google-maps-scraper

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Google Maps Scraper

Extract Google Maps business leads, emails, reviews, phone numbers, websites, ratings, coordinates, and more with a free open-source CLI, Web UI, REST API, and optional self-hosted platform.

Use it for lead generation, local business research, sales prospecting, data enrichment, or developer automation.

Goal	Start here
Get leads into CSV/JSON	Command Line
Ask an AI coding agent to run a scrape	AI Agent Skill
Run a browser UI locally	Web UI
Automate scraping from your app	REST API
Run a multi-user scraping platform	SaaS Edition
Follow common workflows	Recipes

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If this project is useful to you, a GitHub star helps others discover it. Sponsorships help fund maintenance and new work.

Why Use This Scraper?


Completely Free & Open Source	MIT licensed, no hidden costs or usage limits
Multiple Interfaces	CLI, Web UI, REST API - use what fits your workflow
High Performance	~120 places/minute with optimized concurrency
33+ Data Points	Business details, reviews, emails, coordinates, and more
Production Ready	Scale from a single machine to Kubernetes clusters
Flexible Output	CSV, JSON, PostgreSQL, S3, LeadsDB, or custom plugins
Proxy Support	Built-in SOCKS5/HTTP/HTTPS proxy rotation

What's Next After Scraping?

Once you've collected your data, you'll need to manage, deduplicate, and work with your leads. LeadsDB is a companion tool designed exactly for this:

Automatic Deduplication - Import from multiple scrapes without worrying about duplicates
AI Agent Ready - Query and manage leads with natural language via MCP
Advanced Filtering - Combine filters with AND/OR logic on any field
Export Anywhere - CSV, JSON, or use the REST API

The scraper has built-in LeadsDB integration - just add your API key and leads flow directly into your database.

Start free with 500 leads

Quick Start

Command Line

mkdir -p gmaps-output

docker run \
  -v gmaps-playwright-cache:/opt \
  -v "$PWD/example-queries.txt:/queries.txt:ro" \
  -v "$PWD/gmaps-output:/out" \
  gosom/google-maps-scraper \
  -input /queries.txt \
  -results /out/results.csv \
  -depth 1 \
  -exit-on-inactivity 3m

Useful options:

Need	Flag
Extract emails from business websites	`-email`
Write JSON instead of CSV	`-json -results /out/results.json`
Collect extra reviews	`-extra-reviews -json -results /out/results.json`
Increase concurrency	`-c 4`, `-c 8`, or `-c 16`
Run multiple pages per browser	`-pages-per-browser 4`
Limit browser processes	`-browser-pool-size 2`
Use proxies	`-proxies "http://user:pass@host:port,socks5://host:port"`

-c controls how many scrape jobs run in parallel. Higher concurrency can finish large input files faster, but it also uses more CPU/RAM and can increase blocking or failures, especially without proxies. Start with the default for a first run. For larger jobs on a capable machine, try -c 4, -c 8, or -c 16 and measure the result.

Want to skip CSV files? Send leads directly to LeadsDB:

docker run \
  -v gmaps-playwright-cache:/opt \
  -v "$PWD/example-queries.txt:/queries.txt:ro" \
  gosom/google-maps-scraper \
  -input /queries.txt \
  -depth 1 \
  -leadsdb-api-key "your-api-key" \
  -exit-on-inactivity 3m

Web UI

Start the web interface with a single command:

mkdir -p gmapsdata

docker run \
  -v "$PWD/gmapsdata:/gmapsdata" \
  -p 8080:8080 \
  gosom/google-maps-scraper \
  -data-folder /gmapsdata

Then open http://localhost:8080 in your browser.

Or download the binary release for your platform.

Note: Results take at least 3 minutes to appear (minimum configured runtime).

macOS Users: Docker command may not work. See MacOS Instructions.

REST API

When running the web server, a full REST API is available:

Endpoint	Method	Description
`/api/v1/jobs`	POST	Create a new scraping job
`/api/v1/jobs`	GET	List all jobs
`/api/v1/jobs/{id}`	GET	Get job details
`/api/v1/jobs/{id}`	DELETE	Delete a job
`/api/v1/jobs/{id}/download`	GET	Download results as CSV

Full OpenAPI 3.0.3 documentation available at http://localhost:8080/api/docs

SaaS Edition

Need a multi-user platform with API keys, admin UI, job queue, workers, and cloud provisioning? Use the optional self-hosted SaaS edition:

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gosom/google-maps-scraper/main/PROVISION | sh

See SaaS documentation for deployment and operations details. There is also a 5-minute deployment walkthrough and a YouTube video walkthrough.

More examples are available in Recipes. If you need proxies for larger jobs, see Proxy Sponsors.

AI Agent Skill

Use Google Maps Scraper directly from AI coding agents like Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, and 20+ other agents. Just tell your agent to find businesses and it handles everything — query creation, scraping, and result analysis.

Install the skill:

npx skills add gosom/google-maps-scraper

Then just ask your agent:

Find me all dentists in Berlin with their emails

The agent will ask you a few setup questions, run the scraper in the background via Docker, and present the results with options to save, filter, analyze, or export.

Requires Docker installed and running. See the skill definition for details.

Installation

Using Docker (Recommended)

The published Docker image uses Playwright:

docker pull gosom/google-maps-scraper

Build from Source

Requirements: Go 1.26.3+

git clone https://github.com/gosom/google-maps-scraper.git
cd google-maps-scraper
go mod download

go build
./google-maps-scraper -input example-queries.txt -results results.csv -exit-on-inactivity 3m

First run downloads required browser libraries for Playwright.

Features

Feature	Description
33+ Data Points	Business name, address, phone, website, reviews, coordinates, and more
Email Extraction	Optional crawling of business websites for email addresses
Multiple Output Formats	CSV, JSON, PostgreSQL, S3, LeadsDB, or custom plugins
Proxy Support	SOCKS5, HTTP, HTTPS with authentication
Scalable Architecture	Single machine to Kubernetes cluster
REST API	Programmatic control for automation
Web UI	User-friendly browser interface
Fast Mode (Beta)	Quick extraction of up to 21 results per query
AWS Lambda	Serverless execution support (experimental)

Extracted Data Points

Click to expand all 33 data points

#	Field	Description
1	`input_id`	Internal identifier for the input query
2	`link`	Direct URL to the Google Maps listing
3	`title`	Business name
4	`category`	Business type (e.g., Restaurant, Hotel)
5	`address`	Street address
6	`open_hours`	Operating hours
7	`popular_times`	Visitor traffic patterns
8	`website`	Official business website
9	`phone`	Contact phone number
10	`plus_code`	Location shortcode
11	`review_count`	Total number of reviews
12	`review_rating`	Average star rating
13	`reviews_per_rating`	Breakdown by star rating
14	`latitude`	GPS latitude
15	`longitude`	GPS longitude
16	`cid`	Google's unique Customer ID
17	`status`	Business status (open/closed/temporary)
18	`descriptions`	Business description
19	`reviews_link`	Direct link to reviews
20	`thumbnail`	Thumbnail image URL
21	`timezone`	Business timezone
22	`price_range`	Price level ($, $$, $$$)
23	`data_id`	Internal Google Maps identifier
24	`images`	Associated image URLs
25	`reservations`	Reservation booking link
26	`order_online`	Online ordering link
27	`menu`	Menu link
28	`owner`	Owner-claimed status
29	`complete_address`	Full formatted address
30	`about`	Additional business info
31	`user_reviews`	Customer reviews (text, rating, timestamp)
32	`emails`	Extracted email addresses (requires `-email` flag)
33	`user_reviews_extended`	Extended reviews up to ~300 (requires `-extra-reviews`)
34	`place_id`	Google's unique place id

Custom Input IDs: Define your own IDs in the input file:

Matsuhisa Athens #!#MyCustomID

Direct Google Maps URLs: Input lines can be regular search queries or direct Google Maps URLs. Supported URL formats include:

https://www.google.com/maps/search/pizza
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Empire+State+Building/@40.7484405,-73.9856632
https://maps.google.com/maps?z=16&q=Empire+State+Building
maps.app.goo.gl/abc123

URLs on google.com subdomains must include a scheme (http:// or https://) and a /maps path. Short maps.app.goo.gl links are also supported without a scheme.

Configuration

Command Line Options

Usage: google-maps-scraper [options]

Core Options:
  -input string       Path to input file with queries (one per line)
  -results string     Output file path (default: stdout)
  -json              Output JSON instead of CSV
  -depth int         Max scroll depth in results (default: 10)
  -c int             Concurrency level (default: half of CPU cores)

Email & Reviews:
  -email             Extract emails from business websites
  -extra-reviews     Collect extended reviews (up to ~300)

Location Settings:
  -lang string       Language code, e.g., 'de' for German (default: "en")
  -geo string        Coordinates for search, e.g., '37.7749,-122.4194'
  -zoom int          Zoom level 0-21 (default: 15)
  -radius float      Search radius in meters (default: 10000)
  -grid-bbox string  Bounding box for grid scraping, format: "minLat,minLon,maxLat,maxLon"
  -grid-cell float   Grid cell size in km (default: 1.0, used with -grid-bbox)

Web Server:
  -web               Run web server mode
  -addr string       Server address (default: ":8080")
  -data-folder       Data folder for web runner (default: "webdata")

Database:
  -dsn string        PostgreSQL connection string
  -produce           Produce seed jobs only (requires -dsn)

Proxy:
  -proxies string    Comma-separated proxy list
                     Format: protocol://user:pass@host:port

Export:
  -leadsdb-api-key   Export directly to LeadsDB (get key at getleadsdb.com)

Advanced:
  -exit-on-inactivity duration    Exit after inactivity (e.g., '5m')
  -fast-mode                      Quick mode with reduced data
  -debug                          Show browser window
  -writer string                  Custom writer plugin (format: 'dir:pluginName')
  -browser-pool-size int          Number of browser processes to launch (default: 0, derived from -c and -pages-per-browser)
  -pages-per-browser int          Max concurrent pages per browser process (default: 1)

Notes:
  -grid-bbox requires a valid zoom level (1-21)
  -fast-mode cannot be used together with -grid-bbox

Run ./google-maps-scraper -h for the complete list.

Using Proxies

For larger scraping jobs, proxies help avoid rate limiting. Here's how to configure them:

./google-maps-scraper \
  -input queries.txt \
  -results results.csv \
  -proxies 'socks5://user:pass@host:port,http://host2:port2' \
  -depth 1 -c 2

Supported protocols: socks5, socks5h, http, https

Current proxy sponsors are listed in Proxy Sponsors. Using those links helps fund project maintenance.

Email Extraction

Email extraction is disabled by default. When enabled, the scraper visits each business website to find email addresses.

./google-maps-scraper -input queries.txt -results results.csv -email

Note: Email extraction increases processing time significantly.

Fast Mode

Fast mode returns up to 21 results per query, ordered by distance. Useful for quick data collection with basic fields.

./google-maps-scraper \
  -input queries.txt \
  -results results.csv \
  -fast-mode \
  -zoom 15 \
  -radius 5000 \
  -geo '37.7749,-122.4194'

Warning: Fast mode is in Beta. You may experience blocking.

Grid Scraping (BBox)

Grid mode splits a bounding box into cells and runs one search per cell. This is useful when a single search does not return enough places.

queries.txt example:

cafes in Peristeri, Greece

Command example:

./google-maps-scraper \
  -input queries.txt \
  -results peristeri-cafes.csv \
  -grid-bbox "38.0077,23.6719,38.0257,23.6947" \
  -grid-cell 0.5 \
  -zoom 16 \
  -depth 1 \
  -c 4

Notes:

-grid-bbox guides where searches are launched from, but results are not strictly clipped to the box.
For strict distance filtering, use -fast-mode with -geo + -radius (or post-filter by latitude/longitude).

Browser Page Concurrency

With the default -pages-per-browser 1, each concurrent job (-c) effectively uses its own browser process with a single page tab. This can be inefficient because browser pages can be CPU- and memory-heavy, and each browser process adds overhead.

The -pages-per-browser flag lets you run multiple page tabs inside the same browser process, reducing overhead. Leave -browser-pool-size at 0 to derive the browser count from concurrency and pages per browser, or set it explicitly to cap the number of browser processes independently of concurrency.

How the flags interact:

Flag	What it controls
`-c`	Total number of concurrent scrape jobs
`-browser-pool-size`	Number of browser processes to launch (default: `0`, derived from `-c` and `-pages-per-browser`)
`-pages-per-browser`	Number of page tabs per browser process (default: 1)

When -pages-per-browser is greater than 1, the scraper opens multiple tabs within each browser process and routes jobs through a shared page pool. This can significantly increase job throughput on the same hardware.

Example — 8 concurrent jobs across 2 browsers with 4 tabs each:

./google-maps-scraper \
  -c 8 \
  -browser-pool-size 2 \
  -pages-per-browser 4 \
  -input queries.txt \
  -results results.csv \
  -depth 1

Tuning guidance:

Start with -c 4 -browser-pool-size 1 -pages-per-browser 4 for a 4:1 page-to-browser ratio.
Monitor CPU and RAM usage with htop or docker stats; browser resource use varies significantly by workload, Chromium version, and page count.
If memory is the bottleneck, keep -browser-pool-size low and reduce -c or -pages-per-browser.
If CPU is the bottleneck, reduce the total number of active pages by lowering -c or -pages-per-browser.
The product -browser-pool-size × -pages-per-browser should roughly equal or exceed -c to keep all jobs busy.
Setting an explicit -browser-pool-size is most useful in containerized environments (Docker, Kubernetes) where you want predictable resource usage.

Export to LeadsDB

Skip the CSV files and send leads directly to a managed database. LeadsDB handles deduplication, filtering, and provides an API for your applications.

Using Docker:

docker run \
  -v gmaps-playwright-cache:/opt \
  -v "$PWD/example-queries.txt:/queries.txt:ro" \
  gosom/google-maps-scraper \
  -input /queries.txt \
  -depth 1 \
  -leadsdb-api-key "your-api-key" \
  -exit-on-inactivity 3m

Using binary:

./google-maps-scraper \
  -input queries.txt \
  -leadsdb-api-key "your-api-key" \
  -exit-on-inactivity 3m

Or via environment variable:

export LEADSDB_API_KEY="your-api-key"
./google-maps-scraper -input queries.txt -exit-on-inactivity 3m

Field Mapping

Google Maps	LeadsDB
Title	Name
Category	Category
Categories	Tags
Phone	Phone
Website	Website
Address	Address, City, State, Country, PostalCode
Latitude/Longitude	Coordinates
Review Rating	Rating
Review Count	ReviewCount
Emails	Email
Thumbnail	LogoURL
CID	SourceID

Additional fields (Google Maps link, plus code, price range, etc.) are stored as custom attributes.

Get your API key at getleadsdb.com/settings after signing up.

Advanced Usage

PostgreSQL Database Provider

For distributed scraping across multiple machines:

1. Start PostgreSQL:

docker-compose -f docker-compose.dev.yaml up -d

2. Seed the jobs:

./google-maps-scraper \
  -dsn "postgres://postgres:postgres@localhost:5432/postgres" \
  -produce \
  -input example-queries.txt \
  -lang en

3. Run scrapers (on multiple machines):

./google-maps-scraper \
  -c 2 \
  -depth 1 \
  -dsn "postgres://postgres:postgres@localhost:5432/postgres"

Kubernetes Deployment

apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
  name: google-maps-scraper
spec:
  replicas: 3  # Adjust based on needs
  selector:
    matchLabels:
      app: google-maps-scraper
  template:
    metadata:
      labels:
        app: google-maps-scraper
    spec:
      containers:
      - name: google-maps-scraper
        image: gosom/google-maps-scraper:latest
        args: ["-c", "1", "-depth", "10", "-dsn", "postgres://user:pass@host:5432/db"]
        resources:
          requests:
            memory: "512Mi"
            cpu: "500m"

Note: The headless browser requires significant CPU/memory resources.

Custom Writer Plugins

Create custom output handlers using Go plugins:

1. Write the plugin (see examples/plugins/example_writer.go)

2. Build:

go build -buildmode=plugin -tags=plugin -o myplugin.so myplugin.go

3. Run:

./google-maps-scraper -writer ~/plugins:MyWriter -input queries.txt

Performance

Expected throughput: ~120 places/minute (with -c 8 -depth 1)

Keywords	Results/Keyword	Total Jobs	Estimated Time
100	16	1,600	~13 minutes
1,000	16	16,000	~2.5 hours
10,000	16	160,000	~22 hours

For large-scale scraping, use the PostgreSQL provider with Kubernetes.

Telemetry

Anonymous usage statistics are collected for improvement purposes. Opt out:

export DISABLE_TELEMETRY=1

Support the Project

This project is free and open source. Stars, sponsorships, and sponsor referrals help fund maintenance.

Star the repository: github.com/gosom/google-maps-scraper
Sponsor development: GitHub Sponsors
Need proxies? See Proxy Sponsors
Deploying the self-hosted platform? See SaaS deployment options
Managing scraped leads? See LeadsDB

Community

Join our Discord to:

Get help with setup and configuration
Share your use cases and success stories
Request features and report bugs
Connect with other users

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please:

Open an issue to discuss your idea
Fork the repository
Create a pull request

See AGENTS.md for development guidelines.

References

How to Extract Data from Google Maps Using Golang
Distributed Google Maps Scraping
Deploy your own Maps scraping API in 5 minutes (includes video walkthrough)
Video walkthrough (YouTube)
scrapemate - The underlying web crawling framework
omkarcloud/google-maps-scraper - Inspiration for JS data extraction

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

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Legal Notice

Please use this scraper responsibly and in accordance with applicable laws and regulations. Unauthorized scraping may violate terms of service.

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examples-api/go command Batch Maps scraper client.	Batch Maps scraper client.
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leadsdb Package leadsdb provides a ResultWriter that saves leads to LeadsDB.	Package leadsdb provides a ResultWriter that saves leads to LeadsDB.
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ratelimit Package ratelimit provides rate limiting functionality with pluggable storage backends.	Package ratelimit provides rate limiting functionality with pluggable storage backends.
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