Turn Google Maps searches into a ready-to-use lead list

Scrapes local business listings from Google Maps and writes an AI summary of each one into a spreadsheet.

How the work actually flows

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

Pattern: Multiple Instances without Synchronization (12)

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A stepAn outside serviceRuns once per itemA personA record or sheetResultPayoff
Build size
Advanced

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

Business functions
Lead Generation & ProspectingSpreadsheet & Database OpsReporting & AnalyticsWeb Scraping & Data Collection
Connects
ApifyOpenAIGoogle Sheets

The problem it solves

Building a list of local businesses to reach out to means hours of searching Google Maps, copying details, and writing notes on each one by hand. It's tedious enough that most people either avoid it or rush it, ending up with a thin, low-quality list. That slows down everything downstream, from outreach to follow-up.

Who it fits

Sales teams, freelancers, and agencies building local business lead lists for outreach.

How it works

  1. Runs when you start it with a search location and category
  2. Scrapes matching business listings from Google Maps, including name, address, and phone number
  3. Removes any duplicate listings
  4. AI writes a short summary for each business
  5. Saves every listing and summary into a Google Sheet
What you get

Leads sitting in a sheet ready to call

Search a location and category, and get a spreadsheet of local businesses with contact details and an AI summary of each.

What you get

A clean, deduplicated Google Sheet of local businesses, each with contact details and an AI-written summary.

What you need

An Apify account, an OpenAI account, and a Google Sheets 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.

Let's Talk Strategy

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