Best Google Maps scrapers in 2026

A Google Maps scraper is a tool that collects public business listings from Google Maps, such as name, address, phone number, website, rating and opening hours, and returns them as structured data. It can be an API, a ready-made actor, a no-code robot, a browser extension or an open-source script.

The one thing to know before you choose is that Maps tools differ in what they return and how they bill: some give search results only, others also fetch place details and reviews, and some charge per request while others charge per result. Estimate the cost of 1,000 places before you commit.

The Apify Google Maps scraper is a ready-made Actor on the Apify platform, and our data lists it as Apify-made. You give it a search term and a location, it runs on Apify's infrastructure, and you download the results.

Apify bills on platform usage plus per-Actor pricing, and offers a free monthly platform credit, so the cost of a run depends on how many places you collect. That makes it a popular first stop for one-off lead lists. Check the Actor's output fields and pricing page before a large run, because they can change.

A Google Maps scraper API gives you JSON from code, which fits when the data feeds your own pipeline. From our data, these vendors list a dedicated Maps option on their own sites.

Yes, there are free Google Maps scrapers, but free usually means limited quota or your own time. The options fall into two groups: free tiers on paid products, and open-source projects.

Among the vendors with Maps tools, Apify offers a free monthly platform credit, Scrape.do offers 1,000 free credits with no card, SerpApi offers free monthly searches and Browse AI has a free plan. These are enough to test output quality on a small area. They are not enough to map a whole country, so measure credits per place before you plan a big list.

A Google Maps scraper from GitHub or a Chrome extension works for small, one-off jobs and costs nothing, but you own the maintenance. Google changes its Maps interface often, so a project that worked last month may break, and a script that drives a browser is slow at volume.

Open-source scrapers usually need you to bring your own proxies once you run many searches, and extensions are limited to what one browser session can load. Check when a repository was last updated and read its issues before you rely on it. If it will run every week, a maintained API is usually less work than patching a script.

A Google Maps lead scraper builds a prospect list from public business listings, and it works best when you split a big area into many small searches. A search for one category across a whole country returns a limited number of places, so search by city or ZIP code and remove duplicates afterwards.

Emails are not part of Google Maps. Tools that add them take them from the business website, so treat that as a separate step with its own accuracy. Business contact data can still fall under privacy and marketing rules in your country, and terms of service apply, so check the rules for outreach and ask a lawyer before you run campaigns at scale. Schedule refreshes for the places you actually use, because details change often.

A Google Maps reviews scraper is usually a separate request from the listing scraper, so check that your tool offers reviews and prices them separately. The official Places API is the alternative to scraping, with usage rules and pricing set by Google.

Test on one real city and one category, then compare the output and the bill. Our table compares entry price, free tier, JavaScript rendering and residential IPs, and for Maps you should add output fields and result limits. If you also track rankings in search, see our best SERP APIs.