# Google Maps Business Scraper — Local Leads & Place Data | $4/1K (`bovi/google-maps-scraper`) Actor

Scrape Google Maps business listings — 27 fields per place: name, address, phone, website, rating, reviews, category, lat/lng, hours, amenities, parse_confidence. For lead generation, market research, competitor analysis. Apify residential proxy — no external key needed.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/bovi/google-maps-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Vitalii Bondarev](https://apify.com/bovi) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Marketing, MCP servers
- **Features:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 28 total users, 1 monthly users, 96.3% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $3.88 / 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.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

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

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
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.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## 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.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## Google Maps Scraper — Local Leads, Contacts & Place Data

Extract **Google Maps** business listings at scale — name, address, phone, **website + emails + social links**, rating, review count, category, latitude/longitude, **plus-code**, price level, **structured opening hours**, amenity tags, owner-verified flag, and more. This **Google Maps scraper** returns **32 fields per place**, each carrying a `parse_confidence` score and a `parse_path` flag, so you always know your data is clean — not silently broken.

Built for **lead generation**, local SEO audits, market research, and competitor analysis across any city, region, or business category. No Google API key, no external proxy key — it runs entirely on **Apify's residential proxy**.

### Why this Google Maps scraper stands out

- **Contact enrichment is INCLUDED, not a paid add-on.** Flip on `scrapeContacts` and every record gains `emails` and `social_links` (Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, X/Twitter, YouTube, TikTok, …) pulled from the business website. The market leader charges roughly **+$2 per 1,000 places** for emails/social as a separate add-on; here it is part of the same run at the same price.
- **Breaks the 20-result ceiling.** The actor **auto-paginates** (via the Maps `!8i` offset token) to return up to **300 places per query**, deduplicated by place ID across pages — instead of the single 20-place page most lightweight scrapers stop at.
- **A real B-plan against format drift.** Google reshuffles its internal response layout between releases — the classic silent killer that makes index-based scrapers return *zero* results that *look* like an empty area. This actor has a **secondary regex/structural parser** that recovers places by stable feature-ID anchors when the primary array-index path drifts. Recovered rows are flagged (`parse_path: "fallback"`, lower `parse_confidence`) so degradation is visible, never silent.
- **Self-rotating against blocks.** On a CAPTCHA / consent wall / poisoned IP, the actor rotates to a fresh residential exit and retries (up to 3×) before giving up on a query — and it **never charges you for a blocked or empty query**.
- **32 rich fields** — including `is_claimed` (owner-verified), `plus_code`, `opening_hours` (structured weekday list), `summary`, `description`, `price_level` (numeric 0–4), `place_id` (ChIJ), `amenities`, and `parse_confidence`.
- **No external key, $0 setup.** Uses the Apify residential proxy pool that ships with your account. No external proxy token, no Google Cloud project.

### How it compares

| | This actor | `compass/crawler-google-places` | `lukaskrivka/…-contact-details` |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base price (per 1k places) | **$1.00** | ~$2.10–$5.00 | ~$2.10 |
| Emails + social links | ✅ included | ➕ paid add-on (+~$2/1k) | ✅ (separate actor) |
| Results per query | up to **300** (auto-paginate) | ~120–300 | ~120 |
| Format-drift fallback parser | ✅ regex B-plan | — | — |
| Per-record quality score | ✅ `parse_confidence` | — | — |
| External key required | ❌ none | ❌ none | ❌ none |

*(Competitor prices/behaviour as observed on the Apify Store, 2026-06; verify current pricing on each listing.)*

### Input

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|-------|------|----------|-------------|
| `queries` | array of strings | ✅ | Search queries, e.g. `["coffee shops in San Francisco CA", "plumbers near Austin TX"]`. Each query is paginated up to `maxResults`. |
| `maxResults` | integer | — | Max places per query, **1–300** (default 20). The actor paginates automatically. Google caps a single area near 120–300; split into narrower queries for fuller coverage. |
| `scrapeContacts` | boolean | — | Visit each business website to extract `emails` + `social_links`. Default `false`. Slower, but included at no extra charge. |
| `language` | string | — | Result language code (BCP-47). Default `en`. |
| `country` | string | — | Country code for result localisation. Default `us`. |
| `proxyConfiguration` | object | — | Apify proxy settings. **Must be residential** — Google Maps blocks datacenter IPs. Default: Apify `RESIDENTIAL` group. (Note: the `GOOGLE_SERP` group does **not** support Maps.) |

### Output schema (32 fields)

| Field | Type | Description |
|-------|------|-------------|
| `place_id` | string | Google place ID in ChIJ format |
| `place_id_raw` | string | Raw hex feature ID (`0x…:0x…`) |
| `name` | string | Business name |
| `address` | string | Full street address |
| `latitude` / `longitude` | float | Coordinates |
| `plus_code` | string | Open Location Code (e.g. `849VCWC8+R9`) |
| `phone` | string | Phone number |
| `website` | string | Business website URL |
| `emails` | array | Public emails from the website (when `scrapeContacts` on) |
| `social_links` | object | `{platform: url}` social profiles (when `scrapeContacts` on) |
| `contact_enriched` | bool | Whether website enrichment ran for this record |
| `category` | string | Primary category (e.g. "Coffee shop") |
| `categories` | array | All category objects `[{id, title}]` |
| `rating` | float | Star rating 0.0–5.0 |
| `reviews_count` | int | Number of reviews |
| `price_range` | string | Textual price range (e.g. "$1–10") |
| `price_level` | int | Numeric price level 0–4 (0=free, 4=very expensive) |
| `work_status` | string | Open/closed status (e.g. "Open · Closes 9 PM") |
| `opening_hours` | array | Structured weekly hours `[{day, hours}]` |
| `is_claimed` | bool | Whether the listing is claimed/owner-verified |
| `summary` | string | Short tagline from Google Business Profile |
| `description` | string | Longer business description |
| `image_url` | string | Main listing image URL |
| `amenities` | array | Positive amenity/attribute strings |
| `maps_url` | string | Direct Google Maps link |
| `parse_confidence` | float | Per-record data-quality score 0.0–1.0 |
| `parse_path` | string | `"primary"` (array-index) or `"fallback"` (regex recovery) |
| `warnings` | array | Machine-readable quality-warning codes |
| `query` | string | The search query that produced this result |
| `rank` | int | Position in the result set (1-based) |
| `scraped_at` | string | ISO-8601 UTC timestamp |

### Use cases for Google Maps data extraction

- **Lead generation** — build prospect lists of restaurants, contractors, dentists, gyms, or any local business type by city, complete with phone, website, **email, and socials**.
- **Local SEO audit** — bulk-pull competitor ratings, review counts, and owner-verified (`is_claimed`) status.
- **Market research** — map category distribution, price tiers, and amenity coverage across a metro area.
- **Sales prospecting** — export name + phone + website + email straight to your CRM in one pass.
- **Real-estate & territory analysis** — enrich locations with nearby businesses, services, and coordinates.

### Frequently asked questions

**Do I need a Google API key or a proxy key?** No. The actor runs on the Apify residential proxy pool included with your account. No Google Cloud project, no external proxy token, nothing external.

**How many results per query?** Up to **300**, paginated automatically. Google itself limits a single area to roughly 120–300 places; for exhaustive coverage of a large city, split the search into narrower queries (per neighborhood or subcategory).

**How does the email/social enrichment work?** With `scrapeContacts` on, the actor fetches each business website (homepage and, if needed, `/contact`) over the same residential proxy and extracts public emails and social-profile links. Hit-rate depends on what the business publishes — some sites list nothing. Records without a website come back with `contact_enriched: false`.

**Is the data stable?** It's resilient by design. The primary parser reads Google's structured internal Maps JSON; if Google reshuffles the layout, a **secondary regex parser** recovers places by stable anchors and flags them (`parse_path: "fallback"`), and `parse_confidence` drops so you see the change before it silently corrupts your pipeline.

**What does `parse_confidence` mean?** A float 0.0–1.0. Values ≥ 0.9 mean all critical fields were extracted cleanly on the primary path. Lower values (or a `regex_fallback_path` warning) signal a format change worth checking.

**Will I get charged for failed queries?** No. The actor charges **per place pushed to the dataset**, after the push. Blocked, empty, or errored queries push nothing and cost nothing.

### Pricing

Pay-per-result: **$1.00 per 1,000 places** (`$0.001` per record) — contact enrichment included, no add-on fees. You pay only for places actually delivered to your dataset.

### Integrations

Built for lead-gen teams and local-SEO agencies building prospect lists with contacts across any city and category — the JSON/dataset output drops into the tools you already run, no glue code:

- **n8n / Make / Zapier** — trigger a run or pipe every new dataset item into 500+ apps (Google Sheets, Airtable, Slack, HubSpot, your database) with no code: [n8n](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/n8n), [Make](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/make), [Zapier](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/zapier).
- **Webhooks** — fire your own endpoint the moment a run finishes, to push results straight into your pipeline ([docs](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/webhooks)).
- **MCP server** — expose this actor as a tool to Claude, Cursor, or any [MCP client](https://mcp.apify.com) so an AI agent can pull this data mid-conversation ([guide](https://blog.apify.com/how-to-use-mcp/)).
- **API & SDKs** — fetch the dataset as JSON, CSV, or Excel through the Apify REST API or the Python / JS SDKs.

See all [Apify integrations](https://apify.com/integrations).

### Not affiliated with Google

This actor is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Google LLC. Google Maps and Google are trademarks of Google LLC. Scrape responsibly and in compliance with applicable laws and terms.

### More scrapers from our toolkit

Building a data pipeline? These actors pair well with this one — each runs on your own Apify account with the same pay-per-result pricing, no subscription:

- [Hiring Signal Monitor](https://apify.com/bovi/hiring-signal-monitor)
- [Linkedin Profile Scraper](https://apify.com/bovi/linkedin-profile-scraper)
- [PagesJaunes Directory Scraper](https://apify.com/bovi/pagesjaunes-directory)
- [Skip Trace People Finder](https://apify.com/bovi/skip-trace-people-finder)
- [Trustpilot Reviews Scraper](https://apify.com/bovi/trustpilot-reviews-scraper)
- [Upwork Talent Scraper](https://apify.com/bovi/upwork-talent-scraper)

Chain any of them together from the **Integrations** tab (the *Run succeeded* trigger) to build a multi-step workflow — one actor's output feeds the next.

### Rate this Actor

If Google Maps Business Scraper saved you time, please rate it on the Apify Store. A rating takes a few seconds and helps other people find a working scraper. If something did not work, open an issue on the Actor page and we will fix it.

### Usage statistics

This Actor creates a small, content-free summary at the end of each run. It is used only to monitor reliability and improve this Actor. A copy is saved as `USAGE_STATS` in your own Apify key-value store, so you can see the exact record created for your run.

Set `disableUsageStats` to `true` in the input to opt out. Nothing is sent then; your `USAGE_STATS` record only says that statistics were disabled.

Only these fields are recorded:

- schema version, Actor name and build number;
- UTC start and finish hour (not a precise timestamp);
- run duration, number of results and time to the first result, each as a coarse range;
- whether the result was empty, the end status, and an error type from a fixed list;
- memory setting and counts of charged events;
- names of the input fields you set, never their values;
- the selected option for input fields that offer a fixed list of choices (for example a sort order).

We do not collect input text, search terms, URLs, domains, usernames, email addresses, names, proxy credentials, tokens, scraped records, output items, raw error messages, stack traces, or hashes of any of those values. Records are kept for no longer than 13 months, used only as aggregated operational statistics, and never sold or shared.

#### Additional fields (Phase 2)

This Actor also records your Apify user ID, whether Apify marks the account as paying, the size range of list inputs, the selected country when the input offers a fixed list of countries, and one category from a fixed Actor taxonomy. We use these fields only for aggregate reliability, repeat-use and cross-Actor analysis; reports suppress any cell with fewer than five distinct users.

The same `disableUsageStats: true` input flag turns these fields off too. The user ID is removed after 13 months; we do not export, sell, share, or attempt to re-identify this data.

#### Run-outcome signals (v2)

To learn whether a run did what it was asked to do, the record also holds a few more coarse ranges and yes/no flags. None of them contains content:

- the result limit you asked for (a range, when the input has one) and what share of it was delivered;
- results delivered per input item you listed (a range);
- output quality as ranges: how fully the result fields were filled, the share of rows that look like errors, the share of duplicate rows, and how many different fields appeared. These are counted in memory while results are saved; no result content is kept;
- how the run was started (console, API, schedule, webhook, another Actor);
- how it ended: stopped by you, timed out, reached the requested limit, stopped by the charge limit, and how many times the platform moved the run;
- if this Actor reports it: how many items to process worked or failed (ranges) and one failure reason from a fixed list;
- a short code made from the names of the input fields you set, never their values.

#### Repeat-run fingerprint (v2)

When your Apify user ID is recorded (see above), the record also holds an 8-character one-way code made from your input (proxy settings left out) and this Actor's name. It only lets us see that the same account ran the same input again soon after an unsatisfying run; we never see the input itself. It is stored only in the database, never published, and reports use it in aggregate with the same five-user minimum. It is the one exception to the statement above that no hashes are collected, and `disableUsageStats: true` turns it off.

# Actor input Schema

## `queries` (type: `array`):

One or more Google Maps search queries to scrape. Each query returns up to 20 place results. Examples: 'coffee shops in San Francisco CA', 'plumbers near Austin TX 78701', 'Italian restaurants Manhattan NYC'.

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

Apify proxy settings. Google Maps requires residential proxies — datacenter IPs are blocked. Default: Apify RESIDENTIAL group. Note: GOOGLE_SERP proxy does NOT support Maps URLs.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of places to return per search query. The actor paginates automatically (20 per page) to exceed Google's single-page limit — set up to 300. Google itself caps a single area at roughly 120–300 places; for fuller coverage of a city, split into narrower queries (per neighborhood or subcategory).

## `scrapeContacts` (type: `boolean`):

When enabled, the actor visits each business website to extract public email addresses and social-media links (Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, X/Twitter, YouTube, TikTok, etc.). Adds emails/social_links/contact_enriched to every record. Slower and only as good as the target site's public contact info, but included at no extra charge (competitors bill this as a paid add-on). Default: off.

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

Two-letter BCP-47 language code for result language. Default: 'en' (English).

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

Two-letter ISO country code for result localisation (affects which businesses appear in results). Default: 'us'.

## `disableUsageStats` (type: `boolean`):

See the README Usage statistics section for details.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "queries": [
    "coffee shops in San Francisco CA"
  ],
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  },
  "maxResults": 20,
  "scrapeContacts": false,
  "language": "en",
  "country": "us",
  "disableUsageStats": false
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

Dataset containing Google Maps Scraper records (rank, name, category, address, phone, website, rating, reviews_count, price_range, maps_url, parse_confidence, scraped_at).

# 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 = {
    "queries": [
        "coffee shops in San Francisco CA"
    ],
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true,
        "apifyProxyGroups": [
            "RESIDENTIAL"
        ]
    },
    "maxResults": 20,
    "language": "en",
    "country": "us"
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("bovi/google-maps-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 = {
    "queries": ["coffee shops in San Francisco CA"],
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": True,
        "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"],
    },
    "maxResults": 20,
    "language": "en",
    "country": "us",
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("bovi/google-maps-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 '{
  "queries": [
    "coffee shops in San Francisco CA"
  ],
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  },
  "maxResults": 20,
  "language": "en",
  "country": "us"
}' |
apify call bovi/google-maps-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,bovi/google-maps-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/o953SyDdCqSDdBAxJ/builds/ou5mJW9ky4qy6LoiO/openapi.json