York", or direct Google Maps URLs into clean business records you can export to CSV, Excel, Google Sheets, CRM tools, or your own API.

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🚀 What it does

This actor is not just a place finder. It is designed to produce lead-ready business data:

• 🏢 Find businesses on Google Maps by keyword + location
• 📌 Scrape place details: name, category, address, coordinates, rating, reviews count, website, phone, opening hours
• 📬 Visit business websites and extract emails, extra phones, social profiles, and contact/about pages
• ⭐ Collect Google Maps reviews as nested reviews or one row per review
• 🖼️ Save photo URLs and the first five photo columns for spreadsheet-friendly exports
• 🧮 Score lead quality with leadScore, contactCompletenessScore, and qualityFlags
• 🔄 Enrich existing lists from Google Maps URLs, place IDs, data IDs, or an Apify dataset

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⚙️ Five modes, five jobs

Mode	Use it when	Output
FULL	You want search results plus details and contacts	One rich business item per place
SEARCH	You want fast discovery with lighter output	One item per found place
DETAIL	You already have Maps URLs, place IDs, or data IDs	Detailed business records
REVIEWS	You care about review text and ratings	Place items with reviews or one row per review
CONTACTS	You already know the places and need emails/socials	Contact-enriched business records

💡 Pro tip: for sales work, start with FULL, website: "withWebsite", and scrapeContacts: true. It removes a lot of dead leads before they hit your spreadsheet.

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📥 Input examples

Local lead search

{
  "mode": "FULL",
  "searchStringsArray": ["dentists", "orthodontists"],
  "locationQuery": "Austin, TX",
  "maxCrawledPlacesPerSearch": 200,
  "scrapePlaceDetailPage": true,
  "scrapeContacts": true,
  "maxContactPages": 5,
  "website": "withWebsite",
  "placeMinimumStars": 4,
  "countryCode": "US",
  "language": "en"
}

Small smoke test

{
  "mode": "FULL",
  "searchStringsArray": ["coffee shops"],
  "locationQuery": "New York, NY",
  "maxCrawledPlacesPerSearch": 5,
  "scrapeContacts": true,
  "maxContactPages": 1
}

Reviews as separate rows

{
  "mode": "REVIEWS",
  "startUrls": [
    { "url": "https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJvSQIgqFZwokRFYQbJdzceSs" }
  ],
  "scrapeReviews": true,
  "maxReviews": 500,
  "reviewsSort": "newest",
  "outputMode": "REVIEW_ITEMS"
}

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🎛️ Input fields

Field	What it means
searchStringsArray	Search terms: restaurants, plumbers, dentists, coffee shops.
locationQuery	City, district, ZIP, region, or country appended to every search term.
startUrls	Direct Google Maps URLs for DETAIL, REVIEWS, or CONTACTS.
placeIds	Google Place IDs.
featureIds	Google Maps data IDs in 0x...:0x... format.
datasetId	Read known places from a previous Apify dataset.
maxCrawledPlacesPerSearch	Result cap per search phrase.
scrapePlaceDetailPage	Adds richer Google Maps detail fields.
scrapeContacts	Visits business websites for emails, phones, and social profiles.
maxContactPages	Website pages to crawl per business.
scrapeReviews	Fetches Google Maps review payloads.
maxReviews	Maximum reviews per place.
outputMode	PLACE_ITEMS or REVIEW_ITEMS.
categoryFilterWords	Keep places whose categories include selected words.
placeMinimumStars	Skip places below a rating threshold.
website	All places, only with website, or only without website.
skipClosedPlaces	Skip permanently closed places when Google exposes status.
language, countryCode	Result language and country context.
maxImages	Number of image URLs to keep.
proxy	Apify proxy settings. Residential is recommended at scale.

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📤 Output

Place records

• Business: title, subTitle, categoryName, categories
• Google IDs: googleMapsUrl, placeId, dataId, featureId, cid
• Reputation: rating, reviewsCount
• Location: address, street, city, state, postalCode, countryCode, latitude, longitude
• Contacts: website, domain, phone, phoneUnformatted, contacts.emails, contacts.phones, contacts.socialProfiles
• Website crawl: contacts.crawledUrls, contacts.websiteStatus, contacts.error
• Operations: openingHours, priceLevel, description, businessDescription
• Media: images, imageUrl, photoUrls, photo1Url to photo5Url
• Lead quality: leadScore, contactCompletenessScore, qualityFlags
• Reviews: nested reviews or separate review items depending on outputMode

{
  "title": "Example Coffee",
  "categoryName": "Coffee shop",
  "googleMapsUrl": "https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:...",
  "rating": 4.6,
  "reviewsCount": 382,
  "website": "https://example.com",
  "phone": "+1 555-123-4567",
  "address": "123 Main St, New York, NY",
  "contacts": {
    "emails": ["hello@example.com"],
    "phones": ["+1 555-123-4567"],
    "socialProfiles": {
      "instagram": ["https://www.instagram.com/example"]
    }
  },
  "leadScore": 82,
  "contactCompletenessScore": 85
}

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🛡️ Reliability notes

• HTTP-only place scraping: no browser runtime for the main Google Maps flow.
• Residential proxy recommended for larger runs and repeated searches.
• Contact enrichment depends on websites: some businesses simply do not publish emails or social links.
• Reviews can be heavier: keep maxReviews reasonable for first tests.
• Use smaller geographies if you need coverage. Google Maps ranking changes by location and query wording.

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💼 Use cases

• Local lead generation
• Agency prospecting
• CRM enrichment
• Competitor mapping
• Franchise and branch databases
• Review monitoring
• SEO/local pack research
• Finding businesses with missing websites or weak contact presence

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❓ FAQ

Q: Can it get emails from Google Maps directly?
Google Maps usually does not expose email addresses. The actor visits the business website and extracts emails there.

Q: Why are contacts missing for some businesses?
The website may not publish an email, may block crawlers, or may require JavaScript. Increase maxContactPages if emails are usually on contact/about pages.

Q: How do I get one row per review?
Set scrapeReviews: true and outputMode: "REVIEW_ITEMS".

Q: Can I input my own list of places?
Yes. Use startUrls, placeIds, featureIds, or datasetId.

Q: What is a good first run?
One search term, one city, maxCrawledPlacesPerSearch: 5, and maxContactPages: 1.

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🏷️ Tags

google maps scraper · google maps leads · business contacts · email scraper · local lead generation · place scraper · google reviews · maps api alternative · crm enrichment · apify google maps

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🔗 Built for Apify | HTTP-only Maps data | Contact enrichment | Reviews | Lead scoring