Google Maps Scraper - Extract Places, Reviews, Images and Business Contacts

Fast Google Maps scraper for local business data on Apify. Extract places, addresses, phone numbers, websites, ratings, reviews, images, opening hours, coordinates, Google Place IDs, CIDs, and optional public website contacts from Google Maps search terms, URLs, Place IDs, or map areas.

Base price starts from $1.50 per 1,000 saved places on paid Apify plans. Optional add-ons, such as reviews, images, place details, filters, and website contact enrichment, are charged only when they produce saved output.

Use the hosted actor on Apify: Google Maps Scraper

What This Google Maps Scraper Does

This actor collects structured Google Maps business data for lead generation, local SEO, market research, competitor analysis, CRM enrichment, directory building, and review monitoring.

You can start from:

• Google Maps search terms, such as dentist, hotel, bike repair shop, or restaurant
• a specific location, such as Portland, Oregon, USA or Berlin, Germany
• direct Google Maps search URLs
• direct Google Maps place URLs
• Google Place IDs
• a selected map area for broad visible-place collection

The actor first collects Google Maps places, then runs optional enrichment add-ons only for the places that were found. This keeps discovery fast and lets you pay only for the extra data you actually need.

Data You Can Extract

Data group	Example fields
Business identity	title, categoryName, categories, description, price, rank
Address and geography	address, street, city, state, postalCode, countryCode, location, plusCode
Contact data	website, phone, phoneUnformatted, emails, additionalPhones
Social links	facebooks, instagrams, linkedIns, twitters, youtubes, tiktoks
Ratings and reviews	totalScore, reviewsCount, reviewsDistribution, reviews, reviewsScraped
Images	imageUrl, images, imagesCount, imageCategories
Opening and details	openingHours, popularTimesHistogram, menu, servicesLink, reserveTableUrl
Google identifiers	placeId, cid, fid, kgmid, url, searchPageUrl
Enrichment metadata	reviewsFetchStatus, imageFetchStatus, additionalInfo, webResults

Not every Google Maps listing exposes every field. The actor returns all public data that Google Maps or the business website makes available for each place.

Popular Use Cases

• Build local business lead lists with names, websites, phones, emails, and social links.
• Find restaurants, dentists, hotels, shops, contractors, agencies, clinics, and local service providers in a city or region.
• Create a Google Maps business directory with addresses, coordinates, Place IDs, CIDs, and URLs.
• Monitor reviews, ratings, review counts, and category changes for competitors.
• Enrich CRM rows that already contain Google Maps URLs or Place IDs.
• Collect websites from Google Maps before running email, SEO, or sales workflows.
• Compare businesses by neighborhood, category, rating, review volume, website availability, and open/closed status.

Pricing Model

The actor uses Apify pay-per-event pricing. The base event is one saved Google Maps place. Add-ons are charged separately only when they produce enrichment output.

Event	Free plan	Paid Apify plans
Scraped place	$3.00 / 1,000 places	$1.50 / 1,000 places
Filter applied	$0.80 / 1,000 places	$0.35 / 1,000 places
Additional place details	$1.50 / 1,000 places	$0.75 / 1,000 places
Website contacts enrichment	$1.50 / 1,000 places	$0.45 / 1,000 places
Review scraped	$0.40 / 1,000 reviews	$0.20 / 1,000 reviews
Image scraped	$0.40 / 1,000 images	$0.20 / 1,000 images

Set a maximum run cost in Apify before starting a run. The actor respects the available budget and exits gracefully when no more paid output can be saved.

Input Options

Search by keyword and location

Use this mode for normal Google Maps scraping.

{
  "searchStringsArray": ["bike repair shop"],
  "locationQuery": "Portland, Oregon, USA",
  "maxCrawledPlacesPerSearch": 250,
  "language": "en"
}

Scrape Google Maps URLs

Use startUrls when you already have Google Maps search URLs or place URLs.

{
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.google.com/maps/search/restaurants+near+New+York,+NY"
    }
  ],
  "maxCrawledPlacesPerSearch": 100,
  "language": "en"
}

Scrape exact places by Place ID

Use placeIds when another system already stores Google Place IDs.

{
  "placeIds": ["ChIJN1t_tDeuEmsRUsoyG83frY4"],
  "maxCrawledPlacesPerSearch": 1,
  "scrapePlaceDetailPage": true
}

Scrape all visible places in an area

Use allPlacesNoSearchAction when you want visible map coverage without a business keyword.

{
  "locationQuery": "SoHo, New York, USA",
  "allPlacesNoSearchAction": "all_visible",
  "allPlacesZoom": 16,
  "maxCrawledPlacesPerSearch": 500
}

This mode works best with concrete local areas. Country-only or vague areas are too broad.

Main Input Fields

Field	Purpose
searchStringsArray	One or more Google Maps search terms.
locationQuery	Free-text location for all search terms.
maxCrawledPlacesPerSearch	Target number of places per search term or URL.
language	Google Maps language code for localized result text.
startUrls	Google Maps search URLs or direct place URLs.
placeIds	Google Place IDs or compatible Place ID values.
countryCode, city, state, county, postalCode	Structured search area fields.
customGeolocation	Custom area geometry for bounded scraping.
strictLocationBounds	Keeps results inside the resolved or custom search area when coordinates are available.
allPlacesNoSearchAction	Enables visible-map scraping without a search term.
allPlacesZoom	Optional map zoom for visible-place mode.

Add-ons

Place Details

Enable scrapePlaceDetailPage to collect richer data such as opening hours, plus code, menu links, reservation links, order links, related web results, inside places, refined phone/address/category data, and other fields Google Maps exposes for that place.

Related fields:

• scrapePlaceDetailPage
• scrapeTableReservationProviderData
• scrapeOrderOnlineWidgetData
• includeWebResults
• scrapeInsidePlaces

Website Contacts

Enable scrapeCompanyContacts to visit public business websites and extract available emails, phone numbers, and social profile links from the homepage plus contact/about/team/impressum-style pages.

This is useful for Google Maps lead generation because many businesses publish emails on their own websites, not directly on Google Maps.

Reviews

Enable review extraction with maxReviews.

{
  "searchStringsArray": ["dentist"],
  "locationQuery": "Austin, Texas, USA",
  "maxCrawledPlacesPerSearch": 50,
  "maxReviews": 20,
  "reviewsSort": "newest",
  "reviewsOrigin": "all",
  "scrapeReviewsPersonalData": false
}

Review options:

• maxReviews: number of reviews to extract per place
• reviewsStartDate: optional YYYY-MM-DD filter
• reviewsSort: newest, mostRelevant, highestRanking, or lowestRanking
• reviewsFilterString: optional keyword filter
• reviewsOrigin: review source selection
• scrapeReviewsPersonalData: include reviewer profile data when allowed by your use case and local law

Images

Enable maxImages to extract additional Google Maps image URLs per place.

{
  "searchStringsArray": ["hotel"],
  "locationQuery": "Miami, Florida, USA",
  "maxCrawledPlacesPerSearch": 100,
  "maxImages": 10
}

Filtering

The actor can filter places after discovery:

• placeCategories: predefined Google Business Profile category filters
• customPlaceCategories: custom category text filters
• searchMatching: keep all places, search-term matches, or exact name matches
• minStars: minimum Google rating
• website: all places, only places with a website, or only places without a website
• skipClosedPlaces: remove temporarily or permanently closed places when Google exposes the status

Filters can improve relevance, but they can also remove valid businesses if Google categorized them differently.

Output Example

{
  "title": "Example Bike Repair",
  "categoryName": "Bicycle repair shop",
  "address": "123 Main St, Portland, OR 97205",
  "city": "Portland",
  "countryCode": "US",
  "website": "https://example.com",
  "phone": "+1 503-555-0100",
  "totalScore": 4.8,
  "reviewsCount": 142,
  "placeId": "ChIJ...",
  "cid": "1234567890",
  "url": "https://www.google.com/maps/place/...",
  "location": {
    "lat": 45.5152,
    "lng": -122.6784
  }
}

API Usage

Run the actor with the Apify API:

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/x_guru~google-maps-scraper/runs?token=$APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "searchStringsArray": ["plumber"],
    "locationQuery": "Phoenix, Arizona, USA",
    "maxCrawledPlacesPerSearch": 100,
    "language": "en",
    "scrapeCompanyContacts": true
  }'

For synchronous small runs:

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/x_guru~google-maps-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=$APIFY_TOKEN&clean=true" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "searchStringsArray": ["coffee shop"],
    "locationQuery": "Seattle, Washington, USA",
    "maxCrawledPlacesPerSearch": 25
  }'

Best Practices

• Use one clear business category per search term for better relevance.
• Use a concrete city, neighborhood, postal code, or custom area instead of very broad locations.
• Start with small limits to validate quality, then scale.
• Enable only the add-ons you need for the workflow.
• Use maxTotalChargeUsd in Apify run options when controlling spend matters.
• Turn off reviewer personal data if you only need review text, rating, and date.
• For website contact enrichment, filter to places with websites first when the target list is large.

FAQ

Is this a Google Places API replacement?

It is a Google Maps scraper running on Apify. It is useful when you need data visible on Google Maps pages and want dataset exports, add-ons, or automation workflows. Use official APIs when your use case requires Google's API terms and official quota model.

Can it extract emails from Google Maps?

Google Maps rarely exposes emails directly. The website contacts add-on visits each business website and extracts public emails, phones, and social links when available.

Can it scrape reviews?

Yes. Set maxReviews above 0 and choose the review sort/date options you need.

Can it scrape exact businesses?

Yes. Use direct Google Maps place URLs in startUrls or Google Place IDs in placeIds.

Can it scrape all places in an area?

Yes, with allPlacesNoSearchAction, but this should be used with a concrete local area. Very large areas should be split into smaller runs.

Does every output row contain every field?

No. Google Maps and business websites expose different data for different places. Missing fields usually mean the data was not publicly available for that listing or website.

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License

This repository contains documentation for the hosted Apify actor. Use of the actor is governed by the Apify Store listing and Apify platform terms.