2GIS Places Scraper

Export public 2GIS place listings from keyword searches or public 2GIS URLs. The Actor saves structured rows with names, URLs, addresses, categories, ratings, review counts when visible, and run diagnostics for troubleshooting.

Use it for local business research, lead lists, location monitoring, market mapping, and automation workflows that need CSV, JSON, Excel, API, or MCP access to 2GIS data.

Quick start

Paste this bounded query into the input form, then export the resulting dataset:

{
  "queries": ["Restaurants"],
  "locationQuery": "dubai",
  "domain": "2gis.ae",
  "language": "en",
  "maxItems": 10,
  "dedupeBy": "idOrUrl"
}

Regional availability varies. Public search pages may omit ratings or addresses. Coordinates are not currently populated.

Prefer a video guide? This short Apify walkthrough shows you how to set up and run an Actor. It uses a different Actor, but the setup steps are the same.

Ready-to-run examples

Choose a public example to see its settings before starting a run:

• URL-based Dubai restaurants search
• Almaty dentists search listings
• Dubai restaurants lead list

What you get

• Primary job: Search 2GIS by keyword and city, then export public place rows.
• Input: Search queries, a location, optional public 2GIS URLs, filters, and a result limit.
• Output: One dataset row per public 2GIS place plus diagnostic KV records.
• Best for: Lead generation, competitor research, branch discovery, category monitoring, and enrichment pipelines.

What data can you extract?

Field	Description
id	2GIS place or branch identifier when available.
title	Public place name.
url	Public 2GIS place URL.
query	Search query that produced the row.
locationQuery	City or region used for query searches.
domain	2GIS domain used for the source route.
address	Public address text.
city	Input city or region context, not an independently verified locality.
rubrics / category	Visible category labels, or the search query when a label is unavailable.
rating	Visible rating value, when present.
reviewsCount	Visible review/rating count, when present.
sourceStatus, sourceMode, blocked, emptyPage	Diagnostics for source handling.
scrapedAt	ISO timestamp for the row.

Who is it for?

• Local sales teams preparing a city-specific business list for manual qualification.
• Retail and hospitality analysts reviewing visible businesses, addresses and ratings in a chosen market.
• Branch researchers collecting public place links to check against an existing location list.
• Data teams connecting repeat exports to their own spreadsheet, CRM or change-comparison workflow.

How you can use the data

• Prepare a Dubai restaurant review sheet. Search Restaurants with locationQuery: "dubai" on 2gis.ae. Export title, url, address, rating and reviewsCount, then open the place links to qualify entries before adding them to a CRM.
• Review visible category matches. Keep rubrics or category with each row and inspect the original listing when the label matters. A missing category can fall back to your search query, so it is not independent evidence of the business category.
• Compare repeated exports. Save id, url and scrapedAt alongside each dataset and compare those identifiers in your own workflow to review additions or rating changes.
• Keep missing fields visible. Separate places without ratings, review counts or addresses rather than interpreting blanks as zero ratings or absent businesses. The city field reflects the input context and does not independently verify a place's locality.

Input settings

Setting	JSON key	Use it for	Example
Search queries	queries	Business categories or keywords to search.	["Restaurants", "Dentists"]
Location	locationQuery	City or region used in query URLs.	"dubai"
2GIS URLs	startUrls	Alternative to queries. Public 2GIS search or place URLs.	[{"url":"https://2gis.ae/dubai/search/Restaurants."}]
Maximum places	maxItems	Cap saved rows and control spend.	10
2GIS domain	domain	Regional 2GIS domain for query searches.	"2gis.ae"
Language	language	Preferred page language where supported.	"en"
Sort by	sortBy	Accepted for compatibility only. Currently has no effect on result ordering.	"relevance"
Minimum rating	minRating	Keep places at or above a rating threshold when visible.	4
Dedupe places by	dedupeBy	Suppress duplicates across queries and URLs.	"idOrUrl"

Connections are managed automatically. No connection selection is required. See the input form help for regional settings and supported controls.

Example inputs

Use startUrls when you already have a public 2GIS search URL. At least one nonempty query or public URL is required. Supplying both processes both sets of targets, with identical URLs deduplicated.

{
  "startUrls": [{"url": "https://2gis.ae/dubai/search/Restaurants."}],
  "maxItems": 10,
  "dedupeBy": "idOrUrl"
}

Output data

Illustrative row shape. Optional values depend on the public source page. This is not a current availability guarantee.

{
  "id": "70000001055149461",
  "title": "Laffah",
  "url": "https://2gis.ae/dubai/firm/70000001055149461",
  "query": "Restaurants",
  "locationQuery": "dubai",
  "domain": "2gis.ae",
  "address": "Flamingo Building, Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed road, Dubai",
  "city": "dubai",
  "category": "Arabic restaurant",
  "rating": 5,
  "reviewsCount": 45,
  "sourceStatus": "ok",
  "sourceMode": "http-static",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-07-22T13:03:04.000Z"
}

Download your results

Open your run's dataset, choose Export and select JSON, CSV or Excel. JSON keeps nested fields together. CSV and Excel are useful when you want to review the records in a spreadsheet.

See Apify's download and export guide for the available formats and field options.

Pricing

This Actor uses pay-per-event pricing: start is a one-time run-start charge and result charges per place row saved.

A run with no saved places can still incur the start charge. maxItems caps saved rows, not the number of source requests.

Check the live Pricing tab for current USD rates and plan discounts.

Start with maxItems: 10 before increasing volume.

Tips for best results

• Start small: Use maxItems: 10 until output quality and pricing are verified.
• Choose the matching region: Use 2gis.ae for UAE routes, 2gis.kz for Kazakhstan, and 2gis.ru for Russia.
• Keep searches focused: Specific categories and cities usually produce cleaner data than broad keywords.
• Use public inputs: Account, dashboard, login, and business-management URLs are rejected.

Limits and caveats

• Coverage: 2GIS availability, public page layout, language, and regional routes vary by country and city. Each search reads the first public result page; maxItems is an upper bound, not a guarantee of that many rows or complete pagination.
• Multi-query runs: Up to four searches are fetched concurrently, with rows saved in input order. The independent processing cap is five minutes. Allow more run time for large query lists.
• Customer limits: A too-small maximum charge or short custom timeout stops work with a warning and RUN_SUMMARY, preserving saved rows. Source, parsing, billing and storage failures remain failures; incomplete work at the default runtime budget is not reported as success.
• Freshness: Source data can change after a run finishes.
• Optional fields: Addresses, ratings and review counts depend on what the public page exposes. Coordinates, country, structured address, short name and photo counts are not currently populated. Review text is not extracted.
• Rate limits: Public endpoints may throttle large or frequent runs.

Automation and integrations

Save your settings for next time

Once you have an input that works for you, save it as an Apify task. This keeps your settings together so you can use them again without filling in the form from scratch.

Run on a schedule

Need fresh results regularly? You can schedule the Actor or a saved task to run at a time that suits you.

Each scheduled run collects the data again. If you want to compare results or highlight changes, add that step in your own workflow.

Send results to your other tools

Use n8n, Make or Zapier to connect this scraper to the rest of your workflow. For example, you could pass its results to an AI assistant or add records to a spreadsheet. Follow the Apify integration guides for your chosen tool.

For a custom connection, an Apify webhook can notify your app when a run finishes or fails. Your app can then fetch the results or handle the failure.

API usage

Want to collect this data from your own app or automation? The examples below send input to the scraper and show how to collect its results.

The Node.js and Python examples wait for the run to finish before reading its results. The cURL example starts the run and returns its details. Wait for that run to finish, then use its defaultDatasetId to fetch the results.

For setup instructions, see Apify's JavaScript client guide, Python client guide and Actor runs API reference.

cURL

curl -X POST 'https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/fetch_cat~2gis-places-scraper/runs' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data @- <<'JSON'
{
  "queries": [
    "Restaurants"
  ],
  "locationQuery": "dubai",
  "domain": "2gis.ae",
  "language": "en",
  "maxItems": 10,
  "dedupeBy": "idOrUrl"
}
JSON

Node.js

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: process.env.APIFY_TOKEN });
const run = await client.actor('fetch_cat/2gis-places-scraper').call({
  "queries": [
    "Restaurants"
  ],
  "locationQuery": "dubai",
  "domain": "2gis.ae",
  "language": "en",
  "maxItems": 10,
  "dedupeBy": "idOrUrl"
});
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
console.log(items);

Python

import os
from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient(os.environ['APIFY_TOKEN'])
run = client.actor('fetch_cat/2gis-places-scraper').call(run_input={'queries': ['Restaurants'], 'locationQuery': 'dubai', 'domain': '2gis.ae', 'language': 'en', 'maxItems': 10, 'dedupeBy': 'idOrUrl'})
print(client.dataset(run['defaultDatasetId']).list_items().items)

MCP and AI agents notes

For API workflows, wait for the asynchronous run to finish, then read defaultDatasetId with the dataset-items endpoint. The dataset holds places. OUTPUT and DIAGNOSTICS in the run's key-value store explain saved counts and source handling. Neither a successful invocation nor an empty dataset guarantees complete coverage.

MCP and AI agents

You can ask your AI assistant to collect data with 2GIS Places Scraper and help you work with the results. The scraper returns the data, and your assistant can then summarize it, compare records or prepare notes.

Connect your assistant through the Apify MCP server. MCP gives your assistant a way to find this scraper, run it and read the results. Follow the official setup and sign-in guide for your app.

Easier setup with an Apify plugin

If you use a supported coding assistant, the official Apify plugin can set up the connection for you. It connects your assistant to Apify and includes instructions for common tasks. Follow the guide for your particular app.

Use Apify AI in Console

Prefer to keep everything in Apify? Open Apify AI in Console and ask it to find Fetch Cat's 2GIS Places Scraper. You can describe the data you want and ask questions about the results.

Apify AI is currently in beta. It asks for confirmation before starting an Actor, and normal run charges apply.

Choose your assistant

• Claude and Claude Code (Anthropic): Apify setup guide.
• ChatGPT and Codex (OpenAI): Apify setup guides.
• Grok Bot (xAI): Apify plugin guide.
• Gemini CLI (Google): MCP server setup guide. Use the server URL below with the HTTP configuration supported by Gemini CLI.

Connect just this scraper

To keep your setup focused on this scraper, add this server configuration to a compatible MCP client:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apify": {
      "url": "https://mcp.apify.com?tools=fetch_cat/2gis-places-scraper"
    }
  }
}

Sign in to Apify when your client asks. If your client uses a Bearer token instead, follow its setup guide and keep the token in its secure configuration. Configuration formats vary by app, so use the linked guide if your client needs a different format.

Use Apify's general server

Already connected to the general Apify MCP server at https://mcp.apify.com? You can use it to find this scraper without adding another server. Ask your assistant to use 2GIS Places Scraper by Fetch Cat, or give it the identifier fetch_cat/2gis-places-scraper.

Your assistant can check the available settings and retrieve the results from the returned run. If the run is still working, it should follow that run rather than start it again. Both connection options use Apify's hosted service.

Example requests

• “Use Fetch Cat’s 2GIS Places Scraper to find up to 5 restaurants in Dubai on 2gis.ae, in English. Show names, addresses, ratings and source links, marking any missing fields.”
• “Collect up to 5 dentists in Almaty using 2gis.kz. Make a review table with the visible categories and listing URLs, and flag category labels that need checking.”
• “Run a small Dubai restaurant search with a maximum of 5 places. Include each place ID, URL and collection time so I can compare the export with my existing spreadsheet.”

Normal Apify charges apply. Check the live Pricing tab before asking your assistant to run a larger batch.

Pay with x402

If your AI agent has a funded wallet, it can pay for Apify usage through x402. This experimental option lets an agent use Apify without a conventional account.

Apify AGI provides a prepaid API token with a spending cap after payment. Your agent can use that token to run this scraper through the Apify API or an authenticated MCP connection.

Some MCP setups also support paying for each request directly. That is a different payment option, so check the official guide for its availability.

Follow the official guide for wallet setup, supported payment options and current terms. Apify handles the payments. Keep wallet keys and payment tokens in your agent's secure configuration.

Other ways for agents to pay

Apify also supports MPP for prepaid access through AGI and Skyfire for eligible Actors. If your agent already uses one of these, see the agentic payment guide to choose the right setup.

FAQ

Can I export 2GIS places to CSV or use an API?

Yes. Apify datasets support JSON, CSV, Excel, XML, RSS, and API access. Use the API examples above to run a bounded search and retrieve the resulting dataset.

Does this require a 2GIS login?

No. Inputs target public 2GIS pages. Account, login and business-management URLs are not supported. Public availability varies by region and target.

Why are some fields empty?

Some 2GIS pages do not expose every field publicly. The Actor leaves unavailable fields empty instead of guessing.

Related Actors

• Google Maps Lead Finder — Collect public Google Maps business listings and optionally published business-website contacts.
• Website Contact Finder — Collect contact details explicitly published on public websites, with source pages.
• Bing Rank Tracker & SERP Scraper — discover adjacent web results.
• Apple Maps Places Scraper — research places on Apple Maps.
• Yandex Maps Scraper — collect listings from another regional maps source.

Support and feedback

For custom additions or integrations, email hello@fetchcat.dev.

Found an error or have a feature request? Open an issue with the run URL, a non-sensitive input example and what you expected.

Need help sharing it? See Apify’s guide to sharing a run when reporting an issue. Sharing a run can give the developer access to its input, logs and results, so use a run that contains no sensitive data. Please leave out API tokens, passwords, cookies, private documents and personal data. Use a public sample URL or a redacted example instead.

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