Extract place results from Google Maps data in realtime with our Google Maps Scraper API. Get Google Maps data including rating, reviews, address, phone, website, operating hours, photos and more.

In SerpApi, we make web scraping on search engines easy and fast. Google Maps Scraper API is one of our customers' favorites to scrape local businesses; it provides comprehensive Google Maps data.

Example from SerpApi's Google Maps Scraper API

What type of data can I extract from the Google Maps Scraper API?

  • Title - Name of the business entity
  • GPS Coordinates - An accurate set of GPS coordinates of the business entity
  • Rating - Rating of the business entity
  • Reviews - Total number of reviews of the business entity
  • Price - For some businesses (e.g., a restaurant), price indicates the estimated cost of a meal
  • Type - The business entity type
  • Address - Human-readable full address of the business entity
  • Operating Hours - The opening and closing hours of the business from Monday to Sunday
  • Phone - Phone number of the business entity
  • Website - Website URL of the business entity
  • Description - A short summary about the business entity
  • Service Options - Indicate the business entity offers Dine In, Takeout, Delivery, and many others
  • Order Online - Order URL of the business entity
  • Menu - Menu URL of the business entity
  • Thumbnail - Image of the business entity
  • User Review - Featured review at the front page
  • Amenities - Amenities of the business entity
  • Photos - Get all the user posted photos with pagination. Refer to Google Maps Photos API
  • Reviews - Get all the user reviews with pagination. Refer to Google Maps Reviews API
  • Extensions - Highlights for the business entity (e.g. Fast service, Great coffee, Popular for Breakfast, Wheelchair accessible entrance and many more)
  • People Also Search For - Popular search of a similar business entity

We also provide a few more Google Maps Scraper APIs, which are Google Autocomplete API, Google Contributor Reviews API and Google Directions API.

How to scrape Google Maps?

Here is a step-by-step tutorial on using SerpApi’s Google Maps Scraper API to retrieve Google Maps data.

Step 1: Go to SerpApi's Google Maps Playground

The playground is the most intuitive tool to get started. You can feel no different from searching in Google Maps.

SerpApi's Google Maps Playground

The link should direct you to Google Maps. Please verify that it is correctly set to Google Maps.

Step 2: Enter the search query and GPS Coordinates to scrape

Search query can be anything you will usually search in Google Maps. GPS Coordinates are optional; however, we recommend always searching with GPS Coordinates for more accurate results. You can find GPS Coordinates from a place using www.gps-coordinates.net or read our detailed tutorial on How to Find the GPS Coordinates of any place with Google Maps .

The search would take an average of 2.5s (or less than 1 second if you are on the Ludicrous Speed or Ludicrous Speed Max plan). The results are presented in JSON format with a preview at the left side. Feel free to test more variations of the search query to see if the data matches your needs.

At the top right corner - Export to Code, you can copy the JSON URL or follow the code to integrate with your workflow. You do have to register for a free SerpApi account to use the API. HTML can be useful when you want to inspect the data.

"Export To Code" from Google Maps Playground

Example in Python

If you would like to dive straight into the code, this should help you get started with Google Maps data extraction. We also provide many other programming languages (e.g., Python, JavaScript, Java, etc), check out our integration guide.

First, you need to install the SerpApi client library (GitHub).

pip install serpapi

Set up the SerpApi credentials and search.

import serpapi

client = serpapi.Client(api_key="YOUR_SERPAPI_API_KEY")
results = client.search({
  "documentation_path": "/google-maps-api",
  "engine": "google_maps",
  "type": "search",
  "google_domain": "google.com",
  "q": "Coffee",
  "ll": "@40.7455096,-74.0083012,14z",
  "hl": "en"
})

To retrieve the Google Maps local results for a given search query, you can use the following code:

local_results = results.get("local_results", [])

You can store Google Maps local results JSON data in databases or export them to a CSV file.

import csv

header = ['position', 'title', 'place_id', 'address', 'rating', 'reviews', 'price', 'phone']

with open('google_maps_results.csv', 'w', encoding='UTF8', newline='') as f:
    writer = csv.writer(f)

    writer.writerow(header)

    for item in local_results:
        print(item)
        writer.writerow([item.get('position'), item.get('title'), item.get('place_id'), item.get('address'), item.get('rating'), item.get('reviews'), item.get('price'), item.get('phone')])

For a more in-depth walkthrough, including pagination, extracting reviews, and more, read our full tutorial on Scrape Google Maps data and reviews using Python.

Common use cases

  • Lead generation. Pull every dentist, plumber, or fitness studio in a city with name, phone, website, and category in one pass. A typical workflow scrapes Google Maps by ZIP code, enriches contacts, and pushes them into a CRM.
  • Local SEO and rank tracking. Track where your business and your competitors rank for "near me" queries across different cities. Because the API accepts arbitrary ll coordinates, you can simulate searches from anywhere.
  • Market research. Aggregate price tier, rating, and review counts for every restaurant in a metro area to identify gaps. The combined Google Maps + Reviews scraper gives you sentiment-grade input for analysis.
  • Review monitoring. Run the Google Maps Reviews API on a schedule against your own and competitor place IDs. Push new reviews into Slack, a database, or a dashboard.

FAQs

Is it legal to extract data from Google Maps?
Scraping publicly available data is generally safe, provided the use cases are legal. Refer to our blog post (Scraping public pages is legal in the US) for more information.

Is there a free Google Maps scraper?
Yes. SerpApi's free plan includes 250 searches per month, no credit card required. That's enough to extract several thousand place results before you need to upgrade.

Why use SerpApi?
There are some common challenges when scraping huge amounts of data from Google Maps: bypassing CAPTCHAs, IP blocking, rate limits, session timeouts, dynamic web structure, pagination and infinite scrolling, data variability complexity, data parsing and labeling, and legal and ethical considerations. Fortunately, you don't need to tackle these problems yourself. SerpApi takes care of them and provides high-quality Google Maps Search Results APIs for your usage by using high-quality proxies. SerpApi saves you a lot of time so you can concentrate on your business, as scraping Google Maps data and other Google search results should be easy.

Am I able to get all of the businesses in a particular city/country?
Getting all the businesses in a specific city or country is possible through our API. But, you will still need a way to list all of the specific businesses. If you already have that list, you can just submit each business name as a search on our API. If not, you can search for that specific business in each city or local subdivision of the country using our API until you build up a list that you’re happy with.

Is there a no-code solution?
Yes, you don't need to write any code to scrape Google Maps. We have several no-code options, including Google Sheets, Make.com, n8n, and more. See our full guide to no-code Google Maps scraper options to find the best fit for your workflow.

We strive to provide the best SERP scraper on the market. Other than the Google Maps data scraper, you can find an abundance of Google APIs, Bing APIs, etc. Feel free to check out SerpApi for more details. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us.