Turn Google Maps business data into local market research

Pulls local business listings, reviews, and social data for any niche, then has AI turn it into a market report and newsletter ideas.

How the work actually flows

A straight line. Runs once per one per business listing.

Pattern: Sequence (1) ยท Multiple Instances with a priori Design-Time Knowledge (13)

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A stepRuns once per itemA personResultPayoff
Build size
Advanced

A larger build with multiple systems, AI reasoning, and custom rules.

Business functions
AI Agents & Autonomous SystemsEmail AutomationSpreadsheet & Database OpsResearch & Market Intelligence
Connects
Google MapsGoogle SheetsOpenAIGoogle Gemini

The problem it solves

You want to understand a local market before you enter it or write about it, but pulling together competitor data, reviews, and social presence by hand for dozens of businesses takes forever. Without that groundwork, it's hard to know where the real opportunities are.

Who it fits

Newsletter writers, market researchers, or business owners scoping out a niche in a specific city.

How it works

  1. You specify a niche and a US city and state
  2. The system pulls business listings, reviews, and social profiles from Google Maps
  3. It calculates metrics like review activity, competitor density, and ratings
  4. AI analyzes the data to find gaps, standout businesses, and market opportunities
  5. AI drafts newsletter angles and subject lines based on what it found
What you get

Market gaps spotted before you write a word

You get a market report on any niche and city, complete with newsletter angles pulled from real local business data.

What you get

A market research report with named opportunities, competitor rankings, and ready-to-use newsletter ideas.

What you need

A Google Maps data source and an OpenAI or Google Gemini account.

We can build this. But should you?

The hard question is not how to build it. It is whether this is the right thing to build first.

That is what a Fractional Chief AI Officer figures out with you, before anyone writes a line of code.

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